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The Senegal Vs Cameroon is the best game I've watched so far .

Fireworks 🎆, thunder 🎇 and Lightning ⚡ end to 🔚 just fabulous. Forget team tactics, this was African 🌍 Football ⚽ at its best. Mane is world class wow what a game

Amedino99:
kalvin Philips nko

DM that suits Southgate game.

Kalvin Philips has not had much game in Manchester city if any to be honest. However, the EPL is flooded with top players across the globe.

And the reality is tell me one English player that was not selected that's a DM that's better than him.

I forgot to say two of the best goal 🥅 keeper in Africa Mende and Onana.

This game is POWER 💪🏿 plus Power and athletic physicality IT'S RAW

Loving 😍 it

Two Lions🦁🦁 at war

Watching the Senegal Vs Cameroon game absolutely fantastic.

All European style discipline structured team play completely out the window, forget defence and structure it's just attack, attack plus attack X attack, Senegal may have had 5 corners in the first 20 minutes.

This a complete POWER GAME not for boys .

It takes me back to the days of raw skill power and talent and very little team tactics in THE AFCON of years ago.

It's just great End 🔚 to End 🔚

yinkeys:
It’s obvious you haven’t been watching Leicester play all season & when he’s on
I’ve been watching them because I try to follow Nigerian guys when I can
Against Ipswich, even the other teams in top 5
Kelechi seemed like a real threat.
He’s an experienced team player with a high football IQ & a deadly left foot
No point arguing this

That's all emotional hullabaloo with zero substance.

KC is a striker supposedly but he is not scoring any goals and how many assists did he get.

Right now KC position in Leicester is very shaky he is going to struggle to get back in. Essentially, because when he was in he did not do enough to be first choice striker.

37 year old Vardy has 6 goals from 18 matches KC from 20. has 5, And all you can say is , he is a real threat.🤔 objective appraisal and analysis.

Danielnino00:
Oga, dead that talk...as far as the super eagles is concerned, Iheanacho is a very important player... Akpom and Tella are untested and unproven in the national team... They will get their chance soon

Excluding the emotive favouritism surrounding Harry Maguire. When a player doesn't perform in club and league you get dropped.

Nobody is going to say you were good before therefore you will be good again. The question is howuch better will the in form club player be for the national team than the out of form player like KC.

You have anchored ⚓ your entire rationality on favouritism, double standard and conflicting preferences.

Has IGHALO not been exceptional for the SE why was he not invited ,he is doing it for both club and league in the HERE and NOW.

CaptainStephen:
Bros, forget consistent outstanding top level performances for club, KC would convert those most of those changes Victor has missed so far.

He has the most clinical ability in this context.

5 goals in the Championship after 20+ games says a big NO, add to that his well below average performance in the last two EPL seasons unable to score more than 5 goals a season says your wrong.

yinkeys:
KC is an amazing team player
He doesn’t always have to score
He creates spaces also for his team mates

I just hope they take their chances when we face Senegal or Morocco because we struggle to keep possession of the ball

My view is that if your cannot do it in your club and league then it's unlikely you can do it in the national team.

He doesn't justify his position either as a forward player striker or AM. He is not even fit.

The question ⁉️ is how much better would an in firm player be than a makeshift like KC.

yinkeys:
I thought world class strikers know where the woodwork is on the pitch without even looking
The clear chances he’s got aren’t even on target, can’t even find the woodwork. It’s ridiculous

I will constructively criticize Osimhen
He has not been lethal in this tournament
Grit & talent has been helping him
He’s not as technically sound as Boniface or Moffi

Osimhen scores difficult & impossible goals, aerial balls but fails to bury clear cut chances
It’s hard to watch when your top 9 isn’t taking clear chances. He doesn’t really have to do much but find the woodworks

Our boy is ballooning balls and can’t even find targets. He should be hitting target with his eyes closed
A decent ground ball against CIV would have gone in
Against EQG he hurriedly took that shot and it went way out of target
Like was the sun & heat really affecting him

He needs to score clear cut chances because our team can’t keep the ball and string 10 or more passes. It could hunt us in the knockout stages.

Chukwueze is playing a selfish game, holding into the ball for too long. I’m only impressed with Lookman upfront.
Maybe the English raised players are more technically sound than Nigerian bred.
Can’t wait for technically sound Iheanacho to get on the pitch to teach these guys how it’s done

I agree with most of what you have said more or less.

However, consider the bold with regards to KC that yo have said.

The basis for national team selection is consistent outstanding top level performances in yoo club and league. Not past glories.

KC has not been able to score more than 5 goals in the the last two seasons in the EPL. He is currently in the Championship it was projected by many here that he would destroy the Championship but it's the other way round now.

KC is just recovering from injury and can not bermatch fit , he is not in form and is off the boil. He should not really be in the squad. He had not been able to teach anybody how it's done in club and league.

It would have better to bring Chuba Akpon and Nathan Tella.

ChrisKels:
Aina reduced Boga to nothing

They were team mates at Chelsea no surprise.

For me Aina is a complete footballer he was like the Nigerian Trent Alexander.

MOTM

The end of Uzoho and the beginning of Nwabili

AndSunGorilla:
He needs serious tongue lashing by his team mates and the coach after the game.

It's very normal behaviour when you have been sitting on the bench watching a carpenter like Zaidu.

As soon as your come on you feel your have something to prove he should have taken his shot a ot earlier he was looking for validation and glory.

Best player today for me was Aina ( complete footballer)

There is no denying we won the game but did not beat CIV a lot of luck, we did not dominate. It's football ⚽ you can get lucky .

CIV throwing the kitchen sink and everything they got at this game.

I think it's too much too late .

We have won it admittedly with a bit of luck.

Although we are very lucky

penalty 4 Nigeria 100%

Second half it's imperative they bring on Aribo to create some inventive attacking opportunities.

Let's see

Zaidu needs to be substituted.

charlesemeka85:
Jpes should sub zaidu off second half then bring aina to that flank and Osayi to the other side

Agreed without question

They midfield has to many water 💦 carriers apart from Iwobi no creativity invention and imagination, just flat .

Zaidu hmmm

VO is a very aggressive relentless determination, he is strong but that gra gra in that works in Napoli and Seria A with Oyibo eeee no go work here .

All these CIV guys no be potato dem deh chop it's Yam.

VO needs to use more pace and he needs through balls

Agbado and beans see cross by professional footballer ⚽, Chei.

When I said Zaidu is a hmmm Dundee United

We need to be careful not to get yellow card too soon

Whaaeeten Fofana deh chop Iron 🧇

charlesemeka85:
Osimehn why na 😳

He has to score

Oh no that's not good we nearly concede

Nice slap by VO

Bassey playing midfield hmmm 🤔 ok oh

Marjoribanks:
Tight situation how? This shows the Ivorians are not that good! It is the Ivorians that should be scared scoring just 2 goals against the weakest team of the tourney!

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Then we should we should score 10

humility33:
So Aribo is more creative than Iwobi ?

Komekn

That's not what I said .

Outside of Iwobi the most creative innovative midfielder in the current squad is Aribo IMO.

Danielnino00:
Zaha is overrated... He hasn't made any impact for Ivory Coast since he started playing for them.. thats why it was very easy for them to drop him for another player..
Truth is that countries like Ivory Coast,Senegal, Mali,Morocco, Guinea, Burkina Faso and the other francophone African countries hardly lack talented players due to their relationship with France that makes it easier for migrants from those countries to enter France..Unlike the UK with strict migrant policy...
Also, I say it without apology that France breeds better player than England...

I don't like the word breed it's condescending and smacks of a slavery mindset.

France had the policy of assimilation with it's colonies and treated Africans as French citizens. The British had the demeaning policy of Divide ➗ and Rule or if you like create divisions and separate with contention.

You have far better racial mix of coaches and decision makers in French football ⚽. This makes a huge impact on players selection and development.

I have watched PSG academy play at several tournaments 95% of the players are black 🖤. You will only find something comparable like that at Arsenal and Chelsea.

The Zaha situation doesn't add up for me , yes his French is not great ( in order to relate you must communicate) there is much more to this 😮 in my opinion.

For those who said Zaha has limited impact for CIV see clip below ;



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d2LQhy-H1g?si=iBZcFOtnEKT0_Xpz

Starboytwo:
even komekn himself don't rate the Turkish league, so why even mentioning some Zaha playing there??

Same Zaha that cannot be a franchise player in Man utd, but can dribble everybody for palace. Till date, the community shield he won in Man utd is the only silverware of his "franchise career" nothing else won. He didnt even play upto 5 games for united. Compare with Simon Moses, Belgian champion with KAA Gent 14/15. Belgian Super cup 15/16. Slovak champion 13/14. Slovak Cup winner 13/14. French cup winner with Nantes, 21/22.

Zaha contract expired and he went for the money 🤑 and ended up in Galatasaray.

One of the best forward player in the EPL consistently Outstanding in the EPL apart from when he had problems with an inept David Moyes at Manchester United when he was 19/20.

It was rumoured he was doing the DO with Moyes daughter that caused all kinds of issues.

He is still wantrd by several EPL clubs and it's an insult to compare him to Moses Simon.

Kog45:
Hope you remember football is 90 minutes game and not that easy dropping crosses into opponent box but few crosses should be utilized like Osimhen did with Lookman cross,against EQG the crosses are enough but Osimhen was not in his best.

If we can improve on that we should beat CIV

EQG had more team cohesion than we did and we struggled against them , we relied on individual ability than team play.

If we struggled against EQG , it's going to be a long day against a team with home advantage.

However, the pressure is on CIV not Nigeria to impress the home fans. I want to believe SE players know that this game is do or die and will be fully committed.

comodo:
Abeg no dey confuse us. Zaha was not dropped because others were better than him. It was beyond football reasons. Abeg

I just know he was dropped please tell us why

Kog45:
The consistent crosser of the ball in eagles history is Finidi George now assistant coach.I expect him to give the wingers more lesson on it.Well against EG we had decent crosses and one led to a goal.

What lessons, you don't come to the national team to Learn but DELIVER, what you have been doing your club and league week in and week out.

I've said this a thousand times, crossing the ball is a basic skill set learned at Academy level.

I digress because it's no use crying 😭 over spilled milk. But Fisayo, Tella, Akpom, should definitely be in this team. But we brought passengers.

Look at CIV bench no passengers even Zaha did not make the team.

Omanambala:
As far as I am concerned, Iwobi is not a midfielder and doesn't have the capacity to create play for the SE. We have been watching that boy for over s decade and he practically brings nothing to the table. Iwobi is a liability to the SE. He is harming is more than hell. The man walks around the pitch all day doing nothing and suddenly makes one little pass and he will be celebrated like a hero. He is a pretender and has nothing to offer the SE.

Go and get a new 🆕 TV I think it's analogue and black and white