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The irony..
Who knows this ref?

Modified:
Na Algerian be VAR referee
Lol

BankyGee:
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HmW5gqJ5Y/

Nwabali chop snack wey Moroccan fan throw for pitch 😂 baba no dey fear Poisson's Law?

Nwabali get strong head before na
You no see how e dey dash them the middle finger
Lol

kennysville:
An unpopular opinion.... based on what I saw of Bassey, that guy was just throwing long range missiles to their intended target. Isn't it time we tried him as a defensive midfielder....?

You shock? Cos the way I see it, he will do well. He has the physicality. Comfortable on the ball and his delivery has been spot on. Reminds me of Sunday Oliseh and his long range assists and passing.

Might not be a bad idea hey? At least he won't be muscled off the ball


Before you eat me alive, please read the opening statement

Abeg no suggest that one
We need him where he currently is
You no like beast for back?

TheSuperNerd:
He is not just the future. He is the present. It says a lot about his quality that he took command of the RCB position and made it his. Benching experienced performers like Afcon 2023 MVP, Ekong and Afcon-battle hardened Ajayi. Awaziem with his experience too stood no chance.

I am happy to have more options like Nwaiwu, Osuji and co come in but Benjy is very special and has earned his place in the plans of Coach Chelle in defence.

Frederick is Gold!!

TheSuperNerd:
Na wa ooo... na so u don troway Tolu, once termed a real Eagle by you, like that😂😂😂

Omo
But Tolu will have his work cut out o
Good thing he is young
But with Onuachu scoring in this AFCON, Tolu will need to work really hard to get a look in

BankyGee:
Éric Chelle just make every single one of those players pick form make their clubs enjoy. Especially our Atalanta man 😁

The Hansi Flick of Africa. Look man, I love that man.

You see this thing wey you talk, may your days be long
See Osayi playing like prime Cafu
Osayi wey all of us know..
Lol

Mujtahida:
We often blame the NFF for playing big brother on the continent. Now that they have chosen not to play big brother with Congo DR, some Nigerians are not happy. They say we are going through the back door.

Well, backdoor or front door, if DRC is found wanting then they must suffer the consequences. The law is the law.

Gbam

Mujtahida:
Benjamin is a rock star of a defender. He walked straight into the first eleven. I say this against the backdrop of the fact that players like Akinsanmiro and Nnadi are in this team but more like apprentice.

Only God knows why that boy got injured on the eve of the AFCON.

To be honest, we didn't really miss him
Shows how good our team is

ChrisKels:
I want an aggressive Osimhen in every match, if he gets carded, he gets carded.

We all do; we all do

TheSuperNerd:
Eric Chelle says he had a deal with Calvin Bassey coming into this Afcon to show improvement in every single game.
He also spoke about Calvin's growth into a leader in the team and his projected plan to mould Bassey into a top 3 CB.

Man city, Liverpool should be looking at this guy

ChrisKels:
Back to this, the captain armband does not suit Osimhen because it obviously tames him. We don't need a tamed lion upfront.

Secondly, Victor tends to get weakened whenever things aren't going our way especially late in the match, but Chinedu is a complete opposite of this. Dude maintains same steam from the first blast of the whistle to the final one, that is the type of player you want captaining your team because when others see their captain soldiering on tirelessly, they get motivated to stretch themselves even more.

Another person who should be standing as an assistant is Nwabali. Dude has aura and can intimidate referees with his confidence and presence, but I will be skeptical because nna-gi's head dey touch. He could become power drunk and misuse it.

Osimhen was just trying to avoid a card in that game..
If he played aggressive, them for card am once once

daveP:
They'll shock them and Mane. Lol.

I'm still holding on to my hope

Goke7:
We were outplayed how? Lucky to survive how? if that game continued for the next 30 mins the Moroccans were not scoring, folks that were already tiring out. Their best was in the first half and after then nothing despite all the help from the ref and crowd. The only folks the Moroccans outplayed was chuks and Bruno! They did the job for them

Valid
See how Bassey been dey use them play
😎😎

CornOak:
That penalty loss was painful o. But it's time to move forward. Make una stop all these unnecessary arguments and word battle.

...on to the next.

You go watch the third place match abi you no go watch?

I no go watch keh!
I plaster!!!
Time to grab our pound of flesh from Egypt for that friendly loss before the AFCON..
Make we wipe them cord for neck

FiveFootNinja:
And to think that I supported these criminals d
at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar during that semi-final run. So because of smelling infrastructure and development, every other country can go to blazes, no matter what they accomplish on their own.

My brother..
That infrastructure is not smelling o
But I get you
Their attitude as a people, is rotten

BankyGee:
Na him gang and little brother them be to am.

Osimhen always smiles whenever he talks about Chelle. No be "Ogun kee anybody and I go nod your face o"... Relationship matters a lot 😁

🤣🤣🤣

Goke7:
One thing I like Chelle he defends his players no matter what. One major reason I want him to stay on and the major reason I don’t want our local coaches! Period!

No wonder the boys all love him...

I love this Chelle abeg..
See how he smartly put the ball in NFF court..

https://x.com/i/status/2012124840908755321

On Chuks

daveP:
Anyone expecting Senegal to revenge on our bequarter are wasting time. They did all that to Nigeria and na Senegal wey go miss 3 players dem no go do am to?


Just forget, this is the peak KissAs Afcon. Morocco will lift their thing. Infact the wafcon too, the women team will win it too. Complete sweep. Lol


This Egypt game is inconsequential. Let the team B get afcon minutes abeg. The only reason they might want to win Egypt is cos Chelle go need something to put for CV. Else, let Egypt just take 3rd place. We have too many already.

I dey expect Senegal to turn up sha

BankyGee:
Very very very true.

Hmm
Something is going on

Goke7:
If Senegal do anyhow, dem go chop red card, kudos to our boys for even keeping their head cool despite the provocations from the ref and the fans. But the Senegal I know is more physical than our guys and cards go flow wella for that game cos Morocco has to win at all costs.

I'm backing Senegal to pull a shocker against all odds!
They have to win for football sake
They have to win

zuchyblink:
Super sport AFCON are not showing the highlights or the full match of the Morocco vs Nigeria match. They are hiding something.

Definitely
I saw it too

lbrichman2:
Nwabali really tried not to react furiously after this..

Why are they taking Nwabali’s towels?@CAF_Online are stewards now allowed to step into the field of play?

I didn’t know Moroccans are like this or ways really happening?pic.twitter.com/QKNVEWE2Ur https://t.co/ivfxnRWxaY

— TobyWrites (@tobyasky) January 16, 2026

About 2 or 3 towels they took
These guys wanted Nwabali to be sent off..
Disgusting attitude..

Hey @CAF_Online do you condone these middle fingers shown by the Nigerian goalkeeper towards the crowd? pic.twitter.com/UgpllRfBH2

— Ali KETTANI 𝕏 (@Alikettanii) January 15, 2026

Nwabali really tried not to react furiously after this..

Why are they taking Nwabali’s towels?@CAF_Online are stewards now allowed to step into the field of play?

I didn’t know Moroccans are like this or ways really happening?pic.twitter.com/QKNVEWE2Ur https://t.co/ivfxnRWxaY

— TobyWrites (@tobyasky) January 16, 2026

daveP:
Wait, so a Moroccan official with an official tag climbed over the ad board to go fap Nwabali's towel twice, caught on camera and they cheered him on from the stands?

These guys played all kinds of mind games on us
See how he was cheered from the stands
Terrible

How true is this?

TheSuperNerd:
From outside the box. Please can the NFF sort out this guy's nationality confusion and get him into my next Afcon Squad abeg!!! Chelle needs bombers like this.

Couldn't agree more

TheSuperNerd:
Stanley Nwabali now has 7 Afcon Cleansheets from just 2 tournaments (5 of them in the knockouts) . Vincent Enyeama had 10 cleansheets from 4 tournaments (not counting 2008 as he was benched by Ejide).

This guy needs a big move soon

Goke7:
The problem now is osayi don raise the Standard whether we accept it or not and anyone else including Aina who plays that role now and drop the standard will raise concerns

Truth

forgiveness:
In a big game like this, Aina would had done better offensively and defensively.

Offensively maybe, but defensively?
I no sure o
Osayi really played ball o

realpoacher:
At bolded, that should work too

The man simply had no plan B


Once plan A gets caged, you all are on your own

Ok
We hear you
Plan A got caged
How many goals did we concede as a result?