₦airaland Forum

daveP:
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.

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!

Deltamani:
It’s #WAFCON2024 semifinal MATCHDAY 🍿!

Nigeria 🇳🇬 🆚 South Africa 🇿🇦
⏰ 5pm (NGA)
🏟️ Larbi Zaouli Stadium
📺 CAF Media partners

Here’s the team list for the #TotalEnergiesWAFCON2024 semi-final between #Nigeria’s Super Falcons and #SouthAfrica’s Banyana Banyana. Thoughts??

SUBSTITUTES:
1• OLUEHI TOCHUKWU
2• OMORINSOLA BABAJIDE
4• SHUKURAT OLADIPO
7• PAYNE ANTIONETTE
8• ASISAT OSHOALA
9• IFEOMA ONUMONU
10• CHRISTY UCHEIBE
11• SIKIRATU ISAH
13• DEBORAH ABIODUN
24• CHIOMA OKAFOR

#MissionX #SoarSuperFalcons #NGARSA #amapiano

Ordega not listed (Chioma Okafor takes her place). Lols. Alongside usual Unachukwu and Usani.
https://x.com/osasuo/status/1947671213670592648

semid4lyfe:
Asisat don retire from the Super Falcons. This AFCON is her last appearance for the team. She listened to her body and read the room so I applaud her decision and wish her well in her future endeavours.

Go well our GOAT of African football.

Person dey retire midway in tournament?
Make them no select her for remaining games?
I find this very confusing

WAFCON IN 2022, South Africa, Morocco and Zambia all beat Nigeria.

WAFCON in 2025. Nigeria beat Zambia. South whipping loading, and we finish the job against Morocco (most likely).🙏🏾

mostob:
Since when you don dey crush on that lady eh. When they return from Morocco, try and meet her.
If mountain no come meet Mohammed, Mohammed will go and meet mountain.

If Colin Udoh as a journalist can toast and marry Mercy Akide, then so can you

semid4lyfe:
Coach Madugu is intelligent and smart.
He speaks well, answers questions without giving too much away and most importantly he avoided the bobby traps that were set for him, like that question on officiating.

Can any one share a Bio of Coach Madugu, where he played, teams coached in past etc.
Well done to him!

ekehopp2:
New comer, wellcome.
14 Dimenhin and 18 Ayinde are sure starters.
My predicted lineup:

---++±------++Okoronkwo
--Babajide-----Echegini-----Ajibade
------------Ayinde---+Ucheibe
Plumptre--Dimehin---Ohale--Alozie
--------------+++Nnadozie

Ihezuo and/or Payne might play instead. Depends on Coach's analysis .

Almost like i predicted but with

Ihezuo for Ucheibe
Ijamulusi for Babajide

So effectively

-------------++Okoronkwo
--Ihezuo----Echegini----Ijamulusi--Ajibade
--------------------Ayinde--
Plumptre--Dimehin---Ohale--Alozie
--------------+++Nnadozie

We will likely also be wearing our new white jersey for the first time competitively.

solonnachi:
Today makes it the 13th day since the commencement of WAFCON 2024, Madugu should cap this Okafor girl. She may be the joker he is talking about. Hope todays game will not go into penalties ooo. We need to finish this game within 90 minutes.

If she's fit, she'll get minutes.
But just goes to show money and it's influence on selections in Nigeria. Cos this is just giving all vibes of Tinubu and medical tourism. Where the ill-fitted get the juicy positions as far as they can press the right buttons.

Walahi I miss Randy. He will never take an unfit player to a tournament.
And if by chance the injury was found out before first game, player would be replaced ASAP.
But of course money has changed hands and Chioma Okafor must stay make money for no loss.

Idiko1:
If Nigerian falcons bring players with jersey numbers 13, 14, 18 and 21 to the game, there is 75% chance Zambia will win the match. In addition, if the falcons players failed to properly trap the ball and seek out teammates in better position to score, the odd increases in the favor of Zambians.

New comer, wellcome.
14 Dimenhin and 18 Ayinde are sure starters.
My predicted lineup:

---++±------++Okoronkwo
--Babajide-----Echegini-----Ajibade
------------Ayinde---+Ucheibe
Plumptre--Dimehin---Ohale--Alozie
--------------+++Nnadozie

Ihezuo and/or Payne might play instead. Depends on Coach's analysis .

Deltamani:
I would have picked Fransisca Ordega to start from the Left flank as well considering she’s very strong and quite fast as well, she can deal with their RB and allow Plumptre forward a little bit…

If not for OSINACHI Ohale age, I don’t think Barbra Banda is anything to worry about consider the caliber of Fast and Physical Strikers Ohale have handled in the past…

We also have a dependable Halimatu Ayinde and Christy Ucheibe who can minimize their threat as well considering how they thrive in this kind of Physical games..

My Problem is our combination upfront… Ajibade must play from the wing, bench Toni Payne as she might struggle in this kind of physical game..

Babajide/Franny — Ihezuo/Oshoala — Ajibade

Then remove Echegini when she’s tired and move Rash to the Midfield later, bring in Esther to the right wing… Or you can as well move Rash to the Left and bring in Abiodun to the seal up the midfield…

The set up against England at the last World Cup is good enough to run them down, only Kanu that’s currently not in the team…!

But Fransisca Ordega is greedy oh. She wants her name on the score sheet by all means. See the chance that was thrown away because she refused to pass to Ihezuo, and instead did a funny 360*. Okoronkwo would not have done same.
She needs to get it out of her head that she needs to prove a personal point. We don't really care, all we need is a goal, present the ball to the person with the best chance of scoring.

AkinDS:
Edna Imade signed by Bayern Munchen.

Congratulations to her - really proud of her accomplishments.
If not for that buffoon Magudu, who refused to invite her when he should have, she could’ve been a Super Falcon running the frontline at this WAFCON. What a complete dullard!

Lols, you cannot please everybody. There are only 24 spots, not enough to go around. Make una calm down.
And the funny thing is, you never hear all this tantrums over our home grown players coming from U17 or U20.
Always always over foreign born players.
WOWO (We Only Want Oyibo). #SMH

Team list, only Demehin, Nnadozie and Ajibade keep their place. Fresh legs!
https://x.com/osasuo/status/1944453319684174199

Okoronkwo and Ijamulusi bench.
Oluehi, Unachukwu and Okafor (allegedly injured) yet to feature in the tournament

------Onumonu Ihezuo
Ordega ----Echegini---- Ajibade
----------Ucheibe
Usani Demehin Isah Oladipo
---------Nnadozie

[quote author=lovewins post=136081328]Oh

I didn't know Oshoala stormed off the pitch when she was substituted in the last game. Many obviously didn't know because no one here brought it up.

Osasu asked the coach about it and here was his response:

I asked ⁦@NGSuper_Falcons⁩ coach Justin Madugu at Saturday’s #WAFCON MD-1 presser whether disciplinary action will be taken against Asisat Oshoala for storming off the pitch after being substituted in their last game against #Botswana. Hear his reply… pic.twitter.com/0uZJNesAQH

— Osasu Obayiuwana (@osasuo) July 12, 2025

love Osasu; he is confident tackling issues without fear of the Nigerian system. He has been removed from it.

The Naija system is so corrupt and malfunctioning that the only way our top national football teams can function is by having a manager who does not need to conform to the system. Doesn't need to beg or kiss ass for the job, made his/her name in their own right. So will demand a reasonable salary and will pick players on merit to achieve results, and not because of any kickbacks or undue influence from different quarters. That's why I miss Randy Waldrum, and why Eric Chelle's appointment is a good one.

We have a tough path ahead of us

QF vs Zambia
SF vs South Africa
Finals vs Morocco

While Morocco has the simpler task.
It is well.

PDPGuy:
For Sunday’s game vs Algeria, this line up won’t be bad

————————-Oluehi———————

—-Alozie——-S.Oladipo—Ohale——-Plumptre—-

——————-Ayinde——Ucheibe————-

————————-Echegini——————-

———Ajibade——-Ihezuo——Babajide——

The likes of Chioma, Okoronkwo and Onumonu can come in in the 2nd half

Nope, QF starting line up should 100% be

————————-Nnadozie———————

—-Alozie——-Ohale—Demehin——-Plumptre—-

——————-Ayinde——Ucheibe————-

————————-Echegini——————-

———Ajibade——-Okoronkwo——Ihezuo——

For the final group game. Coach should change the whole starting 11 and give other players game time.

Same starting line up. Coach no get liver.
I would have dropped Oshoala for Okoronkwo.
Anyways we will most def Top group, and meet either Morocco or Zambia in Quarter Finals.
Be prepared!

AkinDS:
Very very impressive commentary run by Desire Oparanozie.
From knowledge of the game and diction, I was in awe.
Really proud of her debut as a commentator.
A billion times better than Rachel Ajegba and Ikpeba who were mediocre, to say the least.
Big ups to Desire 👍🏾👍🏾

Shouldn't commentators be mostly neutral?
Dunno why Ex-Nigerian players Amokachi, Desire Oparanozie etc when they get a chance on an international stage can't stay professional.

Easy win to be honest. We played much better second half, though we scored more goals first half.
The only thing definite today is that Asisat Oshoala shouldn't start a game again. Esther Okoronkwo and Ihezuo offered more bite and mobility upfront.

Deltamani:
SUBSTITUTES
1• TochuKwu OLUEHI
11• Sikiratu ISAH
4• Shukurat OLADIPO
20• Folashade IJAMILUSI
12• Onyi ECHEGINI
10• Christy UCHEIBE
19• Chinwendu IHEZUO
17• Fransisca ORDEGA
9• Ifeoma ONUMONU
6• Esther OKORONKWO

Unachukwu (GK), Usani (def), Okafor (Attacker) didn't make the match day squad.
11 on the pitch, 10 on the bench.
3 + 11 + 10 = 24

GeneralDae:
Omo about three of these Zambian players get chest and muscle oo.

Omo I've counted up to 4 men in this Zambian team. This is not fair biko. CAF need to change their gender testing rules to exclude the intersexed with predominant male genes. Because this is ridiculous!

Samueltemi337:
Na that Gift Monday shot way hit bar pain me pass

She has not been so lucky in Nigerian colours.
Since that 2022 WAFCON (where she also didn't score) when I started watching All female National teams, I think the only goals she has scored was the double header friendly against Algeria last year.
Correct me if I'm wrong please.
Folashade Ijamilusi also scored a hattrick in same game.
-------------------------
P/S: Just seen that she scored in WAFCON Qualifiers too. My bad.
30 November 2023,
Nigeria 5–0 Cape Verde.
She scored the 2nd goal in the trashing.

Namecheap appears to the top choice.

But I use them for hosting alone, and stick to https://netfirms.com for domain registration as that's where i started, and I want all my domains on one service.

for .ng domains I guess top choice is https://www.hostafrica.com/

daveP:
Is Chioma about to become the new Attervall at this tournament?

Yes oh, when money has changed hands at the top and you impose a player on the Coach, you can't fault his reaction.

Deltamani:
Na Rachael Unachukwu go concede that goal na… same way she did against Algeria 🇩🇿 in that Friendly.

True! Na she
She came in 83*, goal conceded 88*
They had better draft in shame keepers in after WAFCON ASAP.

https://x.com/NGSuper_Falcons/status/1939382753167811007
🔁 More Changes | 83’
Final switches for the Super Falcons 🇳🇬

🔻 Rasheedat Ajibade
🔻 Halimatu Ayinde
🔻 Folashade Ijamilusi
🔻 Tochukwu Oluehi

🔼 Jennifer Echegini
🔼 Shukurat Oladipo
🔼 Francisca Ordega
🔼 Udoka Unachukwu (GK)

Managing minutes as we close in on full-time!

Deltamani:
HT’ - 🕰️

Nigeria Lead by two at the break!
Ghana W 🇬🇭 (0️⃣)🆚(2️⃣) Nigeria W🇳🇬
⚽️ [Own Goal]
⚽️ [Ajibade] Penalty

#TotalEnergies𝑾𝑨𝑭𝑪𝑶𝑵2024

https://x.com/acl_sports/status/1939368482283364598
@acl_sports claims "Chinwendu Ihezuo with the first and a penalty by Asisat Oshoala"

Totally different scorers

Oh, also the official info:

https://x.com/NGSuper_Falcons/status/1939370736461783394
⚽️ 34’ – Chiwendu Ihezuo opens the scoring
⚽️ 44’ – Asisat Oshoala doubles the lead from the spot

Almost Half time 0 - 0

Starting 11 and predicted Formation

naptu2:
Full video of the new Randy Waldrum interview.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNpgEsSVcHw?si=36Dn6_Hg36syBw3r

Solid interview. The insights about his WAFCON and post WAFCON challenges which he bore alone was very insightful.
I remember Colin Udoh dey cook am steadily then. If only he knew!

Randy confirmed he always had total control of his team selection. Sadly Nigerian factor, Justine Madugu doesn't have that. But I must add, the much I've seen about Coach Justine Madugu, he seems quite professional and mature. Good follow up to Randy.

AkinDS:
Did you even bother to listen to the video??
This interview was done last week!
Jeez! Naija pple sha.

My bad, no vex, i mistake am for another video wey I watch then.

Deltamani:
I so much love how Randy Waldrum praised Halimatu Ayinde in his recent interview with EaglesTracker..

He talked how tactically brilliant Ayinde is, and how she understands the game…

One of the reasons she should always start in midfield for the Falcons as long as she’s fit and still playing at the highest level giving her all… Ayinde isn’t perfect but she brings a lot of confidence and Calmness to that Midfield..

Old interview. Conducted before the WorldCup in 2023. I listened to it then.
Monetization. Them dey find content.

lovewins:
This transfer doesn't make sense to me football progression wise. Maybe the financial incentive makes a lot more sense than staying in France, but kinda have missed feelings about her joining a team with no hope of playing in the champions league and competing for a title.

Oya now, go and sign her for your Club. Una think say e easy? Go where you are wanted. You can't force clubs to sign you.
Congrats to her. Club is in the Women's EPL equivalent so it's a great move too.