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lbrichman2:
I disagree
Chelle handled this game well
SA players were ready to die today
They obviously wanted it more
But Chelle did well
Do you realize apart from the own goal, SA didn't have any clear cut chance?

I also didn't understand why he started fisayo
But that decision was justified..

If Chelle has started our world Cup qualifiers, I'm 100% sure we would have topped out group

Am not one of those blaming any coach o! Chelle has done his best in the wcq. 13 points is what we would have had now but for the carelessness of the players against Zimbabwe. No matter which coach you appoint if our players are not taking enough responsibility these are the kind of results we will continue to get

mank1234:
Na hand I use before. Chelle has no blame in this. This qualifier was lost after 4 games. He only came on remedial mission and didn't do badly.

I don't single out players for blame but our previous saviour: Ekong failed us.
Today's game: Remove 2 points from RSA and add 2 to Nigeria's own.
Against Zimbabwe: add 2 points to ours again and see where we would have been.
This is how the table would have looked like without those errors:
RSA 16pts
Nig 15pts

It’s sad we threw this away, that Zimbabwe match was a killer, two precious points flew out in mins. The players are to be blamed those who keep blaming the coach I don’t understand

QueenJazz:
I made this comment about 4 hours before kick-off and that's exactly what happened during the last 20 minutes of the game. Good build up, atrocious finishing.

We don’t have a leader whether in the attack or midfield someone who can take the game by the neck. Our players need to be more responsible

Mujtahida:
Tactically Chelle is not sure of himself. He's just winging it.

So which coach Una wan find now

QueenJazz:
I think it's dying minute pressure. Chelle should have started him, Chukwueze and Tolu to be honest.

South Africa actually looked much much worse in the first half. They grew into the game. Especially after Ekong's howler.

That gave them confidence, these guys are still scared of us na we Dey fumble

Am happy we didn’t lose, so we can keep our fair record with SA intact

Let’s be real guys we were lucky against Rwanda sef.

soetanoreoluwa:
We tried our best. see you in dec for afcon!

If you continue with this midfield in Afcon na oyo o

Joebie:
otilo!!!

We said it since

Sugarboyy:
Overhyped players. Shame on all of them. Later in future some of these today's players will come to the media and say they gave their all to Nigeria playing for the NT but the Nigeria government has forgotten them

😂 you don vex o

Ppogbae:
Yikes. Do these guys even know they have to Win??

😂 that’s all they can play. We should be happy it’s not a loss cos what can you do with a flat midfield and no leader

COOL10:
Look at how Mokoena ran through our entire midfield and unleashed a powerful shot that almost caught Nwabali off guard. Why was Nwabali even off his line?

We were lucky there!

mostob:
Iwobi needs to up his game. With Lookman and Simon drifting to the left, the responsibility majorly falls on him to quickly switch attack to the right where Fisayo is waiting with acres of space around him. I can count like 3 scenarios in the last 15 minutes of the first half where he chose to pass the ball to Simon.

BTW, Tolu needs to come in for Dessers please. And one of Simon/Lookman should go out for Uche. We need more body in midfield.

This has been one of my major points earlier today but hey some will say you’re singling him out

mank1234:
FIFA/CAF actually moved this match here claiming the other pitch is in bad shape. The politics is massive!

Who's your CAF president?

own goal

SA doesn't actually need to be in a hurry, they just want to catch us off guard

exactly what has happened

QueenJazz:
I have to ask at this point, what do people see in Moses Simon?

Is he not a player again? the pitch may be an issue too, actually

That was a scare mhen, should have been a goal down there

Good lineup; the coach's ambition is clear. Let the boys enjoy themselves and ensure we don't lose to keep our record against SA intact.

BankyGee:
Osimhen don sha suffer for Nigerians hand. When you're big you should expect things like this. Funny lots.

If he no come, dem go say he no come, na so he dey do.
If he come, he no put body, them go say he dey avoid injuries, he doesn't play for the badge.
Now clean rough challenge wey all of us watch just two days ago, them say he dey fake injuries.

That guy strong sha... Funny country.

Even on the bench after being taken off he was still limping and urging the boys on. But na button some people Dey press, so if we no win today excuse don Dey. Na so the saga with Finidi start. Win or lose today our World Cup dreams is already in jeopardy and did not start today so make everyone cool down and focus on better things, life and naija football will continue whether we are in the World Cup or not. As for Osihmen though I want him to break Yekini record but if he wants out of the national team for his sanity abeg make e retire so this cycle of unnecessary distractions can stop cos I bet this matter fit drag on except we win today and hoping this is not fake news cos it will be unfortunate.

BankyGee:
Person wey don get injury scare even before international break, fly all the way from Türkiye to Nigeria, just to come play 30 minutes and fake injury. Something dey do you and that glorious penalty misser...

If the boy come out and defend himself now dem go say e no get respect and get bad behaviour. Phew!

TheLoneCitizen:
Asamoah Gyan on Victor Osimhen's injury;

"I know these tricks. Someone told Osimhen, 'Look, we've spent a lot of money on you. The Champions League is coming up, we don't like you going to Africa, but go there, play a bit, then get injured, lie on the ground, and act like it's serious. The next day, you'll be in Turkey.'

You'll see Osimhen running fresh in the Turkish Super Lig and the Champions League. No matter how many times he's kicked there, he won't stay down on the ground. The doctors are in on it too! The euro is more valuable currency than the naira!"

Na which kind talk be this 😂 na banter abi na jab?

AgentXxx:
Please learn to negotiate in this Uk especially with Insurance companies.

My story in summary. Started driving last year and got a 10yrs NCD from Nigeria and only Marshmallow would accept it which I got an annual package for £1,150 which was good for me, Fast forward to this year, I got a quote for £1,415, what happen? I messaged them and through interaction, I told them i moved address which was literally 4 streets away, that is how they said it is more expensive to insure me on that street and my premium jumps to £1835. Na so I para say I am not doing again that I got an offer for £703 which wasn’t really true, the best I got was £1020.

Long story cut short, I was offer a renewal for £730 with all of my previous cover telling me it s loyalty bonus 🤣. Awon weyrey.

Please don’t sleep on it oo haggle any insurance

Thanks for the pieces of info you have shared on here @Lexus Baba. Hoping to get to £60 premium in couple of years.

😂 thank God you no lose guard! dem wan run you street on top say you change street

mekabuachi:
I just hope it's mind games Sha... The way FIFA dey move I no understand 😂

Una forget say CAF president wey be South African ma FIFA executive member? 😂

mekabuachi:
Ololoooo😂

FIFA Dey whine us 😂

UncleHaba22:
South Africa dont need to win a draw is enough for them there in control of the match from 0minute

The risk of 3 points deduction is also there hence the desperation for a win

AKALAMAGBO:
No no no… this is not it at all.

Please don’t let Aunty Kemi see this ooo..

🥺🥺

She has seen it, I have shown it to her

[quote author=Odunayaw post=136736699]This is nothing but a mad joke

I just saw a quote of Broos saying there are better fields in the country. Abeg o, who dig this pit go fall inside

Video of final training:

FINAL TRAINING SESSION - Nigeria vs South Africa - 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

🎥 NFF TV pic.twitter.com/tcsUG3TwyF

— Dr. Victor Ademola (@AdemolaVictorTv) September 8, 2025

will do everything to win. It's a do-or-die affair for them. Expect more hostilities from them; they may even lock the team inside the hotel to ensure they are late for the game, but this shows they still have this palpable fear of the Eagles. Whether our boys can take advantage of this remains to be seen.

BankyGee:
I get you, but another thing to note is that Iwobi plays more from the wings than the middle, maybe Uche can give us that thing you're talking about, but one thing I'm sure of is that no matter where Iwobi plays from, as long as it's an attacking position, sweet passes dey always find strikers, it's what they do with it at the end that matters.

Look at the through pass Iwobi gave to Dessers two days ago, too clean, but Dessers sent a tame shot to the keeper.

Even our game against Zimbabwe, Iwobi should've had like three assists in that game if not for missed chances from our forwards. No one has his vision in that team, make them leave dribbling for Chukwueze and Uche, but sexy penetration passes and intelligent shadow marking and pressing, leave am for Iwobi.

If not that our left wing is choked, I would've even loved him to play there. Almost all his goals and assists for Fulham too, 80% of them are from the left flank and not the middle, including his assist against Manchester United this season.

Very Apt, that’s why he keeps drifting towards the wings leaving gaps in the middle, it’s a problem we need to fix if not his value will continue to be questioned despite his contributions honestly I pity him at times. Cheers bruv!

kentebemoney:
You no sabi watch football

I agree but get me results and I will shut up

BankyGee:
He showed that and even more in the last game, no be like say he no dey even do am before, Nigerians no just rate am.

The games he was on the bench against Rwanda in the AFCON qualifiers, we drew one goalless-ly and lost one. Attack looked dead, no passes, no chances creation.

In fact, our equalizer against South Africa in Uyo last year was his assist.

Thanks bruv for your mature reply, our midfield too Dey play sideways and it’s becoming annoying especially in the last game we had chances to go thru the middle which would have won us more free kicks or penalties perhaps our boys Dey fear injury. I think Iwobi needs to exploit that more, the one he did he almost got a goal thru that shot on target that the keeper tipped over the bar cos at the end na output and results matter o and no one will argue. He takes these initiatives well at Fulham so why not in the national team, that’s not a very big ask in my opinion. He’s a senior player and he can stamp his authority in the team. I watched an interview with aiyegbeni he said if he plays in this current team he can’t score cos no supply from the midfield he said when he was at Everton Steve pienarr always tell him where to position for him to feed him to score abeg Iwobi needs to take a cue from that. Our midfield needs to upgrade! It looks flat, so called small african teams can’t be running rings around our midfield with the players we have on there, someone needs to lead and that’s my expectations from Iwobi.

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Go and read ur coments bro.
For the favt u singled out iwobi and still mantained it on ir sencond quoye simply show u are the biased one here.
U repeated ur coment twice u know what u are doing

Oga you can’t gaslight me, your midfield is crap and whoever is there can be called out as we also call out other players, nothing special!

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Bro stop lying when ur coment is there looking at u.. u said only the coach cant be blamed that question should be asked to iwobi too. Some1 quoted u to correct u u still maintained ur coment thay questions should be asked to iwobi.
There is no other player u mentioned there aside iwobi.

But now u want to deny ur own coment..??
Naah!!. im too smart for that gaslighting game u want play.

The guy I responded to mention Iwobi stats in the epl and I said Can we see more in the national team? and I went on to say we can’t continue to blame the coach alone and not ask questions on our players (plural o) your problem is hearing Iwobi name made you concluded I singled him out and it’s what you guys do here so we should demand more from others and not Iwobi Abi? We all complained of our midfield but we shouldn’t mention names, omo you guys are biased.