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At this rate,i give DRC the 3 points. The Mendes side dey leak. Veiga dey play rubbish. The entire midfield of Portugal are strollers like cr7. Wan bissaka and Bakambu doing Mendes like he no better pass Zaidu. If i were to add a SE player into this game to make DRC score 2 unreplied goals, na Ademola Lookman for the RW side of Congo. For now, the entire Portuguese XI are as underwhelming as the ueue in Q-ueue.

Na still Norway/Netherland go jaa Argentina.

Predator87:
Nigerians dont care about children. The ones they kidnapped in Ibadan nko? They are still in the bush with terrorists while politicaians party.

31 day don pass now sha. Smh

TheSuperNerd:
The Youngest African players to score at a World Cup:

2026: 🇸🇳 Ibrahim Mbaye - 18 years, 4 months & 23 days

2018: 🇸🇳 Moussa Wagué - 19 years, 8 months & 20 days

2006: 🇬🇭 Draman Haminu - 20 years, 2 months & 21 days

2002: 🇳🇬 Julius Aghahowa - 20 years, 3 months & 26 days

2006: 🇬🇭 Asamoah Gyan - 20 years, 6 months & 26 days

Where is Aghahowa sef? Guy just dey dodge camera or any duty for punditry whatsoever. Or small limelight like JJ and Kanu now

Nigeria supporters club no dey bother add kids to their entourage. See as pikin full norway and iraq supporters stand.


So sad the average nigerian kid can't dream of ticking off this level of excitement and experience despite the debut of Nigeria in 94. Na common entrance dey parent head. Chaiii.

Since Rodri win that balon d'Or, expectation don drop for consequent winners. Nothing special about Dembele. Di Maria and Olise are more impactful for their country than this guy. Even Giroud had more impact on France than Dembele.

Nigeria can learn a thing or two from how Iraq dey use their wingers to press Norway. Norway is finding it difficult to come out from the back. We have better backline that can hack a way thru imo. If we play Norway we suppose beat them.

SolaFide:
Revelation of a billionaire's daughter in Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye's DMs and his reaction .

Baba don delete the tweet sha. Abi hin think say x users no go gelato who ni?

Nehruvia:
Word on the street is that Eric Chelle is likely leaving before the AFCON Qualifiers. I've done my investigation and close sources are telling me that "you know who" are deeply unsatisfied with Eric Chelle's demands and have no intention to even negotiate, talk less of renewing his contract.

Of course take this with a grain of salt but right now I'm so livid.

cc Symphonyrad

That social media post that he said "thank you Nigerians" was it real?



Is another self destruct imminent?

Ab na Jurgen Klopp or Herve Renard they wan employ next?

TheSuperNerd:
I have said it before already. Senegal, CIV, Morocco and even DRC will make the next Afcon even more competitive alongside a Comeback Cameroun and co but the Title belongs to the Super Eagles.... let time speak. Naija is coming.

I really can't wait. Plus i want the way it happened to be at least equal in reverberation like 2013 triump. A 9, explosive and intelligent wingers like Victor Moses and a midfield that many will respect.


Na this midfield now kon be the missing piece. And i think LB zone. We don suffer for LB since Echiejile hang boots.

Samueltemi337:
Yeye talk

How about now? Lol


You guys go dey do like you dunno how these things happen again.


His social media page going from 50k to 8m is the least of what's coming for him in next 8months.

It will Look like dream if the next AFCON champ is mot among this 10 wc caf reps.


Over to Super Eagles. No excuses

TheSuperNerd:
He has a club.

New one go come.

TheSuperNerd:
More like it is just Vozinha doing the holding.

Like play like play, this 40year old GK of Capo verde go fes Nwabali see club before August o. 😱😱

Ppogbae:
Remember when the Ivorians sacked their coach during AFCON? It has paid off ever since

Emerson fae. They beat us sef. And they've been going stronger and more technical, bolder too. They have a talent pool increasing monthly as well.


Over to NFF o. 😆

Nigeria like dey wait make levels spoil before they fire coach in tournament.


I can't recall a time we sacked a coach while the tournament is ongoing. Na always after or when we jaa finish. I think it's time to adopt that style😂

It would have made sense during Lars lagerback time

Odunayaw:
Red card and Okoye

annoying game that year.

Odunayaw:
Which loss? 2021?

Yeah.

TheSuperNerd:
True. Vs Brazil 1-1 after the Afcon in 2019 and vs Argentina when he played the second 45mins in that 2017 4-2 win. Time has flown.

The Saudi 2-2 howler game from Uzoho was 2023. Lol. I think I still have that moment Ndidi looked at Uzoho.

Ezenwa was even delivering at some point even though we also hit him for some onfield antics he overdid. But we were never assured with Ezenwa.... we were just managing the guy.

Harcourt is still at Sporting Lagos. Andy Ezekiel is still at Bayelsa utd.

Aside the local lads, we still have GKs coming through in Europe as well... let me drop some from my database.

✅️Chijioke Aniagboso, 22 (Chernomorets Odesa, Ukraine)... just got promoted to Ukrainian Topflight. Former Flying Eagles GK in the 2023 class that produced Benjamin Frederick.

✅️Colin Andrew, 22 (Zbrovojka Brno, Czech 2nd tier 🇳🇬🇨🇿)... just promoted to Czech Liga. Naija Father, Czech Mum. Eligible for us now as he is yet to play for Czech U21s or any Czech team. Made their bench 2ce though.

✅️Simeon Rapsch, 19 (Bayer Leverkusen U19, 🇩🇪🇳🇬) Young man needs no switch

✅️Mark Nnamdi Ugboh, 22 (FC Midtjylland, Den)... been out on loans

✅️Ovie Ejeheri, 23 (FC Midtjylland, Den)... been on loans... was good at Fredericia before injury struck. He trained with us at the Unity Cup so Chelle saw him upclose.

✅️Samuel Friday James, 20 (SJK/SJK II, Finland... Veikkausliiga/Ykkosliiga) - Former Mavlon FA GK prospect now in Europe and making a name for himself.

It is just a matter of time really.

We have Arthur who has come in and will settle soon. Okoye to still keep growing... and Nwabali to return once he lands a club this summer.

For DM... Chelle is already addressing that. Chelle is actually after even more technically composed midfield profiles. AMs who can play deep.

For the next u17, they better mix foreign borns and academy boys well. All the bias used to shut out FBs at cadet level, I can't see the results anywhere in last 8years fo male and female.


Make we just wake up day and by mistake see Enyeama 2.0. omo!!

This makes the lose to Tunisia at Afcon even more painful.

TheSuperNerd:
Funny how I used to tag Uzoho "SuperBoy" of the Super Eagles goal back in 2018 at the WC especially after that Iceland Cleansheet. Omo, we don see things. You have said it all.

Okoye gotta Improve. Simple. Nwabali too had to adjust and respond with huge showings on the pitch when the criticisms came from left, right, center and everywhere.

I have never seen Nigerians debate at length on saveable and unsaveable shots over any other GK aside Maduka Okoye. It's nauseating and tells you they are pampering the guy. We need improvement and not these pampering talks.

The Performance vs Brazil and Argentina i think. The guy was something else. You predicted he'll become a Buffon sef. And it wasn't exaggeration. He was really superboy under Rohr. Na that Saudi Arabia game wey Ndidi shock for inside net, na dat game i hands down. Like, your own captain shock at the kine goal Saudi Arabia score you. 😭😭😂😂😂

Ezenwa didn't even get this kine pampering that year when he begin messup

Where's that Harcourt boy of u20 sef? Nff don yeye our cadet team sotey no feeders again. I pray we see more Yohannas. Esp for DM and GK spot.

It's the world cup.

Im unfazed by what happens in group stages

That's why it is World cup too

Breakfast
Dinner
Shockers
Ojoro Beneficiaries
Solid team
Achilles heel
Plan disruptors


All na world cup e dey happen. This germany fit stop for quarters.
Morocco fit chop breakfast
Japan fit shock everybody touch Semifinal
Ojoro fit stop one better team building momentum game by game.


That's the beauty. I don't think I'll be surprised if France jaa sef. I have no hopes for Argentina. If they jam Japan, japan fit use their albiceleste wipe the sky.

TheSuperNerd:
My brother. The excuse of using World Class Neuer as shield to defend Okoye was really funny. No correlation at all sef.

Me don hands down from anything defending okoye. If i can hands down from Uzoho wey go World cup in Russia, who kon be Okoye? No be excuses we need for that guy. If he doesn't improve, make person take spot abeg. He's a great beneficial of love and fandom since 2022. Yet no visible improvement to warrant chest Beating from Egbon adugbo in isale Eko.

jihday:
African countries really need to invest in coaching

Seeing the stats of how Local coaches won the world cup, one would think the caf reps will invest heavily in at least 2 coaches before world cup cycle comes.

I know the caf reps can do this and be successful at it. But guess the country that will have this and still self destruct from off pitch antics



Nigeria

Meliforme:
If it was Maduka Okoye that conceded the goal that Manuel Neuer could not stop.
The degree of persecution he will get.

Small small now.

Neuer loun loun. You no even use Ezenwa as starter. Na neuer wey don carry germany and bayern on shoulder more than 2ice? When has Maduka carried Nigeria?

mostob:
Morocco will dominate African football

We have been hearing this statement for 5 years now. Their women team lost two finals in a row. The reason why Morocco got to the last Afcon final was because of the unserious players we paraded. Even their cheating couldn't save them.

Infrastructure? Yes
Talent poaching? Yes

I'm not going to let the hate watch prevent me from giving them kudos sha. They play excellent and slick football but that doesn't translate to automatic domination.
TBH, Brazil were poor yesterday too.

CIV fit come chance them from back for Caf domination. All these noise na cos Naija sef dey self destruct. But as for other caf teams, west Africa go too ride high in coming years.

SymphonyRad:
Ayyoud Bouaddi is proof that age doesn't mean shit if you're GOOD ENOUGH, if it were Nigeria we will depend all our lives of soon to be 30 yr old men rather than give the young bloods a chance at the biggest stage just to play it safe...thank God Chelle is beginning to even give more chances to the kids to prove themselves.

Nigerian elderlies in sport sector will use "wait for your time" to kill the teen

By now, many states in Nigeria have grown exponentially in population but they still can't give figures that one region in 1993 give.

Some states still having less than half a million total voters. Engineered or disenfranchised?

mostob:
Dave Chrisooblog

Seeing the way these Canadians are wasting corner kicks eh is just somehow. 9 corner kicks, no goal. Na wa o

They're playing rubbish and still the better team. I can't fathom that🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

No Jover on standby at the touchline. Yeye routine

EElopa:
There are 54 teams in Africa.

There will be three groups of 30 teams in the final round.

The top 24 teams automatically make it to the final round.

African teams ranked from 25 to 54 will go in the qualifying series for the 6 spots available to make it to the final rounds.

The final round will have 30 teams. The final round will consist of three groups: Group A, Group B, and Group C.

Each team will play a total number of 18 games, just as you have it in CONMEBOL.

The top three teams in each group automatically qualify for the World Cup.

The two best fourth-place teams among the three groups make it to the CAF playoff.

There will be a home and away match to determine the sole CAF representatives at the Intercontinental playoffs.

That CONMEBOL format go too long abeg. Especially with the way Africans already have issues with release from clubs. Perhaps the window for int friendlies but if club see they go injure their guy, wahala.

dominique:
It was the bad blood between key players and the inept coach NFF hired that caused this. If we had started the qualifiers with a tactical coach like Eric Chelle, we would have qualified without a doubt.

They always love to get in the way of success. I wonder why they don't vet enough stick in the media. Always the coach.

Since 2022 now, almost half a dozen coaches and still no ticket.

EElopa:
CAF needs to adopt a system in which there will be 3 groups of 10 teams. The top 24 ranked teams in Africa qualified for the final rounds. 25 to 54 teams will fight for 6 spots to make it to the final arounds. The top 3 teams in each group automatically qualify for the World Cup The 2 best 4th-place teams in the three groups qualify for CAF playoffs. The winner in the home and away game qualifier for the intercontinental FIFA playoffs. The goal should always be to have the best African teams in the World Cup.

Wait im lost. Help elaborate further


24 to final WCq round. So the prelim is 30 teams of 6 groups and 5teams each.

6 from prelim join the 24 in the final round=30 teams


9 spots+1 wcq playoff spot=10

30 teams divided into how many per group pls?

The boldened dey confuse me.

You want the 30 to be in 10s per group? 👀👀😲

That's gonna be exhaustive