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Mujtahida:
🎶Ten green bottles standing on the wall,ten green bottles standing on the wall
If nine green bottles should accidentally fall
They'd be one green bottle standing on the wall 🎶

I'm satisfied. Morocco can do as they please. Their sports minister even said that they don't need the support of Africa

At this point, na you dey enjoy this World Cup pass anybody. Your bad belle for African teams no get mate. I dey learn work where you dey. 😂😂

minfelix:
Egypenegal🤣🤣🤣

My brother 😂🤣😂🤣

Africa gats come together hold special meeting, cos this thing wan come be like spiritual problem. 🤣

Messi does it again. Unbelievable 😂😂

Another CAF misfortune loading? 😂😂

Papi85:
my brother, comparing greats that hv achieved all they ever dreamt of.

Some wey they insult and rubbish the achievements and success of both the Ronaldo and Messi if care is not taken still are yet to amount to anything good in their live

It's adults doing this by the way. 😂😂

semid4lyfe:
The most annoying posters on this thread are those who attempt to stir Messi vs Ronaldo debates with Argentina and Portugal matches

Even more annoying is the fact that people engage their posts

Omode ni yin. Una need to grow up

Honestly, I've been tempted once or twice to chime in and address the madness, but the concept of being a neutral who doesn't care about the Messi vs Ronaldo w@nkfest is completely foreign to these trolls. Nah. You must be a fan of one of the other.

Absolute kindergarten behavior.

Goke7:
You’re not serious, read the full statement here, did mbappe also grow up sucking on coconut milk instead of breast milk and living among chimpanzees?

Yeah, I don't know what Mr. Joe was going on about there. This was 5000 shades of racist.

Just got back from X.

Omo. CR7 fans, y'all need to go to bed early. It's gon be a long night. 😮‍💨😭😭🤣

Schemerkhiz:
lol 🫣😂😂

Whatever they’re doing there is for their personal gain and also for the SuperFalcons to benefit…

NFF reimburse ke!

Gbam.

If na to wait for NFF, make we just kuku forfeit the competition. Those ones will never do anything right.

minfelix:
Bro you see this point, trust me its we Nigerians still seeing that point to take solace in,You see those nations outside Africa amd maybe also those in Africa they are now seeing Nigeria the way i analyzed Germany,Brazil,Italy in my previous post…Missing back to back world cup will make them see us that way too…But i will agree with you still on the emboldened why becos since our back to back world cup miss, we are still competing heavily at Afcon showing that we are NOT gradually going oblivious…we are still in the mix.
back to back afcon losing to the host at final stages of the competition shows we are still a force to reckon with

Baba even with our terrible, smelling missteps over the recent years, no other African country is clearly, undeniably ahead of us right now besides Senegal and Morocco. Yes, that's a fact. 3rd or 4th out of 54 abi 57 is not a nation that has fallen off entirely.

That being said, it won't last for long if we continue with our unseriousness. I'm only mentioning these things to show how easy it should be for us to get back to dominance if we decide to be serious. At least we're not like SA or Ghana that is dragging 10th or 11th position in Africa today. Those ones for example have a long way to go before people start talking about them the way we're talking about Morocco today.

minfelix:
We have to wake up, football is experiencing a paradigm shift, worldcup powerhouses are now relinquishing their positions gradually….Brazil, Germany,Netherland,Italy(Now almost going into mediocrity extinction) and etc’s do not possess those quality players again…
From all the “Inhos” ronaldo,Dunga,Cafu,rivaldo of the mercurial Brazil to the Lahm,Klose,Kroos,Metersacker of Germany to all the “Van”, Kluivert,Davies,Robben of Netherland, to the Baggios,Romarios,Buffon,Del Piero of Italy ….This generation of Germany,Brazil,Italy,Netherland no longer strike fear again….If Messi retires Argentina will join that league(imagine a 39yrs old man leading the race of highest goals scorer, what happen to the other young Argentine players, it tells you that after Messi, you will see teams like Capeverde eliminating Argentina)
That goes to Nigeria, we have really lost our fear factor on the African soil, Morocco is taking up that mantle if we totally snooze, and so many other African nations will have the boost to wanna fight to the top

Senegal and Morocco are the Batman and Superman of CAF now. The Big 2. No other African country commands more respect than them presently.

Then you can say that Egypt, Nigeria and Algeria would round up the Big 5.

The fact that Egypt - and especially Nigeria with all of our disorganization and unseriousness - haven't totally vanished into obscurity is a testament to the insane pool of talent they both have.

If I'm not mistaken these are the only two teams that have remained prominent on African football for the past 50-60 years. Other African countries come and go. Zambia and Guinea were big in the 80s and 90s. Cameroon and Ghana were big in the 90s and 00s. I don't think there's been any decade where Nigeria and Egypt didn't shine. Even the 2010s that was arguably our worst decade in my opinion still included 2013 where we won the AFCON and played in the confederations cup.

Cameroon and Ghana are in the doldrums now. Ivory Coast, DRC and SA have caught up with, and possibly overtaken them.

It should actually be pretty easy for us to reclaim our top spot if our government finally wakes up and takes us seriously. But my fear is that they won't. The problem of Nigerian sports is so deep and intricate and woven into the very fibre of our culture as a country.

elyte89:
Seriki (osimhen)- 7 plates of rice 😃😃

God abeg 😭😭😭

ChrisKels:
Messi - 7 goals
Mbappe - 7 goals
Haaland - 7 goals
Ronaldo - 7 letter words

Una don start. It's too early for this. 😂

England must win this game abeg

E get why

9JAMac10:
Reminder: Today’s match between Mexico and England is maybe the last World Cup match in the Estadio Azteca’s history

Why? What's the lore?

Odunayaw:
Aso Rock for call CAF to remove that ref at our semi-final

Na so 😂

opes:
Nigeria U17 2-3 Tanzania U17

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets fell to the Serengeti Boys in their opening game at the four-nation tournament in China

👀

Goke7:
Penalty 😂

At last 1-0

He who lives by haram, dies by haram 😂

Goke7:
This Paraguay defence strong like zuma rock nothing hardly goes through 😂

Even Ghana haram no reach like this. This game is an eyesore. Lmao.

oloriooko:
Paraguay playing jambody football, dirty tactics highly organised defence.

Olise been given a rude shock, no room for fancy football

That's what usually makes South American teams a handful to deal with. They have the technique to play ball with you but also have the physicality to do some serious roughhousing if they need to.

Amedino99:
It was well evident from their last match. Funny how SA believed that their record against Morroco would give them the upper hand against this team if they had beaten Canada. At least we were spared of that big drubbing on the world stage. No need for the world to see one african team beating another one mercilessly on the world stage.

Don't mind those SA clowns. The way they consistently delude themselves dazzles me. The way they hype themselves, you'd think they won the last three AFCONs back to back and haven't lost a competitive game in years.

I wish we met them this last AFCON during the peak of our Eric Chelle SE knockout run, especially with that nonsense they played against Cameroon. That's one of my only regrets from this last AFCON. Walai we for paste them 5-0. Facts.

mrwilliams9:
I actually like this expanded WC a bit. I think it shows just how much an achievement it is to even make the QFs. Now you have to win at least 2 KO matches to make the QFs

I never liked those 16 nation tournaments. You come out of your group and you’re already in QFs. The main thing was qualification in those 16 nation tourneys.

Naija we have work to do sha. We’ve never actually won a KO match at the WC.

Those 16 nations no be beans sha, most of the time. The worst team in an average 16 team tournament back then was still a potential dark horse. Lol.

Unlike now where supposed pipes and minnows full everywhere.

That being said, the only good thing about this expansion for me is the exposure of smaller teams to elite football, which is the whole point I guess.

mostob:
Odunayaw and Goke come o
Since we have been hate watching, these Marocs dey win.
Let's support them next match 😂😂😂😂

Hatewatching Morocco is meaningless at this point. The important thing is we can see the progress being made with their football. Even if they lose to France, I don't think it would be an outright collapse like it has been for Subsaharan African teams so far. France are a monstrous team anyway.

Morocco have serious, future focused administrators. This World Cup isn't even the real deal for them. Winning it or not wouldn't even matter that much. They're just using it to prepare for the one they're hosting in 2030. Look at the young guys they're ushering in like Bouaddi and the likes. These are the ones who will lead the charge come 2030.

That's a country that's serious about making progress in their football.

Nigeria though? Lmao....

Goke7:
Inexperience is what may ruin Canada

Inexperience and zero killer instinct. Very lethargic team.

Morocco scores.

Look at Tani Oluwaseyi. Mtchewww.

Offside or not, you for just blast the ball first. Which one are you dancing?

Truidstarr:
Morocco has been exposed. Press them relentlessly and don't give them space.

True, but Canada's attack is mostly toothless. I'm afraid that will be their undoing.

solonnachi:
Full time score
Nigeria 3-2 Benin Rep
(Joseph, Adegbuyi, Ifeanyi)

Return leg is in Togo

1. We need to win

2. We need at least two goals in Togo to avoid stories that touch.

Smh

Na now World Cup don start

Congrats to all the teams in the Round of 16. These teams are the real deal.

mostob:
If Ryan no come save penalty, wahala go dey o.
Cos na that keeper wey dem remove saved them. O

Maybe na their PK specialist

Dem don jazz African countries for this World Cup.

And the person wey jazz dem go be Nigerian. 🤣🤣