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Lamine needs to learn to pass the ball to Kounde when Kounde makes those overlapping runs.

Balde, what was that? 🤦🏽‍♂️

Beautiful finish from Raphinha. He atones for his earlier mistake.

Who lost the ball before the Athletico RB played that long ball over our defense? 🤔🤔 That's right, Raphinha 🤦🏽‍♂️

Raphinha keeps spoiling our counter attacks 🤦🏽‍♂️

Dani Olmo grabs his second of the night. Man of the Match performance from him today.

Pedri is back!!!

Another terrible pass from Raphinha, destroying a counter attack 🤦🏽‍♂️

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Excellent through balls, goals ke?

Balde participated in the first goal.
He didn't touch the ball in our second goal. Don't misrepresent facts and figures.

Second goal was created by Gerrard Martin.
Martin is improving massively.

Balde gave the pre-assist for the first goal through an excellent through ball. I mistook Martin for Balde with regards to the second goal, but my point still stands. The attack of the front three looks blunt.

Funny enough, Dani Olmo has been our best attacking threat so far.

Kilishihunter:
Martin gave raphinha the ball for the second goal and are you seeing how raphinha is everywhere pressing and making runs? That's the intensity rashford won't give you despite his goals and assists

Look at the one on one Raphinha just messed up. The only thing he has done in this half is to make cut back passes.

Kilishihunter:
This attack is looking dangerous, can't you see raphinha and lamine's pressure, 2-1 now from olmo

It's not convincing enough. We only scored those goals because Balde gave excellent through balls to Raphinha.

Dani Olmo scores

This attack looks blunt without Rashford.

Dani Olmo is aggressive today. I love that.

What was that from Casado? 😳

That's why he's the best no matter what haters say 😎 💪

Bimmarlykay:
Like ehn,at a point the boy got triggered and started teaching Yamal how to dribble, imagine Yamal not finishing of a Cucu on yellow,same As Ferran a Gusto on Yellow was still balling.

Mehn we pampared Yamal a lot,kid use to take on anything without fear, these days he's more interested in his ego. I yelled when he kept looking at the Ref without any impact/input.

The groin injury could be the issue.

Balde was our best player tonight.

Removing Lewandowski is a big mistake. Yamal should have been substituted instead

I can't count the number of times Lamine Yamal has lost the ball.

What has Fermin Lopez even done in that midfield?

What a beautiful game of football and a great return to the Camp Nou.

Lewa scored, Ferran scored, Fermin scored, Yamal got two assists and Raphinha returned. We won 4:0 without playing Pedri and Frenkie De Jong. Amazing. 😀

Nomyth:
The influx of foreign borns into various African teams is beginning to change the dynamics of African football and small yanah don begin dey shake.

Cape Verde used it, now they are in the World cup.
Morocco used it and got to the world cup semis.

Senegal and Algeria used it, and won the AFCON.

Now Congo.

Never have I seen an East African team dominate Nigeria the way Congo did yesterday, the way they quickly closed down our players whenever we attacked and the way they totally controlled both wings of our defense line. It looked totally strange to me.

Someone highlighted the quality of their defense yesterday when the team list was released and I wasn't particularly worried because I believed our attack was potent enough to unlock it.

But I was shocked at how easily the Congolese defense shut out our attack line, I don't think we make it into their 18 box up to 2 times yet, the Congolese had a field day in our own 18, strolling in virtually every time they attack.

With the influx of foreign borns into African football now, grit and brawn will never cut it again . The Congolese side played like a well drilled European team.

You're right.

Only God knows the amount of success Congo would have achieved if the likes of Romelu Lukaku, Michy Batshuayi, Kolo Muani, Camavinga, Kompany, Kimpembe, Lukebakio, e.t.c hadn't decided to play for other countries.

9JAMac10:

“During all the penalties, the guy from DR Congo did some voodoo.”

Nigeria head coach Éric Chelle explains why tempers flared between him and the DR Congo staff at the end of the World Cup playoff final. pic.twitter.com/nMyTIcqlTT

— ESPN Africa (@ESPNAfrica) November 17, 2025

Funny Eric chelle is blaming the loss in voodoo by the Congolese people. See primitive inept coach wants to blame African voodoo hahaha what a jokester

Point of correction. He did not blame the loss on voodoo. The reporter asked him why he was upset with the Congolese staff members during the penalties, and Chelle replied by saying that he saw a Congolese staff member sprinkling something during the penalties, which he suspected was voodoo.


He did not blame the loss on the suspected voodoo. He only explained why he was angry.

I can't come and kee myself because of Nigeria

Looks like I'll be supporting Haaland and Norway at the World Cup. This will be Norway's first World Cup appearance in 27 years, majorly due to Haaland's greatness.

Please let's take it easy on the penalty takers abeg. It's not easy

jihday:
Should have just lost to Benin republic 🤦🏿

Exactly. I prefer Benin to South Africa.

Please let's take it easy on the penalty takers abeg. It's not easy

Mbemba scores. Nigeria is out.

Ajayi misses

Congo score

Ejuke scores!!!!! That bear bear is not for fancy