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MorataFC:
Am I the only one who thinks Camavinga is overrated?
I honestly don’t see anything particularly special in his game. His level, to me, team like Burnley, Fulham, or Wolves. Playing in a star studded team helps his carreer.

Eduardo Camavinga??

Trash as usual.

Skimpledawg:
You wan curse person

I wan use my tears curse that yeye man

Skimpledawg:
You no dey see as tactics sweet

Ball dey flow.

Maresca would have been worse.
Sometimes I go dey wish say we fit use voice note for here.

As long as Popizaino is enjoying it, we are fine.

Wait for one mumu nkitaofia to come and tell you that he saw improvement on the team today.
Mumu coach started Gusto as left back and he never made any impact all through the game. Must you play someone out of his position? Relax, na morning be this ,e no go tey all of una go see wetin we see wey make us talk say no be maresca be our problem.

Another mumu coach.

raumdeuter:
We are not taking this easy this year. This is the year of Dabush Kabash.

Na like this I go deliver Ihebu4chelsea and RevfrEbuka from spirit of visiting OS

I am innocent sir.

Estevao not even on the bench.

This video has made millions of Nigerians cry. Poverty no good aswr

popizaino:


@android17

Be a man and apologise to everyone you called names while having this discussion the other day.

He'll rather loose his left foot in addition to his missing limbs.

Roland17:
You better go find these men..

This picture. Tinubu don do many things for this country aswr.

Ibime:
Enzo Maresca clashed with Chelsea over team selection, he didn’t want decisions on line-ups or substitutions taken out of his hands.

Chelsea insist their model hasn’t changed and that any input on rotation came only from the medical staff, focused on player workload.

Maresca believed the problems went deeper, he felt pressure from above to rotate and boost the value of several young players.

— @JacobsBen



Chelsea coach is not a coach but an asset manager or portfolio manager, sharing minutes everywhere to maintain asset value after TDs have bought hundred wingers. Have been stating this fact since Clearlake came in

All those funny substitutions of Gittens, Tyrique, Delap, Blomblom, Felix, JP, centrebacks pairings and constant wholesale changes of wingers every match around 60 mins regardless of the needs of the match are testament to this.

Maresca simply got tired of being a portfolio manager and wanted to be a football manager. Ease of Conference league last season confused these clowns that you can overstock with mids everywhere and rotate anyhow, but now there is no conference league but serious business. CWC final and certain big games shows that Maresca knows what is needed to lock down big games and didn't make funny team changes or substitutions in those games. The rest of the time, he was just an asset manager for Clearlake

I support maresca on this. Maresca has his problems though but he has shown several times that he is a good coach. These guys clearly doesn't want a coach ,they want a puppet. They don't really care about us.

The kind jabs wey popi go dey collect if the next coach no perform well no go funny o worse na if he come throw him weight on top the new coach wey go come and the coach no come meet up with expectations. Tiger gen things

Happy new year to you brethren ,all the way from drinkology bar , Sri petaling, Kuala Lumpur. May Otem bless every living soul here and may this year favor us and our families. Amen.

afrodoc2:
Anybody with free time should please read and summarise that 100-passage essay.

When you go do your own give away sir? We fit dey 20 in number,naked pray make Chelsea no top man utd for table this season.

andrewbaba44:
You people are signing so many players but majority of them are just mid

I will rather sign 2 quality over 6 mids and rely on the academy for some depth

That's one thing the Chelsea sporting directors fail to understand. They don't want to sign already established players or players above 25. Na mumuni be that. How many Chelsea players are guaranteed starters for barca,psg, Madrid,Bayern, city, Liverpool, Arsenal or even ATM, Inter, Juventus and the rest.

Look at Chelsea 's bench .how many of the players there are guaranteed starters for Villa, newcastle , Villarreal, Dortmund or Napoli.
And someone thinks the whole problem starts and ends with maresca. Maresca has his own problems though, but the squad dept is nothing to write home about. And some people would be here arguing who's better between madueke vs Garnacho which is laughable because those two players are not even worthy to be starters for a club as big as Chelsea. How can Chelsea fans here be arguing who is better between delap, Jackson and Pedro without asking themselves if these players are guaranteed to start for any of the top teams in Europe.
The standard has reduced since the Americans took over and we are demanding too much from a maresca who has George, gittens ,Garnacho,delap and the rest.

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NFF 🇳🇬 petition filed to FIFA over the DR Congo 🇨🇩 case. 👇👇👇

To:
FIFA Disciplinary Committee
Legal & Compliance Division
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

From:
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
Abuja,Nigeria.
Date: 10th Dec., 2025

Subject: Formal Complaint Against Fédération Congolaise de Football Association (FECOFA) for Fielding Ineligible Players – 2026 FIFA World Cup African Qualifying Playoff

Dear Members of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee,

The Nigeria Football Federation (“NFF”) hereby submits this formal complaint against the Fédération Congolaise de Football Association (“FECOFA”) arising from the alleged use of ineligible players by the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DR Congo”) national team in the CAF 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Playoff match held on 16 November 2025, in Rabat, Morocco, where DR Congo defeated Nigeria on penalties.

1. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On 16 November 2025, Nigeria’s senior men’s team (“Super Eagles”) faced DR Congo in the final African playoff to determine qualification for the intercontinental playoff stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
DR Congo fielded multiple players (reported between six and nine) whose eligibility to represent the Democratic Republic of Congo is challenged by the NFF due to alleged non-compliance with both domestic nationality requirements and relevant FIFA regulations.

2. BASIS OF COMPLAINT
A. Allegations of Misleading Documentation
The NFF contends that DR Congo submitted documentation to FIFA purporting to establish the eligibility of the contested players. However, evidence before the NFF suggests that several of these players held foreign passports and may not have complied with Congolese nationality laws, which prohibit dual citizenship—a factor foundational to their eligibility under both national and international law.
B. Conflict Between Domestic Law and FIFA Clearances
The NFF acknowledges that FIFA’s Regulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes ordinarily deem a player eligible to represent a national team when holding the nationality of that country and satisfying related criteria. However, in this instance, the NFF asserts that FIFA’s clearance was granted on the basis of incomplete or misleading information supplied by FECOFA, and therefore FIFA may have been misled in the player-eligibility confirmation process.
C. Integrity of Competition
Fielding players with questionable eligibility undermines the integrity and fairness of the competition as envisaged in Articles 4 and 6 of the FIFA Statutes, which mandate equal opportunity and regulatory compliance by all member associations.

3. LEGAL GROUNDS
The complaint is predicated on alleged violations of:
a. FIFA Statutes & Regulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes
Particularly those provisions requiring that all documentation provided for player eligibility be complete, accurate, and compliant with both FIFA and pertinent national legal requirements.
b. FIFA Disciplinary Code
For misrepresentation and breaches of sporting integrity, where misleading FIFA authorities on eligibility matters constitutes a punishable offense.

4. EVIDENCE PROVIDED
The NFF attaches the following as supporting evidence:
*Certified copies of passports and nationality documentation of the contested players.
*Documentation of Congolese nationality law showing prohibition of dual citizenship.
*Official correspondence and clearance notices issued by FIFA for the contested players.
*Match sheets reflecting the fielding of the contested players during the playoff.

5. RELIEF SOUGHT
The NFF respectfully requests that FIFA:
Conduct a detailed investigation into the alleged eligibility breaches.
Determine whether the alleged violations warrant sanctions under the FIFA Statutes and Disciplinary Code.
If violations are substantiated:
Award the match to Nigeria or otherwise adjust the result in accordance with FIFA Rules;

Disqualify DR Congo from further participation in the 2026 World Cup qualifying competition;
Impose additional disciplinary sanctions on FECOFA or the players involved, as appropriate.

6. CONCLUSION
This complaint is submitted in good faith with a view to upholding the integrity and fairness of FIFA competitions. The NFF awaits acknowledgment of receipt and further procedural guidance from FIFA.

Yours faithfully,
General Secretary / Legal Officer
Nigeria Football Federation



Congo can't survive this.

Do we even deserve to grace this tournament. I don't even see this team coming out from group stage except if there are improvements in this Afcon.

raumdeuter:
People are talking like Maresca has not been signing plenty players

This season Chelsea spent 339M Euros, Last season 281M Euros. That is combined over 600M Euros in 2 seasons
How much has Pep spent in the same time

Na Chelsea dey mummu themselves. They were signing players every Eke market day yet when you look at the squad debt, It can't be compared to Aston villa or even Newcastle talk more of the big 4 teams.

izzou:

When Africans go get sense bikonu

Nemesis0147:
Mika football and yora footy score app

Thanks

Abeg, which correct app I fit use dey watch matches?

iamoyindamola:

Rev ebuka need to renew his odeshi from Segedinho baba

Odeshi no dey work for where these Turji boys dey oo. Their kala go kpai you, kpai who do the odeshi for you. Ask Sege

Roland17:
Monsignor, since you embarked on your annual sabbatical, Fathers Onukwurunjo, Iwedioku and Onukwube were kidnapped by Senior Man Bello Turji.

They requested for 10M ransom so we used 1st, 2nd and 3rd collections to get the funds.

Senior Man Bello requested that you personally deliver the ransom to them. When are you available to complete the exchange?

Who is the current catechist? And name those who have been acting as parish council excos without my knowledge.

nihilistjnr:
There might be a BeeDeeEssEmm clause in the law that allows them to do the anointed small harm, at least until they say the safe word.

I had no idea who this woman was but she get small meat for body sha. She looks like the Nwa Nnayi type that will first cook Eva with yellow garri and better soup with okporoko for Pastor after Sunday sermon and then enter room to set nyash for him while he eats..

Pastor Okafor enjoy sha. Homely okpos are the best. You can't be seen with them in public, but in private they will nurture your soul.

His holiness! What hath thou said with thy mouth

Roland17:
Welcome back Monsignor!

Reverend, how is the ministry?

izzou:
Christmas wey go sweet, na from 12th December we go know

😁😁😁

We are back finally.
Abeg make una dey attache pictures to the gbas gbos.

This news is untrue. We should try confirm the Authenticity of news before we post them. That culprit is her uncle whom she was living with not her sugar daddy.

Gucciboy:
📸 - Former Atletico Madrid and Chelsea player Filipe Luis is in tears after winning his first Copa Libertadores as a coach after leading Flamengo to fourth glory

NB: He won twice as a player with the same club (2019, 2022)

This is his 4th trophy in 14 months with Flamengo as a Manager👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥

They're also about to win the Brazilian Seria A next week.

Jorginho still running the midfield 😁😁😁

Whizlight:
The height of it bro 😂💔

Am I the only who doesn't understand this chant?

Silentgroper:
Well well well , Burnley is nothing but fatigued in this match


😎😎😎😎😎

SilentAgrippa , fatiki don kpai this your team finish.