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fabyom:
Saying he had a sleepless night doesn't necessarily mean he did. It's a soothing way to address those not selected that they are not forgotten! It's a human relation term. Ivory coast drew with Sierrialeone but defeated Algeria. My G, football is not mathematics.

Equavoen's tactic was spot on. In the first half, Algeria had one shot on target which came in the first 5 minutes.
Their tactic is to neutralize our attack and hit us on a counter. Equavoen knew that's why our forwards did not press in the first half and Moses withdrew a bit backward.
This is a knockout stage you don't just go all out against the 2nd best team in Africa.

In the 2nd half, we decided to be more proactive because Equavoen could see what the Tunisians were trying to do.
Iheanacho lost the ball and they countered, a long pass to Aina's position just needs Aina to trap the ball but he lost it. These are the little loss of concentrations that made Rohr prefer Awaziem to Aina.
Before our backline could recover boom a straight waving shot, took a bounce in front of our goalkeeper. A routine save with two palms but Okoye went with one (Bad positioning).

Equavoen saw a need to press their backline which Iheanacho and Awoniyi were not doing. He brought on Olayinka to press and Iwobi to control the midfield (Switching to 4-3-3) formation. Simon to drive in and Sanusi to go wide. Same with Chukweze and Aina. As we began to take charge of the game Iwobi miss-timed his control and ... red card.

Nevertheless, we maintained the game plan and there were several occasions Simon drove in and Sanusi drifted wide to receive the ball.
This game plan allowed us to press the Tunisians even with 10 men, and when Sadiq came on, Olayinka took Chukweze position drifting in and Aina going wide. That was how Olayinka was able to locate Sadiq unfortunately he shot wide (P.S: Sadiq and Olayinka gave it all, pressing, running, and dribbling).

Simon was able to locate Ndidi twice just outside the 18-yard box and he shot unbelievably wide. You don't give such space to a player like Partey or Kessie and won't pay dearly. Ndidi's shooting let us down. Comoros scored a free-kick from 30 yards but we have no player that can score from 20 yards. Wow!

Equavoen got his tactic spot on as it allowed us to control the game without headache, unlike our previous qualifiers.

It was the qualities of our players that let us down. A keeper that can't save a direct shot, a striker that failed to convert a through ball, a DM that can't shoot, and a 10 that got a red card.
Even with 10 men, we had the chance to equalize. Hardluck but as Iwobi wrote on his IG page, the Super Eagles shall be back. Patience my people!

Aptly described... Big ups

AndSunGorilla:
There has been a red card in too many 2nd world games.

But officiating at previous Afcon has not been abysmal as this..

PDPGuy:
How is that a RED CARD!!!!

These AFCON REFS ARE IDIOTTS

The thing tire me oo. Seems the number of red cards is more than yellow in this tournament. A lot of questionable calls

This car is screaming 'come and pick me'

Call now..

safarigirl:
Y'all cried so hard, you crashed Nairaland's server.


Wow

Lolz.. I noticed that too

12large1:
The boys individually played well but as usual, the formation ruined it. 424 in modern day football is unacceptable

Our midfield looked so lean in the first half that the Tunisians were having a swell night. However, the lads tried there best and gave in a good response in the second half.

The officiating was skewed to our detriment and luck wasn't on our sides despite spirited efforts from our boys.

As Moses Praise of Supersport would say ' in Afcon any team can defeat iyal'aya anybody'

Some of us should have developed Takotsubo cardiomyopathy from repeated heart breaks but life continues

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safarigirl:
It is expected.

Someone they were trolling when he never even do mistake, is it now that he made a costly mistake they will not troll him?

He should talk to Iwobi and Iheanacho. Iheanacho limited his comment section some years back, and has not opened it back till now, Ekong even left the social media totally.

He should limit his comment section. They can take their hate to Instablog

True.. Osimhen has also adopted similar tactics..

Sadly, Nigerians are on Maduka Okoye's Instagram page trolling him..

safarigirl:
Back to his technical director duties I suppose

He filled in when we needed a coach, so, they may just get Peseiros back on

Yes, back to his technical director duties..

Breaking: Austin Eguavoen Steps Down As Super Eagles Coach Following Defeat To Tunisia In AFCON

According to OwngoalNigeria Twitter handle

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The car is well maintained and absolutely nothing to fix.

The owner is relocating abroad, so the need to sell the car.

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Call now and let's negotiate..

Ppogbae:
This makes our 1st place finish all the more important. Staying in Garoua for the next two rounds reduces our travel, therefore reducing our risk of contracting COVID-19

That's very true.

I believe the players and their handlers are also taking some necessary precautions too. But in the real sense, some people still get the viruses despite taking all the necessary precautions .

May we not be unfortunate, amen

Ppogbae:
All is set! Tout est pret! The road to Yaounde starts now!

All things being equal, we should be able to qualify for the semis at least..

I pray Covid-19 would not happen to our team, that thing could be devastating.

Nah to go enjoy some ranting on Twitter space tonight

#Lamentationfestival

Ghanaians are back to business.. Level up now

Another strike to Ghanaians jugular.. Comoros 2-0 Ghana

What a strike!

Based on info from some power brokers here in Abuja, it seems Osinbajo is the chosen one.. Time will tell

Nah these kind of anatomy pictures wey medical students used to woo female remedial students back then in University ..Nah to open the Keithmoore anatomy on top table for night class..

samtol4:
one of them will qualify

That's very possible.

The game between Ivory Coast and Algeria may even end in a drab draw

What a game!

A well deserved win for the Equatorial Guinea team..

Looking forward to seeing the game between Sierra Leone vs Equatorial Guinea..

Algeria, the defending champions in the mud.. They have about 20 more minutes to come out clean..

Smile telecom is yet to get the memo . I'm still tweeting with my VPN on. Sad!

Malians look more promising to win this tie..

andrewbaba44:
Ghana Man Dey pray after Match

Match wey you don loose already

Bible says 'give thanks in all things'

Amedino99:
The map at the back of his head maybe more of fashion rather than cryptic

It seems more of latter to me..

do4luv14:
Plz somebody should clear us on this

Just a speculation based on his Instagram post about 2hrs ago.

Finger crossed