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This is funny..
Not sure how true it is though

Odunayaw:
Our entire backline could waltz into the team of the tournament

Something wey Dem go pack Morocco players full there

yinkeys:
This could be his last AFCON
He may not make the next list

On account of this AFCON showing, Ajayi ain't going nowhere!!

Odunayaw:
Iwobi did sign of cross before taking his pk "nonchalantly"
If he had missed, pitchforks would have come out

Wo, this life sha no fail

Simple!

BankyGee:
NIGERIA HAS NEVER FINISHED 4TH IN AFCON HISTORY 😁🦅🇳🇬

We too good be that

zuchyblink:
After 7 matches (90/120 minutes) Chelle won 5 and drew 2.
Scored 14 and conceded only three
His team did not concede all through the knockout stage.

And they say they are not convinced
Lol

SymphonyRad:
Hopefully Chelle builds on this cause we are finally solid in defence and goal keeping, Arthur Okonkwo will join soon as #2 to Nwabali and Benjamin will miss his defensive best friend (Bassey), Ajayi is in his best prime and will provide effective leadership till he retires with a gold trophy in AFCON 27/28 insha Allah.

The foundation already looks good, the only few tweaks needed will be for Chelle to inject new prospects (as he promised) like Durosinmi who will be the next big #9 for us to understudy Osimhen and build a partnership with Akor (who is learning a lot from Osimhen already). We need them as reliable strikers who can hold it down when Osimhen is injured etc

Lastly the North curse seems to be broken under Chelle, we beat every North African team in this tournament except Morocco
(arguably the best and most complete team in Africa at the moment) we didn't lose to them in regulation time, it took PKs with all the dodgy officiatings and Chukwueze's gaffe for them to beat us.

I make bold to say that right now, no African team can talk to us on the pitch except for Morocco, Senegal and maybe Ivory Coast.

Even that Morocco, e no sure for them if we meet on neutral ground

yinkeys:
I agree
We couldn't beat Morocco and Egypt in 90 minutes
Lacked ideas, they were trying to get Iwobi on the ball a lot
We need more outlets

Exactly
Even though Onyedika stepped up a bit in the second half

Meliforme:
On Eric Chelle, I am not convinced.

Say all you want.

He is a good coach, but he is not yet there.
With all the quality at his call, very good coaches have actually shown their tactical superority over him.

Eric Chelle is a good coach but lacks sufficient depth.
Depth will come with experience and the willingness to learn.
Anyways he is still young with a lot of promise.

Thank you
Let him stay on
The quality will come to the fore

Papi85:
New players I wan mk Chelle to give a chance

Dennis Anthony- Goztepe CDM
Philip Otele- Basel FW
Chubuike Nwaiwu - Trapzonspor CB/CDM
Arthur Okonkwo- Wrexham GK
Femi Azeez- Sheffield United RB
Miguel Azeez- Millwall FW
Emmanuel Fernandez- Glasgow Rangers CB

We still need creative midfielders

TheSuperNerd:
😂

Consistency if you ask me
When we didn't win the gold, we got the bronze
That's excellent

If we fix our FA and administrative issues, we can rule African football for decades

TheSuperNerd:
Stanley Nwabali in Major Competitions for the Super Eagles.

13 Afcon Matches, 8 Cleansheets.

Major Comps PSO:
- 2023 Afcon Semis PSO vs SA: Saves 2 PKs
- 2025 CAF WCQs Playoffs PSO vs DRC: Saves 2 PKs
- 2025 Afcon Semis PSO vs Maroc: Saves 1 PK
- 2025 Afcon 3rd place PSO vs Egypt: Saves 2 PKs


Nigeria's Best Cleansheet record in Afcon history is held by Vincent Enyeama with 10 and he did it in 4 tournaments (present in 2008 edition but benched by Ejide Austin so not counted).

Nwabali - Nigeria's Number 1🥇🧤

I have said it severally, Nwabali can be as good as Enyeama, if he isn't already is..
I just need him to land a good team in a good league, even if na the Israeli Lahat, we go manage am

He needs to leave Chipper United ASAP!

Sarsaparilla524:
AFC0N 2025 IN MOROCCO =The South Africa,born, Dr Motsepe Président of Confederation of Africa Football CAF has organised the worst AFC0N in Africa in the last 10 Years.

A competition that started well with 24 Nations and immediately the hidden agenda of the tournament was unveiled, things started falling apart with accusations, cheating, corruption and others.

Dr Patrice Motsepe is not only making money in the CAF but there to frustrate Africa TOP Football Nations and favor countries that can help him withstand the pressure in criticisms.

WHY MOROCCO IS THE WINNER OF AFC0N 2025 BEF0RE THE FINALS.

Morocco Vs Tanzania that an open penalty was refused Tanzania that was the Genesis of the hidden agenda of Dr Motsepe.

Morocco Vs Cameroon was another ugly match that was played for 90 minutes and the VAR did not function and we all know the dramatic consequences in Cameroon.

Morocco Vs Nigeria was a balanced match in the field and the Ghanian referee Daniel Laryea did his job as instructed by Motsepe, 22 faults committed against Nigeria and only 0ne yellow card in 120 minutes.

The Moroccan Football Federation instructed Dr Motsepe to change the Egyptian referee against Cameroon and proposed him a referee from Mauritania and he accepted, which has never happened in Football.

The Algerian Football Federation have written against Motsepe and CAF and copied FIFA for injustice in AFC0N 2025.

The Nigerian Football Federation have equally written against Motsepe and CAF, copied FlFA for injustice and making Morocco Champions before the Finals.

Some CAF Referees were threatening to abandon the competition even before the 2nd round due to Pressure from CAF and Morocco to work against other Nations.

FINALS - Morocco Vs Senegal.

Morocco has played the Finals already and Senegal defeated according to CAF.

Senegal players since they qualified for the Finals have difficult moments in Morocco even their supporters.

Senegal has been given a Hotel that electricity and water is constantly off.

No Forces of Law and 0rder to accompany Senegal during training sessions in Morocco.

Morocco AFC0N 2025 is a masquerade and not Football because the Winner was known before the start of the competition.

The Coach of Senegal in the Press Conference before the Finals made it clear that the Finals shall not be Free, transparent or Fairplay within 90 minutes and the Sénégalaise Football Federation have already written to CAF and FIFA copied on what is happening to players and supporters in Morocco before the Finals on Sunday January 18th 2026 at 08 PM.

AFRICA FOOTBALL STILL HAS A CHANCE TO BE GREAT AFTER Dr Patrice Motsepe from South Africa.

Follow Soccer Updates.
AFC0N 2025 in Morocco.

Unfortunately nothing will come out of those petitions..
Motsepe is in bed with the FIFA president
Both have been accused of corruption amongst other things..

We can only hope that Senegal will save football tomorrow..

Theobangs:
It looks like nwanbali will remain our number 1 goal keeper for a very long time,the way I am seeing

Now you see why Okoye run

BankyGee:
If Bruno Onyemaechi locks your destiny, nobody can unlock you.

Ask Mahrez, Hakimi, Brahim Diaz and Mohammed Salah.

That guy na locker
Even though I didn't quite enjoy his game yesterday
A tired Bruno still locked up Salah
Massive player

Goke7:
Yes 😂

🤣🤣🤣

We kept 4 clean sheets!!
And we played against 3 of the top 10 African teams!!!

Hmmm
This team is something!

Goke7:
This unity cup wey Una always Dey talk about no be cup na 😂

Na spoon?

Kog45:
How we come won...off player played it over the bar or sideways na save

Lol

caprikon:
PKs is a psychological game.

If the played PKs against Maroc in a neutral venue, we could have won.

Surprised though the Moroccan fans were famzing Nigeria.

After them do us strong thing
Na conscience dey do them

Goke7:
I think we had a jersey that was crafted to be white but looked green almost over. We may need to bring back that jersey again though I don’t like to be superstitious but something has been done before and we can again

Didn't we win the Unity Cup with the white jersey?

COOL10:
Words can't describe how happy I am. Not because we took third but because of Nwabali's saves and Iwobi and Lookman's confidence despite everything the Egyptian goalkeeper did to upset them.

I especially loved how Iwobi smiled, did the sign of the cross and then took the shot. Incredible!!! 💥💥💥💥💥

Beautiful

Goke7:
Lookman we hear was supposed to take our last kick like he did today perhaps after that Nwabali save Lookman should have stepped up to take the kick after

Exactly

FiveFootNinja:
This just proves that we threw the game to Morocco on penalties. We could have won it 4-3 at least.

If Chuks had only scored...

TheSuperNerd:
Nwabali saving from Egypt's 2 top players na flex abeg.

In Penalty shootouts, I have NEVER SEEN NWABALI NOT SAVE PENALTIES. IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED.

Nwabali can save Nigeria's economy
Lol

Unlimited22:
So where the Bleep where Iwobi and Lookman against Morocco

Where were the rest?
NONSENSE.

The pressure is not the same

God bless Nwabali

Let's go boys!!!

No presence upfront at all

forgiveness:
Abeg comot Akor put Osimhen.

Finally
Someone says it

Joebie:
Not disputing that at all. But we have not missed Frederick in this AFCON.

I said this yesterday

Tinneh:
How can you be watching this game and say onyedika has been poor

He's grown in confidence
He needed the minutes