₦airaland Forum

Omotaday:
Tinubu and most corrupt politicians are diplomats, they are exempted.

So he is not pressing Tinubu’s neck but average Nigerians’s who want to travel to the USA .

What were you guys expecting 😂 to begin dash Nigerians asylum abi

joelsteron:
You will see Ndidi, Iwobi, Moses and Lookman

😂 e don do you sef rest small or I petition CAF against you o!

TheSuperNerd:
As for the result. Not reading much to it. The Egyptians were clearly aided by the referee. I mean even Dessers should have been given a penalty on 76mins or so for that ridiculous WWE move on him.

That and the offside controversy that led to the Egypt 2nd goal, the 50-50 calls mostly going the Egyptians' way and so forth.

I mean with VAR, this game either ends in a draw or a slim Nigeria win.

We all will meet VAR in Morocco so no hiding place, hopefully.

Good to have you back Dr we thought like Ekong you have retired from the Nairaland team 😂

Welcome o so many waters have passed under the bridge in your absence.

I hope Trump or the US will now let Nigeria be after adding the country to the list.

At least he has shut the door on our faces.

Clint02:
😂😂😭 Even you sef nor dey confident in the team. Oh my super eagles.

I go lie for you? 😂

I wish the eagles the best but for my sanity am neutral

Clint02:
Do you think the super eagles can win this tournament? If you do, on what premise?

Did I say they can win? Am one of those not banking on the any Afcon win! Am watching as a neutral. No strings attached

chuks404:
you can state your points without sounding malignant. I have read your statements here and it oozes pain. You can actually make constructive criticism you know than making nff look like they are fools pushing for what they feel will be good for them. Whoever wins so be it but making it look that Nigeria is going through world cup through the back door for something that favours them doesn't make any sense . Hope you understand ?

This back door narrative is one of the most insulting things I have ever seen. Just too emotional driven without intelligence

Clint02:
Why don't we park bus as well against these teams and stop conceding? My rantings are not fueled by my assessment of this friendly alone, but of our previous games too. This is a tournament we are going into and the team has to be critiqued wherever they are failing.

So we are talking about tonight’s game don’t bring your emotions from the previous games into this one, this is a warm up game for the team as they head into Afcon. When the tournament proper starts then you can restart your emotions again especially if the team starts playing poorly but for this game tonight minus your emotions from the previous games there were more positives as the eagles stamped more of their authority in the second half

Odunayaw:
What are you even saying

If I were Egyptian I'd be screaming my heads off for being pegged back in our half and struggling to string passesi

The negativity on this thread fit give person malaria. At times make person just ignore. The first half yes was shaky but that second half the eagles dominated play and would have scored goals but for the bus parking by the Egyptians

JohnBullMySon:
Don’t piss me off. I like super eagles and I’m not being negative. If you don’t like the comment skip and don’t engage it.

But he gave you the right answer na! Abi

chuks404:
Why are you pained that we are even pushing for this ? If it ends up not in our favour then we can rest. My simple question is why are you so pained?
You think if you flip the sides, congo won't do the worse? Babe rest

The pain is if it’s decided in our favour Nigeria will be blamed for Congo woes when it’s their own hands that has been used to drown themselves. 😂

They have been splashing the social media with photos of the players holding their passports as if that’s where the matter will be decided 😂

Karlovych:
It's injustice for SE to sneak in through the backdoor at the expense the more deserving DR Congo. It's as simple as that

Let FIFA decide, nairaland or social media can’t

Dannyxy:
I like that Nnadi guy…. He is giving something.

Impressive and very mobile

Clint02:
Played well where?

Are you watching the game? 😂

If they have played badly Egypt would have scored more goals they have played the Egyptians more in their own half so far

The boys have played well but bad positioning in the final third has been their bane

lbrichman2:
I'm beginning to think this 3 man midfield system isn't for us
Our games may not be pretty, but at least we won't be this open
Our defence used to be our biggest strength
Now see as then dey yeye us

That lean midfield can’t take us anywhere, you can see why osihmen will get overworked.

Meanwhile some good spells in this half by the boys but final positioning still poor.

lbrichman2:
Omo..
Too easy!

This was the position we were in just before the last Afcon that made paseiro to adopt that too defensive approach. We concede too easily aah

See as dem split our defence chai 😂

Samueltemi337:
And Nigeria scores

That was a good reaction from awaziem

Dannyxy:
do you know this is what even makes the case stronger by DrC laws, they are not Congolese till the renounce the other citizenship.

Is this thing not simple enough?
FIFA can decide to look the other way but then fifa will most probably not look the other way because of a drc that was fraudulent.

Exactly because the moment they obtain Belgian or English citizenship, they automatically lose Congolese citizenship according to DRC National laws, as you said, except that FIFA decides to look the other way; it's a watertight case. Nigeria normally won't dabble into this if they feel there was not a big issue after all.

Dannyxy:
FIFA fit pity dem, but who are this people defending DRC Omoh, what are you defending, shambolic and hurried documentation circumventing your own very law.

The same that we’re defending South Africa.

Nawa o

If the somehow escape sef, this exposes are good for Africa football, African F.A must start doing this correctly.

Just imagine it was nff, shebi someone above is already abusing nff for the delay in switching nationalities issues, but other nations can never be incompetent except Nigeria, bunch of hypocrites

Papi85:
FIFA president don pass judgement

abi o, life and direct

Bannedlargejr:
You must be an illiterate. Wetin consign fifa with nationality law? If I fictitiously obtain another National team passport and send it to fifa, they should clear me when it was an obvious Theft? The only way that I see congo getting out of these is for the aforementioned players clearly indicating with Documented evidence of their Renouncing their other national team passport with evidence. For example, Aaron wan bissaka has to disclose with documentation of his renounciation of his British passport prior to November 11. Anything contrary, it sets a bad precedent on FIFA laws and its laws shouldn’t be respected. Players like Orban should be playing for the super eaglea

If this matter doesn't go our way, we must cap that Orban guy right away, no time to waste!

It’s clear like daylight including where there are exceptions so did DRC follow all these rules? That’s the basis for representation at national level.

Bannedlargejr:
You must be an illiterate. Wetin consign fifa with nationality law? If I fictitiously obtain another National team passport and send it to fifa, they should clear me when it was an obvious Theft? The only way that I see congo getting out of these is for the aforementioned players clearly indicating with Documented evidence of their Renouncing their other national team passport with evidence. For example, Aaron wan bissaka has to disclose with documentation of his renounciation of his British passport prior to November 11. Anything contrary, it sets a bad precedent on FIFA laws and its laws shouldn’t be respected. Players like Orban should be playing for the super eaglea

I think this is why for many years DRC majorly fields home based players in international competitions despite having so much talent in the diaspora na when they wan start to Dey chill with the big boys gbege come happen 😂

All they needed to do all these years was for their sports ministry to interface with their legislators or executive to amend their constitution to finally remove the bottlenecks so their true potential in sports generally can be unleashed but alas na yahoo yahoo way they wan use run things 😜 haba

Dannyxy:
as in I hate that we like to ignore the rule of law, that’s why our institutions are so corrupt.

Imagine Nigeria had a no dual citizenship constitutional law, then we go give passport to iwobi and the rest without changing constitution to make the “eligible “ and deceive FIFA, if our opponents catch us, they will so punish us eh.

We are actually one of the most liberal nations on earth and our laws sef no strong that’s why we feel other nations are like us, real mumu Nigerians.

I was speaking to a Zimbabwean this week she told me you can’t even kill a goat in her country without getting permit, I just Dey laugh 😆 imagine that kind law Dey naija

opes:
Only If the waiver was submitted with the application to FIFA, and not produced as an afterthought to justify the process after exposure.

That’s why it’s all about documentation if the documents were not complete then that’s it.

I can just imagine if this fraud by DRC was committed by nff, the way people on this thread will condemn the nff including that unfortunate guy called oma!

We Nigerians are funny, we can do wrong but other nations can’t. Shame on us as a people! phew

For those people na wuruwuru when the falcons won the female Afcon against Morocco shebi Nigeria was accused of fielding plumptre as an ineligible player they even went to file a complaint to CAF so imagine nff didn’t put its house in order won’t we have gotten the sledgehammer? That’s the game of today both on and off the pitch

charlesemeka85:
as I dey reason the matter I believe Fifa are the one ratting Congo DR out to us jus to smuggle super eagles in because without fifa it will be difficult for the Nigerian FA to know if certain DRC players completed their eligibility switch before turning out for them

FIFA have a hand in this 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Of course na guy man Dey everywhere, cashing out things. 😂 who no wan do Christmas

Dannyxy:
So looking at this otilo for DRC except FIFA pity them, like we always say, rules are rules, and must be followed, don’t try to cheat.

Drc rule, no dual nationality, meaning you can’t be DrC and Another country citizen, it would have even be better if the players where originally drc and went to get other countries passport, then they would have technicalities, but even at that, it’s a long rope.

See what drc did, they don’t allow dual nationality, but went ahead to cap foreign players of drc heritage, there was no change of their laws, there was no renouncing of their foreign citizenship, you just went and gave them passport so they can play, that’s like a coach of 17 boys going to hire 25 years old to play an under 17 competition. They were fraudulent and documentation not done correctly, it’s either drc change their laws for football or players renounces, you cannot eat your cake and have it.

No matter how embarrassing Nigerians claim this is, as a route to qualify, the law is the law, and if fifa ignores this, it sets a precedent for countries to to start falsifying documents for football and get players to play for them.

Simple in fact any player of naija descent out there in Europe or anywhere we go just cap dem Dey go, no time!

Mujtahida:
This your last sentence make me laugh.

People think it's personal but that's a projection of the Nigerian mind set where laws are not respected but are instead used as a tool to either favor one person or punish another person.

That's not Oyibo man's outlook. Outside the qualification process, Fifa does not care if Nigeria qualifies or not. They are not interested in favoring Nigeria or punishing Congo. Rather It's about the sanctity of the law. It's about consequences, it's about tomorrow.

If Congo failed to follow due process, the axe that fell on SA will fall on them. Shikena

If the law say make Congo go do dna test for all the players they must produce the result 😂 no time if dem like make dem cry till next year!