kellycute: despite the clear chance created for ighalo against England, my guy still missed the chance. Thank God for iwobi to smached the rebound to the net. Na so the chance for jus go like that Cos of that ineffective ighalo. Give am chance he go still miss am. Abeg leave matter for Mathia.
Which clear cut chance?
He created something out of nothing by beating a defender and goalkeeper with a technical strike.
It looks very easy to you because e bi like say you never kick felele before.
Danielnino00: Tomorrow game is probably the most important game we will b playing under Rohr...Its no myth that our destiny is in our own hands tomorrow.. The round of 16 ticket is ours to lose...
I expect Argentina to come at us with full strength.. They need the win badly than.. They will definitely play an attacking game against us and that's how we will beat them.. Their defence is porous.. compared to theirs,our defence is world class... I'm sure Sampaoli isn't foolish enough to underrate us... if he decides to go all attacking, their defence will suffer...if he decides to keep the defence tight, they mayn't score quick... Tough choice for him ... However, it's important that our players stay focused . I really hope they aren't over celebrating the Iceland win like some fans are..its not yet over .... Three important things I think the players should do during the game are:
1) Don't show the Argentines too much respect 2) avoid giving away fouls in dangerous areas 3) Avoid this habit of starting the first half sloppily.
Rohr should stick with d formation and lineup we used on Friday though I won't mind Ebuehi starting ahead of Idowu while Moses move to LWB... The midfield trio of Ndidi Etebo and Mikel should be retained. it will be useful in stopping Argentina's dangerous attack.. Iwobi can come in the second half.. Musa and Nacho should continue up front...their pace will be a handful for Argentina's slow defenders. We don't need an Ighalo or Simmy to slow down our counter attacking move abeg... Argentina will surely boss the game like they did in the friendly we played against them,and we must also properly utilise the chances we get..
It's gonna b an exciting game tomorrow and I'm optimistic the eagles will soar....
They should not score first because if they do, expect park the bus and rapid counter attacks. Like you saw Columbia did against Poland.
CLT123: Iheanacho is needed. Against Iceland we finally had decent corners and we all know how deadly he is from free kicks. Do you still want Moses handling our set pieces?
Can you please remind me of any of his deadly freekick that almost led to a goal because I can't remember one?
It was for that reason Etebo took over from him. I guess?
However, I can still remember Victor Moses's cross that found Balogun though he didn't score.
At least, I remembered one or two Victor handled well.
kellycute: against England, Czech Republic and Croatia, how many minutes nacho played? Ighalo don get straight run of games with more minutes but he nor even know where goal post dey. I’m sure someone gonna do analysis of the number of minutes played between nacho and ighalo. Ighalo can not score, he is always fond of standing close to his marker and backing the goal post. No dynamic movement and goal instinct at all from his play.
komekn: If you are to be truthful can you see Musa or KC winning headers against the Argentinian CB's
Uzoho is going to be under pressure from the high press that Argentina will adopt against us, they know we are slow very slow starters in games.Add to that i can see Omeruo not playing out under pressure but having a no nonsense and risk free approach to defending, which means he will be pumping long balls under pressure.
Those long balls will not find KC or Musa, they just dont have the physicality to deal with that.
So if you want to create a goal threat from unsettling the Argentinian CB's with physical presence, bullying and with hold-up play then Ighalo is your man.
Against Croatia, they couldn't control the midfield because we won the balls and passed well. So, there was no much pressure on us.
Therefore, I don't except Argentina to control the midfield because their midfield is not better than that of Croatia. We will win the battle in the midfield and control the tempo of the game.
However, once they spread the balls to the wings, we can struggle because they are fast and good but I don't expect us to give much room to their wingers.
We should close them down before they get to the ball with two players and also attack from the wings. It will force their wingers to withdraw deep into their half and that will make it easy to restrict them to their half. In such case, they will resort to long balls.
But I expect them to throw caution to the wind by placing there wingers far away from their half leaving enough space.
This is where Ahmed Musa and Iheanacho can exploit the space with pace counter attacks.
I think Victor Moses should play alongside Ahmed Musa to execute this rapid attack or draw fouls that can get the Argentine defense cards. Yes, card is part of the game. It could stop dem from unnecessary foul or get sent out.
Finally, I don't think we need hold on play rather fast counter attack play.
M7even: The Colombian team was a man down as early as the third minute. Hopefully Senegal can have them play a man down again, and this will make it easier like the Japanese side had it with Colombia. But 11 against 11, I'd have to give kudos to the Senegalese side if they scale through
Senegal doesn't need to play a 10 man Columbia before they do well. They are equal to the task.
oloriooko: Senegal like other African countries at the WC lack mental endurance despite being a very good side Senegal amongst the African countries was handed the easiest group yet if they are not careful will fail to qualify
But I don't think Columbia will work over Senegal. It will be a tough match.
Kog45: Humility baba pls calm down on Ighalo issue.
Truly he hasn't live up to expectations but let's take it cool on this players.
We are playing Argentina tomorrow let's hope for the best and rally round the team irrespective of players picked by Rohr.
Some don't expect anything good from Musa in this WC but see Musa now,a saviour.
I will not deceive you we don't have any talisman when it comes to goalscoring and it will take a well convincing performance from Simy to start ahead of Iheanacho and Ighalo.
Simy coming into the team was to provide cover for Ighalo and Iheanacho and he has not done anything extra ordinary to bench this guys even in training.
Remember I told you Simy is not a high profile striker but you said NO which i agreed,different opinions must be respected.
I want you to see Simy as our hidden weapon that Rohr can unleashed anytime to cause havoc,pls let's wait for that moment.
Ighalo,Iheanacho and Simy are in the team to compliment not as rivals and this was the reason you saw Ighalo on the bench after Croatia and Iheanacho in XI against Iceland.
Pls don't be surprised to see Ighalo or Simy starting against Argentina.
It's team work and players understand this better than we fans.
Ighalo scored last against Cameroon in Uyo but unable to score against
1.Cameroon in Yaoundé 2.Zambia 3.Poland 4.Serbia 5.England 6.Czech 7.Croatia 8.Iceland
Iheanacho scored last against Argentina but unable to score against
Simy not yet there but i see him as our hidden weapon
Sir with this I if i have my way i will pair Musa and Iwobi upfront but no coach will do that with two strikers available who have done it before and normal for goal drought in football.
I think we are still good with Musa/Iheanacho or Ighalo.
My guy tomorrow is knocking and by the grace of God we are beating Argentina.
Humility017: to come do what.... we need goals in this match.... at least to escape France...in the round of 16...
the goal should be strictly counter attack and players who release balls fast should be deployed and not one selfish dude on goal.drought. we have played him in the last 7 matches with no goals....so why keep playing him? let's try others....like simmy and see what he has to offer.... matches of these kind are not alien to him..having played against some of these argentina stars in Italy.
See as you are contradicting yourself, huh!
You want Counter attack Football but you don't want Ighalo yet you want Simy!? Hmmmmm!
So, this kind of match is alien to Ighalo wey don score against better teams than Simy!?
If Rohr wanted Victor Moses to play the RM, why did he park two RM or RB in the team?
Are the likes of Shehu Abdullahi and Ebuehi so useless that Rohr can't trust them to play that role but instead opt to play the best winger in the team in that role?
If Rohr knew from the unset, why em no drop one of those players and replace it with a forward player knowing Victor will play the role.
Joebie: Ex-Spain Coach Clemente: Now Mikel Wants Sportsmanship From Croatia; Nigeria Rested Players In ’98 10 hours ago By James Agberebi:
Former Spain national team coach Javier Clemente has laughed off calls by Super Eagles skipper Mikel Obi asking Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic to play his regulars against Iceland on their final Group D game of the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday.
Following Croatia’s qualification into the round of 16 with a game to spare, there are reports that Dalic could rest some of his key players like Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic, Ivan Perisic and Mario Mandzukic.
And reacting to the report, Obi called on Dalic to show sportsmanship and field his best players against Iceland, believing the outcome of the game could have an effect in the game between Nigeria and Argentina which will also be played on Tuesday.
Iceland could qualify ahead of Nigeria and Argentina if the debutants beat Croatia by a wide margin and the Super Eagles and Argentina draw.
But Clemente who was Spain head coach at the 1998 World Cup in France when they crashed in the group stage, was having none of Mikel’s call for sportsmanship.
At the 1998 World Cup, Spain who lost 3-2 to the Super Eagles in their opening group game, needed the Eagles to avoid defeat against Paraguay while Clemente’s team had to beat Bulgaria to progress into the round of 16.
Having already qualified for the round of 16 following wins against Spain and Bulgaria, Super Eagles key players like Austin Okocha, Victor Ikpeba, Okechukwu Uche, Celestine Babayaro and Mutiu Adepoju were all rested against Paraguay.
Paraguay went on to beat the Eagles 3-1 and progressed while despite thrashing Bulgaria 6-1, Clemente’s Spain crashed out.
Recalling the events that unfolded at the 1998 World Cup, Clemente tweeted on Sunday: “Obi Mikel of Nigeria asks Croatia for sportsmanship and wants them to plays with the regulars.
“Nigeria in ’98 played with their substitutes against Paraguay and lost, Spain crashed out. That day it seemed sportsmanship was not important.”
goldfish80: It's not as if Ighalo have yakubued a tap in or any other easy chance for that matter. I still don't understand why they think Ighalo is the worst performer in the team. Maybe some of us haven't read the memo. Although I'd be silly not think the whole attack is not agenda driven.
Exactly!
But for me, I have deciphered the reason behind the attack but I no go talk now until I see their agenda on black and white.
goldfish80: They have gone over board with the attacks. It's no longer analysis but a diss. That's why I take whatever they say about him with a pinch of salt.
I no longer find it funny. I think It has to stop.
We have to support whosoever is selected now. Afterall, the 'quota system' player dey criticized was the hero for us. Who knows if Ighalo will be the hero tomorrow.
goldfish80: When I said the Ighalo attack is a mass hysteria effect. You thought I was joking? LOL People are trying to outdo themselves on who have the most savage Ighalo diss.
Hahahahahaha! And that was the most ridiculous of dem all. Hahahaha!
princfred: Ihenacho atleast ensures the team has 10 players against 10 unlike with Ighalo were his wrong positioning and minimal participation, makes it 9 vs 10 in-field players.
Mikels back passes were for co-ordination purpose when there was no clean path forward. Somehow you were blind during the numerous moments he spread long balls forward. Also he makes/ made more accurate forward pocket passes than Etebo from the same position. And a better supporter of playmates and anchor play dictator than Ogu.
You mean Ighalo didn't defend, attack, pass etc but just stood like iroko tree?
I hope our coach knows the rules well before we play that match else we suffer the same faith we missed the AFCON tournament under Siasia who didn’t know a win was a enough to qualify us but chased the 3rd goal that led us to conceed a that drew the match.
safarigirl: which Argentine wants to man mark Musa?
If they mark Musa, they cannot mark Kelechi. Somebody is telling you that Argentina defense and midfield is rubbish and you are saying they will man mark Musa, how? Is it the forwards that will mark him? Have you ever seen Musa being marked successfully?
Please take this your Ighalo talk to a British forum. You guys will just come out of nowhere and be wishing the team bad luck with your poorly thought-out suggestions
I saw Ahmed Musa tamed by France on two occasions. In the U20 World Cup and in the last World cup.
“Where we met Mikel was contrary to our preparation and all our attempts to change did not work. He was all over the place both back and front. I commend him and the entire Nigerian team. They were better."
If our tactics wasn't leaked to the Croats, we would have surprised them.
Like i said, Rohr has a plan to confuse our opponent. Iceland never saw it coming.. See dem coach confess.
shogz89: Argentina players 'will decide team' for World Cup clash with Nigeria as camp descends into anarchy with boss Jorge Sampaoli stripped of power
Giusti said: 'The players will decide the team, that's a fact. If Sampaoli wants to sit in the bench, he can do it. If not, no problem.' Sampaoli was reported to be in talks with Argentine FA president Claudio Tapia late on Saturday night but looked like keeping his job, though having to take account of the players' concerns.
Messi and Javier Mascherano, as the senior players, would be most likely to be consulted to revive the campaign, with Argentina needing a win over Nigeria to take second place in the group, assuming that Iceland don't beat Croatia and better Argentina's goal difference.
TheGoodJoe: Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho played only the last seven minutes of Manchester City’s away league clash with Stoke City, but it was his assist that helped Nolito confirm victory for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Iheanacho worked the ball past two Stoke defenders before passing the ball to a teammate. When he received it back, he rounded goalkeeper Shay Given. However, with the ball to his weaker right foot, the angle acutely narrow and two defenders recovering to block the goal mouth, Iheanacho squared the ball to the better-placed Nolito, and the former Celta Vigo striker made no mistake from close range to move the scoreline to 3-1.
Difference scenerio. Some strikers would have scored before dribbling the keeper in that Iheanacho's position facing the keeper and many will pass in that position after he skinned the keeper.
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