₦airaland Forum

TheGoodJoe:
Chuks is not in the question because he brought fluidity. With Iwobi on one side and Chukwueze on the other, most of the breaking down of the tight defence fell on Chukwueze. With Musa coming in, the direction of the defence spread out. Play two direct players. I prefer Onyekuru because he has better on the ball skills.

Jarus:
His omission from Russia 2018 squad was justified. He was awful in the test games he played before the WC.

TheGoodJoe:
Taiye Taiwo looked a little bit mechanical for me. Played with lots of power and directness.

What we saw yesterday from Aina was a mixture of tactical knowledge, effortless skills, easy running up and down the flanks and utilisation of the midfield as a platform to make his runs. Very similar to Babayaro and Taiwo did not play in such manner.

Jarus:
Apart from shooting (and free kicks), what did Taiwo do better than Cele?

Kog45:
Thegoodjoe vs forgiveness argument looming on Celestine Babayaro and Taiye Taiwo.

The two masterstrokes when it comes to lengthy discussion.

TheGoodJoe:
Special praise goes to Ola Aina. He was just too comfortable in his role and made it look too easy. Hardly left gaps in his play and combined well with Omeruo (Young General) in his defensive duties.

I have not seen such comfort at the LB role since Celestine Babayaro and can not wait to see how Ola Aina performs on the right where he can give deadly crosses.

gustav25:
Are you out or not ? Chop L silently baiba

Jarus:
Yes, I think Musa and Chukwueze could do what Moses did in 2013 in this 2019 team.

AIG07:
Joined @ the stoppage time. Was told the 2goals came from set pieces and the other one was a mistake. Which buttressed my point

AIG07:
They do not have to be special to defeat Africans

Jarus:
That was how we started SA 2013.

Played draw with Burkina Faso and Zambia and it took 2 penalties to win Ethiopia in the final game.

We went on to win the competition.

This team has some similarities with 2013 team - a lot of hungry young players who are Nations' Cup first timers like the 2013 set. I think this team also has a deeper bench than 2013 team.

If we don't meet a team like Senegal before semis, I think the team will go far.

AIG07:
Joined @ the stoppage time. Was told the 2goals came from set pieces and the other one was a mistake.

AIG07:
Cc: Forgiveness

The gulf in gap is too much.

Nice try SFs

How I wish we can have a road map to achieving success at the World stage.

zuchyblink:
Replace Akpeyi with Uzoho, replace etebor with
Mikel. Very happy with chukwueze, iwobi, musa and Ighalo combination

comodo:
No one has said anything about Omeruo. The guy class and positioning is something else. Ekong is the weaker weaker one in that CB

sheyishemba:
Bro if ogu is in the team it will be a plus

Sainty92:
Now am seeing why Aina played 30 serie A games last season. The guy has really improved!!!!

sheyishemba:
we need that brother this guy is team player he is great at defending and also cool attack wise and his physique is a great plus no one can bulldoze him

Humility017:
yes ooo ogu is more technical just imagine etebo cant make a through pass

safarigirl:
oh...okay, they showed it as recap and I thought it was today's game. My bad

Cc forgiveness


BTW, Mikel has come off for Musa

safarigirl:
New Zealand played Cameroon for Round of 16 and Cameroon won. They play England on Sunday

klexycole:
They are playing for a draw, a win will be a bonus for them.

safarigirl:
BTW, look at the Cameroon female team winning tgeir game 2-1. The one goal NewZealand even got was an own goal, but Nigeria couldn't even score one.

barackodam:
The ball had passed her before she moved. It was inside the net already. She can't be faster than a moving ball

oloriooko:
Bro no offside anywhere
Our zonal marking was woeful
The German girl ran into the crowd of our defenders to score without jumping
The player you think was offside did not interfere in the play

oloriooko:
Your on point jare upside not offside

oloriooko:
So unfortunate our girls have nothing to offer
Seem our girls have platooned
No ball holder no skillful player no tactical formation
It's over welcome home girls