₦airaland Forum

9JAMac10:
you really trust these set of players to do both. God forbid what if something happens to Osimhen. Please I take World Cup qualification over winning the Afcon

Well, the team is growing
They are getting used to Chelle's system and they are winning games..
We are actually on an unbeaten run right now..
The team will only get better
If we play to our strengths, I don't see why we can't win the AFCON and make it to the world Cup as well

Meliforme:
Benin did not control anything.
Our conservativeness was intentional.
Was this really difficult to see?

Did you see me say Benin controlled the game?
I have been saying Benin were poor
We should be thanking God for that first goal..
That changed everything for both teams

Mujtahida:
We never gel nada! We need someone in that midfield to pull the strings. We play too much through the sides. I call it sides because we really don't have wing play.

If we meet a good side, all they need to do is double up on our wingers and they effectively cut off supply to the attackers..
That's why I said Benin were poor..

We can't play this way at the playoffs..
We need our midfield to work

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Its not being unfair lookman tends to hold ball too much to score his own gaols which chukwueze gets the ball and looks for osimhen.

Chukwueze played with same simon and performed while lookman played with him 3 times and didnt show up.

But in all lookman is better than simon sha.
He is a bit selfish thats his problem

The best way to use Lookman is to play him in a front 2, just like JPES did at the last AFCON..
Playing him as a winger will affect his performance..
He is a finisher not a creator..
This same Lookman played with Osimhen, chuks and Simon at the AFCON and he crushed it..
It is the system that's affecting him..
He should be receiving the ball where he can shoot, not where he's expected to cross to someone else..

It's a system problem for him

9JAMac10:
If super eagles can get to Afcon semifinals I will be good with it. Rather we qualify for the World Cup than win Afcon . Let Morocco or Senegal win the Afcon hahaha

Why can't we do both?

ChrisKels:
Not a big fan of Sanusi but I will take him over Bruno, any time any day.

True, but Bruno sent in a peach of a cross to Osimhen whose header was superbly saved by the Benin keeper
That cross was sweet!!!!!

Goke7:
He needs to be talked to and avoid dropping the ball for no reason especially in the play offs any slip up he’s going the uzoho way. Let his family and close friends give him last warning

Maybe his parents demise affected him more than we thought
Because this his rash side became apparent after then

MetalJigsaw:
He seems to underestimate what he can achieve with the pool of players. This scoreline should be an eye-opener for him.

This!
Play to Osimhen's strengths!!
Send in those crosses
He will eat them up

Nehruvia:
Why is no one giving me my flowers 😒

Collect your 🌹 🌹 Chief

minfelix:
person fit wipe me slap na🤣

🤣🤣🤣

TheSuperNerd:
Fifa WCQs Playoffs Battle

The WCQs best 4 2nd place table's final look will emerge tonight.

DRC vs Sudan kicks off in 8mins.

So if you are a Burkina Faso fan, start praying. My Super Eagles, Our Super Eagles is safe and locked in for the playoffs.

We only await who we play with the Fifa rankings to be taken into account.
As things stand, Nigeria is the highest ranked by FIFA among the playoffs qualifiers for CAF Zone. It will work to our favour.

Awesome!!!!

lexyman:
what worked for the team today , they played for Osimhen , even some played to his strength . 2 heading 1 shot .... i realised that the team did well in their set pieces

Exactly
We played to Osimhen's strengths
That third goal was mad!!!

Toylove:
But na you still talk say Benin poor na, yet they looked like they would score anytime. Agreed, chelle is yet to get our midfield combination right which still make it difficult for to control games, I pray he reviews this qualification series and fix up.

True Chief
Benin were poor
A better team would have killed us with the way the middle was open
They didn't even really test Nwabali..
True true them no sabi anything

Meliforme:
Nwabali's issue has to do with his attitude and not his skill.
Dude has sharp reflexes.

Bad attitudes can be corrected.

We all have to bear in mind that the game is even more psychological than anything.
Nwabali should not tolerate any bad behaviour around his yard.
He should caution any cautionable, the opposition should not be free to behave as they seem fit around him.
He needs to provoke and frustrate them when possible.

The game is not as clean as you think

Well, he got away with what should probably have been a clean goal today
He should be grateful the referee was that lenient
Another referee would have awarded that goal straight up

Did you also notice he dropped the ball again today?
That could have gone anywhere..

I like the guy
But he needs to get himself together

Unlimited22:
That switch to 433 when Onyeka came on btw


Chef's kiss

You sabi book!!
That was when we finally got some control in the game
We shouldn't continue with 2 man midfield abeg
We almost didn't see Ndidi today

MetalJigsaw:
But taking a look at ttheteams we are going to fave in the playoffs. No be small teams o

Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon. hmm

No be small AFCON prep be this o
AFCON before AFCON
These are easily Quarter final teams at the AFCON
No be small work we get on our hands..
But you know what?

BRING THEM ON!!

Elock1:
I'm not being unfair.

I'm just stating what I saw
LOOKMAN is a good player, but today in his absence we played better

There Was no much hanging unto the ball for long and releasing some passes a little bit late.

Lookman is good but he has been rusty lately but it doesn't mean he wouldn't get better.

Awesome
All good

kingphilip:
Would he have made the crosses?

That's another angle to look at.

He sure would have..
He only plays like big man when Osimhen is not in the team
With Osimhen around, Lookman knows his place

Damiana5248:
Nigeria will qualify for the FIFA World Cup
We will win AFCON
Do well at the World Cup
Lots of talents will emerge
We will experience a resurgence in football.

Amen and Amen 🙌🙌

mrwilliams9:
Correct.

Looking at the CAF and Interconfederations playoffs, 3 wins will take us to the WC. The two CAF playoff matches will be good preparation for AFCON and the interconfederations playoffs will allow us the opportunity to play a different nation from a different confederation prior to the WC.

This result was the best possible one we could have had. Because now, WC qualification is back in our hands.

Spot on..
With our momentum now, it will be hard to beat us

Toylove:
I don’t like when football fans use this statement.
The winning team made the other team appear poor. If Nigeria played rubbish, you won’t say benin was poor, it will be Benin was fantastic. The better team won because it made the opposing team poor.

I see your point, but can you in all honesty say we played exceptionally well?
We had good moments, yes
But we didn't control the game
Benin always looked like they would score anytime
We still need to fix our midfield
We should be controlling games and smashing opponents

Spainever:
I am wondering why these guys Fredrick and Akor Adams were never invited before the last two matches ? I believe inviting wrong players cost us automatic qualification. Moreso the draw against Zimbabwe cost the ticket .. however thanks 🙏 to Eitrea who withdrew

Call finidi name with your full chest
Dude almost killed our world Cup aspirations with funny invitations

Meliforme:
If our approach was not a bit conservative, we could not have scored up to four goals past a very desperate Benin. They needed to come out to play.

If we have fought for every ball without being laid back a little. Benin would have been more defensively aware.
They needed only a draw.

That first goal on 3 mins killed them and gave us impetus

minfelix:
Guys wait ooo😂😂
Senegal 21pts
DRC 19pts

what if senegal loses and Drc win, wont that make senegal second and further pushing aside Nigeria?🤣🤣🤣 abeg n question i ask ooo

You dey fear stray bullet??
😂😂😂

lexyman:
the Osimhen 3mins goal disstabilized them , that was the deal breaker . caused them their WC ticket ...

Very true
They were shocked!!
The 4th goal completely demoralized them..
I come dey feel sorry for them..

Elock1:
We played better without LOOKMAN

CHUKWUEZE has Benin's cheat code

SIMON delivered, no matter his football is never a beautiful one

FREDERICK was solid

EKONG should remain a figure head

OLA AINA should get well soon

OSIMHEN was just being OSIMHEN

I think we're being unfair to Lookman
I actually think he would have done better than Simon did in the first half..

Those crosses Simon misplaced, Lookman would have done better

Hmm.. Nwabali still found a way to show himself today..
We still need keeper oh

TheLoneCitizen:
As it stands, Nigeria will be playing Gabon

We will CRUSH THEM

charlesemeka85:
the team played exceptionally well

Getting the results and playing exceptionally well are two different things
We got the results but Benin was poor today

Danielnino00:
This playoff route will be long o..


That brings us back to the earlier question of what happens to the friendlies that the NFF already organised for the team in November?
They even made an official announcement about it...

Homebased Eagles go play na

Goke7:
Na the goals make dem look exceptional make talk true we were poor in some segments and that’s my worry in the playoffs

We have momentum now
It will be difficult to beat us
If we don't address our midfield issues, we will still look disjointed, but with Osimhen around, we will always have a chance..
I pray he stays injury free

QueenJazz:
This playoffs go be AFCON B. Hopefully we can pull it off again.

Let me be completely honest..
I actually prefer us going through the play off route..
This team needs more games to gel
And we have finally developed some chemistry even though our performance can be disjointed at times
We have momentum and a winning mentality is setting in

I want to see us play more games