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COOL10:
Who gave Mbemba penalty to play? Didn't you see your mates going down the middle?

He messed them up,

something dey follow these DRC people

omo DRC dey play pks

COOL10:
This Congolese goalkeeper is good. He knows how to follow the ball.

been unlucky

Ron Williams don catch any ball?

see them

DRC just showing why they never deserved to be in the finals, phew

Icon4s:
I want this RSA vs DRC game to enter penalties so we can enjoy the full value of the game.

value kwa, na only SA see themselves as soccer giant for Africa, imagine the insult calling us rivals

Joebie:
lol God no dey this matter. To beat the hosts twice no be beans. If we can achieve that feat, I will never criticize THIS team again.

You in your mind know this can never be true

Samueltemi337:
Ademola Lookman announced his nationality switch from England to Nigeria on the 11th of February 2022, he'll be celebrating his two (2) years anniversary as a Nigerian player on the AFCON final day. (11th February 2024)

What a time it is

make im no repeat that mistake of dribbling any keeper tomorrow o, na final be this. If he had scored against SA he would have been ahead for the MVP award, what a way to celebrate your anniversary. He's in form, he should try and convert to celebrate this anniversary

lexyman:
it will look out of place if Nigeria and CIV are playing this third place while SA and CR CONGO play the final.

it's a loser final it hardly generates vibes, am one of those who feel it should be scrapped like they do in the euros

All these our guys dem wey dey wish us loss and evil before our games, I never see them o abi have they given up?

see as DRC dey split SA defence

mostob:
Haller and Adingra starting tomorrow will be a game changer of we're not careful. All those long balls Krasso was wasting will be well utilized by Haller.

We will need Simon tomorrow to help with Adingra otherwise I would have opined Moffi or Nacho should start alongside Osimhen.

let them prove themselves on the pitch tomorrow, all these name-dropping no dey play ball, na so we no hear word on top Mabululu and co for Angola including SA keeper Ron Williams, make everyone show themselves for the game make we know who better pass.

Joebie:
Thats the point. Our players need all the motivation like they never met CIV before. A team that lost scandalously to EG 4-0. Chamged rheir coach and have managed to pull through to the finals in front of their home fans each game, have only one thing in their minds which is revenge. They are not under pressure to win the trophy because all hope seemed lost at a point. They are determined to beat us, and if they do, the trophy will just be an icing on the cake.

I repeat, what we need right now is the right minds around the players talking the right talk, not politicians which could be counter productive .

but CIV has to prove that they are better than the Eagles on the pitch of play rather than overconfidence in the name of revenge. That was SA's mistake, they thought they were better than the Eagles in penalty kicks, you need to see their joy when extra time ended for a match they have not won. Na over confidence kill SA.

What CIV has over the Eagles is the home support but they too have to play the game just like the Eagles. The better and most experienced side will win tomorrow. I've listened to some of our players, they know what's at stake tomorrow. CIV should come out and play rather than talk about revenge.

Mujtahida:
Joebie shey you see. This is emblematic of the general feeling in the country.

Joints are making arrangements, goats, cows drinks for tomorrow

for this economy na im owambe wan flow like this?

KanielOutis92:
I'm quite ignorant about this, so I'd like to ask those who may know. When we win tomorrow's final, who's going to raise the trophy? Troost Ekong, our on field captain or Ahmed Musa, our captain? Cause i really would love Ekong to lift it, for so many reasons.

baby calm down, let us win first

Toylove:
Baba don fold 😂😂
He will now be represented by the vice president

good cos if we lose tomorrow na im people go blame not the coach or players

Odunayaw:
Some say we've been lucky in this tournament but if any other team had the "luck" of having 5 goals cancelled in a tournament would they be in the finals?

I pray for Good Fortune for us tomorrow o.

that lucky rhetoric was the same noise made after our 2013 Afcon win. We have a problem backtracking even when those we criticised have proven us wrong. All our stand-up players during this tournament are still being bashed here na wa o. Win or lose tomorrow, expect a barrage of attacks here and there.

Amedino99:
Update

Better we don't need any Argentina friendly again. I even think we should stop playing friendlies with them. It makes them easily have the physiological edge anytime we meet them in real competitions like the World Cup. Enough is Enough jare. Let's play more friendlies with European sides to sharpen our team.

charlesemeka85:
yes but fact still remain that Oliseh is the worst coach I hv ever seen

That man no suppose near anything football after retirement. Imagine wetin coach tell em player? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


Atleast he would hv been subtle, like mandating ekong and Balogun to work on the physical side of their game

I so much hate him and segun odegbami. They always feel they know it all

the guy is too brash sha, from enyeama to mikel, not too good stories, but we also hear the good things he did as Eagles captain for home-based players. Guess coaching was never his thing

charlesemeka85:
https://owngoalnigeria.com/2024/02/09/how-sunday-oliseh-wrote-off-super-eagles-afcon-hero-he-told-me-i-cant-play-african-football/

In as much as Oliseh had his issues, I think Ekong took it as a challenge after all and today he's a star, for me that is worth celebrating rather than for anyone to be abusing Oliseh now. It's a win-win

Mujtahida:
Hahaha hahaha, e no go work. There's a principle in law called volenti non fit injuria meaning if you willingly put yourself in a position and you suffer harm, you cannot claim damages. Do you know how many boxers and wrestlers and other athletes have died in the course of a game? You can't claim damages oo. The only thing just get insurance.

Shey na CAF put gun for their head and told them to watch the game?

Let's even talk of a more practical situation cos this one you talking about in-game decisions being influenced by the danger it poses to fans is outlandish. See that offside rule where they allow play to finish before calling for offside? What if a player gets injured due to not calling offside immediately as it used to be but allowing play you to go on and then rule offside. Meanwhile person don wound

No point arguing, let's pray VAR does not affect our game negatively on Sunday. I understand we live in a society where there is no protection for the vulnerable so I see all of the points.

Odunayaw:
The environment you speak so highly of have tons of thesis. You're free to check the American Journalism of Medicine.

The buck rests squarely on the spectator [especially as he is nowhere near the stadium]. It is his responsibility to decide how far he can go.

And just this year a fan died from Cardiac arrest during a Bolton match. The 2014 WC recorded at least 3 at-home fans death due to cardiac arrest.

were the deaths related to VAR? shebi it's because we still won the game, imagine it was 0-0 and we scored and it was canceled and 1-0 for naija became 1-0 for SA, do you know how many deaths we will be recording now? I can bet some researchers at FIFA are already looking into this

Make we no argue too much, Euros is coming up in June, we go see how it will go there.

shebi na CAF dey carry VAR for head, kotinu

Odunayaw:
Did anyone force anyone to watch the damn TV?

I'm trying to understand the liability here

you can't understand because our environment is differently run from the way things work elsewhere.

Oboto700:
una Don start Una nonsense analysis.. the coach should stick with the formation against Angola

that our coach wey no dey gree for anybody? Na the man fit our stubborn media and fans nature of complaining, just that he may dump us after this afcon. Since I listened to him when said if he's looking for goals that's when we go see the likes of Iheanacho and co coming in na there I know say this coach no send anybody papa.

mostob:
How? Not like the ref was wrong. Even without VAR, something of such can happen. I'm not trying to justifying anything but it is a matter of if your mind can't carry am, don't bother watching. What if one of the deceased already has an health issue prior to the match?

The issue is did the VAR decision trigger anything for the individual? If a car hit somebody will you say what if the person has a prior health issue?

Like I said earlier we see things differently in our clime. I’ve watched some foreign media and they can’t fathom that dramatic VAR decision. It’s the rule but the human impact can’t be ruled out in other environments .

Mujtahida:
Nooo. It was better they called the penalty. Decisions cannot be subjected to considerations of human frailty of those watching the game.

It’s in Africa we think like this, in the Western world with these deaths happening an investigation will be conducted and once it’s established that the deaths are connected to the VAR decision, the rule will be adjusted. Especially when families of those who died begin to go to court to sue FIFA or whoever invented VAR. By the time they pay so much for damages, nobody will need to tell them to change the damn rule.

Oasis007:


Guess who is back?!

Return of the mac, let's go there!

Barryseal:
By the way, I hope everyone on this thread is OK. Been reading alot today about comrades who lost their lives during yesterday's game.
Read about a Nigerian who died after Oshimen's goal was cancelled and penalty awarded against. Talk about roller coaster of emotions.
The last time I felt this sort of tension during Nigerians match was 2006 Afcon semi final against Tunisia. They started by misrepresenting our national anthem then to a score draw and penalties. I pissed on my body during that match walahi. Roger Lamier, the French Tunisian coach told a reporter years after that Nigeria gave him hypertension during that match.

CAF is taking the VAR too seriously than those who originally invented it. What happened yesterday can never happen in EPL or anywhere in Europe, no matter the error they would have moved on cos they know the impact it can have on those watching the match anywhere. We don't care too much about human impact in Africa. It's insane for a team to be leading 2-0 and suddenly get back to 1:1. Human beings are not machines o, I repeat what happened yesterday will never happen in Europe, shebi we dey see wetin dey shele for epl. Call it bias, human lives are more important than any yeye rule.

codemaniacs:
He is playing anti-super eagles manner like Yakubu and Akpeyi.

It was after Akpeyi threw the ball into net I confirmed that some players stylishly sabotage the Super-Eagles or their teams.

I disagree, lest we forget it’s not long he came back from an injury and from what we currently hear he’s still nursing an injury and also the stomach issue. You can see the South Africans went for that stomach in the first few minutes yesterday to worsen the injury.

Dude is not back to full fitness but he’s the one carrying the team. I’ve listened to lots of foreign media and no one is condemning him but praising him instead for what he does for the team