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Goke7:
This is the Eagles' best performance I have seen in years, but No everyone dey para with Osihmen, Nigerians looking for unnecessary perfection every time. We didn't concede, no defensive mistake, Nwabali was calm but nobody see that one.

4-0 nil scoreline and the player we Dey vex with got a brace 😂 Nigerians na wa

Yeah our defense seems to have improved slightly. Still far from perfect, but at least there's a bit more solidity there.

caprikon:
This SE team is going to be a nightmare for any team in this tournament. It will take a lot to edge them. The QF against DRC/Algeria is going to be spicy.

This team is currently in it's peak...the team needs to win something after the WC failures.

I want that DRC/Algeria game to go to penalties. Hopefully with enough fatigue or injuries, either team might be easier to subdue in the QF.

The good thing about this game: we bullied the hell out of Mozambique. If you thought the Tunisia game was one-sided, oh boy...

Also, we finally got a clean sheet!

The bad thing: I'm not sure what's up with Osimhen but the man needs to check his attitude. It's okay to be upset but his reaction felt like it went over the top.

Ghanaians and South Africans, how's the hatewatch going?

See Mozambique wey wan kpai Cameroon and Ivory Coast. This cup is ours to lose abeg.

TFLASHOGEE:
Does monikers that will go watch other teams and see one or two good runs from them and quick to come on here to type I fear for the eagles, now i hope you guys will quick come back here and type you fear for does other teams that will unfortunately face this beast of a eagle 🦅 team

Minister of vawulence don show. Oya na.

This Jagaban Borgu anthem just dey reduce our steeze.

Nothing dey pain pass when you dey find goal at the dying minute, and dem come score you.

yinkeys:
Quick question please
But why bench a player that scored 2 goals in the last game
Shouldn't Onyedika start ahead of Ndidi,
The former is more offensive than the latter
Spanish type of DM versus Conventional
What do you guys think
They shouldn't keel Kachi's fire though
It's tough games against DRC, Cameroon or heavyweights we could've used Ndidi since we'd concede possession

As long as Eric Chelle is coach of the national team, Ndidi is a guaranteed starter.

charlesemeka85:
Collin Udoh kii me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😏😏😏

“ South Africa, like I keep saying, are just a butterfly that thinks itself a bird.
After all their IGG (if you don't know what that means, ask somebody), they've gone two goals down to a Cameroon team that is not even at their best”

I've been watching Colin Udoh since last night. South Africa loss sweet am pass anybody. The way he's been pressing banana banana necks ehn

Blueelf:
lolll

crybaby. cry harder

What's funny is that he's obviously desperately trying to have the last word but trying to act unbothered at the same time.

IronGalaxy:
well, when you lose, its either you don't have Osimhen, the pitch ain't great, or even blame Juju is seen after you got defeated by the Congo.. these are excuses

Maybe consistency isn't your strong suit, or perhaps you just need better excuses for your shameless, bare faced double standards.

IronGalaxy:
Nigerians love to brag, its in their nature.. even other Nigerians say so.. if this is "playing dumb" so be it.

You acting like South Africans aren't one of the most intolerant, condescending and immature people on X is what I tag as you playing dumb. Thanks for proving my point.

Blueelf:
Exactly. Very intolerable lots

You can't go to a SA football forum as a Nigerian and not get torn to pieces. Some pyschotic rhombus-shaped headed Southies would even trace you to your home to kill you all in the name of banter. If he were a Ghanaian, I'd have laughed it off because those are our brothers who can banter without hatred, but you see Southies, they are very vile and ignominious.

Omo, we Nigerians are really tolerant walahi

I love Ghanaians die. They're funny like Nigerians and the pidgin twist dey make the banter sweet. This South Africans just keep pretending like they're the best thing since sliced bread even when they can't back it up. I can't understand the logic of a country who constantly underachieve in football, but assume this air of overconfidence or condescension towards other football teams. If you see the way they were trolling and insulting Cameroon before the match. Even the banter with their neighbors Zimbabwe is not friendly at all. Very toxic lots.

Blueelf:
As a SA, you come to a Nigerian football forum to argue

You didn't stop there, you accuse Nigerians of bragging on twitter.

IronGalaxy, yes, I am referring to you. You are currently doing the same thing you accused Nigerians of doing. You are constituting nuisance on this space

Your beloved SA isn't a footballing country, You're better off winning a big black butt Olympics or trendy tiktok dancing olympics.

GTFOH with your half-truths. How many footbll trophies does SA have? In all competitions, across all age-grades and gender?

Yet, you're arguing blindly and you dare rub shoulders with the Nigerian football pedigree

Maybe next time, we ought to send our women to play your beloved bafana bafana instead

Now, go and nurse your ouster by Cameroon in pieces!!!

Leave the tozo to be ranting foolishly. They come here to troll whenever Nigeria loses, but when the shoe is on the other foot and we put them to the sword, suddenly they want to be reasonable and start justifying their failures. People who can't take banter annoy me. You lost. Take your L, take the banter and stop trying to do damage control.

IronGalaxy:
Saying Osimhen wasnt there is an excuse, when you have other "good" players, being robbed of a legitimate penalty and Egypt given a non-existent one are two very different things

How is acknowledging that Nigeria was missing their best striker an excuse? I'm giving context, just like refereeing decisions are context for South Africa.

The hypocrisy here is you claiming one form of context is valid while dismissing another as excuses.

Nigeria faced circumstances that impacted their WC qualifying performance.
According to you, your unripe Banana also faced circumstances that affected their AFCON campaign.

You can't selectively apply this logic based on which team you support, else you're just arguing from bias which renders anything you say on this topic moot.

IronGalaxy:
Dont you find it hypocritical that a country which such tribali.sm obsess so much with what happens with South Africa and their so-called "xenophobia"?

This is a silly argument. Other people's shortcomings surely doesn't excuse your own.

IronGalaxy:
Individuality doesn't make a team..and what's "likely" or whats not, its purely speculative

First of all, you'll notice I used a tentative expression.

Secondly, talent concentration matters a lot. Our diaspora in top European leagues gives us a higher ceiling when structure clicks.

You're right that individuals don't make teams, but quality individuals with proper organization beat lesser individuals with good organization. Every single time. We've seen it repeatedly in international football. Our potential upside is simply higher.

IronGalaxy:
My brothers on Twitter mirror your tendencies, they are you to your own game.
Nobody goes around "bragging" like Nigerians, you and I know this... its a marker of your nationality

Playing dumb seems to be your specialty. I'll leave it at that. Good luck at the World Cup.

IronGalaxy:
No, we don't do that.. South Africans arent wired like that.. bragging, shading, arrogance..is more Nigerian. We're simply responding to the constant putting down and belittling your people are fond of..

Unless you want to play dumb, maybe you should go look at your brothers on Twitter. Or better yet, get a mirror.

yinkeys:
Do you rate them above Cape Verde and Burkina Faso ?

Yes. They're more consistent than both.

IronGalaxy:
its called conversation, thats what adults do..

And yet we only see you and your type coming here to brag when SA manages to get a decent result in any footballing fixture.

charlesemeka85:
Bros stop arguing. In terms of African football SA has more pedegree than Mali

Mali wey never smell afcon trophy let alone qualifying for the World Cup na wey u take dey compare SA?

Haba!!

Oga I respectfully disagree with you. I respect Mali more than SA. Let's end it there!

IronGalaxy:
which part here is an excuse? Were we robbed or not?

Pointing out the reasons why Nigeria lost the World Cup ticket is an excuse but doing the same to explain South Africa's shambolic AFCON performance is not excuse...?

Yeah, you're comfortably delusional. And a bit of a hypocrite as well.

IronGalaxy:
i could say the same.. about you though

It's more likely we'll get another AFCON trophy before you do. We have talent scattered across the globe. Only thing we lack is structure.

charlesemeka85:
head to head Mali tops SA doesn’t mean they have more pedegree over them

SA na yoyo team but hv achieved more than Mali in football

Head to head results are one of the most direct measures of competitive superiority. If Mali consistently beats South Africa when they actually face each other on the pitch, then it shows they can handle the pressure and tactics of that specific opponent when it matters.

Historical achievements from decades ago no go help you win the match wey go happen today today.

double post

IronGalaxy:
Which is something ive experienced too so?

About 3 decades ago. Hopefully you won't die off before the next one.

IronGalaxy:
And we all so how we lost right? Also if you've played football, you'd know how difficult it is to play 10 men, playing deep begind the ball..

Ah.. so now it's your turn to give excuses huh?

charlesemeka85:
when it comes to talent production Mali tops SA but SA have qualified for 3-4 world cups if I’m not mistaken and also won the afcon

World Cup qualification wey dem qualify properly for this first time in 20 years. No wam.

Anyway, head to head, Mali is better.

IronGalaxy:
How old are you again?

Old enough to see my senior men's national team lift a major trophy.