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I predicted an emphatic Egypt win today but with what I have seen so far, anything can happen

And I know a lot of folks here prefer we face SA in the next stage for 2 reason:

1 So we can beat them for bragging rights. If this doesn't happen, then Naija should just hide face from SA

2 So that we won't have to face the host nation

Goke7:
Just heard kanu's interview on radio. He said the boys were panicking but imediately they got their confidence back the game was there for the taking.

The question is why our boys so fearful? This was what cost the game against argentina.

Our boys were not this fearful under keshi and they are not as good as this current team

This is why i want rohr out. We deserve better

My point exactly

mostob:
NGA 1:0 Cam

Nigerians: goalllllllllll,we go kee you today

Cameroon Scores

Nigerias: Make Thunder Fire the goalkeeper

Cameroon Scores Again

Nigerians: pls off the TV

# HT

Nigeria Scores

Nigerians: Goalllllllllll,Thank God ooo

Nigeria Scores Again

Nigerians: Goalllllllllll,we go kill you today

# FT NGA 3:2 CAM

Nigerians: Bring Anybody

Mouth no go kee us...Lolz

phamarsenal:
My views on today's game
- d super eagles won dis game due to dere determination, and grit not due to rohr tactical impetus, d only meaningful tin he did was to bring in chukwueze very early in d second half
- contrary to wat pple might tink, dis Cameroonian team is not weak..they quite strong and very skillful unlike other camerounian teams hv seen dat depend majorly on brute strength d likes of bassong, njie, chupo noting are very skillful and
really gave d eagles defence a lot of things to worry abt, dey lost today because dey met an inspired Nigerian team tbh.
- Eagles attack came to d party today especially the much critised ighalo, u could see his intent right from d blast of d whistle DAT he wanted to shut up his critics tonight, d way he dropped off to d middle to take d ball and lay it off for his teammates rather Dan remain up top and be marked out by d physically imposing centrebks, to me was d turning point in dis match
- D Nigerian midfield trio of nddi, etebo and iwobi really ran themselves to d ground today, I tink d reason why iwobi was not in d game in d first half, was because etebo and ndidi were not playing through to him instead deywere bypassing him wit hopeful long balls to d wings, he came to d party in d second half wen dey started working with him in d middle and he made a decisive contribution with DAT goal, to me it was a job well done for iwobi today.
- chukwueze is a gem, d young man created 3 clear cut chances DAT should HV ended up in d back of d net, as for onachu I dont tink we have d players DAT can put in descent crosses for him to exploit, so I tink osimen should b a better option..all in all it was a good game for d super eagles...kudos

We are on the same page

However, the only thing I disagree with in your last point is the fact that Onuachu needs a decent crosser. As a striker, he needs to be comfortable both in the air and on the ground.

Nice observations though

Eseose9:
naso una go complain even after we win the cup

Yes, you're not wrong

I want Rohr gone, championship or not.

ChrisKels:
I am not a rope of sand man, neither am I as erratic as u are, dont look for who to get buried with nwanne m. I will always tell u Ighalo isn't my type of striker. Yes he was good today buh that doesn't automatically make me his fan.

I am the unshakeable Chriskels

I am not erratic

I still stand by my opinion of this team. Simple

mostob:
Jay Jay Okocha scored the equalizing goal to eliminate Cameroon in 2004 (not sure though)

Alex Iwobi scores the winning goal to eliminate Cameroon 15 years later

Following his uncle's footsteps

Yes, thou art right

andrew444:
How is Cameroon group tough ?

No be group wey 3 teams qualify ?

Nothing tough for Cameroon group abeg

No come use that one as excuse

I am not using anything as excuse

You asked me a question and I answered.

Its your headache if you dislike my answer

Ohh and we won without Mikel today

I hope he recovers but for his well being and not because I see him adding anything to this team

TheSuperNerd:
I speak of Awaziem.

Yes and I am not speaking falsely

Awaziem was poor and was exposed many times today.

In fact, the entire defense made too many errors today

andrew444:
Which tough group ? As if they collected 9 point from the tough group


Cameroon have not won naija from open play since 1989

Not conceding goal doesn't makes anyone a good team

Why dem go conceded when to take shot on target dey hard Ghana and co

I don't understand your first statement. It seems you're contradicting yourself

andrew444:
Your opinion thou ,but sorry ,say e get keeper wey no dey concede goal ?

How can you give a team edge because of goal keeper ?

Bros dem no dey catch goal

Andre onana collecting come back defeat from back to back for club and country

From Tottenham to super eagles

LOL

And to think in both cases, both teams came from behind

sontoly:
To be honest this Cameroon too was very weak in group stage and still the weakest Cameroon team I ve ever seen, yet we still struggled to beat them. This means that we are not much better than them.

Our next opponent, if it will be Egypt is going to be tough.

You are echoing my mind.

You have just summarized my opinion of this match.

We have chosen to be blind to this simple fact

kingphilip:
we really have a thin midfield o

And all this injury out of tournament is not helping matters

Our supposedly make shift DM in Awaziem is already a makeshift RB. Any injury to the midfield going forward will ground us unless we rush a recovering Collins back

It is Rohr's fault for picking just 4 midfielders while poor players like Moses Simon and Onuachu made the team.

But it is too late for all that now

ChrisKels:
Lol isi okpukpu dika gi

Bro Ighalo was awesome today. He impressed me

Imagine if I started calling you out now for writing off Ighalo...

You ehn...

andrew444:
Why will you give a crappy Cameroon the edge at first ?

Since 1989 Cameroon have never beaten us through an open play ,yet you give them the edge just because you wanna stand by your negativity

My guy my guy

Smiles

Cameroon qualified from a much tougher group with a +2 goal difference while not having conceded in any match

The same couldn't be said of us. We had 0 goal difference and conceded two goals against a much weaker team.

Lest I forget, we also have a poor coach. We had also beaten them before so they had a big point to prove

naturecures:
important thing is, he came in, ball changed

You're very right. I'm not taking that away from him

Simon Moses may must have lost his starting spot

Joebie:
what's a fair weather fan?.. i've never stood against the team.. i've only called a spade a spade.. if they dont play well, I say it. Rohr does not inspire my confidence finito
The match could have gone either way. But that was my prediction based on what I saw so far in the group stage.

To them, calling a spade a spade means you're not patriotic. They just lack common understanding

To me, we were very lucky today. I'm not taking away the fact that the guys fought but tactically, we were very poor. Rohr isn't bringing out the best from this guys. Whilst some of our players are average, a better coach would do better with this team because truthfully, Cameroon was equally poor.

We better step up in the next round or we may be bundles out. It gets tougher from here on out

TheSuperNerd:
Nooooo.... But the likes of Darkelf and co termed him useless and contrubutes nothing to the team. Funny lots.

Let me correct your assertion.

I didn't single out Ighalo. I blamed the entire team except Ndidi. And truthfully they were below average during the first two matches and poor against Madagascar

Joebie:
Akpeyi had one shaky moment. It's guaranteed he will have one of those moments within 90 mins. I hope this AFCON will finally erase all his fear fear.
After 90 mins we will know if we will meet the team Rohr has been dreading. I would rather love to meet SA, cuz we need to shut their mojths up for once.

Don't be so sure about that.

Any team to remove a host nation as Egypt from this tournament should be respected and not underrated

Humility017:
please bro...in the first half iwobi was just strolling in that pitch..
he came alive in the second half...

Exactly

Joebie:
after one match you will flip.. I still stand by my word, Rohr should go. However this was one of our best games since Argentina friendly based on how THE PLAYERS responded to being behind. There was no tactical change whatsoever than Ighalo dropping deep a little.
Cameroon was poor.

Gbam.

You echoed my mind.

I said it before today that this match would be one by grit and not necessarily tactics. Even though I gave Cameroon the edge, they were simply poorer than Nigeria in this match

Danielnino00:
Nerdy my man..
where's the list of those that didn't believe we would beat Cameroon??
We need to send it to Buhari and d senate... Their citizenship should be auctioned...
Let's offer them to Somali and Djibouti...

Yes, I am one of them and I stand by it.

If the Cameroonians had a better coach, they wouldn't have subbed out Njie. Our defence had no answers for him.

While we celebrate our victory now, we will get it tougher in the next stage. We may not be so lucky.

Earthquake3:
I hate hypocrites

If you go back on this thread you will find posts of him criticizing the SE

I know. But you see, ignoring hypocrites is best.

I don't know how to fight and exchange words online.

Just let them be.

Humility017:
Dude has never impressed me since this afcon.
next time oshimen should get those minutes or even Henry

I expected Osimhen to come in for Ighalo and onyekuru for Musa....

Earthquake3:
Nobody cares about patriotism

Everybody has a right to his opinion

Bro, no need for the back and forth.

Learn to ignore please

Preasty:
Like if you think CHUKS is a gem and deserves to start next game

He really tried but he needs to improve on his final ball

Humility017:
that's if Rohr will hear....

Onuachu had a bad game today just like in his last game.

This isn't about been fickle but he hasn't had a good game since his lone goal against Egypt

oloriooko:
Seedorf made a massive mistake subbing Njie who was a bag of t ickery and was handful for Aina
Ighalo came to the party today and he justified why Rohr has so much regards for him
Iwobi was not in the game in the first half but woke up in the second and got an intelligent goal, he also sprayed some passes in the second half
Overall seem Nigeria's best comes out against Cameroon
If we fail to progress I think Rohr should be retained for further development of the squad

I doubt Rohr can do more than this..

He ought to leave

Thank God they prove me wrong

But it isn't yet Uhuru

The next round would be tougher regardless of who we meet.

I'm still not sold on Rohr. He still needs to leave.

We won purely on grit not necessarily tactics.

Thus the boys should receive the eulogies and not the coach

Famocious:
Good game...congrats to the lads

Onuachu and Rohr are suspects

Onuachu increasingly looking like a real scam

Even from the few mins, it was evident

Humility017:
God forbid....

God forbid X2