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Mujtahida:
I can't for the life of me believe what Rohr just did

I can't figure how he made no changes to react to Argentina's substitutions. Ogu and Ebuehi would have come in to close up the game with 10 mins to go.

What was Rohr saving his substitutions for?

The cookie have finally crumbled.

Come in Ngr. Make me look stupid and bang a second goal in

komekn:
Ighalo should have done better but it's a hand ball with Rojo intentional open to debate.

The hand ball could have made him misjudge the flight of the ball

They don scam us

V A R

Is Ahmed MUSA on drugs?

Lol... Uzoho is a bag of nerves.. Look at that butter fingers.

Ighalo's intro have changed the game.

komekn:
When I said with Musa and KC we have no Aerial threat. I was told I'm talking rubbish.

The Argentine CB' s are under no Pressure at all, no physical presence or aerial threat to unsettle them.

It's been sad really seeing the intelligent quotient of the thread go downhill the past few days.
Any human being with a keen eye for football would have known we need a physical presence up front.

komekn:
I said this from the start and before the selection was made.

Where will we get our aerial threat from up front against the Argentine CB's

Balogun lucky not to get a red.

You were addressing people who had their own agenda. They were not analyzing jack.

I don't think Ngr have won a single header in the defensive 3rd of Argentina.

Every 50/50 call goes in favour of Argentina. We have to up the ante to get any result in this game.

Great touch by Messi to get the ball down. Absolutely world class.

Somebody please warn iheanacho to stop giving balls away. It's really getting on my nerves now.

If I was Gernot Rohr, my team talk tomorrow will be simple and a bit unorthodox.
I'd simply slot in a DVD of Atlanta 96 gold medal match between Ngr/ Arg, let the players see how their predecessors dismantled a star studded Argentina team.
I forsee a scenerio where the players will be buzzing and psyched up to go create their own history. (I can't even imagine the electric atmosphere in camp while the players are watching and screaming at the top of their voice as the goals fly in).
The boys need to know they can do it, their predecessors did it in the past, 7 months ago, they won Argentina.
They must write their own script and play as protagonists.

A well psyched up and buzzing Nigerian team with an extra spring in their legs can certainly tear this fragile Argentine team to pieces in 60 mins.

If they walk into the pitch with fear, respect and honor for Argentina, it will be bye bye to Baghdad.

forgiveness:
I no longer find it funny. I think It has to stop.

We have to support whosoever is selected now. Afterall, the 'quota system' player dey criticized was the hero for us. Who knows if Ighalo will be the hero tomorrow.

It's not as if Ighalo have yakubued a tap in or any other easy chance for that matter.
I still don't understand why they think Ighalo is the worst performer in the team.
Maybe some of us haven't read the memo. Although I'd be silly not think the whole attack is not agenda driven.

forgiveness:
Hahahahahaha! And that was the most ridiculous of dem all. Hahahaha!

They have gone over board with the attacks. It's no longer analysis but a diss. That's why I take whatever they say about him with a pinch of salt.

This is like a home game for Colombia. If I didn't know better I can swear this game is played in Bogota.

forgiveness:
You mean Ighalo didn't defend, attack, pass etc but just stood like iroko tree?

When I said the Ighalo attack is a mass hysteria effect. You thought I was joking? LOL
People are trying to outdo themselves on who have the most savage Ighalo diss.

Poland playing with zero quality. This is a team ranked 9th by FIFA and seeded in pot 1 for this tournament.
Quite a shame.

I'm watching Colombia vs Poland and from what I see, Colombia should have nothing less than 30 - 40k fans inside the stadium.
Peru is reported to have as much as 40k fans in Russia.
How do these South Americans do this? It's not as if Peru and Colombia are competing for the world cup.
How can one continent be this football mad?

komekn:
What you need to understand the majority of contributors fall into the category of fanatical fans. Seeing things only one sided.

Iwobi does not backtrack with any real conviction and when he plays on the wing he lacks discipline and drifts to the middle. So his wing play is very suspect.

The question ❓ we fail to answer what did the combination of KC and Musa produce.

What I saw was KC buzzing around but not sure what level of end product and or indeed what major impact on the game he was having. Pressing he pressed but didnt really threaten the CB'S of Iceland in that game. Didn't see any aerial or physical threat from him as well.

What I did notice was far more combination play with Musa and Ighalo and a greater impact on the game with his hold up play and goal threat.

What they lack in combination, they might make up with the chaos factor their running and movement might bring.
Although I have the feeling Rohr might want to pull of a surprise by starting Simy Nwankwo. The ball needs to stick in the Argentine final 3rd for our defenders to have a breather because I suspect they will be very busy.

tbaba1234:
That is interesting. I do not see Iceland beating Croatia with 2 unreplied goals. In the Qualifiers, they defended and scored the odd goal.

Good thing, it is in our own hands.

The caveat is that Croatia may rest about 5-6 of their regulars, recall they have sent Kalinic home, so they are already a player short .
A highly motivated Iceland might fancy their chances against the Croatian second string. I think that's the reason Mikel obi complained.

tbaba1234:
Is it not goal difference, head to head and goals scored in that order?

Goals scored comes before head to head. I think FIFA want to encourage teams to play positive football and score lots of goals.

safarigirl:
the combination that has been proven to work is the Iwobi-Iheanacho combo

I thought so too.

I hate to say this, but I think people are over stating this Musa/Iheanacho combo.
The truth is that they still have a lot of work to do when it comes to their combination play, because in the last game, they actually hardly found each other with connecting passes, through balls or 1-2s. (see Dwight York, Andy Cole partnership)
Yes, we scored 2 goals but it was down to individual endeavor more than great combination play between those 2.
Hopefully, the coaching crew work on those with their combinations if that's the way to go.

Granit Xjaka's father was jailed 10yrs by Serbia for protesting for Kosovo's independence. This is more than a game for these guys. Serbian fans goaded the Suisse players of Albania heritage before the game which ensured a charged atmosphere.
The hand gesture represents the 2 eagles on the Albanian flag.
FiFA should free them jare.

Shukusheka:
Yes, It would go down to fair play. The team with less cards will top the group.

It's going to be a cracking game to see who gets the least yellows. Lol

komekn:
England flogged Panama 6-1

It's on this forum that it was stated Kane is over hyped by quite a few.

The England team is rubbish, English players are not good just media hype .

Well I wonder what they will say now.

Kane is doing well to pad up his goal stats against weak sides.
Although, I think England are in for a jolt of quality shake when they face a half decent team next round