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My guy Cameroon and Ghana especially are two annoying teams that turn to prime Chelsea in the Mourinho era whenever they face us.

charlesemeka85:
This Cameroon wey I Dey watch their match now with Guinea I swear we go beat them comfortably

Egbon I completely disagree. Omeruo was beaten in the air in the midfield of our own half but we had enough people at the back to have cleared the ball which included Aina who was beaten for pace and strength by the Cameroonian winger.

Kog45:
Yes Omeruo was at fault,very poor aerial contest as CB and Aina had 50/50 chance to avert the situation.

How did you come to the conclusion will get wasted in midfield after observing him in the one match where he was our best player?

komekn:
There is an assumption by quite a few that because you were born in the UK you no get gidigbo and gbeghe for body.

Frank Onyeka is satisfactory but Alhassan will get wasted in midfield.

Game day.

Praying and cautiously optimistic of a positive result today.

It's going to be a physical battle but I'm hopeful our superior qualities will help us advance.

Need our defense to be extra solid plus our forwards and wingers to come to the party.

LET'S GO SUPER EAGLES!

Yeah we shouldn't give them the opportunity to park the bus.

Marjoribanks:
My fear is their aerial prowess (corner kick or free kicks) and spectacular crosses. If we they get a goal first, they might lock up!
But if we score first, they will definitely fall apart cos they lack the organization to deal with counter attack.
I really want us to win!!

I'm remember that argument the spin he put on what we all saw with our korokoro eyes would make Trump.

Now it's Yusuf is a weakling someone that played one match only and was our best player.

Danielnino00:
Till today, komekn swears that goal was Omeruo fault..
Omeruo missed the header and Aina got beaten by his marker...but komekn chose to blame Omeruo alone

The 'Misses Ighalo' era. If not for Rohr who kept faith with him Odion would have lost his national team space after the 2018 WC.

comodo:
He has forgotten so soon that it was in this forum that Ighalo was nicknamed ABF. It get why.

Losing 4-0 is almost unforgivable sha. Probably the worst beating any host country in AFCON history has collected.

BascoVanVeli:
They said even if they make it he won't be coaching

Side note North Africans have been bloody terrible at this AFCON 1 win out of 11 matches in total

My honest assessment of the team is we not yet at the level we have to be to win this tournament but they are not far off.

Goalkeeping position and defense have improved considerably from what the situation was pre-AFCON.

I don't know if Nwabali is the best we could have gotten to man the sticks but his performances have been satisfactory and should be the minimum required of any SE first choice goalie.

Aina and Bassey have brought the quality I thought they were capable of. Ekong's leadership and defensive awareness have rubbed off of who has been slightly more composed.

Midfield is still lacking that cutting edge pray the coach sorts it out soon cos we will be punished if we don't get it would right.

Attack has been heavily reliant on Osimhen who hasn't been at his sharpest. Other players need to step up in their goal scoring responsibilities. Victor can't do it would all on his own. Guys like KC, Moffi, Lookman, Chukwueze, Simon and Iwobi have to pitch in.

All said and done I'm optimistic the team will get better.

For that one I think they said Simon or was it Lookman was offside and interfering with play but it's not too clear.

Odunayaw:
The 2nd chalked off goal was a clean goal

Everyone Komekn hypes dey always fall him hand.

zicky:
Ghana Fa just annoce the sack of Chris Houghton,

Handball. Replays showed the ball bouncing off Osimhen's arm as he was about to tap in.

jihday:
that was a clean goal, don’t know why var didn’t call it back

For real I hope we don't jam that ref again with her nonsense calls.

daveP:
Omeruo didn't stand up well to the ref for those 3 yellow cards. 2 were not justified. No warning just straight. That lady...we need to pray we don't jam her going forward. How none of Bissau players got any card is the more reason i didn't like her officiating.

Omo e go slap hard if e turn out like this

minfelix:
Nigeria’s likely pathway to the final
R-16 Nig vs Gui/Cam 🤪 (choke and nick them)

Qf Alg/Sa vs Nig (play nonsense and advance)

SF Nig vs CPV/Morocco (humble them🤪and send them away)

Final Nig vs Sen (8-1-1 formation, force them to penalty shootout, and snatch the trophy undeservedly 🤣🤣anyone can now go to court and challenge the result)🤪

Game day expecting a positive result again.

Hope Osimhen and KC bring their goal scoring boots.

LET'S GO SUPER EAGLES

My brother you know getting to 'semifinals of WC' automatically translates to winning AFCON naa!

Seriously speaking as much as they are favorites it will be interesting seeing how they cope taking the game to their opponents who will now sit back and counter like Morocco did at the last WC.

Truidstarr:
Na Morocco wey some people for here no allow us hear word na em DRC wan kill so?

Onyeka was good in our last match but in the long term you won't get the best out him if he plays DM. He's not completely comfortable with the ball at his feet.

Mujtahida:
I thought it was said that Onyeka cannot play DM but he was a work horse on the day snuffing out attacking threats and shielding the defense.

Na bro Cameroon just played with determination and gra gra. They lack quality in many areas and it's painfully obvious. Senegal was just slack for some reason. They could easily have hammered them 4-0 the way we did in Uyo that year. This Cameroon team at the AFCON may have the heart but the quality is seriously lacking.

Marjoribanks:
Cameroon was the better team before Sar's goal from corner kick.
That goal unsettled Cameroon and gave Senegal confidence.
Onana made no single safe too.
The Senegalese goals came against the run of play!
And Cameroon should have deservedly equalized just before Senegal 3rd goal.
Gambia is a sure 3 point for Cameroon!

Yeah I expect Kelz to start.

We should go back to a 3-man midfield. Aribo to join Iwobi and Onyeka in the midfield if Yusuf is still unavailable.

Oasis007:



We must beat GB silly in the last match. Also, we must try out Lookman, Osimhen and Iheanacho combo in the attack.

We need to have multiple goalscorers and creators in the team, with Iheanacho both are guaranteed.

Defense wins you trophies!

comodo:
This is AFCON bro. 7 games, u win d trophy. It's doesn't matter if it's 1:0 or penalties. Good defence dey very important for African football.

Ademola sef put up a fight. We gave as good as we received physically against the Ivorians.

charlesemeka85:
Nooo haba! Physicality wise our players were up to the Ivorians except Mola and Chukwueze

Gbam! I like sexy football (copyright Amokachi) however I love winning more.

I support Arsenal but I know nobody remembers we played entertaining football in the late 2000s and early 2010s cos we no win shingbain.

minfelix:
at this stage now i dont care if osimhen scores or not, let the goal come from any body…na winning i wan dey see now…if na 1-0, 1-0 go carry us go far for this tournament or enter final no wahala..afterall tikitaka masters spain use 1-0 win 5games out of their 7games in 2010 to lift WC…

Abeg ignore the walking contradiction.

mostob:
Is he playing regularly for City? That's what they're asking you. All this Alaroye talk no be am abeg

fake prophet you mean.

Blueelf:
You can't shame God's prophet

He will come good. He hasn't been at his goal scoring best but we can see how impactful his contributions have been. Backing him to get his scoring mojo back against GB.

yinkeys:
I thought world class strikers know where the woodwork is on the pitch without even looking
The clear chances he’s got aren’t even on target, can’t even find the woodwork. It’s ridiculous

I will constructively criticize Osimhen
He has not been lethal in this tournament
Grit & talent has been helping him
He’s not as technically sound as Boniface or Moffi

Osimhen scores difficult & impossible goals, aerial balls but fails to bury clear cut chances
It’s hard to watch when your top 9 isn’t taking clear chances. He doesn’t really have to do much but find the woodworks

Our boy is ballooning balls and can’t even find targets. He should be hitting target with his eyes closed
A decent ground ball against CIV would have gone in
Against EQG he hurriedly took that shot and it went way out of target
Like was the sun & heat really affecting him

He needs to score clear cut chances because our team can’t keep the ball and string 10 or more passes. It could hunt us in the knockout stages.

Chukwueze is playing a selfish game, holding into the ball for too long. I’m only impressed with Lookman upfront.
Maybe the English raised players are more technically sound than Nigerian bred.
Can’t wait for technically sound Iheanacho to get on the pitch to teach these guys how it’s done

Ekong is the first Nigerian player since Yekini to score in 3 consecutive AFCONs. Mr. Consistent

minfelix:
its Ekong’s 3rd Afcon goal
2019Afcon Vs SA (corner kick tap in)
2021Afcon Vs Guinea Bissau (rebound from Moses simon spectacular dribble and strike that hit the upright)
2023Afcon Vs CIV(penalty)

"Iwobi s@xy passes with penetration"

Toylove:
Na God talk say I no go die for amokachi hand today with him wack commentary

Chief it's not that deep.

Yes his trolling can be annoying but it's all banter mostly. No need for the curses.

Icon4s:
Now your true identity bas been exposed. You are not a critic of Nigerian football. You are a hater and an enemy.

May holy ghost fire consume you and that your evil prayer.

Nonsense

Na normal thing na. Shame no go let them show face until second round.

charlesemeka85:
Gustav and Blueff crawl back to your holes 🕳 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

LOOOOOOOOLLLLLL!

Blueelf:
Kanu was more impactful than osimhen has been so far

Remove Kanu from that your mouth

Like this lineup except for 2 or 3 personnel.

Bassey for Ajayi, Aribo for Onyeka and Chukwueze for KC wouldn't want to rush Senior Man. He along with Moffi and Simon potential jokers if game is tight.

Oasis007:


Let's drop our possible lineups. You don't have to condemn or criticise someone's predicted lineup, just drop yours and move on.

Mine;

...................................Nwabali

Aina.................Ekong...............Semi.................Zaidu

..........................Onyedika......Onyeka........................

Iheanacho..................Iwobi.......................Lookman

.................................Osimhen