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Since the second half against Senegal the French have been on another level.

But you're all correct only the Senegalese have caused them some measure of discomfort.

Odunayaw:
I hold the same opinion. France has barely left first gear in any match at this WC but against Senegal seems to me the only game so far that ruffled them a little.

Preparing for life after football.

Ibime:
It's like Maduka Okoye done leave football for una

Nigga is on a social media run

Every country has a bogey team. France struggled to beat Paraguay in 1998 same as this year. Besides Paraguay adopted haramball promax with a side dish of dark arts that would make Diego Simeone blush.

The Spain I saw against Portugal is very beatable. Don't be deceived because the Portuguese played with ten men throughout the match.

By the time Olise handle Cucurela ehn make I wait first whether Spain go beat Belgium.

andrewbaba44:
Spain doesn’t concede easily

France have to score ,they struggled to score against Paraguay

Miles ahead couldn't beat us in 120 minutes despite home advantage and biased ref.

And we didn't park the bus o.

Joebie:
Morocco got to the SF in my books considering it is an expanded world cup and they met the strongest title contender. So no dey appease urself.Morrocco is MILES ahead of Naija. You can settle for AFCON owambe as usual

Could easily have ended 3-0 or 4-0 that's how dominant the French were.

Maroc haven't jammed a team that made them look ordinary like that in a while.

TheSuperNerd:
The Scary "Les Bleus" absolutely decimated Morocco from min 1 to Min 90+. 8 shots on target vs Maroc's 1; 22 shots vs 5 shots. It was a one sided affair as Bounou was kept busy through the entire ordeal. France deservedly march on in Mega Commanding fashion. The win was so dominant that France could afford to throw away a penalty plus Mbappe knew the work was done by 77mins so he asked to be subbed off. Well done to the Atlas Lions for finishing as Africa's best at another WC edition (this time as quarterfinalist, a drop down from semifinalist in 2022) but they were never in the contest vs France.


🔰Now, 6 out of my 12 Favorites/Darkhorses/Outside force selections are still in. 6 are now OUT.

5 of the 6 OUT got booted out by 5 of the 6 still in the competition.

And, 2 more will inevitably fall in the quarter finals coz 4 of the 6 left so far meet one another_* (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿v🇸🇯 & 🇪🇦v🇧🇪). Argentina meets Switzerland, which is not in this selection.




Quarter Finals Action continues

🟣Next-up in this selection:
🟢 Spain (Top 5 Fav) vs Belgium (Darkhorse) on July 10th.


Top 5 Favs in no order:
- Spain✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*
- France✅️✅️✅️*(Semifinals)*
- Portugal✅️❌️⭕️
- Argentina✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*
- England✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*


Solid Dark horses:
- Brazil❌️❌️⭕️
- Germany❌️❌️
- Netherlands❌️❌️
- Belgium✅✅️*(Quarter finals)*
- Croatia (coz of their last 2 WCs)❌️❌️
- Norway✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*


Outside Force:
- Morocco✅️✅️❌️⭕️



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@Afrodoc kindly update us on how those of us interested can pitch in when the need arises.

Stay strong Larride you'll beat this in Jesus Name.

You dey mind them? As much as I detest the Argies Hell will freeze over before I actively support any North African team with the bottom barrel being Egypt.

Odunayaw:
Person wey see their interview go think they are honest people

Surprisingly I learnt that Akanki's grandfather is related to my great grandfather's uncle's sister's boyfriend.

So c'mon you Swiss!

Ibime:
Who are we not support our brothers Manuel Obafemi Akanji and Noah Arinzechukwu Okafor. Blood is thicker than water.

Coincidentally my cousin is Godmother to Noah Okafor and I have visited his parents house (next door neighbour to my cousin) in the village of Arisdorf near Basel. So Swizz gets my support anyday.

The Swiss have given us Cheese, Roger Federer, and multi-purpose knives.

So, I'm backing to go all the way on Sunday.

Plus, an Arsenal player is in their squad former yes, but it counts.

izzou:
Yes, they were quite neutral in every war.

If not for the Swiss returning Abacha's loot, I could have been dead long ago. The Swiss ensured I live

No better way to appreciate such a loving country, than offering my grateful, thankful hearts to them

Sunday morning? We put on our Swiss jerseys

Really? Dude impressed me. Intelligent player used his abilities to maximum effect.

TheSuperNerd:
That Black Egyptian #12, Haissem Hassan is a Foreign Born that switched allegiance from France to Egypt earlier this year. He plays for Real Oviedo and balled in La Liga this past season. You could easily see his impact on the Egyptian team. Baller!

His side was eventually relegated to La Liga 2 ahead of 2026/27.

Too bad the Argies took him out and he had to be subbed coz of injury on 73mins. The lad dey ball.

Yeah the Egyptians were overpowered by the Argentinians wasn't so much as a bottle job.

That said Hassem Hassan going off injured spoilt the Egyptians momentum.

That said I think they were a bit naive to have gone gong ho after conceding the equalizer.

Odunayaw:
It is Senegal that is deserving of flogging not Egypt. The momentum was never with Egypt. Yes they could have held on but it is not like Senegal's match where they relinquished their momentum and became wussies

If I tell you say I love you o
My money, my body, na your own o, baby
Thirty billion for the account o, yeah

mank1234:
If the match continued for another 15min we could have.

My name is Chrisooblog and I approve this message.

Dannyxy:
Nigeria no go bottle 2-0 in world cup, that one na lie.

It’s not in our mentality at all

They can score us, and we equalize, they score again, but to bottle two goal at 80 minutes, even Argentina no reach, insult Nigerian all you want, e no go happen.

Egypt jam pesin wey get PhD for dark arts lol.

Goke7:
The tricks the North Africans used so well on the continent they seem to forget it at the World Cup! Rubbish

*Reinforcing agenda* Nigeria will never bottle a 2-0 lead with less than 15 minutes to go.

Nigeria looking at Cape Verde and Egypt

Closest we have is Iwobi.

daveP:
I remember. Just that in current setup... Server not found!! Dem Amokachi, Taribo, Oliseh, Lawal, Rufai


Even in a corrupt system, e still suppose show

Or maybe we have sons of some babymamas(illegitimate kids) of some of these stars now in the setup and we probably might now know who their fathers were cos they keep it secret

Africa if/when we get our act together.

minfelix:
🌍 Only TWO continents have ever lifted the FIFA World Cup... Will 2026 finally make history, or will Europe & South America continue their dominance? 🏆🔥👇
💬 Which continent do you think will win the next World Cup?

Yeah I saw it Doc!

What makes it more impressive is that he defeated the reigning world champ.

Is my eye deceiving me or did he seem to slow down?

Kanyin will be a dependable medal outlet in the nearest future God willing.

TheSuperNerd:
In Athletics, Nigeria's Kayinsola Ajayi has done it again! 9.84secs national record.

9.84s!!🔥

🇳🇬Kanyinsola Ajayi beats Reigning World 100m Champion, Oblique Seville 🇯🇲 in his Diamond League debut, powering to an equal Nigerian Record of 9.84s (0.1) to win the men's 100m at the Prefontaine Classic!

Oblique Seville 🇯🇲 was 2nd in 9.89s, followed by Christian Coleman 🇺🇸 in 9.95s.

Legendary Bednarek 🇺🇸 finished in 4th.

From NCAA Chanpion to Diamond League Winner.

Our boy continues to cook.

Cc PDPGuy, Chrisooblog

No be only polling booth na BVAS.

Why can't Martial too have been useful enough to be considered for a polling booth award?

raumdeuter:
Polling booth awards. The same way Ronaldo was named motm vs Croatia and Bellingham was named MOTM vs Ghana

He played enough to be named into the team of the tournament wetin Martial do?

raumdeuter:
How many matches did Okocha start to win that Nations cup you are assigning to him

Yeah my bingo card will never have picked Brazil as being obviously racist.

Although now you mentioned it Brazil was one of the last few countries in the world to outlaw slavery long after the US.

I know they have under-G segregation but blatant racism? Never would have thought that about them.

andrewbaba44:
Are you sure about Brazil ? This is the first time I am hearing such

Na Argentines we really sabi from that side for their racism

Izzou is Igbo so I don't think he's adopting any Ethnic colored basis to push your argument.

Bimmarlykay:
Going tribal again ?

I would have engaged,but since you have officially dropped your weapons and handed over the crown, I'll jokingly accept. Thank you for the win, my Chief. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Gbaja that was penalized in the US for failing to refund money to his client before coming back to Nigeria so I'm not surprised.

Apparently has a cousin in the US who's a former NFL player.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmR8wbBP92Y

GloriousGbola:
https://www.nairaland.com/3800034/fraud-alert-adeniyi-adeyemi-matthew#139908863

Sincerely gbaja should be sacked for having anything to do with this dodgy character whose story has been out there since 2017.

Then again, it may be a pointer to gbaja himself.
This guy is a walking red flag

For drawing 3 matches and losing once?

Same Cape Verde Nigeria beat not too many years ago?

Ok

iamoyindamola:
Omo, cape verde of this morning will paste super chicken wetin no good o

Golden glove conceding 5 goals in 4 matches?

andrewbaba44:
Golden glove una

Nobody wins golden glove while eliminated at the round of 32

Tournament that you play 3-4 matches to win trophy that it one na competition?

Europa league that it we didn't see any significant contribution from him.

raumdeuter:
WAFU na just West Africa, Martial won the Nations league[b][/b] and Europa cup. See Okocha see Martial same category

Courtois and De Bruyne continuing their beefmance

https://x.com/joserra_espn/status/2072754563828883935?s=20

'Six pack was offside'

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This De Bruyne and Courtois beef is eternal

https://x.com/joserra_espn/status/2072754563828883935?s=20

Happy Birthday to the excellence of execution. The Best There Was, The Best There Is, and The Best There Ever Will Be!

Rapmoney:
Happy 69th Birthday to Bret Hart!

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His notable achievements include multiple world championship reigns in both the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling. He is also known for legendary rivalries and matches against stars such as Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, and Owen Hart. Hart has been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame twice—individually and as a member of the Hart Foundation.

This man made our childhood fun!

We're talking proper competitions not WAFU cup level tournaments.

raumdeuter:
Martial won the Nations League with France and won the Europa League with Man Utd

Finally Okocha don find his level