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Napoleon55:
Problem is not even that FIFA rescinded the suspension, but for allowing Trump to influence the course of it.

Trump is a joker,his second coming have only been trouble

FIFA allowed itself to be bullied it’s obvious they no longer have control over the game from visa denials to match officiating!

FIFA go explain tire 😂

https://x.com/fifamedia/status/2074160315562885122?s=46&t=tk-1hGRx-HBpOmsos8uccA

mank1234:
Kudos the the Belgian FA.
It's indeed a wrong precedent.
First Canada refused a player entry.
Now US got a red card suspension.
Tomorrow, it will be result cancelation.

Don’t know how true I hear the baba don tell fifa too say im country must finish top 3!

Make we just pray we no go see Afcon title saga part 2 for this world cup

Nomyth:
One can only imagine what will happen to the ref that gave Balogun a red, he might hv had is last engagement with FIFA.

Meanwhile...

What a bad precedent! We never see anything

minfelix:
NSC/NFF/Federal Government should give us atleast 3/4 Uyos across the federation so we can host tournaments

I think we currently have 3 fifa approved stadia in Uyo, Abeokuta and the remo stars stadium in ikenne. There is an ongoing stadium renovation in kaduna too. We can host any tournament as long as money Dey to quickly renovate all our major stadia.

Truth is govt can’t be relied upon to maintain our stadia it will take collaboration with the private sector to make that happen but for as long as sports is still seen as a social service and not a business then forget it no matter how we cry and shout.

NasirIbnLaAhad:
What have we ever hosted besides youth tournaments in the past 20 years? And it honestly boggles my mind how some of you keep glossing over the fact that FIFA's hosting bar has risen sharply since Nigeria's biggest tournaments (2009 U-17 World Cup, for instance). Recent bids have shown the scale now expected. How many FIFA accredited stadiums does Nigeria have today? Just one, and that's the one in Uyo. Or you think Uyo alone can host an entire CHAN tournament, not to talk of AFCON? Citing past hosting experience without accounting for that gap in scale is comparing apples to oranges.

Anyway, my main focus was your framing of media as the problem of Nigeria hosting. Arguing that the media is ruining our hosting prospects is only tenable for image problems, not for engineering and logistical ones. FIFA and CAF inspectors don't file match reports off public sentiments. They will physically walk through your stadiums and check your pitch quality, floodlights, changing rooms, hotel capacity, road networks, airport logistics etc etc. If the infrastructure fails, no amount of "good PR" changes what an inspector notes down about your facilities.

I hear you we can never host then, happy now?

NasirIbnLaAhad:
Is the media also responsible for the terrible sporting infrastructure in the country?

Have we not hosted in the past with the same terrible infrastructure?

9JAMac10:
Can someone explain to me how a country with such high levels of insecurity as Mexico ended up being the host of the World Cup

Truth is we can host as our insecurity now is mostly in rural areas and not in cities that will host the matches.

The major issue is the media and how we project ourselves as a country. Many will also argue it’s a waste of public funds when many are hungry

elyte89:
Infact it seems Dey have hosted more World Cup competitions Dan any other country

The stadium that hosted the Mexico vs England game has hosted 24 World Cup matches

Odunayaw:
Who won our penalty at afcon 2023 SF

Whose goals got us to WC playoff in the first place?

I don’t even understand all these gnashing of teeth, instead of enjoying the World Cup games na for all our national team and players to Dey collect left right and centre. Yes we no qualify and so? Can’t you enjoy the games and catch fun but no na to lament over what osihmen Dey chop 😂 and when he vanishes like wiliwili! Our matter don tire me jor

SymphonyRad:
That one na real Seriki with him bling bling lmao, of course he has his delusional praise singers and yes-men on X that he gives money so you dare not say the truth about Osimhen. I can't question his loyalty to Nigeria cause he gives his best and it will be unfair of me to say he doesn't try...but time and time again when it came to the BIG MOMENTS where true world class players have always risen to the occasion, Osimhen has always gone into hiding...if he's not faking an early injury, he's whining, thrashing and rolling on the pitch like a crybaby while blaming his own teammates.

This might be an unpopular opinion, but Emenike, Obafemi, Ike Uche, Osaze and even Yakubu gave us more in key moments than Osimhen ever has.

You’re not different from Gary lineker who also claimed osihmen always go missing! Fallacies as usual

TheSuperNerd:
Ofcos they were really strong then. Also, they had Andre Flo back then naa. You think Haaland is the first Great Norwegian Striker? Lol... Flo was top class back then at Chelsea.

Andre Flo was the real deal back them very athletic and good in the air

TheSuperNerd:
I literally had them as Darkhorses despite being a fan. Putting a 5 times WC winner nation as Darkhorse tells you the story. I never saw them as contenders/favorites.

Name or past glory is what’s left of Brazil not a soccer powerhouse anymore

TheSuperNerd:
Dont mind those people. You think I care?? A PK to allow Neymar register something at the WC. Na Brazil beat Brazil today. No be Haaland beat Brazil... na Brazil beat Brazil. All those chances. 2 PKs given, u swallow one thay early in the game. Brazil thank you for disapppointing again.

Congrats to Haaland and his Vikings.

Apart from sparks from vini in the previous games Brazil has been poor in this World Cup never looked like a serious contender

How’s that a penalty 😂

Make Una leave Nigeria out of this, Abi na African teams Dey play?

Ancelotti has no answer

Chai 2-0

Be like say Brazil Dey go house o

Mujtahida:
My client, indicate if you are interested in the Ghana job. Queiroz has just resigned

😂 na katikati tactics Ghana sef Dey use wey fit the style of your client.

Amedino99:
Africans is just a work around from being cancelled if they call them blacks. The problem is not the place of origin, its the skin color. When people post up list of "african" players in european teams, the light skin ones are conveniently absent. They dont have an issue with Benzema, Zidane or Cherki but pogba playing in the french national team becomes a topic of discussion.

That's why they are indeed goats, real idiots

EElopa:
FIFA is such a corrupt organization. When I saw the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio advocating for the suspension of Balogun to be revoked, I knew some business deals and money had exchanged hands and Balogun's suspension would be revoked. Some of the officiating in this tournament—you can clearly see how unfair and unpredictable it has been. If Folarin Balogun were playing for an African team, I am confident that this suspension would not have been revoked.

That penalty that the referee awarded to Belgium against Senegal was incredibly harsh considering how soft the contact was and the time in the game that incident happened. Nowhere on earth would that penalty be given to an African or Asian team to knock out any of the big nations in this World Cup. They are not even doing a good job hiding this corruption anymore. FIFA is a corporation, and like most corporations, decisions and business models are designed to produce profits, and these are the reasons why we are all witnessing all these shady decisions we are getting at this World Cup.

There are clearly different rules for Ronaldo and Messi. To eliminate Ronaldo and Messi from this World Cup, you have to play a clean game, and you cannot afford to do anything that will bring VAR into consideration because it will definitely not be in your favor. That penalty they awarded Portugal against Croatia was soft, some people will say, but the defender was holding Veiga from getting to the ball, which is correct, but anybody that watches football knows that holding happens all the time inside the box, and if penalties are to be awarded anytime it occurs, we will be having at least 5 penalties every game.

Lionel Messi should have been sent off against Algeria, but I dare any referee born of a woman to send him off in a World Cup; that would be the end of his career participating as a referee in any FIFA competition. You see, people need to understand how these things work. These referees are paid and rewarded based on the number of games they officiate, and that particular referee and the VAR crew knew that a red card to Lionel Messi would have resulted in all of them being blacklisted from officiating any game in a FIFA competition.

Sadly CAF is gradually bringing same script to the continent. I pity Nigeria if our influence does not increase than what it is currently we may have it rough and tough going forward

TheSuperNerd:
Folarin Balogun red overturned...

Animal Farm indeed FIFA is a joke

Paraguay like North Africans deploying all dark arts to no avail

FiveFootNinja:
He who lives by haram, dies by haram 😂

😂 😂 😂

Penalty 😂

At last 1-0

FiveFootNinja:
Even Ghana haram no reach like this. This game is an eyesore. Lmao.

😂 na the only way o if by mistake Paraguay score e don finish be that

This Paraguay defence strong like zuma rock nothing hardly goes through 😂

mostob:
Odunayaw and Goke come o
Since we have been hate watching, these Marocs dey win.
Let's support them next match 😂😂😂😂

Yes I agree, Morocco has defied all odds! Make dem carry go! Their sins are forgiven.

Amedino99:
Nope i want France to violate whatever dignity Paraguay still has left. One of their Legend Chilavert recently said this France team is basically an african nation as against the team he played against in 1998 which funny enough had desailly, thuram, viera and henry. Let the "african" team show his country pepper.

Chilavert is a goat, looks like making racist comments these days has become mainstream! The France 98 team including zidane and djorkaeff are all Africans!

TheSuperNerd:
They have been selectively clinical today.

3 shots, all on target... 2 goals. That is clinical execution. Near 100%.

Canada should stick to their ice hockey abeg this ain’t for them

TheSuperNerd:
Morocco has unusually not taking a lots of shots in this game. Just 2 shots and both were on target. Very unlike their previous 4 games at this WC.

Morocco is a tournament team they know the drill