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WAFCON 2026 Qualifying Round 2 2nd Leg

SENEGAL OUST CÔTE D'IVOIRE ON PENALTIES

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Côte D'ivoire 🇨🇮 0-0 Senegal 🇸🇳
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Senegal Win on penalties 5-4

Côte D'ivoire 🇨🇮 ⚽ ⚽ ✖️ ⚽ ⚽
Senegal 🇸🇳 ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

WAFCON 2026
Morocco 🇲🇦
Zambia 🇿🇲
Tanzania 🇹🇿
Malawi 🇲🇼
Algeria 🇩🇿
Nigeria 🇳🇬
Ghana 🇬🇭
Kenya 🇰🇪
Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
South Africa 🇿🇦
Cabo Verde 🇨🇻
Senegal 🇸🇳

Notable teams that will miss out:
CIV
Mali
Tunisia
Cameroon
DR Congo

FreeStuffsNG:
All black like Mr Peter.

I doubt if she understands the implied communication all-black outing communicates.
Is she taking her people to the dark era? Will there be no electricity light?
Is she mourning? Is she subtly pro-LP candidate? Etc.

She needs a brand expert to help her with the message she's trying to get across without a foreboding of something malevolent to come.

Even though she's less likely to win but does she want to be remembered as the unserious 'lady in black'?

They didn't teach you that "Black" signifies strength?

When the game was played in Lome, Togo, we were able to watch the full match via facebook. It has come to Nigeria now and we cannot watch.

Nigerians are welcoming to visitors. Why Nigerians abroad are not liked is because of our confidence and enterprise. We are very hard working people and our host usually feel intimidated.

frankwaive:
Toyota 4-Runner SR5 4x4 V8 2007 Blue
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unregistered
with complete import documents

call or whatsapp
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This is at best a 2005

Happy sale

Racoon:
"What Were Your Favorite Cartoons of Childhood?"

Voltron, the defender of the Universe.

chrisooblog:
The Gabonese have another decent forward in Bounga. Eric Chelle and co to take note.

The only team I fear in this paly-off is DR Congo

SymphonyRad:
Benin just needed a draw, a win (by any scoreline) or a Nigerian winning scoreline less than 3 goals to still qualify, they had EVERY favorable odd to play for yet got demolished almost so easily, did they even park the bus?

We didn't give them that opportunity to park the bus, with that early goal.
The early goal was what Nigeria needed and it set the tone for the rest of the game. That assist from Chukwueze to Osimhen brings to mind their deadly combo at the 2015 U17WC

JohnBabatunde14:
First off, let me say this: I’d rather we not even qualify than go there only to get kicked out after two games. Because honestly, there’s no way we’re surviving more than two matches with the kind of struggle football we’ve been playing lately.

Our passes are dysfunctional, Ajayi can’t even make a proper high ball pass to Osimhen or Adams. The attack? Weak. They couldn't hold a proper run for more than 10 seconds before losing the ball. Fredrick almost conceded a goal for us, Simeon literally disappeared on the pitch all through the first half.

Please, don’t let that 4–0 scoreline deceive you. If not for Osimhen’s brilliance, Chukwueze and Adam's step ups, that match would have ended in premium tears and disgrace for us. I was irritated from start to finish. Without Osimhen Super Eagles are honestly Super fowls every pun intended.

We might have “cleared our shame” for now, but let’s be honest, this team isn’t ready for the World Cup. Not mentally, not tactically. That’s all I have to say.

By the way, shoutout to MSport — if you watched that match, you already know every goal was worth betting on. They’ve rolled out some mad new features: Super O/U, Super Odds, free vouchers for every goal, and their new game lineup is actually fun. Just remember to bet responsibly.

Good day Everyone.

If you have followed the Nigerian National team well enough you should know that we may struggle with minnows in Africa but we are no pushovers at the Global stage. This team might be struggling with less fancied African teams but they will be hard to beat at the World Cup. I am sure you must be one of those that doubted we could beat Benin by 4:0. WE ARE NIGERIA, WE RISE TO THE OCCASION.

solonnachi:
Beninonise fans

They need to go back to the drawing board and wait for their time. If not for the nonsense that Finidi performed we wouldn't have been in this situation in the first place.

We also need to thank God that Burkina Faso played their last game before us. The realization that we needed to win 4:0 was the extra tonic. Else we for no beat Benin pass 2:0 and we could have crashed out.

9JAMac10:
Absence of lookman is a huge boost. No selfish play or holding up the play for too long. Let him start from the bench next time please.

Even before this game, I had identified that playing Simon and Lookman at the same time was a problem. Chelle needs to start benching one of them and when on the pitch they play directly from the wings and not Lookman always trying to play through the middle.

As for Olusegun he has no business in this team. It is above his pay grade.

DR Congo has taken the lead.
Thank God we no longer need that result.

mrwilliams9:
Why are we so stubbornly tied to the 4-4-2?

We keep surrendering the midfield and wonder why we don’t control games.

When on the offensive it switches to 4-2-4

My only worry in this Line up is Ndidi

chinchum:
who is federick?

The Video Assistant Referee

Line up

elyte89:
What if training says otherwise cos two coaches can’t be making d same mistake …peseiro and chelle …both foreign coaches

It was only finidi dt gave onyedika is starting 11…even though I noticed finidi style of play wants to keep d ball,hence play from d back (showed in Ghana 🇬🇭 and Mali 🇲🇱 friendlies )

Onyedika is grossly underrated. I will start him ahead of Ndidi.

do4luv14:
Finally Aunty Onome hangs boot

Much respect to her. She has done well for Nigeria and herself.

Wetin come concern Nigerians with this one again?

Rockyrascal:
With the summer transfer window now closed, the Nigeria National team has 8 players playing in the EPL this season.

Are there more super eagle players in other league than the EPL?

Mostly Mid-table teams.

9JAMac10:
Rest in power to a national team legend. Vincent enyeama remains the best goalkeeper of all time. Recall vividly as a chap seeing Peter Rufai conceded cheap goals against Denmark at France 1998 World Cup

Just like how some rate Yakubu Ayegbeni based only that miss at the 2010 World Cup.

Yes, I agree that Enyeama was better than Rufai, but Rufai was our King in-between the sticks from the mid 80s to 1994. He was only recalled from retirement at the late hour, for that 1998 World Cup.

RIP Dodo Mayana

Thanks for making our early Super Eagles memories, so pleasant.

thorpido:
If it is not football age,then I wonder what it is.

It is extremely rare(though not impossible) for a Nigerian man to marry at 20

Taiwo Awoniyi that we know wrote WAEC same year he played U17 in 2013. Taiwo married early, that's it.

mostob:
Oh nice.. Well understood.
BTW, how have you been sir? Been a while we see you here.

Been good bro.
I have always been here but doing more of reading.

mostob:
Should we even get started with the time zone? Who go wake up at 3am to watch ball?

The world cup is globally viewed, live and FIFA tries as much as possible to fix matches at a time that best fits the highest viewing populations. 7:00pm-11:00pm is considered as the best viewing period globally and then followed by 2:00pm -6:00pm. FIFA tries as much as possible to ensure the highest viewing population watch those matches between 2:00pm and 11:00 pm. Also European time is usually more favoured in these time zone calculations and fortunately for Africa, we fall under same time zones with European countries.

Remember, the 2014 WC in Brazil? Brazil is 4hrs behind Nigeria and we watched most of the matches between 6:00 and 11:00pm. It therefore means the games were played in Brazil between 2:00 and 7:00pm.

During the 1994 world cup, USA being 5-7hrs behind Nigeria (depending on the game venue) we watched most of the games between 8:00pm and midnight. That means the games were played between Afternoon and evening in the US.

The countries that usually suffer from sleepless nights or having to wake early to watch games are the counties in far East Asia (like the Koreans, Japan, Eastern China, etc) and Oceania (Australia, New Zealeand and environs)

For the 2026 WC most of the games would kick-off early evenings and end at midnights (12:00 - 1:00am), depending on the time zone of the city hosting the game.

RandDigital:
😂😂😂 Just wanted to send laughing emojis but I'm required to write 40 characters and hope anti-spam bot doesn't unnecessarily ban me in the process. All in the hope of making NL "more interesting".

Now we will be having more reasonable conversations on front page. No more space booking.

[quote author=Morbeta11 post=135604437][/quote]The issue is when you work in a place like this, you will get tired of seeing it and will lose taste for it.

lbrichman2:
Na C Team vs C Team

So why them come dey give excuses for the Ghana team?

wayodude:
I was at the GTech yesterday and the atmosphere was great BUT it felt like a home game for Ghana. Their fans outnumbered us at least 2:1. That advantage, the fact they were 2 goals down coming into the second half and the introduction of Senior Man and Musa is what made Ghana edge the second half of the game.

Also from about 60 mins, Pa Bonu or whatever his name is, the guy on the right side of attack for Ghana was able to easily receive passes on the edge of the Nigerian final third and cause problems. Why? Because the left side of our midfield was holding a position too narrow, leaving just enough space wide on the pitch for opponents to run into. Either Simon Moses had to drop in to support Bruno and cover that space when we were out of possession or a forward player had to be sacrificed for an additional midfielder.

Learning stuff like this is what friendly games are all about though.

Eric Chelle's game management tactics has been a major cause of worry.

Tinneh:
Breathtaking game of football from both teams,
Game of both half's, Eric chelle's style of play will gas out players easily , reason for the poor second half, also moving forward KC and musa have no business in this team,...
I wonder how hard it is for our coaches to understand we don't have the personal for a two-man midfield,

The intensity with which his teams start games and Gas out in the later stages. The Zimbabwean coach also mentioned it after the game that he knew it would be difficult for the Nigerian team to maintain such intensity up till the later stages of the game and he exploited it.

jihday:
No, B team

And Nigerian Tean na what?

Betgold84:
We rich in nigeria.
But how can wealth spread around?

If you spread wealth across, and put all man on the same financial level, within a short time wealth will flow back into the hands of those that had them before.