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Oasis001:



Nwakali with nice freekick.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roxm7cqdvYY

is that not John Nobble?

soetanoreoluwa:
Really?

It was after the moroc match. Yak was flown back to England by Portsmouth if I guess right. The trio sneak out of the camp after our first match...

You can check online

you are correct just checked

Acecube:
The rest had 5 afcon appearances against Enyeama's 4

Enyeama actually have 5, he was in Ghana 2008 while Kanu and yobo have 6

soetanoreoluwa:
It was after the first game against morroco. Ended 1 nill.

nope, happened before the game

quickberry:
Joseph Yobo as well, 2002, 2010, 2014 world cups & 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013 nations cups

he was also in Mail 2002

JohnBullMySon:
Thats true.

I think Yobo is the Nigerian with most Afcon appearance 02,04,06,08,10 and 13

darkelf:
Bro, did you read what I said

I said Egypt and Tunisia in 4th and 5th

Haba bros!!!

you rated them higher than Nigeria, since the 80s Tunisia have never made Afcon final except the one they hosted and won in 2004

Kinsmenn:
Haaa... I still don't believe it..

But if you genuine, y the chidozieaina moniker name?

Awaziem plus Ola Aina, I think

elyte89:
Bro dis is nations cup not world cup ,even if we av just a day for preparation,we would still b among d favorites...I can't remember d last time we really had a bad tourney at d nations cup..aside under Berti vogts where we were ousted at d quarterfinals... DT match self pain me no b small....with one man down,we couldnt defeat d depleted Ghanaian side...vogts tactics was DT terrible

between Oliseh and Vogts I’m confused who I should rank as our worst coach

komekn:
If I look at the team we have presented over the past two decades,I would say on paper this is the weakest.

means you’ve hardly followed the SE at major tournaments, is 2004 a joke to you? A tournament where we expelled our 2 best strikers (Agali, Aiyegbeni) plus one of the best LB (Celestine) in Africa just few days before our first game and didn’t even replace them

TheSuperNerd:
Truly they are team to beat. No team in Africa presses like the Algerians and they are targeting a world record in terms of the best unbeaten run for an international football team.

Italy holds the record currenly at 37 matches undefeated before they fell to Spain in the Uefa Nations League semis late last year.

Algeria is on 34 games unbeaten. Who says they won't equal it by the end of the 1st round? Shaa, time will always tell.

the unbeaten run is another reason to stay motivated, any team that will beat them will need to be tactically disciplined

Icon4s:
It is called Pedigree as a football nation. Same thing that makes a country like Italy win tournaments meanwhile teams like Holland, Belgium and England would be struggling from generation to generation.

On paper and current form teams like Senegal, Mali, Ivory coast, Ghana and Morocco might be ahead of Cameroon but I would rather put my money on Cameroon to win it. Not Just because they are the host but because they have proven from generation to generation that they have that tournament winning mentality. They have that Champions pedigree.

the mentality is ‘we’ve always done it and we can still do it’. Even in year 2000, nobody gave them any chance in that final plus they struggled through the tournament but on the day of the final they played their best game and should have wrapped it up by halftime.

humility33:
I am sure there will be VAR

African ref never shock you before? Epl ref dey learn where them dey

darkelf:
Nigeria should be in tenth place

Egypt or Tunisia in 4th and 5th

Apart from that, nice list

the fact that you think Tunisia can win it shows you have no idea what you talking about

Danielnino00:
On paper, considering their squad strength and recent form, my top 10 ranking of the teams likely to win the AFCON is:

1. Algeria
2. Senegal
3. Morocco
4. Nigeria
5. Ivory Coast
6. Cameroon
7. Egypt
8. Tunisia
9. Mali
10. Ghana

Cameroon at 4 (host nation) Nigeria then Ivory Coast

Icon4s:
Historically, the most rated team on paper more often does not win the AFCON.

Also there is the factor of Climate/weather. North African teams struggle when the AFCON is held outside of North Africa. They perform best when the AFCON is played in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia or Egypt. But when the AFCON comes to sub-saharan Africa they more often struggle.

I am predicting that this AFCON is going to either a West African team or Cameroon.

Egypt won in Burkina Ghana and Angola respectively, a good team is a good team, this Algerian team go press people neck for this Afcon

Clint02:
No update about the friendly? How did the game end?

Musa’s goal was as a result of defensive mixup, he later got injured and was replaced by Iwobi.

Odunayaw:
THANK YOU FAM

I appreciate your kind words and prayers. Let's enjoy football this year!

wishing you more happy years ahead

Barryseal:
I didn't ask him to be Pep or Klopp. His comments about needing luck at different interviews tells of an incompetent guy who doesn't trust his body of work to see him through.
Can you imagine an Emenalo as TD saying he hasn't seen a Chelsea loan player in Eredivisie play? It's just that the Nigerian journalists he was speaking to aren't smart people, if he was speaking to a smart journalist he would have seriously left the interview with eggs on his face.

Emenalo won’t see all Chelsea players on loan, they have a loan manager or so. The eagles under Rohr had a team scout, his job was to watch and monitor all potential SE players so I’m not sure it’s the job of the TD to watch every potential players

Danielnino00:
Awoniyi for me.. Aside him being the most in-form striker, he was also among the very first to arrive camp, so he definitely must have earned some level of trust from the coach...

Umar too got to camp very early

ChrisKels:
Their next line will be, if he could conduct so well, why then is he still in the Segunda Liga? Komekn will lead the charge, and others will follow.

and it’s a very valid question, I mean Huesca got promoted to Laliga struggled to give him game time and by Jan offloaded him back to the second tier.

stevemarkdangot:
Which I believe is a major factor for osimehn's goal run. Osimehn was highly favored among our strikers.

fully merited

12large1:
Which kind mumu be this wey nor nor say onuachu isn’t even among the team and that, onuachu is injured. Na Mumu full this place foreal.. i cannot wait to see romario score for us at this tournament…. (Make we all mumu ourselves here)

this guy!!!

komekn:
Every football game has an element of luck and fortitude. The team that prepares properly creates team cohesion and through working as a team can beat better teams with sheer hard work and determination.

Nonetheless, cream always rises to the top.

Last AFCON Algeria and Senegal were the best teams and Senegal was unlucky.

If anything we were lucky to get as far as we did.

On paper we are underdogs, there are at least 5 teams better than us on paper. Teams that win usually have a world class top player, that gives them an edge.

what do you mean? How were we lucky? If anything Algeria were lucky to reach semi, they edged out Ivory Coast via pk in the quarters

BascoVanVeli:
Abia Warriors vs Kwara United

Another good match played in the NPFL. Funny that the referee cheated the home team this time A good watch


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NbEn30YNyI

Obaje used to be hot cake in the league, whatever happened to him tho. Kudos chief

drDoom3:
Cameroon will finish second in their group behind Burkina Faso.

Cameroon will top that group

No need to quote that post let’s just report the post. @ TheLoneCitizen you are a disgusting human

ekusigo:
I just dey observe as people just dey reason footballers matter like say them too know.
It is the ''best team'' that will win this AFCON not the one with a few individually brilliant players.

Here is my top 4 teams most likely to win the tournament( in descending order) and why.


1. Senegal.
Reasons:
a. They have the right mix of foreign/africa based players.
b. They have a good mix of experienced and fresh players.
c. They are yet to win this tournament before.
d. They have consistently been at the top three teams in Africa for sometime now.
e. Mane and Mendy:
You cannot win a tournament without goals and an exceptional keeper.
f. They are coached by a veteran and National hero who may see this as his last opportunity to lay his hands on the coveted trophy.

2. Tunisia.
Reason
Very compact team. Everybody knows every other persons next move... It is as if they can play blindfolded.


3. Cameroon
Reason
a. The twelfth-player-on the pitch syndrome.
b. The Lions would treat their opponent as intruders who dared to come into their den to decimate their PRIDE
c. The have Generals in every department.
Onana gk
Zambo Anguissa
Abubakar
Choupo Moting
d. Five time winners. O ti mo won lara

4. Algeria
Reason.
a. Defending Champions- although this may work against them because of Africans pull-him-down syndrome.
Most teams will see a win against them as a lifting of some sort of trophy.
b. A veteran Local coach that has been there and done that.
c. They are currently on an unbeaten run of 40 games
c. They have Generals in every department and can also play blindfolded with precision and accuracy.
can
d. They score a lot of goals...

e. They they really concede

If you are disappointed that you did not see 'Nigeria' in my list, sorry ooo.
We come sixth on my list behind Pharoahs of Egypt (another high scoring side.

This sixth wet I put them an simply because of one reason: if that Naija Spirit come upon them la san... Na Zazu zen everybody go dey collect.

replace Tunisia with Morocco

Kog45:
Sir TFLA,yes you are right,he can post anything but fact remain that the same jobless people and those that don't mind their business are still the same people who are ready to do anything to watch him in view centers,ready to fight anyone arguing against him...fans are the real power.

He is a big star now and he need to always calm down in his responses.....I remember a fan asked him did you really have covid,his response was go and ask your grandfather.

in Osimhen’s defense the guy asked rudely

TFLASHOGEE:
with him fake British accent you will always hear him say ennn yeah yeah like na by force to speak britico Mikel self no force him own it came natural but nacho I wonder where him see him own always making me laugh in does ekong videos when the natural British accent players are talking and dey involve him baba go won tag along

and it’s not a bad thing, if he speak with the regular Nigerian accent they’ll struggle to hear him

Subzero047:
Are you sure Balogun really missed the Afcon due to injury

I really don’t think so, even Eguavoen doesn’t seem convinced.

Augustine Eguavoen slams Super Eagles 2022 AFCON snubs

Says, it is not a right to play for Nigeria but a privilege pic.twitter.com/jteEx7n713

— Guarantor  (@Guarantor2011) January 4, 2022

safarigirl:
Speaking of Pinnick's uselessness, I tweeted this last night and see who liked the tweet.

I saw it and it’s not the first time he’s doing that, once liked Solace tweet criticizing Amaju