₦airaland Forum

safarigirl:
like I said, pundits the world over tipped Mexico to beat Mali. The same pundits who are tipping Brazil to beat Nigeria based on pedigree.

This is not based on U17 showing, but based on past performances in the U20 tournament, which you would know, Mali does not have a strong pedigree compared to Mexico. If pundits were judging based on the U17, then Nigeria should have been favourites to win Brazil and not the other way around.

I hope you now understand where the soccer pundits base their judgment. Once again, Mali who last won an U20 game over a decade ago, pulled off an upset on Mexico, who have won the cup multiple times.

Good morning

Firstly, Mexico has never won the U20 world cup.
Secondly, forget abt all those permutations and combinations done by all those gamblers, i can still categorically tell u that Mali beating Mexico is nt much of an upset. Teams from West Africa have always been a force to be reconed with at age grade levels. After u mention S. American teams like Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and then u mention European teams like Portugal, Spain and France the next set of countries with pedigree are Nigeria, Ghana and Mali. Teams from West Africa have a better pedigree than teams from N. America. Check the achievements of Nigeria, Ghana and Mali in this competition over d yrs put together as against the likes of Mexico, USA and Canada/Costa Rica etc

Teams from West Africa are always known to pull results at youth level.

Thirdly, y i was making comparison between U17 performance with U20s is that a good lot of peeps here are rating teams based on their performances at the last U17. Check d records, no team has won the U17 & den U20 2yrs later. I hope Nigeria can break that record.

safarigirl:
it would interest you to know that I watched Mikel's set in '05 and watched Nigeria '09...haven't watched an U20 since then.

You should check out the internet, no betting site factored in a Mali win, except those in Mali probably. Those are the pundits I meant. Football is beyond just watching, it's some people's careers- and I don't mean the players

Well u should know well enough that an U17 success does nt authomatucally translate to U20 success. Fact that Mexico finished second at U17 doesnt mean they will perform well at U20. Infact fact that Nigeria won the U17 doesnt mean they are favourites to win the U20.History has repeated itself severally that no country has won U17 and 2yrs later won d U20.
This same Mexico won the U17 in 2011 and could nt go beyond 2nd round @ 2013 U20.
Our Nigeria won U17 in 1985, won AYC 1987 & crashed out at grp stage at U20 in 1987 even losing to Brazil in the first game.
Nigeria won U17 in 1993 & finished 3rd at AYC in 1995.
Nigeria won U17 in 2007 & finished 3rd @ AYC and second rnd exit in 2009.

The Brazil we are playing didnt even qualify for the last U17 & that doesnt mean they cannot produce a quality squad for the U20.

I hope we are nt in for a repeat of 1987.

safarigirl:
the pundits would say otherwise in this particular game. Somehow, Mexico never gets lucky with African teams......first Nigeria at U17 and now Mali

U are one of the pundits i guess.
Be sincere When did u start watching U17& U20 WC?

CFCfan:
You're kidding, right?

Not kidding. For real.

safarigirl:
Wow, Mali beat Mexico. Definitely one of the upsets I was looking to see before the Nigerian match

Mali beating Mexico is no upset my dear. If u have been following youth competitions well enough u will know that overall Mali is the 3rd best team in África after Nigeria and Ghana.Mali has a good pedigree especially at U20s.

fujirice:
Kai! Una no dey go church?
Safarigirl I hail o! A reliable source told me that one of the dudes u lashed out at is.....wait for it, AWONIYI!
How u wan take do am now?

Some of those players may actually b on nairaland. Atleast i know that Courtney Dike and Azizat Oshoala are on nairaland.
Pls dnt ask me how i know

perhaps101:
nta international showed d 2 am match lets hope dey do dt tomorrow

U mean the one on DSTV?

eddie7:
Senegal 0 vs Portugal 3

1.They used home advantage to qualify in dfirst place.
2. Inadequate preparation as dey were denied visa to Austria for training camping.

This U20 World Cup is a total disaster. I have never missed matches like these since I sarted following the competition in Chile 1987.I am nt even sure of watching Nigeria's game.
I had banked on Dstv only to find out that it is only startimes that is showing it.

So u guys mean even my local NTA Benin will nt show Nigeria's game?

Abeg make una forget all those una NTA24 sports. Will d traditional NTA Ibadan, NTA Benin, NTA Aba show the games.

homesteady:
Based on the circumstances surrounding it, The match should only qualify for most disgraceful and embarrassing in Nigeria history! !

All we just needed to do was win them and qualify for AFCON, instead they were beating us in our very own backyard! Chaiii!

That's also what makes it memorable.

Geologically speaking: The Niger Delta Basin is underlying the following states: Abia,Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers.Though what we have in Cross River can also be called the Calabar flank which is a sub-basin.
These are states that we have the Akata, Agbada and Benin formation which is the atratigraphy of the Niger Delta.
The Delta might seem to be jst between Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta today but the early delta started developing several kilometres northwards of d present day Delta( talking abt geological Delta nt Delta state o)

homesteady:
please remove that No 5 (Vs South Africa)
What is memorable in that match

Being 2-0 down in ur home ground to a bitter rival that u have never lost to. And scoring 2 late goals to draw level and save the country from a national embarasment.

dhorlipizzu:
Flying eagles will play like united... be ruthless @ front of goal like barcelona and will defend like dnipro of Ukraine.... God bless naija

Which united are u talking abt here. I hope it is nt d one from Manchester?

mackfame:
I am not the type who come here to attack people but these our Ghanaian bros sabi vex person, aba! The only solution be say make Seun open Cediland.com or Ghanaland.com (lower version of Nairaland) for them so they can disturb themselves there and by so doing Seun go make money via ads on the site. All my Ghanaian friends in real are awesome, i wonder why these ones on Nairaland are diff and why they keep coming to Nairaland.

Try discussing Nigeria/ Ghana football with those ur friends and u find out they are all d same.

virus04:
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U and your family will be among the 15,000 amen...coward

The thunder wey go fire u and ur family still dey trek come meet u from Sambisa forest.

pabloaimar:
The PRESIDENT's first action was to deploy the military command centre to Borno state to curb the insurgency crippling our country, this was in his inauguration day... Something that the ex-president NEVER did in his 6 years in office. Haters will be put to shame by this administration. "i belong to everybody and i belong to nobody"

But has d command centre moved? No. On monday mark my words there will counter opinions from the ranks and files on that issue. Besides it is undemocratic.

No light for Benin since the day before inauguration.

So now lets start d counting for Buhari.
Shebi na 15, 000 people die during GEJ. Now 7 done die under Buhari. We dey count.

noblezone:
Ministry if Employment?

Hahahahahaha.
This man is over hyped then.

What he needs is not focus attention on industrialization and commercialization.
Employment is an after effect.

This is africa anyway.
Here we install traffic lights without the electricity to power them.

Exactly, government does nt create jobs. They can only create an enabling climate for investments which will in return create jobs.

Politicians deceiving Nigerians since 1960

What ever happens to freedom of speach?
Every Nigerian has d legal right to speak for or against the govt.

If Ifeduba faults Buhari's move thé onions is on u a Buhari loyalist to give reasons y Buhari's move is d best.

Leave Ifeduba alone abeg

Jorussia:
I don't know where you reside,for you to conclude that there is now constant light in all the states of the federation. In my area,throughout yesterday,we had just about 15mins of power supply.

The last time we saw light here in Benin was 3pm on 28th May.

Any President or Minister that promises Nigerians constant power in 1year does not understand thé problems facing the Power sector.

The whole system of power generation, Transmission and destribution is disfunctional and archaique.
When other countries are already generating power from nuclear energy we are still banking on Kainji dam.
Our Power transmission lines were those built in the 1970s. The quality of thé cables have so deteriorated that the power losses experienced during transmission is so massive. For those that dnt understand what a transmission line is: u see those high tension cables? They are the transmission lines.

What about thé distribution system? Those electric poles that with little wind and rainfall everything collapses? Each time there is heavy rainfall there is always cut in power supply. Some of our transformers have been in use since in the 1970s and 80s. The fuse go bad every now and then due to overload.Have u ever asked y is it houses far from transformers usually experience low current? Answer, losses in the distribution system as well, after experiencing losses in the transmission system. Losses can be as high 25% of total power generated! Plus your transmission system has a maximum capacity it can carry. So if power generation improves drastically and d transmission lines remain same that will amount to excess energy being generated while d populace will nt feel the impact cos the current transmission lines dnt have enough capacity to transmit all the energy generated.

Lets face the reality. Steady power supply is nt in sight for now. It will take us atleast 10yrs of massive investment in electricity infrastructures before we can experience something close to steady power supply.

-An Energy Economist point of view.

You want to grant amnesty to people that killed ur sons & kidnapped and gang rapped ur wives and daughters?

Sweet Jesus!

Allowing ur gang to rape ur babe?
Mayb it was a cult ritual.

Danycrusoe:
I wunt pik one, rada i wil rank them in an order of importance, effect that d cumbak had on d tournaments.
1) Atlanta 96
this cumbak was a gr8 one as it was against a star studded rival in 4m of brazil who had playas wu were in dia prime, Ronaldo, rivaldo. Also anoda cumbak victory in d final against a strong Argentinian team was achievd and also delivad d Gold medal
2) Darman Miracle
D fact dat it was a cumbk 4m 4goals down in a short time and an 8goal thriller makes dx cumbk d 2nd best in my list.
Tho i didnt watch d match nor d tournament, my dad always speak abt ow good d team was despite d loss in d final.
3) CHAN
D team's effort was rubbishd by poor goal keepin by Agbim, most of d goals were his fault, we shdnt av conceded dat much. also playn against morocco xnt dat easy.
4) 2009 U17
D team startd d match poorly n fans had lost hope buh D match turnd n got more interestn in d closin stages with both teams hittn eachodas woodwork within a minute.
5) South Africa
we culd v won d match

I like ur list. If in order of hierachy i will put the CHAN game as number 3 and the 2009 U17 game as number 4. Reasons: we won the Chan game while we drew d Eaglets game secondly the Chan game was a q/final match while d Eaglets game qas a group opener.

Raymondson:
@ icon4s, still rememba dat match, and i have also seen highlights. Okocha lost a penalty. articles.latimes.com/1996-08-01/news/ss-30167_1_victor-ikpeba

Ok. My apologies.

demmy0325:
.. Dont worry 'bout when i watch d match... Buh am sure smone lost a penalty... Mayb youtube showed only the goals for U...

No penalty was even awarded in that match. How can a 10mins highlights of a game not include a penalty won and lost?

There was no penalty in that game. Take it!

demmy0325:
... I thinks its old in Ur memory.. Nt fresh... No nid for arguin.. U cn see am d only one sayin we lost a penalty... Google is Ur friend... Try checkin..

Please b sincere, when last did u watch the game?

I watched d downloaded highlights of that game jst some few hours ago which prompted me to open This thread.
Jst go to youtube and type Nigeria vs Brazil, 1996. U will c d highlights.

demmy0325:
.. We did.. Go n research bro.. Or isnt it d match bebeto cried...

Match wey i watch? That game is still fresh in my memory. Did u actually watch d match or ur elder brothers told u abt it?
Well u can visit youtube for the highlights.

That was how some1 was arguing with me 1day That the Miracle of Damam was when Nigeria's dream team beat Brazil in the final of 1996 Olympics to win Gold.

dabossman:
Bro, I do believe Okocha or someone lost a penalty during that game.

Bros nobody lost any penalty in that game. The highlights are on youtube for u to watch.

demmy0325:
Yea.. I agree wit U op.. Its surely d win against brazil in 1996... We evn lost a penalty..

Nops! We didn't play any penalty talk less of losing one.