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AndSunGorilla:
Egbon u know that Benjamin played because of circumstances as no big boy was available, if the older guys were there, he probably won't have played in the unity cup so it may not be about training.

Benjamin Frederick na my boy wey I Sabi very well...when he got his invitation I said it here,with no sentiment he is starting but some said NO...the boy na all rounder...I bet it he will play DM role and guys will forget Ndidi,put him there and see class..he was like Oliseh that had five star performance in his debut against Ethiopia in 1993 and never looked back... Benjamin Frederick na baller,no be player to warm bench especially with what we have in eagles

[quote author=AndSunGorilla post=137933922][/quote]One thing I know he is the deputy for Aina,Ryan Alebiosu hasn't showing enough in training like Benjamin Frederick did and earned his starting straight...hope to see Alebiosu against Uganda

Meliforme:
I don't know if you missed the point where Ejuke won a duel in the very zones Osayi was supposed to man primarily.
Ejuke provided the needed cover required of him.

Oga your boy nearly cost us,he won a duel but his overall performance was poor though better than Simon Moses,the duo don't deserve to come in,they did nothing,hope you saw where your boy was dispossess trying to do Okocha,that almost led to a goal....

TheSuperNerd:
Nigeria Super Eagles Top Performers vs Tunisia: Stats-Angle

1. Chances Created (Big Chances Created)

🥇Ademola Lookman - 4 (2)
🥈Victor Osimhen - 3 (1)
🥉Calvin Bassey - 2 (1)
🥉Akor Adams - 2 (1)



2. Duels won

🥇Wilfred Ndidi - 11
🥈Bruno Onyemaechi - 8
🥉Bright Osayi Samuel - 6
🟢Ademola Lookman - 4
🟢Calvin Bassey - 4
🟢Akor Adams - 4



3. Successful Dribbles

🥇Wilfred Ndidi - 1
🥇Ademola Lookman - 1
🥇Calvin Bassey - 1
🥇Akor Adams - 1
🥇Bruno Onyemaechi - 1



4. Accurate Passes/Passing succcess (Passing accuracy %)

🥇Semi Ajayi - 67 (92%)
🥈Calvin Bassey - 61 (95%)
🥉Alex Iwobi - 51 (86%)
🟢Wilfred Ndidi - 50 (94%)
🟢Bright Osayi Samuel - 42 (82%)



5. Total Shots (Shots on target)

🥇Victor Osimhen - 5 (1)
🥈Ademola Lookman - 2 (1)
🥈Wilfred Ndidi - 2 (1)
🥈Akor Adams - 2 (1)



6. Touches

🥇Semi Ajayi - 81
🥈Calvin Bassey - 74
🥈Wilfred Ndidi - 74
🥉Bright Osayi Samuel - 70
🟢Bruno Onyemaechi - 65
🟢Alex Iwobi - 64



7. Clearances (Headed Clearances)

🥇Semi Ajayi - 3 (1)
🥇Wilfred Ndidi - 3 (2)
🥇Bright Osayi Samuel - 3
🥇Bruno Onyemaechi - 3
🥈Victor Osimhen - 2 (2)
🥈Calvin Bassey - 2 (1)
🥈Chidera Ejuke - 2 (1)
🥈Frank Onyeka - 2 (1)



8. Interceptions

🥇Frank Onyeka - 4
🥈Wilfred Ndidi - 2
🥈Alex Iwobi - 2
🥉Calvin Bassey - 1



9. Tackles attempted (Tackles won)

🥇Wilfred Ndidi - 7 (6)
🥈Bruno Onyemaechi - 4 (3)
🥉Bright Osayi samuel - 2 (1)



10. Accurate Crosses

🥇Ademola Lookman - 4
🥈Akor Adams - 2
🥈Bruno Onyemaechi - 2



11. Accurate Forward Zone Passes

🥇Wilfred Ndidi - 29
🥈Alex Iwobi - 28
🥉Calvin Bassey - 26
🟢Semi Ajayi - 24
🟢Bright Osayi Samuel - 23



12. Final third pass entries

🥇Alex Iwobi - 10
🥇Semi Ajayi - 10
🥈Calvin Bassey - 8
🥉Bright Osayi Samuel - 7
🟢Bruno Onyemaechi - 4
🟢Wilfred Ndidi - 4
🟢Frank Onyeka - 3



13. Accurate Long balls (Long balls attempted)

🥇Calvin Bassey - 6 ( 8 )
🥈Wilfred Ndidi - 4 (6)
🥉Frank Onyeka - 2 (4)
🥉Semi Ajayi - 2 (6)
🥉Stanley Nwabali - 2 (13)



14. Recoveries

🥇Alex Iwobi - 5
🥇Wilfred Ndidi - 5
🥈Bruno Onyemaechi - 4
🥉Bright Osayi Samuel - 3
🥉Stanley Nwabali - 3



15. Defensive Contributions

🥇Wilfred Ndidi - 12
🥈Frank Onyeka - 7
🥈Bruno Onyemaechi - 7
🥉Bright Osayi Samuel - 5
🟢Victor Osimhen - 3
🟢Calvin Bassey - 3
🟢Semi Ajayi - 3
🟢Chidera Ejuke - 3



16. Most Fouled Super Eagle
🥇Bright Osayi Samuel - 3
🥇Bruno Onyemaechi - 3
🥈Calvin Bassey - 2



17. Touches in Opposition Box

🥇Victor Osimhen - 9
🥈Ademola Lookman - 4
🥉Akor Adams - 3
🟢Frank Onyeka - 2

Abi no be Bright Osayi name full everywhere for the stats and people are condemning poor guy, against Tunisia I rated him than Bruno

Mujtahida:
He was selfish during the qualifiers. He is playing well now and he's rightly being commended.

He wasn't my man... Lookman style of play to some is selfish but he is not...

TheSuperNerd:
See ehn, at this point, e tire me. Zaidu was bad last match. Chelle commot am, bring Bruno. At least make Bruno just manage abeg.
Thank God he has Bassey on his side of that defence.

Our LB role dey give me nightmares.

Reason why Chelle preferred Aina sometimes on the left

TheSuperNerd:
Lookman to Osimhen Again!!!!

Osimhen's 2 Afcon goals have only been provided by Ademola Lookman.

The Two APOTYs cooking!!!

Thank you but to dem dem Lookman is selfish

Negroid001:
Buh honestly. The united states won't help without getting something in return.

We dey talk how to end terrorism but here you're telling us US will give something in return....we don't care but terrorists must die

Nigerians gave Sunday Oliseh wotowoto o and the man was forced to open up

christejames:
At least, he served his term but Tinupoo evaded arrest and foist himself on a nation even though they committed almost the same crime

Do not worry vote for Invictus Obi in the next election

Na to dey distribute useless rice,very useless people representing us

TheSuperNerd:
Jury still out on how tactically sound Chelle is. Even against Tanzania we could see his midfield 2 still kinda leaves Ndidi overworked defensively with the Captain losing several duels despite his valiant effort to hold the forte.

Iwobi was brilliant offensively and creatively. Producing even 17 final third passes but defensively, he didnt help Ndidi. He made zero tackles and few recoveries. Even a free role playing Chukwueze made more recoveries than Iwobi. Lookman made more recoveries as well despite fitting in behind Osimhen and Akor on the LHS and centrally.

Bookmark this comment Doctor,our midfied will cost us again...Yes Iwobi gave two assists but something terrible is missing in his game and that's winning ball back and this always bringing a lot of loads on Ndidi

WarHammer2000:
Bro, He praised the team when they did well. The very term "lateral movement" which he used so often was used to praise Akor Adams' superb movements off the ball which he noted was probably a result of Adams' training in Spain.

I also remember he praised the Super Eagles when they started to keep the ball in the closing stages, saying this is exactly what they needed to do since they already had the lead.

As for the subs, he said that Adams was our best performing striker in the game up to that point and therefore, shouldn't have been removed except he was injured. This is correct. If Chelle wanted to put sentiment aside, Osimhen should have been taken off instead of Adams, based on their game performance.

Sir,no coach will take Osimhen out and leave Akor on the field in that minute.

ChrisKels:
When Akor and Chukwueze were subbed out, Oliseh; I don't see any meaning in this substitution because you don't make such subs at this stage of the game. At this stage you need your best players in the game, not sub them out.

10 minutes later after seeing the impact of Bashir and Simon, same Oliseh; Yea, that's why they were brought in to provide width. You know...when your team is finding it difficult going through the middle, you introduce players that can play from the wing. (That's same Oliseh praising the substitution he criticised 10minutes ago)

Everything about that man disgusts me.

Oliseh is Mr know all, perfect man and reason why Mikel said he was his worst coach ever

WarHammer2000:
Nigerians no like objectiveness lailai. Oliseh provided the BEST commentary I've ever heard from any of our ex players. Complete with good and articulate English grammar and technical terms and insight.

What exactly did he say that was a lie? Was our passing not slow in the beginning? Were the Tanzanians not sitting back and hitting us on the counter? Were they not dangerous from set pieces?

The problem here is that unlike Amokachi and co, Oliseh decided to do his job as an unbiased professional analyst rather than a Super Eagles fan behind the microphone.

A true analyst should go about his business like a Magistrate in court — even if his own brother breaks the law, the Magistrate should not hesitate to send him to jail.

Unfortunately, our people don't want that, we just want a hallelujah praise singer.

The bad news for everyone is, if his antecedents are anything to go by, Oliseh won't change because of the mob's noises. Get prepared to watch the rest of Nigeria's games on mute because it will be professional analysis all the way.

Haha and you wrote this cuz of Oliseh as commentator,Nawa o....well I just listened to where Oliseh said Osimhen should have curved the ball through the air than ground which was not possible,a good commentator would have praised the defender that cleared the goal bound ball and the other commentator did exactly that but here you're telling us how professional Oliseh is...go and listen to Efan Ekoku live commentary and see thorough professionalism.

HacheNoire:
Hollywood and American movies has conquered many psychologically.

They think US is the best country in the world when it does not even rank first in healthcare, education, security, tourism or infrastructure.

American movies formatted the brains of a lot of people.

Oga United States is the best country in the world

All these rich men always trying to prove points anytime they're at the receiving end...even in advanced counties people die during and after childbirth...well RIP to the lady.

Bossoflife25:
I meant 2021! Typo error!

Okay baba but Iwobi red card spoilt the match,that team would have reached semi final at least

Bossoflife25:
The only time we had all our players fit for AFCON was 2019.

For the first time we have a fully fit Osimhen, Lookman, Chukwueze, Iwobi, Ejuke, Akor, Ndidi, Onyeka, and Bassey. Then Nnadi (a profile like David Moses) that is seriously needed, Akin, and Onyedika. Just imagine Aina, Agu, and Federicks being fit for this tournament. We would have simply walked over everyone.
I would play Awaziem at right back, and pair Ogbu with Bassey. I don't trust Semi.

If we have had Osimhen in 2019, we would have won that cup without losing a single match nor play extra time. Senegal that won got out of their group with the help of the referee. Egypt that played the final against them was simply molested by our boys in the opening game.

Oya rate Ighalo of 2019 AFCON and Osimhen of 2023 AFCON cuz we didn't missed Yekini or Osimhen in 2019

ChrisKels:
Okoye has been away for long due to a ban, and barely a week after the ban, he should trade active football with his club for a bench roll(another added away from football) just to please people? Do you even care for his career?

Well, this was the meeting his club, the NFF and Okoye held, and NFF saw a reason in his case and decided to excuse him for his club.

Since he wouldn't be that important, why subjecting him to more inactivity after being inactive for months due to a ban?

My point who should we blame here cuz Oga Olorioko was blaming NFF which I disagree

oloriooko:
how does this justify the inclusion of a forgotten goalie?
nff has failed to manage these players effectively, talk of brazil goalies with first choice goalies sitting out may games yet without complaints

Oga olorioko why are you evading my comment,did you read it at all...Okoye excused himself so what do you expect Chelle or NFF to do,the only option to replace him is Uzoho who was part of the team before and a world cup keeper

oloriooko:
am so shocked Okoye is not on this team for afcon
obasogie and uzoho are liabilities and nff sanctioned them?
as usual, our greatest football enemy is nff

So NFF should roll red carpet for Okoye who demanded to be number one.The same NFF you're castigating didn't raised eyebrows when Okoye was invited from regional league to national team.....Okoye excused himself so blame him.

Kikelomogbenga:
Why will okoye risk his starting spot at club level?

Risking his starting spot for very average Udinese for AFCON na sin abi even Onana risked his starting then to warm bench in AFCON...we too dey hype for this country and as if Okoye never kept for Nigeria before or what assurance that Okoye will gives us good tournament performance like Nwabali did in the last AFCON.....This is the time for Okoye to snatch number one from Nwabali but fizzled out,meaning he hate competition.

fabyom:
How many AFCONs did Taribo win? Poverty mentality!

Oga Faby,how many AFCONs did Nigeria win .....just sixty four players from hundreds abi thousands that played for super eagles players won Afcon....those comments you quoted are sarcasms opinions,not that serious.

Goke7:
Dude’s father is from France and his mum Malian, I don’t know why Nigerians keep referring to him as a Malian and he actually complained about this in his interview with Segun’s Odegbami. Though he played for the Malian national team in his days as a player.

Chelle na proper Africa man,born in Cote D'Ivoire by French father and Malian mother.

No

NasirIbnLaAhad:
Start rant.

Okay,

Like I always say, certain people on this thread tend to be overly emotional and clueless when discussing salient issues. Why do you have to keep reminding us that Nigeria don't "deserve" to qualify for the World Cup as if we didn't all watch how shambolic their campaign was? We played terribly in the qualifiers - that's undeniable. The Super Eagles were embarrassing, and under normal circumstances, we have no business being anywhere near the World Cup after that performance. But what I don't get is why people can't see that this isn't about whether we "deserve" it based on our football. This is about the integrity of the competition. I'm not a legal expert so I can't say how valid this protest is but let's make one thing very clear: FIFA has rules for a reason. When you sign up to play international football, you're agreeing to follow those rules. DR Congo, like every other nation, submitted their players for eligibility checks through FIFA's official system. FIFA approved these players. That's the process.

But now we're finding out that these approvals may have been based on incomplete information. If DR Congo's own constitution says their citizens must renounce other nationalities by age 21, and these players didn't actually do that, then how can they legitimately represent DR Congo? You can't have it both ways - you can't use your passport to claim FIFA eligibility while simultaneously not following your own country's laws about who can hold that passport.

This isn't Nigeria being opportunistic. What were doing here is holding everyone to the same standard, because I can promise you, if the situation were reversed and Nigeria had fielded players who weren't properly cleared under our own laws, other nations will challenge it and be ready to die on that hill. So why the **** are people on this thread playing pretend and acting holier-than-thou with this issue? If DRC is proven guilty in this case, how is it our fault?

People say we're trying to qualify "through the backdoor,"... My brother the REAL backdoor is fielding players who aren't legally eligible and hoping nobody notices. If you get caught cheating on an exam, you don't get to keep your grade just because you already celebrated passing. The fact that the match already happened doesn't make the rules suddenly not matter.

Nigeria absolutely did not deserve to qualify based on how we played. Our football was atrocious, our preparation was poor, and we have nobody to blame but ourselves for being in this position. The NFF has been a disaster for years. But - and this is crucial - DR Congo may not have deserved to qualify either, if they did so by breaking the rules. Two things can be true at once. We can be terrible AND they can be ineligible. The question isn't "Does Nigeria deserve another chance?" The question is "Were the rules followed?" If they weren't, then the result should be overturned, regardless of how badly we played or how cynical our motivations might be.

FIFA needs to investigate this properly. If DR Congo can prove all their players were legally cleared under both FIFA regulations AND Congolese law, then fair play to them - they won fair and square, and we should accept our elimination with grace.

But if they can't prove that, if there was genuinely deception in the eligibility process, then the result should be voided.

There's nothing shameless about that. That's just how rules-based competition is supposed to work.

End rant.

Nice one bro

semid4lyfe:
Why does FIFA take so long to decide cases though?

Emilie Nsue made his debut for Equatorial Guinea in 2013 but it wasn't until 2024 that FIFA came out with their ruling that he was ineligible.

The SA-Mokoena issue, as open and shut as it was, it took months before SA were docked the 3 points and 3 goals.

Now this Malaysia issue, the petition was filed in June but FIFA just released their ruling December 17.

What are they investigating and verifying that takes so long? Make dem sha do fast in this DR Congo case make we know our fate by the end of January latest.

I'm screenshot this comment to someone very important.

charlesemeka85:
so u Dey follow that mumu Oma wey dey always talk from both sides of his mouth?

U fall my hand for this one 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Don't mind Oma,my big brother left the country last week Thursday cuz of this emerging case,yes he is member of FIFA ethics committee but Nigeria interest is paramount.

chrisooblog:
Hmmm the way this Congo matter is gathering momentum.

Even Osasu that's not exactly the NFF's biggest fan is on the matter.

Anyway until a miracle happens let's just nurse our failure jeje and plan for the future.

I said it here if Congo did anything against FIFA rule then they should forget it,there are rules guiding switching of nationality.I discussed this with my brother a SAN and member of FIFA legal team and he said and I quote "there are rules and if any nation goes against it then FIFA sanctions will be enforced strictly"

Odunayaw:
Okoye came into the team suspiciously as a third tier club GK. Platter of gold.
Fate handed him starting shirt. Platter of gold.

He shat the bed and rightly lost it.
He did nothing to get the shirt in the first place, did nothing to keep it and has done nothing to get it back.

And what criteria do you have to not rate Stanley over him?

The lad is an entitled freeloader

God bless you for this comment.What an insult asking to be number one even Osimhen didn't asked to be number 9,every players need to work for starting XI...with Nwabali fitness and erratic displayed of recent,Okoye has the opportunity to be number one in Afcon but decided to be left out

do4luv14:
Okoye had nothing to lose since after that game against TUNISIA, or It's ALGERIA, he had been going from strength to strength, if anything at all SE are the ones at lost here,

By now we should be boasting of 2-3 solid goalkeepers, ( OKOYE,STANLEY, and one other person )


But one small mistake we nearly crucified him, since then he had done well for himself and club,

While national team is an unforgiving ground, it takes patience to build and guides,

But we SE no even get one grain of patience, Same as awa glass house people wey sabi sack Coach

What's our offence against Okoye,are we the one that made Nwabali to snatched number one from Okoye and Uzoho,now he made a request to be number one which coach declined,even great Enyeama and Rufai never made such request...Onana as man utd first choice was on the bench during Afcon,then who is Okoye,fact eagles made Okoye despite being a foreign born,he got the opportunity,a regional league goalkeeper to national team,it was obvious he wasn't ready but Rohr guided him and used national team to secure his first major European moved to Rotterdam.He should be grateful.

oz4real83:
is it not a shameful thing that a country of over 200 million people can't produce a quality team that could defeat DRC Congo even if all their squad is filled with ineligible players?

Football is not about population but grassroots development