₦airaland Forum

I want to believe that our players are now better at Penalties this time around.

E sweet me say Ajibade score that PK but the execution still gave Dlamini an advantage but lucky it entered. I also noticed there's some terrible technique for most of the penalties in this Wafcon across all teams. Senegal and Ghana especially. Terrible technique. I want to believe we won't join our West African neighbors in this category this time around if this ever comes up.

But i want to believe this will be wrapped up under 90mins. All the best to the ladies.

chrisooblog:
Why're you so interested in knowing her name? You wan interview am?

Yes i wan interview am o. The way she calm join.

So nobody could 🆔 that lady that rocked our kit and snapped with the contingent to visit Salgado in the hospital? Some say media. Some say Liaison officer. Who is she really? Especially her name.

yinkeys:
Plumptre hasn’t recorded an Assist
That ball got to Esther before Ihezuo
Esther has 5 assists if you include Alozie’s goal

Will the Alozie one count as an Assist? You're right on the Plumptre own. Esther nodded it down. 🙌🏽

PDPGuy:
Okoronkwo has 5 assists

Where to where now. 😅😅😂😂

Goals and Assists

Chiwendu Ihezuo- 3 Goals/0 Assists
Esther Okoronkwo- 1 Goal/3 Assists
Rasheedat Ajibade- 1 Goal/2 Assists
Rinsola Babajide- 1 Goal/1 Assist
Oshoala, Ohale, Demehin, Alozie, Ijamilusi- 1 Goal 0 Assists
Payne, Plumptre- 1 Assist

Nnadozie- Semi-Assist 🥱


As it stands, we have 3 outfield players up for golden book and ball top 3 in Ihezuo, Okoronkwo, Ajibade
Nnadozie got the golden glove already.

All the best to Mission X. Let's bring this home in style.

yinkeys:
When South Africa started that tiki taka and took over the game in the 2nd half
Madugu brought in defensive Ucheibe & Abiodun instead of Payne
He brought in steel instead of a creative midfielder
I don’t know if he got that right but let’s assume it worked in the end

There's a reason we call it a scrappy win. We got lucky as well. They also got unlucky as that injury will distract any team in the world. Besides, all the subs were defensive subs. That's one of what made me believe the aim was Extra time. But Michelle said No.

Lucky us

We don't need such an approach on Saturday though. We need to take the game to them.

Odunayaw:
Elegbeye's problem is VAR. Classic white elephant syndrome of Nigerian elites

Person go dey look all these guys and wonder if they have some aspirations under 10years. Like 5years we must have achieved this. 2 years we should be here. If na to play politics and go drag for the shameless judiciary now, dia pot belly go begin dey shake with their comrade cap

I think it is high time some structures are fitted in place for this league. A foundation that doesn't care about whose ox is gored or slaughtered.

If a club can't meet minimum requirements to be at the peak of Nigerian club football, they should face the consequences and get out, declare bankruptcy and just shift abeg.


The top division doesn't need this kind of drama. Let such drama thrive in NNL or NLO or any other N outside the NPFL. But once we are in the NPFL, if you try to mess up or hide behind some nepo moves or incompetence, then the rules that are on minimum requirements should take the fore


This is 2025 na.


And the fact this is under the watch of two of Super Eagles Legend again??!!!

solonnachi:
More pictures from the visit

Like everyone, now i ask,

Who's that white lady besides Chiamaka? First time I'm seeing her.

Good they went visiting to Gabriella. She'll be out till next year. This was from Osasu's

yinkeys:
Lol Does Nigeria have spare $2 billion for infrastructural & security upgrades

We no get but as of today, the honourables at the top don borrow new combined 56 trillion naira for their pleasures (over $10billion).

Sports dey suffer so na money angle as usual. They no fit troway face for women's football right now. Yeye pipu😂😂

do4luv14:
Why did you leave Delta that had been hosting Alone before??

No vex. Notice i no mention every venue that has at least good pitch and decent accommodations. No vex.

PDPGuy:
It may have something to do with her attractive she is perceived by the pundits. Let’s be honest, especially with regard to women’s sports, attractiveness plays an outsized role in how a player is hyped (or not)

Ahh. That will be funny sha if this is the reason. I can mention a few they were around in 2022 but no longer here that aren't all that attractive but still got hype. 😅

GeneralDae:
I agree with you on the Mothlalo example, I don’t think it’s like for like. Ayinde does the dirty job in defensive midfield while Mothlalo is a little bit more offensive, probably more similar to the role Echiegini plays in this tournament. People hardly hype defensive midfielders the way they would hype a flashy attacking midfielder. Okobi for instance, was a flashy attacking midfielder for the super falcons.

Yeah. It's not like for like obviously. Maybe in the women's game but in the men's, DMs get correct hype like their CMs and AMs wella. But i still feel the Naija journos owe her that as regardless of position, she's reliable, consistent and ready anyday for any quality of opponent. Can't even remember the last opponent that made us criticize her. Haba!!

Okobi raised a good observation with that tweet. Why are the Naija Journalists in particular barely hyping Halimatu Ayinde despite her b2b show up in the middle of the pack across the last 6years? Why? They hype others but when it's her i can barely see an article or some top top noise or focus on her.

For example, The way SA hypes Mothlalo since 2019.....

yinkeys:
Niger ia has insecurity issues
Morocco will win the next WAFCON (2026)
That’s their last chance
They will force it by any means necessary
Especially after losing 2 finals, they’d learn from all experience garnered on & off the pitch
Hosting without Return on Investment, nah they will make their atlas lionesses win the next edition by force

3 States can host it without this insecurity affecting it. Lagos can host 2 groups. Ibadan, Benin, Ogun State can host 3rd group. Our top crux is road safety most of the time like what happened to the Moroccans athletes that the Ogun state governor had to step down while passing that toad and help instantly. Aside that, all good.

Abuja can(1group)
Ph and Uyo can(2 groups)

And play KO in Lagos, Ogun, IB

Then final in Uyo or Lagos


Attendance go choke. Na ROI be the koko.

joxxy01:
Come Saturday, Nff should provide bags of laser for each an every Nigeria fan in that stadium. E get why.

They no dey prepare for such kine levels. Where the money?

mine3112:
I'm going for England here. They are playing enterprising football.

Kelly always coming at dire moments for England. Chai

Morocco will be hosting the 2026 edition. That's 3 consecutive hosting. Wetin sef?

But that's not what irks me. What irks me is why is it still 12 teams? Make this thing 16 abeg and let's enjoy ourselves abeg. Nigeria should host the 2028 one then. Kilode?

mine3112:
It is 1-1. They are currently in extra time but this England team can ball.

Wow. I comot face and they don equalize? Abeg make Italy win.

Italy don shock England sha. Omo


The low connect for the extra players in our squad is bothering mehn. Nobody wan buy these guys. Not even 5m or 10m. Chaiiii

do4luv14:
Na why I no dey reason her, before she go sweep me to Kingdom come,
.buh you see my two baes them gbam 💯,
I even hear say my Americana naim score winning goal sef

Meech goal was like a "Coachie abeg no extra time o" cos the man refused to sub. He must have been planning that. Congrats to them once again.

ekehopp2:
If Echegini is injured for the finals, Coach shouldn't make the mistake of going defensive with Ucheibe or Abiodun. he should start Payne ASAP!

Payne is suited for opponents like Morocco. But if na Ghana, trust the coach to go with the more physical Ucheibe or Debbie. Ghana are really doing what Senegal did to SA-making them look super ordinary. Extra time right now. The Moroccans are exhausted. It looks like this is the stadium the final will be played.

semid4lyfe:
Shit happens!. It's football, a contact sport. And there's a referee to officiate the match and make the right calls. So if Debbie made a needless and reckless tackle, and got away without a booking, it's on the ref.

Wishing Gabriella Salgado a quick recovery but for me, her injury does not gonna subtract from our victory.

That's the issue.

I'm not inferring it subtracts. This is about Debbie as a player. And yeah, its on the ref but that doesn't take away from how reckless that was by her.

AkinDS:
It’s possible the WAFCON refs committee may recommend a red card and extended ban for Debbie, retroactively.
It’s been done before after review.

At this rate she needs to leave the Sergio Ramos spirit wherever she picked it from and refine her decision making as a midfielder. That tackle was similar to what Shawcross did to Ramsey that year. Let's see if they'll review it. If Debbie like make she dey vex say dem callam magnet. Make she no go drink jejely juice. E go shockam.

yinkeys:
Was probably a yellow
I haven’t seen the replay clearly

I just saw the replay. It deserved red card. Red card naim that tackle be. It was reckless and ill timed. Gabriella wasn't even rushing to contend that ball when Debbie sweeped her leg off the ground. Naaahhhhh. That was super reckless mehn.

yinkeys:
Our players better get ready
The finals will be 3 times tougher
The referee, smoke/flares, laser & flash lights from spectators as well as bad Moroccan authorities will try to make that final a bad day for them
Nigerian fans better get into the stadium 4 hours before else
Remember Ivory Coast Afcon 2024 finals & how many Nigerian fans were denied access to the stadium

Our coach isn’t good
Floating balls isnt it
We won’t get anything from European teams if we play like that
Our girls grit & Salgado’s predicament helped us squeeze this one over the line
Echegini couldn’t create anything in the middle & she may be injured now
Hopefully Toni Payne can step up

She was lost today mehnn. This should be the last attempt of Rash and JOE together henceforth. I thought it would work considering one is a work machine and the other is on flair. But e no work atalllll. The Roles given Esther and Ihezuo when SA was playing out from the back pushed the middle to farr out of reach and that affected building down the middle if Esther wasn't involved.

We are in the final but we have concerns. That's one funny thing about life. Doesn't mean such concerns should be sidelines, overlooked or shutdown. Striving to be better and formidable is the reach. We all know we are here mainly because these ladies are super resilient and determined, especially the Captain, Rasheedat.

Congratulations to the scrappy win. Na God save us cos even before that injury, we were on the back foot. Ajibade as POTM means na MVP she go end up with. Not even Banda will challenge her on APOTY going forward. But there's Cheebak to contend with sha.

If to say man get some technical levels for body, i for say he used the Jpes approach but that's a far reach to be sincere.

AkinDS:
Poor Gabriela.
Her career has been plagued with injuries and she just returned from a major one to make this team to the WAFCON.
Really feel for her and wish her a speedy recovery. Can’t help but feel real sad for her.

That's 1year away from football activities. 😞😞😞😫😫😫😫😫😫😫

Sorry to all South African fans. Our wishes for speedy recovery are with her.

yinkeys:
Tough game
Who badly tackled Salgado ?
Looked like Abiodun 🤔
Make we sha no get red card for finals
Our coach is just floating long balls

I even heard someone from the stands screaming "ahhhh red card red card"

AkinDS:
Compound fracture.
Debbie Ajibola plowed into her during the goalmouth scramble in the 83rd minute, which was an unfortunate accident.
Really hope Gabriella Salgado is okay and wish her a speedy recovery.
This really discolors the SF victory. 😕🙁

Infact i feel it dampened the SA entire team for the following minutes prior to that goal. The SA press may decide to milk this on Abiodun at this rate. But the Nigerian fans chanting in solidarity for Gabriella was commendable.