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fabyom:
Born and raised in Nigeria. He was scouted in Nigeria. I even think his brother (Peter Eletu) played under 17 or 20 for us.

My point is he won't play for the SE until 2028..

fabyom:
This boy has the attribute missing in our midfield. He is the missing piece. I read an analysis about him and watch his highlights. The teen is a box to box that can dribble, pass, mark, run and score. A mould of both Yaya and Essien. An exciting talent indeed!
If he can improve his decision making he will be a force to rekon with in world football.

You know very well that this Eletu guy won't make his debut for the SE until he is at least 24 years old...
The SE doesn't play teenagers and he may end up representing Italy.

Mujtahida:
Let me answer for Morocco:
Spain did absolutely nothing. They invented a style of football where you pass the ball from side to side and forget about scoring goals.

Spain don't pass the ball from side to side... they pass diagonally from side to side..

that way the passing goes forward diagonally towards the opponents goal and the players stand in a diagonal line from each other which makes it easier to make triangular passes because standing in a diagonal line automatically makes each player to have at least 2 passing options at all times..

Blueelf:
Senegal were better earlier on. They seemed the most threatening side until that 1st goal unraveled everything

I also noticed it.. similar to Ghana team conceding 2 goals. After Ghana conceded 2 goals they just gave up. Senegal lost motivation after conceding 2 goals..

mostob:
Koulibaly will be 30 years soon and he is still making such amateurish defensive error.
Stay between the line and delay Foden so your teammates can recover....

they're all playing as if they're over 33 years old...

they're not holding the defense line sometimes only one defender at the back... very bad defending from Senegal...

I expected them to at worst pack the bus and drag the match to penalties..

Grey gave me the same bank acount for my Eu:ro account.. so now I have 2 bank accounts that are the same the only difference is currency

Ppogbae:
Doesn't matter. Given our tactical malaise, we would've underperformed. Better to stay home than embarass ourselves. Let's aim to get it right for 2026.

The only reason SE will underperform is the fact that SE does not cross the ball and won't select players that can cross..

The goal Aboubakar scored against Brazil is an impossible task for the SE.

If it was SE The winger will try to dribble the Brazilian defenders then end up passing back to defense.

daveP:
Plan to grab 1st game win and do whatever you can with the rest. Most teams topping with 6points and most RU with 4pts. Some out with same 4points, amd that decided mostly on last group game. Unpredictable World Cup. Suarez tears shows how the pain of South Korea is. Some premium K-drama by Bento. I hope the next edition with 9 African teams sees more competitiveness from CAF reps than this 2022 own.

Take this same set of teams and add Nigeria, Ivory coast, Egypt and Algeria.

mostob:
Na so... because football is 1 + 1

Because his the Swiss main guy and it means they won't have him in their team.

andrewbaba44:
Mehn never say never

Why didn’t Serbia play a draw ,oooo God

Even if Serbia played draw it would have been down to who has more yellow and red cards and Aboubakar messed up even though he was obviously over excited.

AndSunGorilla:
Embolo from Cameroun has denied Cameroun twice

If he played for Cameroon... Cameroon could have won the group.

ChrisKels:
Ghana needed a draw hence there was no need to open up the game, but they left their brains in Kumasi and started chasing for a revenge just as I predicted before the match. And the outcome? Premium tears

towards the end they could have tried to equalize since they were getting into Uruguay's box but it seems they were demoralized to try and stage a comeback...

komekn:
All those we are obsessed with this discriminatory quasi- tribalism creating division ➗ where there ar none, instituting animosity and bigoted exclusion where there is none.

How many of the Moroccan players where born and brought up outside of Morocco as well as emanated from Europe top football academy and Leagues.

They simply dont have this divisive and retrogressive discourse of FB ( foreighn born) vs Nigerian born that impacts team selection.

But in addition players who were in high demand by European nations opted to play first for Morocco. Players like Ziyech, Hakimi Mouh, felt such a sense of belonging and welcoming , they chose Morroco first, but WHY ❓

WHAT is Morocco doing differently that creates such brotherly COHESION ❓❓

It's been like this for quite some time, l remember Adel Taarabt one of the most naturally gifted players I've seen. He could ha be played for England or France but chose Morocco first.

There are many things we can learn from Morocco, digression : Morocco sells electricity to the UK renewable clean energy from Solar generation in the SAHARA.

WHAT is Morocco doing differently that creates such brotherly COHESION

It is very foolish and hypocritical of you to ask such question..

when you examine how you yourself respond to other peoples comments in a condescending and how you denigrate anything Nigerian and any Nigerian footballer then you will know what Morocco is doing differently...

Infact you're a hypocrite and you're a very foolish person....

TheSuperNerd:
Not every football freestyler will make it in the actual world of football as a pro.

Ever heard of the F2Freestylers? Here is their YT channel... https://youtube.com/@thef2

Very popular but before they became world renowned for their skills and tricks as freestylers, they couldn't cut it professionally.

So to accommodate these lots, there is a governing body globally for freestylers like this kid called the World Freestyle Football Association.

They organise Street Freestyle Competitions. And there are lots of similar competitions not directly organised by the WFFA.



My point... if this kid in the clip really wanna play the game professionally then ofcos he would need more than these. Much more infact in addition to what you already mentioned.... if not, he would do well following his Freestyle path.

His young and can be trained to be a professional footballer..

Those F2 guys probably didn't want to be playing in the lower leagues.. I don't know anything about them. With the infrastructure they have access to they should at worst be playing in the lower leagues.

They should tell the boy in the link below to focus on improving his stamina and ball movement on grass and ball handling..

He should not focus mainly on joggling the ball..

The channel is a Brazilian or Portuguese channel I could be wrong.

But in this video I am 100% sure I heard them speaking Yoruba..

the boy should focus on his speed and if anyone knows where this video happened they should make it public here at least.


https://www.instagram.com/p/ClbUqJ5tn07/

PDPGuy:
Congrats Senegal!

But losing Gueye for the round of 16 is a blow to them.

yes and no...

yes because he is a good midfielder..
no because he was making unnecessary tackles...

AndSunGorilla:
Why is Senegal playing with 2 strikers now. What do i know sef.

One striker can be dropping deep and playing as a midfielder... and I think they want to be able keep the ball in the opponents half of the pitch.

Tamilore11:
Bini is even closer to Yoruba than igbo. In fact, they have no connection with igbo. My mom is a bini woman. Oredo LGA

Bini are not closer to Yoruba...

they are their own people and independent of anything Yoruba.. they have their own language and culture and will get their own country if Nigeria ever separates...

Tamilore11:
The funniest thing is ur tribe is so wicked dat if it was an igbo family Chioma lost her son, u ppl won’t be dis kind to her. Yoruba are far far nicer and more loving dan that your tribe. Dat is why Chioma will rather die in Adeleke family dan enter Okonkwo or NNamdi family. By now, u ppl would ve shown her hell for losing a son. U ppl dat discriminate genders. Tueh

Tamilore11:
Damn it!!! See the way they are claiming Davido��. Plz tell us Davido’s igbo name. If he is so proud to belong to u ppl, why has he never announced his igbo name? None of his sisters or brothers even announced igbo name. Instead, he gave his daughter a benin name. Plz go n sit. Even Davido has never claimed publicly to be related to igbo. When did kids start claiming grandmother’s tribe, not even his mother o!!! Grandmother!!!U re a fool o. A big one at dat. A very very big fool. Davido even brags to be a full blooded yoruba in many of his songs, come carry am give igbo ppl na. Very stupid tribe. Why u no claim yemi Alade? Is her mom not igbo? Even Kizz Daniel, his mom is igbo. U Dey claim Davido dat his mom is not even igbo nor related to them. U re plain stupid

stop attacking the wrong people...

I am Yoruba

komekn:
So where is the poor coaching coming from ⚽❓

V.O. has improved immensely actually meteorically from the technically inept, limited football intelligence and physicality that he had as 16 year old youth player in Wolfsburg.

Where did his football ⚽schooling and learning come from please ❓

Victor Osimhen has always been excellent technically and has immense football intelligence that's one of the reasons he is where he is today... and he has worked with and learned from the footballers he has played with both at club level and national team..

komekn:
I think you really lack knowledge, understanding and insight. That proposition is essentially nonsensical.

I want you to compare the level of coaching, support staff (sports science) not, defensive and offensive specialist coaching staff add that to the high quality of even world class managers that some of our players are exposed to for many seasons.

And now tell me what Salisu, Eguavon and co are going to teach them in two weeks compared to Thier clubs.

Remember you said, A LOT OF THINGS.

Players in the national team change from time to time... so it can be like going to a new club every international break so the coach has to teach his players to get to know each other and work together...

In Nigeria's case.. I don't think they interact that much or even train on formation, corners, free-kicks, penalties e.t.c and that's because the arrogant behavior of Emmanuel Dennis towards the other players should have been noticed off the pitch..

and that behavior also shows that NFF thinks like you... just gather players from what you call the "top leagues" and put them together and expect a magical result without teaching them a lot of things...

I won't be surprised if you are an NFF staff or one of the people NFF listens to for advise because the way you comment only someone that's exhibits Emmanuel Dennis level of arrogance can make such comments..

typicalgamer:
Relax ghana played same Portugal that beat my
Grand daddy 4-0

And showed the reason why they qualified ahead of us

That doesn't show why they qualified ahead of the S.E...

You're like many others on this thread are under-estimating how strong African countries are and how strong the top 15 CAF teams are.. most of the teams that have faced African countries have struggled to get results and work really hard to get anything from the match....

African teams just have to work on their strikers and chance creation opportunities..

This world cup has shown me that African teams are strong and only poor coaching is holding them back...

Pidginwhisper:
imagine a player of Akanji Caliber holding our defense together . Man was everywhere and was able to contained the Brazilian forwards. We no get players aje, na past glory dey carry us.

Even if a player of Akanji Caliber was holding our defense it is how good your GK is that's important and how good your midfield is that's important.

TheChameleon:
Sorry. Na papa get pikin. Davido is an Osun indigene. Your calculations mean nothing.

osazsky:
simp nor go love like mumu o...make ur wife nor go pres ur mumu botton o..so that u nor go go do change of name from ur surname to ur fathers inlaws name...which day man start to do change of name..its a woman thing leave it for them..ur job is to work and control the home...women is irrelevant when it comes to tribe of origin after marrige grow up

Ti:nubu is also an Osun indigene but he has sidelined Lagos indigenes in Lagos State and he is full Yoruba unlike Da:vido.

It's only a matter of time before the next generation of A:deletes ( who will not be full Yoruba) start marginalizing full Yoruba Osun indigenes.

Tamilore11:
U talk like a fool. Davido’s mum is Benin. She is not igbo st all. And when did kids start claiming mother’s tribe? Omooo��. U ppl suffer inferiority complex. Davido speaks Yoruba like mad. All his relatives are all Yoruba. His uncle is even a governor of a Yoruba state!!! His late uncle was an Honourable in Yoruba state. U Dey claim Davido to igbo? U well so? Even their surname is pure Yoruba. U re sick in d head. Almost full blooded osun family, u say dem be almost full igbo. U Dey craze. Igbo kor, Indian hemp ni.

If you marry an Igbo woman and your son also marries an Igbo woman that means your grandson is 0.75 is Igbo even though he has your surname and can speak Yoruba..

TheChameleon whom I quoted spoke as if davido is 100% Yoruba which you yourself have also confirmed.

Davido grandma is Igbo then his mum is bini. That means davido is 0.25 Yoruba..

Your abuses can't make him 100% Yoruba.

komekn:
I disagree.

First of all the national team is not where you learn anything the time is very limited and too short.

You are selected because of what you already have from your club and league where you play day in day out all season long. This is where you spend 99% of your footballing life .

So if you haven't learned in your club you will not learn it in the short time you have in the national team.

A good cosch will look at individual player attributes, experiences, capacity and ability then fuse turn into a team with a clear cut strategic vision and plan.

The national team formation is different from their club teams formation. Players have to get used to the positioning of their teammates in the national team...

The national team is where you learn a lot of things..

fabyom:
5-3-2 Otto Addo. Partey is not in this game!

5-4-1 for defensive formation.

Raheeqilmaktoom:
Says someone who has no history, the British found you guys living a lil different than animals and you have the effontry to think everyone had your reality?

I understand its difficult for you to accept that the north you love to hate was a commercial centre and was engaging in diplomatic missions as far as Arab world before you knew to even go beyond your forests you think were the demarcation between the world and the afterlife.

North was not doing anything don't let fake stories fool you.

If north had the things you claim then they wouldn't have negative balance of trade every year.

Ppogbae:
Why is Cameroonian passing and ball handling so poor? Did they not learn from their 1st match?

Because they don't train on how to keep possession and players holding the ball for long and the players aren't good ball handlers..

Raheeqilmaktoom:
Kano was commerce centre for like 300 years before ty British berthed on the shores of Nigeria. The trans sahara trade route made Kano and other northern towns commercial centres.

That's the story your people told you.. if there ever was any commerce center in the entire North then the b:ritish would have developed that section of the North.

There was never ever a "trans Sahara trade route".. any story that talks about such is a scam and fake.

ContinuousTortu:
Like really?

If the South have enough lands to farm, store and sell produce in large quantities, the North are doomed!

North has been doom that's why the Br:itish joined north and south Nigeria together in 1914 because the North always had deficit balance of trade.