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12large1:
You see why I insult people sometimes? How can you say that without Moses, we would had won the tournament when we were on the brink of elimination until moses caused Ethiopian goal keeper to concede 2 penalties and then converted both. Without Moses, we would had been eliminated on group stage

darkelf:
Finally

Someone with a good memory

You know some Nigerians suffer from amnesia and forget so soon

Moses was so good in that AFCON

fabyom:
We were lucky at that tournament. Vicmo coming on to cause 2 penalties against Ethiopia in the last 10 minutes was our saving grace. You should know that the team performance in the group stages was so porous that Keshi's sack letter was already drafted before we played Ivory coast. Against the Ivorians, Vicmo, Mikel, Omeruo, Eyeanma, Onazi, and Emenike had the game of their lives helped with a little luck. We were not spectacular but fortunate. That team should not be the standard!

Kog45:
Shot on target?kai you are damn funny my man.....hope you remember how untested Julius Aghaowa shake 2000 Afcon abi you forget inexperience Osaze brace against South Africa at 2006 (modified 2004) Afcon...you supposed remember rookie Vincent Enyeama against England 2002 World Cup.

Oga Dennis am watching now is unplayable in GWG and Awoniyi has a role to play in GWG.This is their time my man.

do4luv14:
yes, things still tight, besides, I was down with malaria and typhoid fever, still a little weak now

do4luv14:
welcome my Oga, I hands up, trust every every good

TheGoodJoe:

Glad to know. Welcome back, boss. Good morning.

Blueelf:
Guys, been long since we heard from icon4s

I think the last time he posted, he said he was recovering from a surgery or so (I may be wrong though)

It'll be nice if anyone can check on him if possible

Oasis001:
Glad to hear from you Chief.

Oasis001:


Easy Man.... Tbaba replied to a Post this Month on this same Thread. I believe Baba is hale and healthy, perhaps jez tired of this Thread.

Icon4s also not as active as he used to be. AIG07 and Co have abandoned the Thread coz new Gengs have taken over.

Calm down eh..... Tbaba ain't a Ghost yet.

MetalJigsaw:
How CAF WCQ rules could prevent Africa from being represented by its best 5 nations at the World Cup
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The second round of the CAF FIFA World Cup Qualifiers is almost over with four African teams already advancing to the third round of the qualification process.

According to the rules, the 10 nations who top their respective groups in the second round will be drawn against each other in the third round with the 5 highest ranked teams according to the official FIFA rankings playing against the 5 least highest ranked teams. The 5 teams who emerge victorious in the playoff games will seal their qualification to the 2022 FIFA World Cup holding in Qatar.

This qualifying process is very different from that of the 2018 FIFA World Cup where the first two rounds involved a knockout procedure with the final 20 nations competing in 5 groups of 4 nations each. The nation that finished top in each of the groups qualified for Russia 2018.



**Nigeria finished as group leaders and qualified for the 2018 FWC where they played against Iceland

This time around, Africa is ultimately putting the fate if its 5 representatives at the World Cup in the hands of just two matches (with the lower ranked teams playing the first leg at home). This means that if any of the best teams fail to turn up for one game (say, the first leg), their World Cup dreams could end with that single match.

To put this into perspective, no other major continent in the world is deciding their top representatives at the World Cup based on a single two-legged tie.

In Europe, all nations are drawn into different groups with the nations that finish top qualifying automatically for the tournament. The best losers are then given a second chance with knockout matches.

In South America, all teams play each other in a single group with the top four teams qualifying and the fifth-placed team going into an intercontinental playoff.



**The South America WC qualifying process ensures that Brazil and Argentina can both qualify for every tournament

In the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and Caribbean), the final round sees the best 8 teams all playing each other home and away with the top top three nations qualifying automatically and the fourth playing in the intercontinental playoff.

In Asia, the final round involves two groups of six nations each with the top two in each group making it to the World Cup. The third teams get a second chance in the playoffs.

The only exception, Oceania is a small continent which does not have an automatic slot and the best nation in the continent has to play in the intercontiational playoffs to get a chance of booking a ticket to Qatar.

The other continents try to ensure all (or as many of) their best teams qualify for the World Cup by creating a qualification process whereby their representatives that automatically qualify do so from groups and not just single two-legged ties. This means that even if the best teams slip up in one or two games, they still have other chances (group games) to show that they deserve to be at the World Cup.

To further elaborate on this, imagine Argentina (in South America) having to play against, say, Chile in a single knockout tie and Brazil had to play, probably, Uruguay. It means only two of these top four South American teams would be able to qualify for the World Cup instead of all four possibly qualifying through the group system.

In Europe, Italy are currently top of their group but second-place Switzerland have a better head-to-head record than the European champions. If it were to be a single two-legged tie determining who qualifies for the World Cup, the European champions would be out.

As it stands now in Africa, if Nigeria is able to seal qualification for the third round, the nation could face Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast or even Cameroon based on the rules (depending on which of the teams qualify). The top ranked team in Africa, Senegal (who have already sealed qualification for the third round), could also face any of these teams.



**Nigeria could face Egypt or Cameroon in the third round of the FIFA WCQ

Africa will have 5 representatives at the World Cup, but with the qualification process, those 5 teams may not necessarily be the 5 best teams in Africa. Hopefully, the qualification process for the 2026 World Cup will be more like that of the 2018 World Cup where the Africa's representatives were decided directly from group matches in the final round.

Englandboy:
Ekong better go learn fast to be rugged because ajegunle is not for ajebo

jihday:
‘I’ve been following Nigerian football since 1950, blablabla’ oya come and prove it. What tournament is this ? Who was the opponent? How many players can you name?

Parrot69:
I thought this is most sane section of Nairaland??
The negative impressions here is a turn off and almost 6pages of banters with no end result from grown up adults? Shame!

Nairaland is a big forum were folks from all works of life AND a global audience not limited to Nigeria alone engage each other intellectual.
Here, being a sports section It’s competitive to agree-to-disagree on ones opinion but a bit bad when peeps in here starts throwing shades over minor issues and belittling players/people you might not even get to meet in real life.
That’s very bad, people should learn to deal with Emotions and Sentiments.

This sports section might have the likes of ex-players, nff officials and even current SE players(on ghost mode) relaying one or two informations to the Glass house.
We might not know how much power this section wields in sports community but believe me, few years coming, this THREAD will be given the due recognition.
Alot of vital informations are put out here and people are following up, brilliant minds here educating us about one or two things some of us here are naive of..
Relaying tactical components of teams, analyzing individual players, giving updates on clubs, players, transfers sharing videos, pictures etc..
Personally, I hail them.

Now, when people engage in banters, throw shades at each other, it births enmity puts people off, kills the energy and creates a large space. A lot of folks have left this place because of this and It’s very bad. No Tree makes a forest.
If you make a comment and someone disagrees with you, leave them and move on. It won’t change anything about you or the person either.

PS: Let’s Be Guided.
We have more ‘’Guests’’ following up on this Thread than Members who make contributions here daily.

MetalJigsaw:
please explain these. What kind of utility player and what crisis situations?

Kog45:
Chief Icon...Musa agreed but Shehu No No...Chiedozie Awaziem is doing it right now as utility player.

Chief I think you must have known why Rohr is keep on inviting the duo.

I know Super eagles politics wella but I don't want to go into that...

MetalJigsaw:
AFCON 2022: Rohr hints at inclusion of Lookman and Ejaria in Super Eagles team
pulse.ng
Ademola Lookman and Ovie Ejaria may be included in the Super Eagles squad for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations.

Lookman
Lookman
The Super Eagles of Nigeria may soon get some reinforcements in attack with the introduction of Leicester City's Lookman and Reading's Ejaria.

Super Eagles boss Gernot Rohr is already looking beyond the ongoing World Cup qualifying series and ahead to the difficult task of putting together a team for the 2022 AFCON, which will take place in Cameroon.

In an interview with Elegbete TV, the German manager revealed some new faces may be part of the team to Cameroon, despite not participating in AFCON Qualification.

Rohr hinted that midfielder Ejaria and winger Lookman have a chance of being included in the final team to the 2022 AFCON.

According to the 68-year-old, both Ejaria and Lookman, who have represented England at youth level, have expressed their desire to switch international allegiance.

The Nigeria Football Federation, led by Amaju Pinnick are working on it, and Rohr expects a resolution as soon as possible.

ChrisKels:
We had this argument 7years ago, back in December 2014. Sir Icon4s do you think we have closed that gap or is this team still lagging behind, quality wise?

Mujtahida:
I have always been struck by the difference between club and national team football. Appears national team football is more difficult or rather not as easy as club football

nelszx:
Can we all see how the pitch has changed our game. Nice half

Odunayaw:
Daddy wa, the first 20mins was huffle puff football

klexycole:
Irritating is an understatement.

Icon4s:
THE NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS (NNFF) AWARDS, 2021 is here.


These awards that have been designed by us, the football fans here, have been a means of showing appreciations for the contributions of our players, to our national teams.

The last 3 editions have seen us present awards to our different National Team players.
Notably 'The Nigerian Player of the year which have gone to: Ahmed Musa, Idion Ighalo and most recently Victor Osimhen.

News of the awards, have seen it's ways into TV station in Abuja, radio station in Benin and some other online news media. In the First year, Award plaques and letter of appreciation were sent to the NFF secretariat in Abuja, for onward delivery to the Nigerian Player of the year and Super Falcons player of the year, and I received an acknowledgement from the secretariat.

As the year is gradually drawing to a close, it is yet that time again to start planning for the awards.

However, for this year, 2021, I have decided to take a back seat to allow someone else to coordinate the session. We have here seasoned analysts who have what it takes to run the show.

Thank you all for the opportunity to serve and coordinate the past sessions. I would be available for any advice or guidance if or where needed.

Looking forward to another fruitful awards session.

Thank you all.

TheSuperNerd:
Yes he was supposed to be. Even Chief Icon4s who normally takes his time before he gives his nod to a talent's true potentials really rated Isaac Success and had big hopes for him. He never hid that.

It's annoying right now seeing he is yet to get gametime at Udinese this season so far but I hope that story changes after this international break and going forward towards Christmas.

He showed very good potentials when Rohr capped him then using him from the right. His power, strength and pace was quite a handful for Senegal in that friendly in the UK. The one that ended 1-1.

Hopefully he can get his chance again at Udinese. Still 25 now.

forgiveness:
Na you get the forum? Who gave that authority to stop me from making my point here?

However, you seems to lack common sense by jumping into a debate you don’t have an idea but you think you are making reasonable sense.

Who is now the subject of ridicule between you and I?

Like I said, I don’t like discussing with novice.

forgiveness:
You don’t know the point of debate but you jumped into it. I don’t have time for novice in a debate.