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TheSuperNerd:
Analysis of Teams' styles after MD 1: Afcon 2021, with special focus on Nigeria's Super Eagles.

Courtesy: @OptaAnalyst


Note: Passes per sequence means average number of passes made before an attack.

1). Passes per sequence.
Nigeria's passes per sequence is just a little short of 2.5 passes per sequence. Meaning we didn't take things so slow in our buildup from the back before an attack. We were more direct. 1,2,3 passes and we were already threatening.

The goal for instance is an example.

Ekong to Aina... back to Ekong... Ekong moved leftwards and found Omeruo who drove forward on the left channel and found Simon with a nicely angled diagonal ball which Simon fed on to drive further forward down the left wing channel to put that cross in. I count about 4 passes there before that cross. Only 4 and gbam! Danger. Lol


A couple of such moves involved even shorter number of passes. Ekong straight to Simon and the latter crosses.
Or Omeruo straight diagonally to Simon and the same thing, he drives and crosses into the opposition box.

So we didn't really do much buildup or recycled as much passes. This partly explains why Egypt "out-passed" us even though we were Dominant in almost every other stats

Note that Algeria conducts a more patient build up play (4.2 passes per sequence). Same as Senegal (3.9 passes/sequence).

Even Egypt has a patient build up play. Theirs is 3.15/3.2 passes per sequence.



2. Direct Speed Upfiled

The other stat shows where we place graphically in terms of how quickly we get up the field from our defensive third into the opposition third/final third to threaten their goal or create something.

Ours stand at just under 2.0 meters per second (about 1.8 or 1.9 m/s).

You can see Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso are related to Route One. Lol.





Now for comparison, take a look at Man City in the 2020-21 season.

You can easily tell that Algeria is the Man City of Africa in terms of Build up plays.

Spy360:
Great move for Balogun. He has the skill set to be the best striker in the division. Hopefully he will be back to take his rightful place alongside the likes of Saka, Martinelli, Odegaard and ESR.

He is one reason I can have hope for the striker position next season.

Meliforme:
There was no way he could have passed the ball.
Take a look at Basco's video again.

I am not saying it is possible or not, i am just weighing on probables. What if Iwobi and Sadiq benefits from a rebound or deflection of his shot.

Again some people will as usual say that he is fond of flair and dribbles, had it been he did exactly what you suggested and maybe the pass was cleared or deflected by the defenders who have already closed down on him.

Anyways, as long as he did not score, thirty million blames on him.

Ejuke, one of the most intelligent forwards in the fold.

TheSuperNerd:
It's Sofascore and I do have an issue with the way they rate players performances sometimes.

A player can have a good game via assisting a goal and even creating 2 big chances but because he lost 5 of his 8 duels and missed 3 big chances and was dribbled past maybe twice... omo, your ratings will just drop.

But I notice this pattern doesn't always hold for some popular footballer names.
It is well. We go manage am like that. Thanks Goodness I got other stats apps and sites to always cross reference.

do4luv14:
Am telling you, anytime he went on that his runs, am always on my feet directly to the TV, if not goal, gonna see some sweet movement that can result to an assist, or the usually Diving all the way from mount Fiji to river naija

seankafor:
supersport no dey comment on English

Jodera:
Me too. Not that I'm against his signing, but not at a high wage abeg. He should work and deserve it.

COOL10:
He go come dey smile as him dey stand up, knowing that his plan worked

Jodera:
Your head dey there 100%

This is undiluted truths

do4luv14:
Am telling you, those runs Simon had, would had been a goal/assist, from Vicmo,

that side netting, Vicmo would had dived for a Pk, by cutting back,

that Ejuke last moment, issa sure goal/assist from Vicmo,

anywell it is well, we muuuvvvve

andrewbaba44:
Una Dey take sofascore serious

andrewbaba44:
He needs to stay fit

do4luv14:
So I watched the highlight dropped by super Basco

Apart from that goal, Nacho still had a poor first touch, if not he would had scored an hat trick in the game,

Simon needs to keep his cool, and also needs to be shaking his marker, when inside the box, we can do with some PKs,

overall, they need to calm down when in the opponent box, so to convert their chance,

one touch too heavy, in the opponents box, inability of both Simon, nacho, and even Awo to dive like a fish, even for the slightest push, denied us some pk,


Finally I miss our Diver Vicmo in that game, still all the best to him, he should cont6to enjoy his retirement

Elock1:
wetin all these ones play?

Well dem fit chop their team of the weak, Na cup we dy find.

Spy360:
So if you are in a position to demand big salary from your prospective employer you will not do it because of your age? It's normal once one has the bargaining power. It's Arsenal that came to look for him. Besides it's not 300k but 160k. Many small boys like Sancho earn big pay.

At his age he has lots of potentials. He can be the next whatever. I know how we missed out on Suarez and how most of us criticised the club for not bowing to Liverpool's demands.

safarigirl:
Congrats to Onuachu

do4luv14:
the same Vicmo that would had bagged 1/2 goals, with 2 or more Assists, from those chances Simon throw away, particularly that first three chance, before our goal,

Mujtahida:
Ejuke, should be told that they are many paths to glory. An assist can be as good, sometimes even better than the goal itself.

In WCQ against Cameroun, we had a similar break for the 3rd goal as the one we had late in the game yesterday, Mikel sent Victor Moses on his way and Vic Mo laid it for Moses Simon. Moses Simon cut back and passed it to Vic Mo and Vic Mo slotted it home. Just three players with at most 4 touches. Unselfish play, always think of your team mates.

Look at how Iheanacho was laying passes for Awoniyi yesterday.

They should better warn that Ejuke. He should not use his personal glory hunting to scatter our joy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1TbcSg1Vgc

safarigirl:
The ref is clearly on hard drugs

I don't know why CAF hired someone that they suspended on allegations of corruption less than 4 years ago. He ought to be stripped of his license for that rubbish officiating today

Tunisians will be fine.

chrisooblog:
And somehow NPFL refs never get selected with this kind of ''standard I'm seeing?''

safarigirl:
They should feel free

Na manage we don kuku dey manage them since. We will call Carribbean countries to replace them the way UEFA wants to include South American countries in their Continental competition

Arsenate:
I'm sorry, but why do you say this like it's such an awful thing for sub Saharan Africa? I personally wouldn't mind if they left, tbh. I find them to be sore losers. They can join up the Asian based arabs for all I care.

Edopesin:
Match resumes lmao
Update

Tunisia refuse to continue