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Icon4s:
Throw back Thursday.
It was the miracle of Dammam!
What a memorable day for Nigerian football
Highlights and Penalties


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

Recently I was with Sam Elijah and we talked about this particular match.He said things turned around cuz they believed it was insult for Nigeria losing 4 nil….Thank you bro for this memorable video.

richmond500:
Yemi Mobolade owns two restaurant and a church then became a mayor.
If it was Shinedyu or Ay-meka, he would have been an inmate

Why are we like this in this country….I don tire for all this tribal nonsensical comments here.

charlesemeka85:
yaya toure once’s played in ukraine and Greece before making it to bigger European leagues and clubs first with Monaco in ligue 1 before joining barca

The Bulgarian league also produced greats like Berbetov and ex Barca star Stoichkov who left the league and played for Europe’s finest teams

Bulgaria league no be am o except grace locate player playing in that very obscure league.

AndSunGorilla:
M sef be Baba Ibeji too with a boy and girl twin. Taiwo no go gree make im sister be 2nd wife. By God's Grace, I pray that Kehinde will become happiy married soon to a correct man. Now back to Taiwo, all the qualities you mentioned is solid but it could also be problematic. No body is God and no one can take care of everyone's challenges. In other words, "ore ni won" as K1 Ultimate sang, he said rora se, anybody to ba fe se ore. I don overtalk, peace ✌️

All I know he is wiser and very modesty…. Ha u Dey listening to Olu aye K1 de ultimate

codemaniacs:
Not rating a player playing regularly for a top team in a top league is 100% tribalism.

I disagreed Baba.I have some players I don’t rate and what does tribalism got to do with it.Pls Oga Code make we Dey talk football the way it should be abeg.

Fact Oga Chriskels believes we have Chuckwueze then why are we disturbing ourselves with Saka and the same Chriskels rate Ademola Lookman highly.

charlesemeka85:
same here I don’t rate him. He is just good at the basics and seem more like a wingback to me

Left footed winger with no flair and too rigid to my liking

It seems you love flair types but Finidi George changed my mind about basics players cuz he was damn too basic and understand the game very well.

AndSunGorilla:
Please help me tell Taiwo Ejire to invest well for his future o. Football is not for ever. Also I hope he has personal security now because of all those lazy useless thieves, make dem no try use am cash out.

How I wish you know Taiwo personally.A very religious boy who attend church than going to club.He is humanitarian to the core,giving out to ex players especially Ilorin based ex NPFL players who played the games even-when Taiwo was not born….On investments the boy is doing well with good guidance from Seyi Olofinjana…..Security yes you are right but Ilorin damn too peaceful and many don’t even know he is in town..

Kehinde Awoniyi is waiting for you o

elyte89:
Even though I align with some of ur points …but I doubt u will sound dis way if this guy happens to be an Igbo man and he’s attending one of ur important functions in ur village like agulu or so

Knowing fully well aw u cherish your culture 😎

Ha elyte Baba,Oga Chriskels no be tribal warrior o but he does not rate Saka which is normal in football world….

Bukayo with Sanwo Olu and his grandparents he visited in Ijomu Oro Kwara state,right side is Abayomi Saka his senior brother.

Taiwo Awoniyi in Ilorin to pay back to street football that moulded him…..na dis kind news Oga Chriskels want to hear o

ChrisKels:
Question answered! From your write up, you are celebrating him for his philanthropy "BigShoe Foundation" and not because he is a footballer of Nigerian descent.

And from your post you are not happy that he turned Nigeria down

ChrisKels:
Why exactly are you guys celebrating this kid's decision to visit his village? Football wise, this shit doesn't make any sense to me. For f's sake this kid didn't give a flying f about you all when he chose England over you. If he was looking for celebration, let him demand that from his English folks. You guys should stop disturbing us with this yeye noise abeg.


The ones who are worth celebrating over here are those sweating for us, not some English boys with African heritage.

The same Bukayo Saka paid for medical care of 120 Nigeria children battling life threatening diseases through Bigshoes foundation,with this he deserves special mention.

Sir,talking about these players should not be centered only on football reasoning.I will pick a foreigner who showed more value in humanitarianism than any Nigerians who has the capacity but refused to assists.

I will continue to celebrate Bukayo Saka based on what he did through Bigshoe foundation for Nigeria children.

Bukayo Saka entered Ilorin unannounced yesterday straight to his county IJOMU ORO to see his grandparents.

ZKOSOSO:
Nothing will change in the killings across the country until we all rise to retake our National life from the leprous fingers of Fulani supremacist in all aspects.

Tinubu can't fight them headlong with a stolen mandate. Only a man that Nigeria really voted for and who is not Fulani made can stop the killings.

Elrufai and Buhari people are the problems of Nigeria
They sit down to supervise the killings of people they are supposed to protect and did nothing. Look at their respective states of Katsina and Kaduna, endless massacre of people who are already traumatized by hardship.

I'm a sad man each day I see avoidable bloodshed across the country by Fulanis n Militia down South.

The man Nigerians really voted for? Stolen mandates? are you referring to Peter Obi? if yes is the answer….then let’s use Anambra as a case study on insecurity cus you believed with Peter Obi we are secured but SE is brimming with killings everyday…I know Tinubu can only succeed if his decisions are above tribal and religious sentiments,anything short of that we are in a long things.

inoki247:
Lol People wey dey resume by 12pm gossip all day and close by 4pm some always sit under the tree at the ministry to du amebo...

kai u too sabi Ilorin abi Kwara civil servants

humility33:
Sometimes when you look at the players in Nigeria cadet teams especially under 17 and 20 you can swiftly tell the part of the country the coach hails from......I am even surprised the team got to this level, even my colleague that barely watch nigeria matches hearing the names of the players knew at once the coach hails from the north.

Well I wish the boys well, they tried. Ladan Bosso tried.

Pls let’s stop this….Oga humility did you just noticed this after the team crashed out.

lbrichman2:
Age catching up with him

Do I say age catch up with Hazard or what do you think my man.

successmatters:
These kids needs to gain a year or two to provide for the year they will lose to ASUU strikes later in their lives.

The parents are wise.

Na una go comot child from good school in SS2 and registered the child in a village school where exam malpractices Dey go steady steady…..I have a friend who needed to do court affidavit to add two years to his child age just to attain mandatory university age.

Fraud everywhere in Nigeria

Onochie Anibeze must be on Kwara State payroll,why all these hypes…..well,well done Governor Abdulrazaq

TheGoodJoe:

You are just emphasizing my point.

Simple, let us not get too excited with the win because we were dominated. It is just a simple point.

Finito.

Nobody is excited but praising the boys for beating Argentina cus nobody gave them the chance to survive except two monikers here.

Philosopher1979:
This bribery stuff wont stand the test of time. Foreign clubs wont buy poor players and football academies wont make money.
If u run an academy that way it will collapse in less than 5 years.
U make a lot of money for a good transfer. Just 50000 dollars and u.
I hope the owners of our academies are not this short sighted. Its better to make millions in 7 years than to be scrapping for survival because of what u will eat today

If they can have your thoughts it would be nice….but I want to tell you something is wrong based on Japan vs Nigeria match.

Danielnino00:
Honestly, we can't really blame them... Many people are now looking for routes to Japa and start better lives abroad.. And it appears that some parents now see how viable a career in football can be in this age, unlike before when you go chop correct beating for playing football

Football as a career is all about talent but I have seen boys in academy that have no business going there.A very close friend took his son to academy paid huge money but it was obvious the boy can’t cut it.

The kids from rich homes are taking over while it takes grace for real guys to make it.

komekn:
Can you shed some more light on this please.

Are you talking about the relationships between parents and coaches in Nigeria or in Italy please

Yes in Nigeria.My bro need to scout for real talented guys for his Italy stuff but parents on hearing Italy tried to influence things.

My point,Nigeria academy would soon become NPFL type if care is not taken due to favoritism….Imagine losing to Japan 6–1 when we have real boys out there in Enugu,Lagos,Warri,Jos and many cities.

TheGoodJoe:
Thanks for the highlight. Like Damnnnn that goalkeeper can't even keep for street junior team B. Like heck. Where did they find him.

Secondly, the ball watching is insane. Like all players looking at the ball and very few watching out for opposition in spaces.

These kids looked atrocious with their controls.

I wonder how they were picked but despite this being a learning phase for the players, it also serves as a learning face for the organizees. We need more thorough scouting and screening process.

Nigeria academies is going NPFL way….Parents influencing academies coaches

do4luv14:
Sir it's Egbeda not Bariga, Saw it yesterday,

Bro's even went with private security

Sir,Bukayo Saka visited Bariga and possibly visited Egbeda too just like Shomolu

MetalJigsaw:
Bariga my childhood area

Bariga boy….na una King Sunny Ade(Baba Elesin ni Bariga} area people

Bukayo Saka in Nigeria with special visit to Bariga where his family came from,paid a visit to orphanage.

komekn:
At youth level winning is great ut development, learning and progression much better.

Arsenal may not win all the youth cups and tournaments but they are producing the top players of tomorrow.

Sir I don’t believe in winning the cup as determinant of greater tomorrow but having some players making progress after the tournament

komekn:
At 18 you should be showing it should no longer be wishful thinking 🤔 but more or less establishing high level quality potential.

So who are the individual players please

Sir are you not watching Nigeria U20 WC team

BascoVanVeli:
Chai

Kai where are those young street ballers in Enugu,Anambra,Lagos and Plateau States for God sakes…..Japan 6–Nigeria 1

quickberry:
George Weah didn't play at the world cup, but won both CAF and FIFA player of the year.

Yes Osimehn should nails it but CAF and politics na like 5&6.

Curtisaxel10:
This particular crop of boys are very poor. I saw them against Netherlands. Lack of talent is their major problem.

I hope their coaches scout better ahead of the next U-17 tournament.

If care is not taken Nigeria football academies is going the way of NPFL cuz of fraudulent agents who preferred collecting monies from parents for easy access to Europe.

My senior bro took some academy players to Italy recently and it was war to pick players due to coaches and parents relationships.

The coaches are ready to sacrifice talented ones for mediocrity

komekn:
Agreed

In addition the key 🗝️ component is progression in your football ⚽ career. Howany of the Argentine players will we see in the top leagues and clubs in the next few years .

And how many Nigerian will we see in top clubd and league that.is the pertaining issue.

Oga kokmne,I know you will love thegoodjoe opinion.

Yes Argentina player would makes good progressions than Nigeria players due to many factors that me and you know very well