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I am still surprised that nobody is challenging this in court...The result was not announced....the presumed winner was not sworn in...no oath of office.....no certificate of return.....so many things are wrong with this...why was not the result announced by Buhari,gazetted by INEC and so on....

I have never seen SARS working in the North.....Is it a weapon to keep the South traumatized?

Gradually we are getting there

forgiveness:
Nigeria to disappoint, Morocco and Senegal to progress: How will the African teams fare in Russia?

With two days to go until the World Cup starts, we take a look at how the African nations will get on.

by Salim Masoud Said Jun 12, 2018

Reuters/John Sibley

With FIFA extending the African quota for the 2018 World Cup, there will be five teams from the Confederation of African Football heading to Russia when the finals begin in June.

In Brazil in 2014, both Nigeria and Algeria made it through the group stages and into the Round of 16 where they lost to France and Germany respectively.

This time around, a repeat performance would represent a good World Cup for the African nations. But how well will they fare in Russia?

We look at each African side and assess their chances ahead of the tournament’s opening this week.

Egypt

In case you didn’t know, Egypt’s fortunes hinge on the recovery of Mohamed Salah.

With an entire system built around countering with the Liverpool attacker’s pace and clinical conversion, Sergio Ramos has inadvertently destroyed coach Hector Cuper’s only plan.

Fortunately for Egypt, though, they have been placed in the kindest group when compared with the other African nations at the tournament.

Added to this – and unlike their African counterparts – they are also proudly defensive under Cuper and play a brand of risk-averse football that could pay dividends in tournament football.

The only nagging issues is the question of who will now score goals on the break for Egypt. With only one recognised striker in the squad, the subpar Marwan Mohsen, the warm-up friendlies have laid the Salah problem bare.

Prediction: Group stage exit. The Pharaohs are not brimming with confidence and it’ll be a miracle if Salah is at his optimum best by the start of the tournament.

Nigeria

The pre-World Cup friendlies have raised more questions about Nigeria than provided answers.

Gernot Rohr appears to be experimenting with a new 3-5-2 formation that he could potentially unveil for the first time in a competitive action in the opening game against Croatia.

The importance of that first game can’t be overstated. It does look like Nigeria will need those sorts of marginal gains to overcome a Croatia team with great chemistry and world class players in its midfield.

Indeed, all the teams in Group D are ranked above Nigeria in the FIFA rankings. The Super Eagles also have issues in critical positions, namely goalkeeper and striker.

The unintimidating history of Croatia and Iceland in the tournament give Nigeria hope but they will really have to overperform to progress to the second round.

Prediction: Group stage exit. They have the potential to defy expectations but they have major issues hanging over them heading into the tournament.

Morocco

The most in-form African side and, judged by his CV since the turn of the decade, the best coach of an African team at the tournament in Tyrone Lannister doppelgänger Herve Renard, Morocco could be one of the surprise packages of the tournament. Renard, the mastermind of miracles in Africa, gives Morocco hope to set themselves free.

Morocco’s style of football and high pressing can leave opponents dazed and confused and, for the last 18 months, it has made them just that. Yet the question remains: can they sustain such intensity against an ultra-technical side like Spain?

It’s one thing doing it in Africa against the hapless likes of Mali and Gabon in front of a baying home crowd, quite another doing it again two of the most astutely coached sides under the floodlights of the World Cup.

There is a danger they could worry too much about Spain and Portugal. First, they have to overcome a well-drilled Iran, probably by taking the game to them, before they look to slay the big beasts in the group.

The versatility of Morocco’s personnel means they should be able to be reactive and proactive.

Prediction: Second round. Slaying Spain is a tough task, slaying Portugal is a more realistic one given their form and the track record of their coach.

Senegal

The Teranga Lions now seem like a team. This may sound like a trite statement to make but that that’s because the core of their problems recently can be traced to getting the basics wrong.

A tactically solid coach would be able squeeze more out of this group of players in key moments that require tactical curveballs. However, they might struggle to reproduce the avuncular manner of Aliou Cisse that has galvanised the squad.

Cisse will look to the spine of this team to activate the target of reaching the second round. Napoli’s towering centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly will set the tone at the back.

An aggressive, dogged midfield that includes Idrissa Gueye and Cheikhou Kouyate will be difficult to play against. Senegal also have one of the tournament’s glittering individuals in Sadio Mane and he will be their main source of creativity, especially in a team that desperately lacks players of his ilk.

The Lions have perhaps the second most favourable draw out of the African sides after Egypt. The second round is a reachable destination but their key players, especially Mane, will have to be at their best.

Prediction: Second round. It’ll be tight as Aliou Cisse isn’t the most wily tactician but Senegal are hard to beat and Cisse has fostered a feel-good factor in this team which may work in his favour.

Tunisia

Goals have always been in short supply in this Tunisia team and the injuries to their best marksmen, Youssef Msakni and striker Taha Yassine Khenissi, give coach Nabil Maaloul an incurable headache.

The men Maaloul may now turn to are Wahbi Khazri and Naim Sliti. If these two can translate their club form into this World Cup, they can bring what Msakni would have brought: goals and assists, albeit without the pizzazz.

Tunisia have shown plenty of heart during qualifying, with laudable results away to Guinea and DR Congo in their wake but it’s hard to foresee them displaying that when playing against such dynamic sides and when they have lost their protagonist to injury.

While Morocco have the cohesiveness and coach as a platform to mastermind a shock, that isn’t quite the case for Tunisia. Even being at their best may not be enough against dynamic England and Belgium sides.

Prediction: Group stage exit. They’ve done well to be at the World Cup but it’s hard to envisage them in the second round.

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Please put Mike Ejeagha for this analyst

forgiveness:
Onazi was did well with Lazio before work permit stopped him from going to Tottenham. He is currently in the Turkish league.

Omeruo is still around in the Turkish league though he is a Chelsea player. I hope he does well to be noticed by the new Chelsea's coach.

Abdul Ajagun had good seasons with Panthaniakos before he left for Eredivise and currently Belgium pro league. He really did well this season to deserve a call-up by the National team coach.

Kayode Olanrewaju seems to be moving up the ladder. The 2016/2017 Austrian league player of the year and Austrian League highest goalscorer was once on the book of Manchester City before he was bought currently by Shakhtar Donetsk this season.

Ramon Azeez was blocked by his la Liga club from joining Swansea-city-afc in 2015. They even lodged 2.4 million pounds bid for him but Almeria rejected it. He requested a transfer to force his way out but to no avail and due to this reason he was demoted to the reserve until he reluctantly signed a professional deal.

Last season he refused to join Malaga and one club in Turkey to sign for a second division la Liga team who inserted clause of €3 million in his contract for any club in La Liga interested in his services. His team almost qualified for promotion but missed out with 4 or 5 points.

In June 2015 he requested a transfer, and after failing to sign a professional contract, he was demoted back to the reserves in August.
On 26 January 2016, Azeez returned to the main squad, seriously threatened with relegation, after agreeing to a professional deal.

These are the players remaining from that 2009 U17 team.

If we look at each teams, only two or three players are doing well. Though Brazil has 4 of these players going to Russia. Neymar, Couthinho, Allisson and Casemiro.

However, many players have been forgotten from that set.

Including Stanley Okoro and Chukwudi......What a scam!

[quote author=maidaboi post=68411962]i had that she predicted that ghana will qualify for world cup[/q

So that falcon can err.....it is well meanwhile,here is Divine race for Georgia University


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGst0wgcDLk

Buhari is now a hypnotist....as far Abiola saga is concerned....Sophisticated morons

Father God at this moment i thank you for qualifying us for the world cup......i thank you that the plane conveying our players did not crash over Danube.....Father i hereby call on your most devastating thunder....most destructive fire....on that falconet the predicted our world cup matches.....fire fire fire ...thunder thunder thunder......I cancel that prediction with Blood of Jesus....our Eagle must fly....Super Eagles shall create a positive record....Football shall erase our bad name soiled by yahoo yahoo....We shall come out smiling after this world cup.. Ancient of Days...Wonder Worker...Merciful Jesus...Direct Mikel...make our defence to be like Baresi and Nesta...our midfield shall be like Oliseh and Zidane....we shall attack like Batistuta and Romario put together......and score goals like Rossi and Marco van Basten...In Jesus name we pray..Ameeeeeeeeeeen.Iseeeeeeeeeeeeeee ka osi nofu di

Buhari has become a hypnotist....Some sophisticated morons were hypnotised with GCFR to Abiola

I withdrew March 28th 2018...I was paid today after ....waiting for my April 28 2018 withdrawal...It is well

A match is never over untill the final whistle....second half is part of a match...even if Eagles score all goals in the second half...pas de probleme
Greece was scoring most of her goal in the first half...yet won the Euro...Argentina was doing same in 1990 yet reached the final...What is important is that you won....Let FIFA bring back golden goal rule sef...that one sweet pass

TheSuperNerd:
Alongside the strong links with our own Super Eagle, Simon Moses, Liverpool seem close to bringing in Xherdan Shaqiri and Nabil Fekir... Definitely Fekir is to play as Coutinho's bonafide replacement in that CAM role alongside Naby Keita and Fabinho in Liverpool's midfield...

Shaqiri is to provide cover for maybe a Salah while Simon Moses is to provide cover for Sadio Mane....

Liverpool are building strongly for next season and they will officially join my list of "Clubs I fan" if they land Simon Moses (Note: I still love the big guns of Europe shaa for their football, pedigree and excellent benchmarks but a more special place is reserved for every club having a Super Eagle... Yes... Even Changchun Yatai )

This Klopp of a coach buys players in a coded way and very early...first was Nabby Keita...it just happened..now it is Fabinho...Moses...Fekir...
...unlike one man who will like to buy at the end ...then the price will rise...i did not mention any name ooo

ICELANDISH TEAM IS FAST BUT GHANA IS NOT SHOWING COORDINATION

GHANA VS ICELAND



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s3vVwb1qU4

Mujtahida:
So guys the line has been drawn here: we now have the naysayers, those who believe that the team is no good, the coach is no good versus those who believe in the team, who face the lapses in the team but still chose to believe like Mother Superior said to Maria in sound of music 'we must have Faith even in our doubts'

Then the third group:they are neither here nor there, they are not hot, they are not cold, you can hardly decipher their stance.

Come 16th we'd see whose believe will come to fruition.

The Eagles SHALL be in FULL FLIGHT in Putin`s Russia

BELIEVE!!!

Mujtahida:
Ehen, I thought it's goodfellas.

In `GOODFELLAS`,there was no Al Capone. Here,De Niro was the Al Capone

Mujtahida:
That's goodfellas. Time was when movies were tick

Rather ` The Untouchables`

I have all the mafia films ever produced...waiting for `The Irish Man` Martin Scorsese is a legend.

OMANBALA1:
Nigga, thats murder!
Its not funny

What i meant was that something like this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjowRuIPtso

Icon79:
Wow. Komekn, I can't believe that I actually agree with you on something @the highlighted
Of truth, a broken clock is right twice a day

I always laugh each time I hear someone, especially here in the forum, talks about how this team is talent loaded.That's the farthest thing from the truth. This strengthen of this team is in organization and team cohension. Other than that, this team is seriously lacking in many critical departments (goalkeeper, top striker, LB, etc.), so to call it the most talented squad is to be delusional.


O pari

Yes...teamwork will take us far...no exceptional talent...if there is no team work...then this will happen to our team



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHH9EYZHoVU

[quote author=onegentleguy post=68266222] [/quote


]https://www.nairaland.com/4548417/supreme-court-orders-gtbank-pay

ICELAND VS GHANA TODAY

HUM

soetanoreoluwa:
Why did you choose to see the money part?

You really like money

No mind am ooo....the 8million dollars is just for participating in the group stage....given to all teams that are ELIMINATED AT GROUP STAGE

I know the hunger is there..it was shown in the qualifiers and against Argentina...in due course....the players themselves shall rise to the occasion....and we shall see blazing hot football...Super Eagles in FULL FLIGHT

BELIEVE

TheSuperNerd:
I saw it coming.... The absolute and complete meltdown menu before the mundial... Hahahahahahahahaha...

Chaaaiii... Even Sir Royalty A.K.A Sir Humility017 has been infected..... Have thou forgotten from whence we cometh? Ohhh...this meltdown is real and the hilarious trolls are cracking me up having a field day....

Na until June 16... Na here we go dey naa... What you think have been scripted for this World cup will be torn to shreds by the time June 14 arrives... Prepare to be blown away by surprises and "I never saw that coming" happenings... I do wonder how the meltdown was like before our first game with Bulgaria in 94 after losing most of the friendlies and also before France 98 after getting demystified 5-1 and even 3-0... Lol...




Me just viewing most of you all like....

I am not confused...my hunches are right....it will happen....i did not see the hunger of the qualifiers....Rohr is not hiding anything...when the time comes....people will be like this

When the setting is right
When atmosphere is right
When the whole world is watching
When tension id rising
When 8million dollars is at stake

The Eagles shall soar on the winds

Buhari come and save Shittu,your asslicker

I am beginning to think that Ndidi and Mikel Obi are the hubs of this team...its like whey they play...everything falls into place..against Argentina it happened....lets see the outcome today to confirm this

LieDetector:
it is not about opposition. Check the team that tore Argentina to shreds in the second half, they haven't played together ever since.


Uzoho

Ekong Omeruo Awaziem

Ebuehi Ndidi Mikel Ogu Idowu

Iwobi Iheanacho

Let us play another South Amerian team, if you do not see that style of play...then you can say that

LieDetector:
you're very smart. I noticed that too

If we meet another south american team ...you may see it...i think they play based on opposition

mazimee:
If we are 2 goals down in the first half.

Hehe....Rohr `s flexibility is limited....why must he wait till second half to make changes...especially changing tactise and system of play?....hmmmmmmm....hmmmmm....i do not want us to go back to the era of coming from 4-1 down to 4-4....in this modern way of playing...we will be climbing Mountain Everest. We may not be so lucky this time oooo with the way teams organize themselves at the back...

Martz101:
Mikel didn't play the away game...this was the midfield combo against Argentina

Thanks

Lets see how this midfield will perform today...that was the combo against Algeria away..but it was not really a fierce battle...Happy to see What Ogu can add more to the team...I will like to see him take long range shots,lets see how it goes