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Patnome:
U are trying with the updates..

Bless you man

Thanks bros!

Dele Bashiru should have passed that ball with a little flick to Akor..but what does he do ...he had a good fake like he was going to take a shot from a very good position inside the Portuguese box and then bizarrely passes to Moses Simon who as usual held on to the ball dancing aimlessly until he passed the ball to no one .....we are missing lookman and Osimhen

I think we're gradually also having our share of the midfield dominance now....welldone boys!

deji17:
I don't know how wise is this for the Portugal team. What if they pick up injury against a team that is not going to the world Cup?
Big gamble.

I hear what you're saying but I think they know we're not one of those African side that plays with alot of physicality like Senegal, Ivory coast, Ghana etc...but dem go hear am when dem meet Congo those ones dey hard

Our entire left full back and all was almost caught napping ....that should have been a goal for CR7 but he misses...then on the other end Nigeria breaks with Akor ...Iwobibwas expecting a pass but Akor goes for glory and narrowly misses just like CR7...game on

Portugal has lots of the ball early...they are passing the ball and building from the back...I see they are using the midfield alot now...trying to go through the middle. Ndidi must organize his boys in the MF now and read them well!

Ororo CR7 tries a long range just under 2mins...e be like say dem don tell am say okoye no dwy see long range shots

See yeye Martinez looking serious like this is a WC final...abeg rest jor!

kick-off! SE

Portugal has their FULL WC squad on the pitch....e be like say dem wan take us make statement before their 1st WC game...
Oya Ndidi vs CR7 take it away ....

E wan start o...anthems being played. Stadium 🏟 packed!

Gani still dey that Country? A whole Aare Ona-Kakanfo wey for the Oyo, Ekiti, Ogun and Ondo cases alone for don use im office take shake those terrorists, bandits and common criminals called kidnappers but I'm shocked he's been quiet...infact Hani has become more quiet since he became Aare kakanfo 😒

People are talking how the bandits should have been traced and arrested why are they not talking about arresting this ACCOMPLICE who has the nerve to come online to CONFESS that he even collected N100k from the bandits....as in why??🙄 😒

So where is the Nigerian Airforce when you need them for critical sorties 🤔

Dantesi:
For some Nigerian fans, the moment they hear "Portugal," their minds immediately travel back to that painful 4-0 defeat in Lisbon four years ago. The names Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva still carry a certain fear factor. But football does not stand still, and this Super Eagles team is no longer the same side that was humiliated in 2022.
The biggest mistake Nigerian fans can make ahead of next week's friendly is assuming Portugal are unbeatable. Yes, they are a top European side. Yes, they will be preparing for the World Cup. But if Wednesday's draw against Poland taught us anything, it is that Eric Chelle is quietly building a team that refuses to be intimidated.

The Super Eagles have now arrived in Lisbon with confidence growing inside the camp. According to team spokesman Promise Efoghe, 19 players made the trip from Poland, with Alex Iwobi and Genk defender Christian Akpan already joining the squad. Samuel Chukwueze is also expected to arrive shortly, giving Chelle even more attacking options.
Many fans have focused on the late equaliser Nigeria conceded against Poland. While dropping a lead in stoppage time was frustrating, it should not erase the positives from that performance. Away from home, against a European opponent, the Eagles controlled large parts of the game and looked dangerous whenever they attacked.

Terem Moffi and Paul Onuachu both found the net, while Wilfred Ndidi once again showed why he remains one of the most important leaders in the squad. For long periods, Nigeria looked like the better team. One spectacular strike from distance should not suddenly turn a good performance into a disaster.
What makes this Portugal game interesting is that the pressure is completely on the hosts. Portugal are heading to the World Cup and will want to convince their supporters that they are genuine contenders. Nigeria, meanwhile, can play with freedom and use the occasion to test new combinations ahead of the 2027 AFCON qualifiers.
There is also a growing belief that Chelle's style is beginning to take shape. The Super Eagles no longer look like a collection of talented individuals waiting for moments of magic. There appears to be a clearer structure, better pressing and more willingness to keep possession under pressure.
The arrival of Alex Iwobi could be particularly important. Few Nigerian players are better at connecting midfield and attack. When Iwobi is confident, the entire team tends to play with more rhythm and creativity. Combined with Chukwueze's direct running and Moffi's movement, Nigeria have enough weapons to trouble any defence.

Some fans argue that Portugal's superior quality means the result is already decided. That mentality is exactly what Nigerian football needs to abandon. This is the same country that defeated Argentina at youth level, shocked defending champions in AFCON tournaments and consistently produced players capable of starring in Europe's biggest leagues.
Let's also not forget that Portugal themselves have weaknesses. Their defence has looked vulnerable against quick transitions, and several of their veteran stars are approaching the latter stages of their careers. If Nigeria presses aggressively and takes its chances, this match could become far more uncomfortable for the hosts than many expect.

The bigger picture is that these friendlies are about building a winning culture after the disappointment of missing the 2026 World Cup. Nobody can change what happened in the qualifiers. What matters now is creating a team capable of dominating Africa again and returning stronger for future tournaments.
So can Nigeria beat Portugal? Absolutely. It will not be easy, and Portugal will start as favourites. But football is not played on reputation. With Iwobi, Chukwueze and the rest of the squad joining a confident group already in Lisbon, Super Eagles fans have every reason to believe an upset is possible. The fear factor is gone. Now it is time to see whether this new-look Nigeria can back up the confidence on the pitch.

https://thenationonlineng.net/intl-friendly-21-super-eagles-now-in-lisbon-for-portugal-test/

I didn't read to the end.
Won't take anything away from our Boys but to put together a different or experimental squad for every match since commonwealth tournament that we won and think we can beat or get a draw with a Portuguese side going to the WC and ready is a huge joke.. they will beat us 2-0 ...but if we come out to attack, we'll be lucky to fall 3-1

Ezeama400:
https://saharareporters.com/2026/06/05/breaking-gunmen-invade-ondo-community-injure-residents-abduct-pastors-9-year-old-son?fbclid=IwZnRzaASPdOhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe42NxPXw-WlCodJdMf-yMg2f_5-Z8XJQ4GMV8Xg6Y1jZLQO_r-iaYymdEHBI_aem_vF_jm0yVZHUSlUhzMTqhKw

It appears all our security agencies do in that Country is wait for the atracks and kidnaps to happen then they will start announcing that they have "Launched a manhunt" ....what happened to intelligence gathering before these crimes are committed especially when we now know that they have the capacity to strike at anytime and anywhere including the so-called Aso-Rock in that Country....I just tire for all these people playing games with the lives of innocent Nigerians 😩

If una think say our boys play anything near football..make una tune into see wetin ivory coast dey take France eyes see for Nantes this night...The Ivoriens totally out-classed a full French squad going to the WC also.
Thank God Ivory coast is going to the WC to represent Africa, they really showed class and defeated France 2-1.
I have no doubt they will do well and progress from their group with Germany. Their first game is on June 15th against Ecuador and I will be keeping an eye on them from now on...

OGOLMEKZ95:
Every morning, the sun hits the peeling yellow and blue walls of our three-storey building like it’s personally saying, “Oya, wake up Lagos!” I dey live for the second floor, the one wey get the long balcony wey always full of clothes like one big, colorful flag of survival.

The smell of *moin moin* and *akara* from Mama Soliu downstairs usually wakes me before my alarm. Iya Isila store dey always open early—those her colorful plastic buckets and pure water sachets don already arrange like soldiers. Sometimes I go downstairs with sleepy eyes, buy bread and *Agege* butter, and she go shout, “My customer! How body?” Even when NEPA take light, her generator go dey cough and sing like old Fuji music.

Life here no dey quiet at all.

From the first floor, you go hear Alhaji Soliu’s voice calling his boys to load goods. From the third floor, Sister Funke children dey run up and down the stairs like say na Olympics, their laughter scattering everywhere. My own balcony na the real theater—every Saturday morning, my clothes, my neighbor’s bedsheets, and Mama Aisha’s hijabs go dey dance together in the breeze like they’re having their own owambe.

When rain fall, everybody rush out like soldiers to pack clothes. “Temi, your own don fall o!” “Ah! My white shirt!” Na so we go dey laugh, even when water dey enter the house small small. But that same rain go later bring cool breeze for evening, and somebody go plug phone play *Ayra Starr* or old *King Sunny Ade*. We go sit for the corridor, share groundnut and *zobo*, dey gist about everything—from fuel price to who dey date who for the compound.

At night, the building looks like one big Christmas tree with different generator lights and lantern light glowing from different windows. You go smell different pots—somebody dey cook *efo riro*, another person dey do *jollof*, another dey do *amala*. The aroma go mix together like one big family pot.

Sometimes I stand on the balcony, look down at the compound, the rusty gate, the blue drum wey we dey fetch water from, the small children playing *suwe* under the umbrella... and I just smile.

This house no perfect. Paint dey peel, stairs dey creak, and sometimes toilet dey misbehave. But e get heart. E get soul. E get people wey go check on you when you no come out for two days. People wey go say “Pele” when you lose job, and “E go better” like say na prayer.

And every time I climb those steps with heavy legs after work, the moment I see our balcony full of color, I know say: *I don reach house.* ❤️

Na so we dey do am for here. No be just building—na whole life.

Some of you can really write....I mean for me to read this to the end means you've got something there you need to develop if you're not already exploring your writing skills...well done to you and boda Olofofo

Olofofo247ng:
I once lived in this kind of house in Mushin. 24 rooms, one prepaid meter, and a single toilet that everybody was expected to wash “after use” but nobody actually washed. My room was sandwiched between Mama Kemi who fried akara by 4am and Brother Taye who was learning keyboard with earphones that didn’t work. So every morning was a remix: akara oil hissing, “Do-Re-Mi-Fa”...blasting from next door, and NEPA doing their own percussion by taking light immediately your water in the kettle starts boiling. The real wahala was the bathroom queue. If you mistakenly forget your bucket outside, you’d meet it converted to eba container by the yard kids, or worse, find Papa Ndu’s wrapper hanging on your line with a note: “Abeg manage am, rain beat me.”

The peak madness was when our landlord’s son installed one CCTV camera facing the corridor after too many slippers went missing. First night, light went and the whole building gathered to watch “playback” with phone torch. We caught Mama Sikiru’s goat chewing the wire, two teenagers kissing by the tank, and Uncle Emma sleepwalking with only a towel and chewing stick. By morning the camera itself had disappeared. Landlord asked who took it, and 15 tenants shouted in unison: “Na NEPA!”...Till I left the house, nobody knows if it was a person or NEPA spirit that stole the camera.

Olofofoooo!!!

I feel very sorry for the Victims but negotiating with terorists is "the easy way out" and a tool for encouraging subsequent kidnappings across the nation...Government should go ALL OUT to secure the telease of the Victims and make sure they capture or neutralize this groups to send a clear message that no none-state actors can hold an entire nation or its citizens to ransome...😞
If however, they assess the Situstion as too risky for the Victims and security men then they can also use any surveillance technology ( we can hire a foreign security company with experience in asymmetrical warfare to assist) to track the "marked or chipped money" to be delivered so they can leave a trail for their eventual arrest....worse case scenario

kindredspirit:
Akor Adams is short one in this game. Totally absent.

Even when he rarely has the ball...he's so casual on the ball...maybe he's fatigue from league or something 🤔

That polish defender appears to have neutralized Akor so far

27 mins gone...and Akor still not fired up yet..

Mod update scores.
Nig 1- Pol 0

Goal given!
1-0 Naija

Mofiii.....oh....he puts the ball in the back of the net but he was soooo slightly offside.....VAR checking though

KosiGee:
Where are you guys watching it?

Bein sports

When it comes to pressing football, on and off the ball movements...give it to our boys...what is lacking here is a good attacking pair upfront...overall...our boys are holding up well

Moses Simon took all his time to kick a wastful indirect free kick...shame!

Goid one okoye...you have a lifeline to take back the no 1 spot....it's up to you now

Terem mofi appears to have taken a knock as he clashed heels with a pol in an attempt to take a shot