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You guys are really killing the mood here with these overly fearful predictions.

Swanzi:
Try and win this afcon then we can talk as equals is truly lonely at the top😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Lonely at the bottom you mean. Nobody wants to be Ghana in African football today, stop it.

Swanzi:
And with all ur pedigree u still missed the World Cup with 10 slots to spare ouch in group with minnows 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Missing a World Cup spot by a single point is forgivable. Finishing dead last in an AFCON group with Sudan and Niger is a national emergency.

Nothing can be compared to what Argentina has been doing to you a century now😂🤣😂🤣😂
Ur their bonafide wives😂😂😂😂
At least we drew with Uruguay and lost in penalties have u even drawn with Argentina before hahahaha

We lose to Messi. Okay. You lost to Comoros, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Sudan and Niger Republic. We are not the same. Comparing a rivalry with the World Champions to your struggles against part-time footballers is pure delusion.

Useless World Cup appearances with nothing to show for have u gone past round of 16 before ? Do u know how it feels to prepare a quarter final match in World Cup with all ur appearances? Pls I need a yes or no answer no long epistles 😂😂😂🤣

No, I don’t know how it feels to live in 2010. I only know how it feels to live in 2026. You're like a 50 year old man still bragging about his inter-house sport exploits back when he was 6 in primary school. Why not focus on your present reality, where your men's national team haven't won a trophy in 50 years? How many trophies does your female team have? Those ones just go to women's AFCON to mark register. Serial failures.

You can’t decide to pick and choose which statictic to use we have more wins than you period..!!!

Most of those "wins" you had happened when football was still made of lace and leather. In the digital age, you're a ghost. If we look at the last 20 years, you're just a footnote in our success story.

And yes my country won the FIFA under 20 World Cup something u can never achieve no matter what hehehehe now the wait is over😂🤣😂🤣😂

Flexing a U-20 trophy from 2009 in a 2024 conversation is the biggest indicator of a finished country that can never ever achieve greatness again. All that is in the past. From now on it's disappointment after disappointment. You’re celebrating a youth trophy because your senior team has been allergic to gold for half a century.

Yes even in our weakest our we are ur nemesis that’s why we prevented u from going to Qatar in ur capital Abuja hahahahahahahaha

You stopped us from going to Qatar just so the whole world could watch you finish 27th out of 32 teams.

You didn't go there to play, you went there to represent failure. Congratulations.

Swanzi:
Your Tears are delicious 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Good luck at the World Cup. At least try get draw with Panama. We already know England and Croatia will spitroast you like barbeque on live TV.

pargelenis:
Yes he is. Teaching in KD and his principal & students de deal with him, hence the frustrations towards NGR. He needs the money though, hunger bad

Choi. I'll never understand these tenants who come into these threads to banter with their landlords.

Swanzi:
Yes,we are not even equal to Sudan but we are better than Nigeria at least in head to head hope u did counting in class one😂🤣😂🤣😂

Head to head, we have the upper hand in the last 20 years. Most of your wins over us happened barely after World War 2 . Tell me when last did you see your country lift a trophy in any major tournament. Add the women's team too. I'll wait.

What’s the point in finishing 2nd when u still failed to qualify is that what u console urself with ? Hahahaha u failed period no long talk😂🤣😂🤣😂

The point is people can look at our FIFA WC qualifying group and say "they almost made it". Same people would look at your AFCON qualifying group and consider you the biggest disappointment in African football for all your history and pedigree.

In 50 years u have still not equaled our record that’s the fact please don’t bore me with probabilities and theories , win ur 4th one before you come to the table of men untill then shush 🤫

All this ramblings just to distract from the fact that your football has been on a steady decline for the past 50 years.

How can a country whose not gone past the round of 16 have any better records than Ghana 🇬🇭

Simple. We have more total wins and WC appearances. Check the stats.

Dude the only consistent record u had in the World Cup is Argentina 🇦🇷 anally having thier way with u😂🤣😂🤣😂

Same way Uruguay has disrespected, spat on you and penetrated you on global TV.

The record still stand it’s only Cameroon Senegal Ghana and recently Morocco who have had an impact sorry Nigeria is not part

Imagine talking about impact on the African stage when you lost out on AFCON qualification to Niger and Sudan. It's the biggest form of disrespect to Senegal and Morocco to call their names and then shamelessly insert your country in the same sentence.

Swanzi:
Which useless point is that😂🤣😂
Simple question have u gone past the round of 16 before..? Yes or No ? Hahahaha

You said you had a better World Cup record, and I just proved it false. You didn't argue. So I'll assume that you've accepted your foolishness on that point.

And a quarter finals run doesn't mean you had a better record. That's just one tournament. To determine who has the better record, we examine overall performance in different years for consistency, and we beat you there. So again, pipe down.

And since 82 uve not been able to equal our afcon wins dude now ur head in shame

When you last won the trophy we had just 1 title. Since then we won two more while you still latch on to rusted and ancient glory. Based on probability and the atrocious state of your football, we're likely to win two to three more trophies before you get your fifth.

Dude u failed to qualify for the world cup period no one cares the position u got in the group…

Finishing 2nd is not as disgraceful as finishing bottom in a group that had Niger Republic. SHAME must be your first name.

Dude are u talking about math and logic with me so 4and 3 which is bigger? Dude win this afcon then we can talk as equals not now 😂😂😂😂

At this point in your football, you're not even equal to Sudan.

Swanzi:
Is better than not being able to qualify amongst a group of Benin Lesotho and Zimbabwe when there a nine groups and potentially 10 please bow ur head in shame the giant of Africa 😂😂😂😂

It's not actually. We finished 2nd in the group to South Africa. You finished last below Niger and Sudan. In what universe is your AFCON qualifying run better? Before you banter, study math and logic before you embarrass yourself like this.

Yes 50years we’ve not won afcon and yet for 50years our records against u still stands why have u overtaken us like Cameroon or Egypt if ur truly a giant 😂😂😂😂

Bruh you haven't won AFCON since color TV was invented. Please don’t talk to us about football until you find a trophy from this millennium.

At least Ghana has better World Cup record than Nigeria u folks have not even gone past the round of 16 before prove me wrong what a shame and u get the effrontery to compare urself to Ghana hahahahaha

What do you mean better World Cup record? We literally have more appearances and more points/wins from the tournament overall. At least before you banter, get the basic facts straight. Your quarter final run was your best World Cup tournament. You haven't made it out of the group stage since then.

Danielnino00:

120 mins no be beans.

I know say dem go hard pass Congo based on today game but the way some of una dey hype this Algerian team ehn. Make we just kuku dey go house na. What are we doing at the AFCON?

SymphonyRad:
That's if they even get past Jamaica

E be like say the werey na Ghanaian.

Swanzi:
Better than staying home when potentially 10 African teams are playing in the World Cup what a shame 😂😂😂

So you're proud of going to the World Cup to mark register as a minnow. No wonder you haven't won the AFCON trophy for the last 50 years. Finished dead last in an AFCON qualifying group that had Sudan and Niger Republic. Country of the shameless.

Something tells me Nigeria vs Algeria will determine the winner of the year's AFCON. The two most impressive teams of the tournament in my opinion. Senegal haven't really wowed me like that.

Swanzi:
Go to World Cup make we see😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

You better pipe down chale. Imagine being happy about going to the World Cup just to lose all three games.

Omo. I wanted DRC sha. I'm more wary of this Algerian team.

9JAMac10:
We're fed up with the ALGERIA DR CONGO match.
Ref, is there any way they don't play the second half of extra time 😂 and go straight to penalty kicks

They must play.

Algeria have worn out DR Congo massively. And vice versa I think. I still want DR Congo to win though. To me, Algeria looks more deadly.

Everything is going according to plan so far.

zicky:
Exactly what I was thinking, to stop this Nigeria team, mark out Iwobi. But it will be a difficult task cos the guy drop very deep atimes giving me this Pirlo vibe.

If I'm Chelle, and I notice that Iwobi is being marked out, I'm bringing in double trouble combo of Chukwueze and Onyedika.

DR Congo don't really have much threat going forward but they're defensively compact. If they win, we'll get the most lethal attacking side vs the most disciplined defense so far. An unstoppable force meeting an immovable object.

Neither of the teams are looking threatening so far, in my humble opinion.

Algeria seeing more of the ball so far. No bite though. At least not yet.

Odunayaw:
I'm in a dilemma on who to hate watch in the ALG/DRC game.

Anyway, it shall be Nigeria - Egypt (or whoever beats them) final

I sha want the game to be a bloodbath. Red cards and injuries flying about left right and center before the game is decided via penalties.

Bouadi97:
Hello everyone, congratulations to us on the win and the performance.
Guys, Bassey will not miss the next match. The yellow cards received in the group stage are canceled in the knockout rounds, except in the case of a red card or two yellow cards in the group stage, which would result in suspension for the Round of 16. In Bassey’s case, he is available for the quarterfinals and will not be suspended

As a potential opponent, I don't know if to trust you or not.

Can any Nigerian here confirm this abeg? Is Calvin Bassey eligible to play in the quarter finals?

lbrichman2:
Chukwueze is an option

True.

Kai. Can't remember when last we had depth like this in the squad.

Eric Chelle should have it in mind that Iwobi might be double marked in the quarter finals. It's clear now that he's the main guy who orchestrates our best attacking chances from deep.

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All jokes aside, Eric Chelle needs to lock up shop again and drill these boys physically and mentally. We need to be in the zone for this quarter finals. As much as we've dominated the tournament so far, the next fixture is arguably the one that will determine our fate in this AFCON. We can't be caught slipping at this crucial moment. We need all the players in harmony to function as a team and go out there and deliver.

Osimhen na you do this one oo. Instead of us to talk about Algeria/DRC we dey here dey engage for foolish unnecessary argument.

Mujtahida:
They did like this at Tunisia 94? And on the pitch before the glare of the world?

Not on the pitch, but many people in the set alluded to multiple instances of infighting, cliques and beefs in the squad. It never manifested on pitch but still... hardly any difference. I sha believe they'll get things sorted. A full day should be enough for everyone to cool off.

Mujtahida:
The trophy is gone. This thing that happened yesterday is the fly that spoils the apothecary.

94 set do pass like this. Dem still win AFCON.

Is Calvin Bassey suspended for the quarter finals? I'm seeing on Wikipedia that he's on the list for suspended players.

This Osimhen argument concern una. I'm sure they'll hash things out over the next couple of days before the QF. I'm too busy basking in the euphoria of this win abeg. Can't remember when last Nigerian football sweet me like this.