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This right here is why I don't take any of Ohaneze, majority South East politicians and 'activists' serious. Forget all the noise about opposition to Osinbajo or Tinubu vying for the presidency. If these individuals finally indicate interest at running for president all the SW groups will fall into line. Even Afenifere will give tacit support or at worst limp resistance to any major SW candidate that is running.

For a region that understandably always clamors for the presidency you would think they would seriously lobby the PDP to field a candidate of SE origin between Peter Obi, Ezekwesili or any body else that takes their fancy but no.

seunmsg:
What do you mean by "a fellow Southerner try to play smart against other southern regions"? Is the SW stopping anybody from the south from contesting? What's with all these silly blackmail of the south west?

PDP is very strong in the SE&SS and APC is very strong in the SW. So, why can't the SE push for the presidential ticket of PDP and SW push for the presidential ticket of APC? Are you not aware of the general hatred for APC in the SE? If you are a leader in APC, will you advocate that the ticket of your party be zoned to a region that barely gave 5% of their votes to the party in the last two general elections?

And talking about equity and justice, is it fair for the SE to be clamoring for the SW not to contest for APC presidential ticket when they know the SE stands absolutely no chance of winning the party's ticket? If the SW refuse to vie for APC ticket, is there any other region in the south that can get the ticket from the north? Why can't we all come together and push for PDP to present Peter Obi and APC presents Osinbajo? At the end of the day, we will have an all southern contest. Is that not a better way to go about it?

SE have no serious contenders in PDP and APC as at today and still, you guys are all over the internet blackmailing the SW not to contest. How is that fair and just to you? Explain and make it make sense.

Honestly this part right here in bold is what exasperates me most about majority of Nigerian politicians. They never put on their thinking cap to spend money where they will get a sustainable amount of money going into the nearest future no it's to be blowing most times borrowed money on vanity projects so they will say ''I'm performing''

Oyo is sitting on a potential gold mine with the added advantage of a rail that now goes straight to Lagos ports. Hope the Governor realizes before it's too late.

obaaderemi:
I still find it difficult to be on the bandwagon that supports the idea that government should not get involved in business.

Government can go into partnership with the private sector, especially banks, to set up corporations or SME where the government will have no hand in the day to day running of the businesses. Banks are good at running businesses and generating money and employment.

Take for example, there is a farm settlement in Ibadan set up in the 50s by Obafemi Awolowo, the premier of the defunct Western region.
It had a cattle ranch and facilities for poultry business and other things. Now it is totally abandoned.

Meanwhile the state governor is currently spending $75 million ( over 20 billion dollars) putting up street lights in the state. A tenth of that money would turn around the farm settlement and the entire agricultural production of the state.

I did my calculation, half of that money would put up at least 1000 low income new flats for the citizens. This would not only beautify the state, it would be an everlasting source of income for the state and help ease the housing deficit a little.

Charlee Mao was bad news. Just because the west hated him doesn't equally mean he wasn't a bad leader too. Him, Stalin and Hitler are in the same whatsapp group of horrible despots whose apologists will try to make excuses for saying "they developed their country''

Ho Chi Minh before his death definitely didn't kill his fellow North Vietnamese to show he could develop his country.

Just30:
Mao did everything for his country and people...

The whole world didn't like him because they viewed him as a revolutionist who stop their endless raping of China

I think he's mixing him up with that Austrian dude from last year's friendly game camp for the Algeria and Tunisia matches.

Osigwe was even around for the Sierra Leone game last year.

JohnBullMySon:
I don't think you're correct.

If so, how is Onyinyechi Zogg now playing for Super Falcons? She's Swiss too.

but what is really working? take Yorubas as an example. Different nation states attacking and killing each other. Selling fellow 'omo oduduwa' into slavery. We were a society that didn't really encourage some much innovation but elevated and encouraged superstition over enlightenment.

Don't get me wrong every society had their norms and spiritual beliefs but some how they were able to co-exist with development and scientific progress in their various societies.

Until the early part of last century saponna was still worshipped before the 'imperilist' brought vaccines that helped us eliminate smallpox from our environment.

One good thing the Chinese and Indians have been to do is understand what works globally be it economic and technological systems and integrating such into the realities of our cultures and societies.

forgiveness:
We had a system that worked for us before the invasion of the imperialist.

Copying a imperialist system of government and economic will not work because they told you half backed truth.

Bro another major factor you are missing out on is that the Vietnamese and Chinese are largely homogeneous countries where it will be easier to control and push policies the people will have no choice but to follow. Nigeria with our legion of ethnic groups any attempt to go the communist route will be met by stiff resistance from people who don't understand or people of other tribes who will think you have an ethnic agenda.

Even in our democratic setting every policy no matter how well intentioned is still being judged through tribal colored lenses.

Every country has good and bad examples you can copy but the trick is to mold a system to manage the present realities of the Nigerian society.

Hueman:
Sweden is an imperialist country pretending to be good. Look at how they allow H&M (a big Swedish fast fashion company) to use child labour in Bangladesh.

Norway is just like Sweden, they have a state owned oil company called equinor that’s destroying the Niger delta like shell.

Singapore is a tax heaven for the super rich. It’s very unrealistic for an African country to be. I would rather not be a dumping ground for oyinbo people. Lol

You want to learn from Vietnam learn about their revolutionary struggles. Learn from ho chi min. Learn how they fought against the French and Americans that’s how we will fight against our oppressors. The country is ran by socialist trying to achieve full communism. So yes learn from Vietnam.

Stop accusing North Korea of lying. Just look at their city it’s better than most cities in Africa. Nairobi is mess! So much poverty and struggles everywhere. They apparently living in abject poverty but their cities are better than ours. You can’t deny facts.

Chief I get your channel of thought but for full disclosure sake you should also mention the failed attempts at communism/socialism like Venezuela, Cambodia under Pol Pot just to mention a few.

Yes North Koreans live to 71 but most of that is painful and brutish.

While a 55 year old in Nigeria will probably die of Disease a North Korean will probably die more from hunger.

Hueman:
North Korea life expectancy is 71
Nigeria life expectancy is 55

You do the math.

“It is difficult for me to imagine what “personal liberty” is enjoyed by an unemployed hungry person. True freedom can only be where there is no exploitation and oppression of one person by another; where there is not unemployment, and where a person is not living in fear of losing his job, his home and his bread.“

-Joseph Stalin

and Oliver Ballack sef

Obere4u:
From that rule.... Havertz is greater than lots of players.... Even KDB

Lana1:
That one in green don ment finish

I think he's a physically disabled fan that's why his body is at an awkward angle

This is beyond bad belle. Let's switch roles. If Barnes went on a 8-9 game goal scoring run towards the end of last season was excluded now I'm sure the English media will have a riot. In football it's always no brainer to start your forward who's in form. If Perez, Barnes and Maddison were even doing the business one would have no issues but they have also been ineffectual.

andrewbaba44:
I don’t know why Rodgers is not starting nacho ,this guy was your best striker last season

Now they went to buy parson Daka for huge sum only to sit at the bench

Spot on observation. It is not every time Osimhen will have acres of space to run into where he can use his pace. He needs to be clever and use his extra mobility to deceive his marker and create extra space for himself. Shooting still needs work. His work rate is up there with the best.

Anguissa the Cameroonian midfielder really impressed me.

TheLoneCitizen:
Feisty game from Osimhen. Insane work rate.

Needs to work on his:

FIRST TOUCH/BALL CONTROL.

Staying on his feet. Defenders like strikers who go down easily, while referees tend to stereotype them.

Movement. This is the most important. Napoli really bossed this game, but Osimhen made the mistake of camping in Juventus' penalty box.

Once in a while, good strikers should either drift to the wings or drop deep, then take one-two touches and return to the box. This causes either the defender to lose their man or get drawn out of position.

Also this allows his teammates to notice him and monitor his runs.
As little work rate as Onuachu offers, he drops deep quite regularly for this reason. Osimhen is too mobile to be camping.

Terrific game, nonetheless. Against Juventus. His confidence will return.

My brother hope it doesn't choketeth thou

4 game of the season and he's already in the race for golden boot Ororo special get it as e dey hot!

andrewbaba44:
Don’t mind the ekuke Gk

The guy convicted for match fixing that Siasia was alleged to be involved with was suspected to have manipulated the Kenya match.

do4luv14:
Which match fixing, a game Obagoal, nearly got injured, while scoring the winner abi name wetin

In which lineup?

kushercain:
Nacho starts for leicester

Awoniyi starts for Union as usual

I think being hyper skeptical is a default Nigerian setting if the evidence before ones eyes is saying otherwise.

ChrisKels:
I think most of you all doubting peoples ages, do it out of jealousy when you compare their achievements and ages to yours. Dude everything about Moffi is purely verifiable considering his dad was an ex footballer with Vasco Dagama Enugu same as Iwobi's father, so the family was more or less a celebrity family, hence everything about them can hardly go unnoticed.

Now look at Collins Etim a school mate of Moffi, and tell me how old he looks. Mind you, Moffi was only a class ahead of this kid in sec school.

Not all kids were less privileged. Some average families with football crazy parent(s) started seeing soccer matches very early in their lives. Besides that, Youtube no dey work from the part of the world you came from?

He can be a toddler for all I care as long as he continues to totori my FPL points

Subzero047:
Zaha is a kid, he is almost 30 but he's still a kid

Nice interview's of Ekong in The Times. Was wondering why he moved to Watford last year. His future father in law supports the club

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/468441e6-1280-11ec-86b8-9dcf48a101ba?shareToken=95cbdce51f90f01ef612519eeb25ddf6

If Liberia pick up maximum 6 points against Cape Verde in their own double header we would still need to win at least one of the remaining two matches. However if Cape Verde should win or draw any of their two games vs Liberia and we win ours then we are through to the next round of qualifiers.

Modified only scenario that would see us qualify is if Liberia and Cape Verde draw both games and we win ours.

Ppogbae:
To all mathematicians/statisticians in the house:

Would two wins against Central African Republic in November be enough to secure 3rd round qualification (I.e. we advance with two games to spare)?

Ppogbae:
He's just ridiculously talented all across the board. I believe he's gonna be our next big transfer.

love his strength. style similar to Amokachi, Yakubu and Emenike bullish type strikers

Lorient vs Lille Moffi starts

Guy honestly you need to calm down. No reason for all this abusive outbursts. You made reasonable observations but no need for all the thunder this fire that okay chief?

12large1:
Thunder fire your left nyash. When was the last time that Moses Simon had a good game for Nigeria? I hope you realize that onyekuru has been impressive in his last 3 games for Nigeria. Vs benin, Lesotho and Cape Verde. To be fair, Simon and musa doesn’t even deserve to be on our 23 man squad based on their performance for super eagles in the last 2 years and we keep getting away with bad selection because of the inferior opponents that we’re facing

Point taken

Meliforme:
Watch his club games.

I would have to see Ejuke in more matches before I can judge if he tires out or not. Like others have said I really appreciate his defensive discipline and awareness off the ball.

Meliforme:
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This is not true.

Only Ahmed Musa has a better staying power (stamina) than EJuke, if you are to grade the stamina of the wingers we have.

For now under Rohr his preferred setup is to use a lone striker which has served us well during his tenure. Kelechi in the beginning, Ighalo and now Osimhen have all done reasonably well under this system. But I suspect you think like I do that a system which utilizes 2 forwards will be absolutely devastating to the opposition. Personally I think God has blessed Gernot with strikers and wingers that all have different strengths and attributes so trying to come up with a good balance should be possible.

For the Liberia game I think many factors contributed to Victor's below par showing. The pitch didn't help also the supporting cast were often not on the same wavelength with him. Like Supernerd so expertly broke down their were two glaring occasions that Aina and Ndidi out to have passed to him but choose the wrong option. Anyway strikers have their off days. Aubameyang and Salah were ineffective in the Gabon vs Egypt game so it happens.

Thing is forwards like Victor not matter what kind of game they are having can always nip in to score a vital goal when it matters most.

Stormtrooper11:
Guys, do we play better with two strikers upfront or with a single striker? I wanna know y'all opinions.
Osimhen was kinda off in the Liberia game. Man got me doubting his reliability.

jl115:
so you agree you can see the curvature in my photo right? Now what other evidence do you need? If you ever do get on a jumbo you'll see the exact same thing!! It's not about being fair or letting you bring your own photos because if you ever do get on a jumbo you'll see the exact same thing.

Hopefully we are opening next month

Pics of the sanctuary :

looking nice what of butterfly are you thinking of attracting to your sanctuary?

wayodude:
Awaziem to Alanyaspor is now confirmed. Over to you

chai this spor that spor every where spor Don return

Chukwueze will have to up his work rate of the ball and improve the defensive side of his game. I'm so happy that now we have this kind of competition on the wings. Iwobi, Kalu, Simon, Chukwueze, Ejuke and Onyekuru while having people like Dennis plus Lookman potentially on the wings men that's some mad talent right there.

cc12:
A Super Eagles attack of Ejuke as a LWF, Osimhen as the CF , while Chukwueze as the RWF would be good I idea as I have mentioned here before.

Excellent analysis.

TheSuperNerd:
Brief Post-Mortem of our huge win in Mindelo: Blue Sharks of Cape Verde 1-2 Super Eagles of Nigeria
Osimhen shows character upfront
Ejuke impresses so much. My MOTM
Kingsley: Smooth and Matured display
Jamilu stuns most.



First of all, really glad for the win. This win further vindicates and validates the fact that we indeed have quality depth in the Super Eagles.

A hugely depleted Nigerian side missing 8 major key stars/regulars + without the likes of Kalu, Ebuehi, Akpoguma and Chukwueze (all regulars or key players too) was still able to grind out a win away at the home of a side that downed Cameroon in the AfconQs earlier this year and who had a several players [i](7 of them in Vozinha, Kenny Rocha Santos, Roberto Lopes, Steve Furtado, Vagner dias, Dylan Tavares-Goal scorer, and Vasco Lopes) who featured for Cape Verde in their widely celebrated friendly win over Brazil's U-23s (few months ago) featuring about 4 or so lads who later went on to bag Olympic Gold at Tokyo.[/i]

We had some very decent performers in Kingsley Michael, Ejuke, Osimhen (led well from the front), Awaziem, Bonke (will tell you what he did), Omeruo and ofcos Jamilu Collins (Surprise! SURPRISE!! FOR most)


1. Jamilu Collins:

You know, it's funny how Jamilu Collins is getting praised on here now. I thought several here agreed he was also an elite carpenter and terrible footballer.

I have always maintained the lad is Decent. Yes we needed an upgrade on him but the lad can still offer us enough going forward as a backup. He's also been in very good form for Paderborn so far this season. Lad is still a good one for us.

He showed his attacking side yesterday and forged fine chemistry with Chidera Ejuke allowing him to run in behind as Ejuke dragged defenders in-field opening him up for cross deliveries on some occasions.

Jamilu also did a great job of beating two men on a dribble run that saw him penetrate the left flank before playing that dangerous ball into the box that caused Chaos which Osimhen duly took advantage of.

Beautiful display from Collins. Solid defensively and very decent Attacking Showing.




2. Chidera Ejuke:

Ejuke was probably the only one trying to make things happen on the creative front with his moves, tricks and combos with Collins. Especially in the first half and before the first sub was made. What a way to make his first start in the GWG following up on his debut showing off the bench where he delivered a Cameo of 4-5 dribbles in one daring move in such a short time. Lol
His performance yesterday was more mature and didn't see him play to the gallery like he did on his debut (which was still eye-catching no doubt ).

Picked his moments nicely to dribble, to track back, to feed Collins on the overlap and to hit some precise strikes which seriosuly troubled Vozinha in Goal for CV

In truth, he makes a strong case to Rohr to consider an attacking trident of Ejuke-Osimhen-Chukwueze at some point in the near future.

Involved in most of our attacking transitions which came predominantly from the flanks with Little or nothing through the middle.
When we weren't using the flanks, we were using the CBs to hoof route-one passes into Osimhen's path.



3. Omeruo and Awaziem

Like I said in one of my many posts leading up to the game, Rohr may have certain faults but one thing he knows how to do pretty well is set up a defence. He did good picking a trusted partnership Kenneth Omeruo and Chidozie Awaziem. Probably their first time starting together in the Super Eagles but their partnership is no stranger to the coaching crew and keenly observant Naija fans having seen both pair each other in Leganes' defence in the 2019/20 La Liga Season.

Awaziem was very assured at LCB (taking over the mantle from Balogun) and did more than enough to stop the forays of the deadly Ryan Mendes and Garry Rodrigues. He and Collins really locked down that left side of the defence. Awaziem also showed decent distribution from the back.
Also should have won a penalty for that outrageous high kick to his head by a CV player (Mendes I think?). Too bad we don't use VAR in the CAF Zone WC Qualifiers.

Omeruo was also Solid for the most parts and although he did have two moments where he had to put the ball behind for late corners but one of them was due to Maduka Okoye's needless eagerness to come off his lines that quick especially when he could see he wasn't gonna get to the ball first and with Omeruo and one or two Cape Verdean attackers closing in on the ball. That 88th min wobble and timely last gasp header-interception also caused an own goal because of Okoye's poor positioning in that instance. Thanks goodness it wasn't to be.

In all, the Omeruo-Awaziem partnership did just enough to dominate the CV attackers. And combined, they made the most recoveries alongside Bonke at DM.


4. Shehu Abdullahi

Didn't put a foot wrong except for the one moment where we all were wondering where he was for Cape verde's Goal. Dylan Tavares had successfully evaded Moses Simon (closest marker to him) by timing his run-in behind to perfection which led to the goal.

Apart from this one moment, Shehu was Solid as well. He even got forward early in the game and created a beautiful chance with a low cross which Ahmed Musa should have done much better with.
For the rest of the game, Shehu had to stay pegged back in his RB role to keep the defensive shape since Jamilu was constantly bursting forward on the opposite flank when we had the ball.

A good shift from Shehu.



5. Moses Simon

Moses Simon didn't have his best of games but he also wasn't poor either. He did try a couple of crosses from the right but none yielded much fruit in the end. He provided an outlet for the team on the right but he had problems beating his markers for the most parts. His industry still cannot be faulted.

He could have done better picking out Dylan Tavares in that one moment which saw the Cape Verdean Fullback dash in behind Simon but he did good catching up with him eventually and doing enough to cover the crossing/passing angles.

Now this leads me to the next player to evaluate briefly because I feel this player should have done better after Simon did his best using his pace to recover grounds on the invasive Dylan Tavares....

This player is Maduka Okoye.

Have it in mind that the role was Shehu's but in his absence (due to him being badly positioned in that instance off the ball) Simon did try to cover for him and chased down Tavares.


6. Maduka Okoye

You know, I have personally played a lot of roles in football back in my Secondary school/Cadet academy and University days and Goalkeeper was one of them. I am naturally a striker (a left wing forward- inverted) but I also excelled at other roles except at CDM. But you see, I also understood how a goalkeeper thought and sometimes the coaches would play me with goal when our team went down by a man and needed someone to organise the backline from between the sticks. I was always the guy for that job especially only when we were leading. The coach would improvise if we needed goals and leave me upfront bringing in a goalie if we still had subs left. If not, it depended on the match situation and I would be in Goal... and we never lost with me in Goal. Never.

One of the things I picked up as a makeshift goalie was the presence of mind to always be aware of your near post when an opposition Winger approaches the goal from either flanks. You only position yourself slightly away from the near post when you see/spot the undeniable opportunity for the Winger to hit a cross or a pass across goal. But in the absence or near probability of such happenings especially with your defence blocking out passing lines for the opposition Winger, then you protect your near post first!!!!
This is what Okoye failed to do and Tavares buried with aplomb.

It must be noted that there was no way a good cross would have come out of that moment from Tavares. He saw his crossing/passing lines were blocked by Simon and the other recovering defenders then he took the only available option to him and viola! He scored.

I never played professional but this "protect-your-near-post" basic was understood strongly by me. Okoye failed in this regard and I hope he learns his lessons going forward.

Away from that, his overall confidence in Goal yesterday was questionable. Two other times again in the game after the goal, he got his positioning bad. One of which almost proved costly.

This is quite shocking for a lad who did very well in the Dutch Eredivisie last season. He is a very decent goalkeeping talent and would very likely become one of the best in the future but right now, I must admit that he hasn't convinced just yet in the GWG for the most parts especially in Competitive matches. Perhaps Rohr should shake him up a bit by giving Uzoho more games to reignite a competitive response of improvements from Okoye


You know, I understand the whole "playing in bigger league" talks as regards Okoye and Uzoho and I have their stats from last season and for the NT. Facts is Uzoho edges even now but yes Okoye plays in a better rated league.

But then, I ask myself.... Look at the best team in Afrifa today. Algeria. They have two good goalies in Rais Mbolhi (based in Saudi Arabia) and Alexandre Oukidja (starring for Metz in Ligue 1).
Guess who mans goal in the crucial games?

Djamel Belmadi still sticks to Mbolhi and despite the brilliant showings of Oukidja in France (this is not assumptive talks. He has truly been brilliant in France. Made TOTW couple of times) Belmadi, Algeria's manager, still perfers Mbolhi.

So it is not a question of who Plays in a higher league. A highly tactical coach won't be easily swayed by which league you play in especially when it comes to a role as sensitive and vital as the Goalkeeping role.

Rohr should get this right. He should stop pampering Okoye. We need the best reliables when the going gets tough out there in Cameroon, four months from now.

A word is enough. But this is to wishing both Okoye and Uzoho improved showings for their clubsides before the Afcon comes around.



7. Kingsley Michael:

A very decent showing from Kingsley Dogo Michael. His talents was never in doubt and I always knew he was going to shine in his own ways.
His ball playing and pressing were very good. His passing was simple and precise. His workrate off the ball was highly commendable.

Tackled when needed, pressed constantly, helped Bonke out to keep control of the middle game and ensured we were hard to penetrate through the middle.

Did advance the ball a few times as well but there was Zero hint of creativity when on the ball. Didn't deliver or pick out any noteworthy lines-breaking pass either on the run or from deep.

But seeing as he wasn't expected to do everything plus this was his just his first game in the GWG and from the start too in an away game against a giant killing opponent, then Kingsley indeed covered himself in glory and I hope he gets even more games at Bologna in Serie A establishing himself as a valuable squad member of the group and even possibly starter so as to keep adding depth value to the Super Eagles.

A lad who only made his 2nd serie A apperance in the last 3-4 years in Italy vs Atalanta just recently and only got a handful of mins last season in Serie B, was still able to produce such a matured display in the middle of the pack against seasoned giant killing opponents. How much more if he gets more mins for Bologna this season. Kingsley is a very talented player and disciplined performer. A good addition to the team.

Really cannot stop imagining what other midfield prospects/lads who are just as talented or even more talented than Kingsley and have good gametime experience under their belts will produce when finally given the chance.

Kingsley's display on his very first start and first appearance in the GWG is testament to the depth Rohr is yet to exploit even to half-full levels.
And also testament to not judging players alone on gametime for clubs. Quality is Quality. But yes, gametime is important.




8. Innocent Bonke:

A lot of folks here didn't feel this guy because of his average (some would say, Below average) ball control. He wasn't assured on the ball like Kingsley and his passing was at times questionable, but there is one thing Bonke did so very well which gave us a fighting chance in yesterday's game.

Bonke was our undisputed Midfield Destroyer. He hacked down and tackled and intercepted anything Cape verdean.
He had one major mission: Fight for every ball and recover as much as you can. Give them not a breathing space.... and that he did admirably even though his ball control needs work.
Bonke did the dirty work while Kingsley tidied up while also getting into some dirty bits in the middle.

In all, a commendable showing from Bonke. But he is still very much behind Ndidi and Onyeka.



9. Victor Osimhen:

My Man. The Warrior-Athlete... Our Super Striker. The Monster Machine himself. Didn't score against Liberia but saved his 7th International goal for this moment. A goal that brought us back into the game and made us see a chance for a win.

He didn't get much service but he knew what he was up against. He knew he won't get as many chances so he had to be vigilant to pounce when needed, shoot when needed and drift wife when needed. This he did and I was satisfied with his industry upfront even in the absence of his usual supporting cast.

He did find a new supporting cast though in Ejuke. Both of them causing havoc upfront. Ejuke using osimhen as decoy to make room and get some shots off that really troubled Vozinha. Osimhen even applauded one of such efforts.

Osimhen showed true leadership upfront and battled for every ball, chasing down even lost causes and that was how he was able to be positioned at rhe right place, at the right time to pounce on a defensive error and bag for the GWG.
It is one of the hallmarks of great Strikers. The ability to poach in the box. To pop up when needed in positions to drag your team out of a defeatist hole when the going gets tough like it got yesterday in that moment we conceeded.




10. Ahmed Musa:

Didn't and wasn't even expected by anyone who have watched him for the last 11 years to do a good job at a #10. No creativity at all but he did try fall back a couple of times to help the midfield win balls and recover. Provided an extra body in the middle when needed but that didn't help at all too with transition between Midfield and attack. Our best transitions into attack came from the flanks.

Musa used his pace at times when he drifted wide but nothing of note came out of it.

Musa had a quiet game by his standards and duly bagged his much celebrated "100th cap" (which is actually not yet official in FIFA records because one of the 2 games taken into account for Musa's 100, the Togo game back in 2017 still stands as Unofficial). Rightly subbed off but we all know he should have been subbed out earlier.

A softly okay shift from the captain.







The subs:

Onyekuru, Moffi, Onuachu and Zaidu.

Loved what I saw from both Onyekuru and Moffi especially. Moffi didn't get much on the ball but it was his pressing on CV MF, Kenny Rocha Santos that led to the miscalculated eagerly hit pass that beat the badly positioned, CV keeper, Vozinha.
Moffi and Onyekuru pressed on that right side together with Moffi keenly advancing on Rocha Santos which caused the lad to turn tail and hoof it into his goal.

Moffi's touches were also exemplary and he showed fine strength in a few duels keeping the CV defenders honest alongside Onuachu (on his entrance).

Onyekuru was the most daring and lively of the subs though. He could have had a goal within moments of his entrance had he picked out his spot better before hitting one straight into Vozinha's embrace.


How the chance came about?
Osimhen on a dashing forward run down the right side aimed for a pass to Moffi who was running in behind on the left side of the opposition box which deflected into the path of Onyekuru for a chance at goal.

Onuachu came on for Osimhen and did just okay. Kept up the pressing even with little encounter with the ball.

Zaidu came in too for Ejuke just to close shop on the left side. Did enough providing that extra fresh leg off the bench.

Chief, Okoye has the potential to be an excellent goalie but for now he's not at the level we need from someone who will prosecute crucial tournaments and qualifiers. Uzoho is no Donnaruma or Allison but he tries to do most of the basics. In the crucial games I've seen Francis play he is always making vital saves but with Maduka it's like most shots on target tend to get in.

charlesemeka85:
Maduka is better than Uzoho even with the ball on his fit.

No reasonable coach will drop a goalkeeper playing constantly in the Dutch league and emerged as one of the best last season for one in an obscure league

Rohr sees both in close quarters in training so I believe he has his reasons for sticking with maduka

Small time una go say na because him na oyibo born

Thank You

forgiveness:
“Far from up”

Sorry I don't understand your comment. If you read my full post I was also commending Collins that his time in the national team is not yet up.

Oasis001:


Did you actually mean it or just a Mistake? Same Collin that had good Games in both Matches?