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TheSuperNerd:
I will drop 4 names. Coach Aliyu should ensure they dont get so much time on the ball especially in critical game phases.

#7 Carrizo (RW), #4 Gorosito (RWB/RB), #3 Soler (LB, LWB and their captain), & #5 Milton Delgado (CDM).

These 4 guys are more dangerous than their top scorer, #9 Sarco. Everything runs through them.

Coach Aliyu must limit their influence and cut out their passing channels.

Maigana should keep Soler engaged when off the ball with Ochoche in support. He loves to overlap and come inside.

For Carrizo and Gorosito... Okoro will need big help from Haruna Aliyu or Ahmed Akinyele (if Ahmed's head is back in the game) - The LCB. Daniel Daga as the team's defence screen will also be needed to truncate the Argentine influence down that right.

Daga has to be on Carrizo most especially. He is their major creative outlet and the right channel or right half space is his habitation. Can also venture centrally.

Gorosito should be eagle watched by Okoro with help from the LCB (Ahmed/Haruna/Alatan).

Note: Whichever of these two (Gorosito or Carrizo) gets on the ball down the right, watch the other one not on the ball, making the run and block them both. Ensure they dont see progressive passing or running channels so they are forced to recycle back or lose possession when we press.

Then midfielder, Delgado should not be afforded too much time in the middle, on the ball to think or pick out progressive passing lanes. He is their creative passer from deep.

Getting in the face of these Argentines and pressing them cloesly will frustrate their plays. Be compact and explode on the counter when we get the ball.



On our attack, among other things, Coach Aliyu should keep employing the crossing tactics that finds Nasiru Salihu in space in the box. Ochoche on the right and Okoro via this left (this time coz of Sani's absence) should spam crosses when we get forward down the channels and have enough numbers overloading the Argentine box. The Argentines cant handle chaos in their box. Saw it against Cuba and Australia.
But the crossers should also employ Cutbacks for late runners like Ayuma or Daga from deep who can hit those belters. I have noticed we dont employ cutbacks.
Alternate these two crossing tactics and we could have more than a chance via the channels.


Sani Suleiman will be a huge miss and I dont trust Orseer Achichi to deliver enough threat on the LW. I see him starting vs Argentina on the left and I hope he brings his A game but I would risk playing Charles Adah Agada there on the left as a way of providing an outlet like Sani does and also acting in strong physical threat support of Kparobo Arierhi.
With Charles starting, I expect Okoro to bomb forward and provide those cutbacks like he did at the U20 Afcon and to hit dangerous crosses.
Charles knows how to track back and defend too so that is part of my decision to risk him in Sani's absence.

If Achichi starts, he must be tasked with finding Kparobo or Salihu whenever the slightest critical moment arrives, with crosses, passes, layoffs etc. And must defend like hell to not overburden Okoro.

I dont know much about Shittu Ele in attack. So cant speak of what he can bring.

Tahir Maigana on the right could be our match winner if he can hit target with one or two of his trademark Robben-esque feint-and-run dribbles while cutting inside. We will need a huge A-game from this talented kid.

Finally on our LCB issue, Haruna Aliyu will need to be more alert defensively and tidier with his passing. Ahmed Akinyele should be playing but being dropped for the Colombia game says a lot.
In any case, Alatan Azuka who came in for Okoro for the last 10mins+ vs Colombia can also capably play LCB but shaa... I have to admit Haruna have recorded more clearances per 90 than all our defenders since he stepped into the 2nd game vs Saudi Arabia.

So much to say Kog45 but I want to believe Coach Aliyu will employ same general approach as Ladan Bosso did 2 yrs ago against the technical argentines. But he must not let those 4 lads I name dropped out of his tactical sights. Their influence must be reduced to minimal in this game.

How we stop/neutralise the effects of those 4 lads is just as important as how we attack and stun the Argentines.

You welcome.

RESPECT DAN DON

Hmm and state governor is playing politics with this insecurity telling us oppositions are responsible,very reckless statement....funny deputy governor is from ORO AGO a town known for her thick forests used by bandits to hide and launch onslaught

Oya show us bandits you have neutralize?cuz bandits don sent people packing from Kwara North and South to Kwara Central

TheSuperNerd:
Chaaaiiii... I will miss Sani Suleiman against Argentina oooo. Orseer Achichi or whoever will play LW gotta be ready to play proper balluuu.

Pls Doctor,your tactical input is needed against Argentina.Thanks TheSuperNerd.

aariwa:
When you set bad precedent like tinubu emilokan and drug history, you corrupt society and pollute young ones. If people like tinubu, buruji kashamu, Muiz agbele etc that made billions from drugs and became negative role models to youths were caught and put in prison, by now most youths would have been discouraged from going into drugs business because they will be deterred by the consequences

EMILOKAN used by Adelabu brought this your epistle...pls is Adelabu into drugs?

TheSuperNerd:
These euro scouts sef. They only have eyes for DMs from Africa. Creative midfield talents nko. Everytime DMs, CDMs. It is boring abeg. It does not excite as much anymore because we have an army of CDMs in Europe.

PEP and his likes don turned football to robotics....the scouts during the screening,love players who does it with ease with ball,like timing,passing and recovering rate,funny less focused on dribbling cuz they believed Africans are skillful naturally.

TheSuperNerd:
Another DM talent again. Na wa oo.

Ndidi don dey old nau

TheSuperNerd:
This is fantastic. What position does he play?

DM baba

semid4lyfe:
Your boy that runs like a Ninja turtle, and is all brawn and no brain?

He definitely has a godfather cos he didn't do anything in that Russia friendly to warrant invitation ahead of Christantus Uche, Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, Anthony Dennis and Gift Orban.

Goodluck to him, and I wish him the best with the Suoer Eagles.

Haha,no be Olakunle invitation go deny eagles WC ticket even with all our star players we dey struggling, imagine 3 points deducted from South Africa where we dey for log..na me be him Godfather baba Semi

Ragingthunder:
aribo for what

I no understand o when we have Akinsanmiro doing it in serial A.. Chelle don't want to gamble,reason why he picked the oldies Iwobi,Onyenka,Ndidi and Alhassan,good Uche has been recalled but Akinsanmiro would have been a tonic just like Frederick Benjamin

Another star is born,Adamu Khalid signed for Sporting Gijon from street of Ilorin,a graduate of Geology Kwara State University 2022,got the opportunity when group of Spaniards came to Ilorin for open talent screening in 2024 which I was involved,under 30 minutes Khalid caught the attention of scouts.....my candid advice to young parents that are not sure about their children mixing education with sports,pls it's possible cuz "TALENT NO DEY HIDE"

Did anyone noticed Landon Emenalo on the bench for Chelsea against Liverpool.He is the son of Mike Emenalo

robosky02:
Osimhen reaction after was called a black monkey

Thanks to Wilfred Ndidi that calmed him down

Ndidi used Lagos street slang "O boy wetin nay" to calm Osimhen down

Spainever:
Who is the godfather of Olakunle Olusegun?
His inclusion in the list sound awkward and embarrassing to those players working hard in European and Home league ..Going into two decisive world cup matches with a lean midfield shows Chielle is extremely lucky to coach super eagles of Nigeria. Whatever happens in the two matches do not justify for the reasons to ignore players like Gift Orban,Uche and Akinsanmiro

Abeg leave my boy alone,Olakunle Olusegun didn't have any Godfather,the Russia friendly gave him the opportunity,so possibly Chelle saw something good in him,well he is a good player right from his tutelage in ABS Ilorin with Benjamin Fredericks.

APCNig:
O to ge. Saraki passed his boundary and we kicked him out. Now he has joined the Northern Oligarchy to cause trouble in his state

Hmm, state of emergency is loading in the state and Una eyes go clear soon

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We go World cup na handsome players you dey look for,abeg who told you Calvin Bassey fine

Na only in Nigeria bank MDs are rates amongst the richest.

TheSuperNerd:
Nairaland now has night mode feature. Or was it always there?

Scroll up & Check the top right corner of your screen

Observation.

Yes cool

Philosopher1979:
We can easily surpass morocco. We have the basic. Football academies produce players at a fast rate. We just need.
1. Good coaches with food tactics.
2. Stop selecting okayers based on bribery and man know man.
I suspect this u20 was selected partly based on bribery. Like 30% were based on bribery. Even at that there is a 16 year old kamaldeen wanted by Chelsea and who is touted as the next okocha in this u20 team. I hope our coaches will start him. I'm not joking the boy is wanted by Chelsea and some Belgium clubs. The funny thing is whoever is our coach might not start him in our next match.
3. Also our coaches in the Super Eagles should encourage young players into the team. Players like ebenezer akinsanmiri, even the 16 year old kamaldeen. Just anyone who shows some stuff. We can at least try them out in friendlies. That's all. The academies are doing fine job. There is also one winger called elijah odede in troyes in French division 2. Chelle our super eagles coach needs to be proactive

Hmm,you said the selection was based on 30% bribery and funny you cited Kamaldeen Jelili who can be used against the coach as an example as a good picked.

I'm not saying Kamaldeen Jelili got into the team based on sentiment but if I tell you the relationship between Kamaldeen Jelili's Father and the coach then you would have used Kamaldeen as an example of bribery without thorough investigation.

Let's just hope the team gives us good prospects for the future

njokuuche77:
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Hmm, fornicating for good 13 years with two kids,do we called the innocent children out of marriage children or what......well congratulations

BankyGee:
@Ragingthunder
Can you see we dodged a bullet by signing Uğurcan Çakir instead of Ederson? 😁

Back-to-back MOTM performances from the guy. His reflexes are too sharp.
Singo is a proper beast
Ismail Jakobs too is a killer
Baris Alper Yilmaz is good but selfish most times, same as Yunus Akgün.

Make Osimhen dey 100% fit first.

No be him dey goalposts against Frankfurt?

slivertongue:
I hope it won't end half way which is the character of this govt

...must you comment if you are not happy with the development

LagosOrigin:
Because dangote is a northerner abi?

If it's a southerner that owns dangote, will he say this

Oga thumb up,even if it's not Tinubu come 2027 then it should be another southerner.

TheSuperNerd:
@Kog45... Pls this line by comodo is very important. Coach Aliyu must take note. Fast transitions. Quick turn of defence into attack. Crearting shooting or goal chances in just less than 5 passes. We must not let the opponents reshape properly before we try to laboriously break down and strike...

With Outlets like Sani, Maigana and Kparobo we can do it but quickly. Anyone who wins back possession must be quick to send it forward into our runners up top to quickly capitalise on their retreating disorganised rest defence.
Once we regain possession from an opponent attack, the outlets must be on the run towards the opponent area immediately and the ball sent forward.

Watch the offside trap and if we are inside our own half by chance, it wont be offside... just send it forward and let the boys uptop do the rest.

Noted

Mujtahida:
The point is that those boys even if they are within the age limit, they ought to have grown beyond cadet football. So for them to keep featuring means that they are not developing. It also means that the coaches are not scouting new talents.

Possibly the talents are not good enough?

TheSuperNerd:
Rohr will forever be the man that handed SA their first competitive victory over us and it came on our own turf in Uyo.

This same man picked a rubbish midfield combo consistently and lost to minnows like CAR in Abuja and struggled to a home draw vs Cape Verde in Lagos (I saw that game live).

So rest. He has not qualified anyone yet. Let him beat us then we can talk. I am sure you will be supporting Benin against us that day.

Rohr pikin.

Doctor you too like wahala,na super eagles caused SEE FINISHED

comodo:
Saudi will deploy the same tactics which Norway used. Hoping to hit on the counter because of the high line which he operates. So he d better start drilling the boys on how to break their wall and same time curtail school boy errors at the back. I wasn't happy that the boys will first allow Norway to fall back to a compact shape before they progress ball into their half.

God bless you baba

TheSuperNerd:
Then what a privilege this is. I want this U20s to do well at this WC but then I dont know how seriously they will take any suggestions here.

Achichi should not be starting over Sani Suleiman on the left. Maigana can keep his place on the right but with instructions to bring his 2nd half form early in the first half of the next game vs KSA.

Daniel Daga should push forward as he does at Molde and break the lines of the opposition with his dogged running & shoot when he is near or around the box. Let him leave the ball distribution to Ayuma. Once he collects from the defence, find Ayuma with a pass and push forward to find space between the lines.

This is also to provide more support for Kparobo up top. The wingers (Sani, Maigana), the AM Salihu and then Daga pushing up should provide passing lanes we can connect and exploit to create shooting or goal chances.


Furthermore, tell them to stop building through the feet of Daniel Bameyi. He is not technically astute to connect passes with his long balls. They are wasted most of the time. If Daniel Bameyi must pass, let him keep it low and find Ayuma or Akinyele to build from the rear.

I would also suggest Aliyu to drop Bameyi but I know that wont happen. Alatan Azuka is on that bench and a better CB than Bameyi and left footed. It is still painful how injury knocked out Freedom Marvellous.


Finally, back to the attack, tell the fullbacks (Okoro, Ochoche) to alternate between crosses and cutbacks. When they overlap, crosses should not be their only options. Cutbacks is another weapon but for it to work, Daga and Salihu have to be positionally aware to pounce when it comes.

I dont mention Kparobo and the wingers coz it is their job to invade the box and make it look like the fullback wants to cross, so the defensive line is pulled away with them creating the gap that daga, Salihu or even Ayuma can come into and tap in towards goal.

When the opponent defence is taller than attack line, high crosses must be avoided.

God bless you Doctor

Mujtahida:
I think you are right. I've been hearing of Daga and Bameyi since for ever and every iteration of youth tournament, they feature in the team.

I think youth teams should be about the future sometimes not even the results.Yes Daga and Bameyi always making the team brings questions.

The law I have seen homegrown youth player who used his real age 14 and played in under 18 tournament and made the tournament XI,if such boy makes under 20 team at 16,meaning he can make 3 appearances for under 21 team.

TheSuperNerd:
You are friends with Aliyu Zubairu?? And Usman Garba Suleiman is your brother?

Yes Lukman Ijaya assistant coach and Aliyu Zubair is a childhood friend right from open ground field in Ilorin stadium,am one of the people that told him to take coaching seriously when he was managing boys with nothing,from there to NIS