drDoom3: Like I said earlier, he is our second best striker on the ball besides Iheanacho. Look at the way he was spraying the crosses and passes like prime De Bruyne.
A Sadiq with confidence and teammates on the same wavelength is deadly.
Interestingly, he's almost never in the discussion whenever we are discussing strikers for the SE I feel for the guy But he's doing the right thing Keeping his head down and working hard I believe his time will come
Joezinho: If Eguavoen likes he should invite nwakali next month.
We are tired of seeing all these Carpenters and jebusites in the SE team. When was the last time he played for his club? He should sort out his problems with his club or his villagers.
They should stop giving caps to shitty players. Same mistake keshi did. How long are they gonna push that kid abi man? Sadiq is in the same segunda league. Dude is balling. Eguavoen and amuneke better behave themselves..
Don't worry, Nwakali will not be invited for the WC Qualifiers
dankorode: haaa! So we get better goal keeper like dis
My brother See how the guy dey stop shots like pure water He's definitely carrying that team just like Enyeama was carrying Lille then I'm not surprised he's been made the captain now We should invite him ASAP
Very high concentration levels Superb confidence, exudes it Knows when to rush out and when to stay back Excellent with both feet Knows how to do long and short passes Great reflexes In short, I LOVE THIS KEEPER!
forgiveness: But he has been employed already ooo and he is not that bad but don’t expect ghen ghen football from him oooo.
I don't think he's bad You know coaches can't do much with average players We have above average players, atleast in Africa Even Rohr boosted his CV with our team I expect Peseiro to do better
fabyom: Saying he had a sleepless night doesn't necessarily mean he did. It's a soothing way to address those not selected that they are not forgotten! It's a human relation term. Ivory coast drew with Sierrialeone but defeated Algeria. My G, football is not mathematics.
Equavoen's tactic was spot on. In the first half, Algeria had one shot on target which came in the first 5 minutes. Their tactic is to neutralize our attack and hit us on a counter. Equavoen knew that's why our forwards did not press in the first half and Moses withdrew a bit backward. This is a knockout stage you don't just go all out against the 2nd best team in Africa.
In the 2nd half, we decided to be more proactive because Equavoen could see what the Tunisians were trying to do. Iheanacho lost the ball and they countered, a long pass to Aina's position just needs Aina to trap the ball but he lost it. These are the little loss of concentrations that made Rohr prefer Awaziem to Aina. Before our backline could recover boom a straight waving shot, took a bounce in front of our goalkeeper. A routine save with two palms but Okoye went with one (Bad positioning).
Equavoen saw a need to press their backline which Iheanacho and Awoniyi were not doing. He brought on Olayinka to press and Iwobi to control the midfield (Switching to 4-3-3) formation. Simon to drive in and Sanusi to go wide. Same with Chukweze and Aina. As we began to take charge of the game Iwobi miss-timed his control and ... red card.
Nevertheless, we maintained the game plan and there were several occasions Simon drove in and Sanusi drifted wide to receive the ball. This game plan allowed us to press the Tunisians even with 10 men, and when Sadiq came on, Olayinka took Chukweze position drifting in and Aina going wide. That was how Olayinka was able to locate Sadiq unfortunately he shot wide (P.S: Sadiq and Olayinka gave it all, pressing, running, and dribbling).
Simon was able to locate Ndidi twice just outside the 18-yard box and he shot unbelievably wide. You don't give such space to a player like Partey or Kessie and won't pay dearly. Ndidi's shooting let us down. Comoros scored a free-kick from 30 yards but we have no player that can score from 20 yards. Wow!
Equavoen got his tactic spot on as it allowed us to control the game without headache, unlike our previous qualifiers.
It was the qualities of our players that let us down. A keeper that can't save a direct shot, a striker that failed to convert a through ball, a DM that can't shoot, and a 10 that got a red card. Even with 10 men, we had the chance to equalize. Hardluck but as Iwobi wrote on his IG page, the Super Eagles shall be back. Patience my people!
BascoVanVeli: When Ighalo made his error it was Nigeria vs Ighalo, when Mahrez scored a top class goal against Akpeyi even though he kept us in the game it was Nigeria vs Akpeyi. Sadiq Umar struggled and even though we won it was Nigeria vs Sadiq. So why is it that now that we see something way worse we are making excuses The boy made a monumental mistake and that's that.
The hypocrisy that this moment is bringing up is alarming. If that goal was scored in street football u would be angry at the goalkeeper.
drDoom3: There was something Eguavoen said in the post-match interview that made me realise that he is a good coach, but not an excellent one.
He said that you cannot change your playing style in the middle of a tournament.
Every excellent coach changes their playing style IN THE MIDDLE OF GAMES THEY ARE NOT PERFORMING IN, let alone in the middle of a month-long tournament.
Football is like chess. I am participating in a chess tournament. I have a specific opening sequence I used to win my first three games. In my fourth game, my opponent who is higher ranked plays a move right off the bat that shows he knows what my opening sequence is and he is ready to counter it. What do I do? If I continue with my sequence, I will be at a disadvantage because my opponent knows what I will play and is prepared. Every good chess player will IMMEDIATELY improvise.
From the first ten minutes, it was clear these Tunisians knew exactly what we planned to do and they were ready for it. A simple move Eguavoen could have made could have been to tell Chuks and Simon to switch wings. Very simple move and it could have messed up the Tunisians gameplan because the 3 guys marking Simon would immediately be confused and have to switch responsibilities to other guys unprepared for it.
I mean, I thought the same, why not ask them to switch wings? We could all see that Simon was being caged We're not even talking subs now, just in game management Do that for 10 mins, see how it goes, etc Eguavoen goofed in that respect
Starboytwo: We would have been swearing for rhor and moses Simon right now if it was gernot rhor. We would have drew 0-0 with Egypt, won Sudan 1-0 and draw guinea, with below par performance as usual
How did that man last 5 years?
Anyways, was watching some South African show on Dstv earlier today(super tube) and the way the southie lady rep and have so much confidence in our team winning afcon, meself shock.
This is a team abeg. I wish we didn’t concede that mumu penalty. Don’t know what else to add, oh, super happy Sadiq scored after all, was one of the few people rooting for him, Nigeria loves goal, so hopefully forgets his Sadiq moments.
So happy all the boys got a run out, all of them..
Truth be told, I still want to see Sadiq given more minutes albeit in a different set up He may have missed chances today, but I feel it's due more to his nerves than ability That goal would do wonders for his confidence I believe we will see a different Sadiq next time
12large1: It’s not about how you start, but how you finish. If Eguavoen doesn’t reach the finals or win this tournament, it will be considered as bad
Forget story They are already exceeding expectations as it is I know you're disguising your hope by sounding a mock warning But relax and enjoy football They are playing well, the results will come
Stop putting yourself under undue pressure wey nobody send you
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