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Goke7:
You’re very right, I think when we start meeting tougher nations back to back we Dey crumble!

Honestly once the game entered extra time I was no longer interested in the final cos if we had won we won’t have been able to win the final as our players will be fatigued against an in-form Senegal. I preferred we bow out in the semi final than having another heartbreak in the final. Once we couldn’t do the business in 90 mins I knew we were done. Check out back in 2013 We did the quarters, semi and finals in 90 mins.

We dey crumble
But na biased ref & PK Dem use win us
How that take be crumbling?

Goke7:
I agree on that self belief part, we can’t just be freezing out in big games and moments Afcon is getting harder and this is how it will continue to be even in the last Afcon finals we were leading until civ drew level with us. Our players need to learn to rise up to big moments instead of chickening out.

The boys have done excellently well but that extra to be resilient when it becomes tougher still needs to be addressed

That extra is not on the boys
That extra is on the FA

I will explain..
The bonus row shouldn't have happened..
1. Pay these boys their dues on time and eliminate unnecessary distractions..
2. Play the boardroom politics. Never should a Ghanaian officiate in a high stakes game where the SE would be playing. We saw the implications of that. They were supposed to vehemently reject that choice from CAF. But as usual, we dey do fair play and big brother
3. We had terrible logistics coming up to this game..
After the match against Algeria, why did we have to travel back to Fez and back to Rabat?
Worse still, via bus?
Why not stay in Rabat and save that travel energy?
Our players where clearly tired, hence our sluggish first half

This is where a sound FA could have stepped in, and made it easier for their team to come out tops

NFF as usual, are not proactive at all

Odunayow:
Oh you meant in PSO

These people are funny
How do you crumble technically and somehow manage not to concede
We crumble technically yet Morocco no see goal score, not even a clear cut chance..
Funny lots looking for who or what to blame as usual

Samueltemi337:
Burno took against DRC and scored

Bruno's penalty was a good one
Bono just happened to move towards the spot he placed the kick

If Chuks had simply scored, everything would have changed

elyte89:
Una don start 🙄

The scapegoating continues

Joebie:
o pari at the bolded

What you saw yesterday was the plan B
Our second half and even extra time was better..
Give that game another 30 mins, Morocco would still not have scored
If it wasn't a knockout game, we would have left with 0:0 against a superior opposition
Hardly a terrible result

But as usual, Nigerians always look for a scapegoat
So yes, continue to scapegoat the team and Coach

Joebie:
Me I just wan know if Chelle go stay, and what we will do next. Also status of our petition to FIFA. Other than that, we continue to build

Simple

Akkin:
I doubt this team can even win bronze and Nigeria should remember that there is only one more AFCON left before it becomes a 4 year spectacle....which means that we have had the chance to become 5 times champion but near success syndrome has held us back twice

Once AFCON becomes 4 years gap... you'll only have 2 times in 10 years to win the title making it tougher and harder and I fear that if the players of Nigeria keep having this stage freight when big games come......our next afcon win would be in a long long loñg time

And we would all look back on this generation as promising as they looked and ask ourselves: "what did you ever achieve? Why are you like a snake who passed on top of a rock"

Back to factory reset
One loss everybody don turn complainers

UncleHaba22:
Spew rubbish??

Omo I know you'll make reference to that crossing to osihmen from Bruno

We all know that crossing na once In a blue moon

How many Crosses did Bruno pull in the whole afcon since he started playing and what is the success rate

Nigeria no get good crossers of the ball fullbacks
Except you wanna deny it

They're too average mehn 😢

I am very sure that refree will be smiling to the bank or maybe dem go don build house for the ref or gave him a Morocco passport that performance was an eyesore

Na now you talk..
Our defense was monstrous in the quarters and semis..
They may not have put in so much crosses as you say, but they defended excellently..


Brahim no see ball play yesterday
Bruno locked brahim yesterday and Mahrez in the Algeria game
Osayi locked Amoura in the Algeria game and that Morocco winger yesterday ( don't remember his name)

They defended well
If not for that chukwueze miss yesterday, we would have won

yinkeys:
We can win the trophy in Tanzania
Neutral ground

Exactly

TheSuperNerd:
Progress the ball and beat the press is one... but there is a third element. Physical aggression. These midfielders must be badass aggressive as well as technical.

I know I am a brain over brawn football lover but I prefer a player that can do both with immaculate balance. Even if the balance is decent, I go still manage and build on am.

This is why it hurts seeing Christantus Uche used as a striker at Palace. That is one guy to put in the middle and come up against such a system. BEASTLY strong, technical, progressive, and also not slow. A Yaya profile.

Being Progressive and Technical like Onyedika is no longer enough. If you are not Physically aggressive, na minus be that.

This is where Onyedika really failed today. He should have stepped up his "aggression meter" to ensure his other qualities shone through against the press.

No way that Moroccan press will bully or push back a midfield of Powerhouse yet technical midfield players.

That's what I kept shouting!!
Assert your physicality boys!
Ride them!
Bully them!

Only Bassey was doing it

Iwobi and Onyedika, too soft
Onyeka tried but was being targeted with kicks
Same for Osayi and Bruno

Akor was getting into good positions but was always crowded out, so he repeatedly lost the ball

We will be back

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Chukwueze is a better dribbler than lookman they are 2 different people.
Lookman is more selfish he wants to score too..but Chukwueze focus more on assist than goals.

Chukwueze is better than lookman on 1 v 1

Interesting that you are defending Chuks now
The same Chuks we know?
This is Morocco oh, that got to semi finals of the world cup!
Not Uganda oh..

Anyway, na here we dey
I will remind you someday

NIGHTMARE0O7:
The match againt congo was when he was exposed as a poor tactician.
I came here to tlak abt it that he is a poor coach who is just moving by luck and very soon everyone will see it. Lol after saying that i got over 15 quotes insulting me

Poor coach with just 2 losses in 17 official games?
And those losses were even PKs

We just have a knack for scapegoating

yinkeys:
Insecurity
Politicians will not want to release $5 billion to do this lol

If they release money for hosting, wetin go remain to take buy votes and the institutions?

TheSuperNerd:
Yinkeys makes that statement so that we can host and rig our way too to winning... To show that the North Africans or others (CIV in 2024) are not the only ones adept at forcing games to bend to their will.

Yinkeys, calm down...

Even if we host, we are not wicked enough to intimidate referees to be biased towards us
We go dey do yeye big brother and fair play..

Morocco in this AFCON, they do not even send anybody Papa
They are desperate to win it by all means possible, and only God can stop them now

Goke7:
Anybody blaming our strikers should keep quiet as the Moroccan strikers sef no see ball score. This was an almost even game o. Make Una calm down.

Morocco owned the midfield yet couldn't create any clear cut chance..
Even with the ball we left for them..

Osayi and Bruno stopped all crosses
Them comot all their strikers because they no see ball play..

They brought in El neysri to do cross and nod, yet still no cross..

How can we ignore all that and begin to blame strikers
Strikers how??

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Waht are u tlaking abt are u sure u watched the game.. simon he subbed around 80.
Chukwueze didny play up to 1 minit.
Match was literally 120 mins before chukwueze enter

Because the match didnt need Chuks
Wetin Lookman play today?
Chuks also would have been crowded out and then we'd look for someone else to blame..

Okay, let me indulge you for a second..
To dribble and make crosses, Or to score penalty, which one easy pass?

Then also tell me wetin Chuks do

Goke7:
Dude no see ball cos Iwobi couldn’t get enough of the ball

The best coaches in the world lose games
I like Chelle because he will learn from this loss

[quote author=Goke7 post=138141555]Our defence has been world class in the last 3 games the same eagles that was leaking goals in the group stage come on let’s give these players their flowers. Na that Ndidi we miss for this game his experience was lacking and we paid for it[/quote
Simple!!

yinkeys:
So Nigeria cannot host this thing smh

We are not intentional enough
The only thing we truly prepare for, is elections
For everything else, we take a reactionary approach

Goke7:
As a condition for Chelle to be retained Simon should retire from this team abeg e don do.

Once Chelle wants to remove anyone the first player to come in is always Simon whether he’s replacing a striker, midfielder or defender. The technical committee needs to stop him on this.

I completely agree

Meliforme:
Eric Chelle's overreliance on fullbacks to provide the needed width will cost us someday, and it has.
They figured us out.

The same way they figured out Jose Peseiro's defensive shape and transitions.

Flexibility and Unpredictability is key.
Chelle has the players.

Like I said before, both Eric Chelle and Jose Peseiro lacks the cutting edge.

Because he lost on penalties??

Theobangs:
Bring in chukweze,this game require chukweze that was the comments of our guardiolas here


The question is after 2019,tell us a match that chukweze performed well and wowed anyone

He played well against Uganda

Goke7:
😂 the players you mentioned played in the friendly match against Egypt it will be nice to see them again

Make them follow kick ball for AFCON

Mujtahida:
You are trying too hard to force his pre match presser into the outcome of the game.

We set up exactly the same way as our previous matches.

Don't mind the guy
Whining like a woman

Spainever:
Well said , I was expecting Chukueze to come and run the flanks and make some crosses but coach brought in Bashiru to play as a winger . The coach is what we can afford , he is not a grade A coach but he is trying .

The Simon sub affected our shape
The coach corrected it by bringing in Bashiru
I don't see what Chuks would have done in this game where Morocco squeezed all the spaces.
They'll probably just kick him and he won't get any free kick in a threatening position, only in the midfield would he get free kicks

Goke7:
The Moroccans didn’t score because our defence and keeper was top notch!

The middle was where we lost the game as we couldn’t progress the ball much. Nididi does both defensive and attacking duties flawlessly allowing Iwobi to roam as he like but onyedika was slow in decision making that he has to be passing backwards most of the time

Plus all that, Morocco still no score
They needed a casual chuks penalty to win the game
That should tell you how strong this team is
Yes we lost the midfield, but the defence didn't fold
We didn't press, we didn't press, Morocco wey press from morning till night, shey them use am score?

Abegii!!!

NIGHTMARE0O7:
I said it before that man is not good tacktically they wanted to roast me.
This match was begging for Chukwueze or ejuke in the flanks becoz the midfiled was already choked denying iwobi is free passes.
Would he would hav done is chnge tactics put chuks on the flanks the slow down morroco pressing. He refused and instead used delebashiru. A maych that begging for a skillful winger.

Then match ended he put chukwueze he he has already messed up his confidence with benching to go play penalty as his first kick.
Lack of game confidence was why he missed.
The man dont like chukwueze it was asif he purposely want himto be the scapegoat

Didn't he do exactly that with Simon?
Simon see ball play?

yinkeys:
Onyedika couldn't carry out Ndidis defensive responsibilities

Simple

orriyomi33:
How do players handle wrong refereeing during games? Even I as a spectator was already boiling with the wrong calls.

It's demoralizing
I was even afraid Bruno was going to get a card when he lashed out at that Moroccan winger for kicking him

The boys did well abeg
Morocco for all their so called domination didn't have any clear cut chance..

Just half chances and shots from outside the 18

yinkeys:
Osimhen is probably injured

Painful
I was shouting in my parlour, " Osimhen shake it off, it's just 3 minutes!"
But then his replacement actually scored

I pray the knock is not a serious one

TheSuperNerd:
@emboldened... Nwabali got us a chance to gain the psychological edge in the shootouts but the Chuks miss threw it away.

It is well. We move on. We must build on this.

What was even more painful was the manner in which he took the penalty..
Dude just passed the ball to Bono, chewing and blowing gum like a roadside ashawo..

He should pick himself up though
We need everybody

Abeg make we see Akinsanmiro, Usman, Fago and others in the next game