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Goke7:
So which coach Una wan find now

I disagree
Chelle handled this game well
SA players were ready to die today
They obviously wanted it more
But Chelle did well
Do you realize apart from the own goal, SA didn't have any clear cut chance?

I also didn't understand why he started fisayo
But that decision was justified..

If Chelle has started our world Cup qualifiers, I'm 100% sure we would have topped out group

We have a team now..
We may be out of the world Cup, but we have a very strong team..
Strong enough to win the AFCON
Kudos to the South Africans, they gave everything today..
When did SA become so physical?
They fought for every ball..
Nullified Moses and Lookman

They truly deserve to qualify..
Weldone Chelle..
Our team is taking shape..

We will be back..
Let's fight for second place and see if we can make the playoffs

BankyGee:
I swear bro

💯

Toylove:
exactly, the same tactiics chelsea used against PSG in the CWC final. Strangle their neck

You know book..

jihday:
According to multiple reports (owngoal and score Nigeria) Benjamin Frederick will keep his spot in the starting 11

He has done enough to retain his place..
I think only Frank might lose his place and of course Osimhen due to injury

BankyGee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARx-5z292N4?si=zttUC7eIfebzRtb2

Mali [2]–[0] South Africa: AFCON

We can even score more if we chase every ball as Éric Chelle always says. South Africa love playing from the back. If we mount them pressure, we'll beat them with a cleansheet seff, Ronwen Williams don even drop form small too. So everything's there for our taking.

But they chose that stadium for us on purpose, we no dey shake sha.

That's why I said we need pressing machines in front..
Anybody wey no fit press, make he start from bench

Openair:
The way una dy hype super Eagles ehn...
Let's face fact and leave sentiments... this team can't win today... it's either a draw or a loss

Ok we don hear you

NIGHTMARE0O7:
But he playes Rw too

As long as he score, no yawa

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Tolu uche upfront

Lookman Chukwueze wingers

This is a simple maths.

Lookman is a WF, not a winger
Playing him as a winger will limit his influence in games

QueenJazz:
Exactly. A team that is sooooo confident in their abilities, like they've been parroting on Twitter won't need to go through all this hassle to ensure a win. I just want to see a good game today. Whether we make it through or not, it's the universe that wills it.

We will get a good game, sure
And because of SA's swashbuckling style of play, we will surely get opportunities to score
This is why I'm happy Tolu will be leading the attack and not Dessers..
We need our players who can score up front
That's why I'd like to see Lookman, Tolu, Uche playing as forwards..
Even fisayo can come in and do a job later

BankyGee:
Sharp. It will work too 💯

All this one na just talk sha
We all know Simon will surely start
Na Chelle baby him be..

mekabuachi:
All three except mokeona scored in their last match
And if we are not careful... We'll surely know them

Our defence was suspect in our last game against SA
Well, our defence has grown since then..
They won't get those chances they got the last time out..
I don't see them scoring except from set pieces and maybe outside shots
Ndidi is reborn in that middle
We will crush them today..

BankyGee:
Not bad too... That's why I said Uche will join Iwobi up top when we are on the attack sha, then drop back to Ndidi when we are defending. The guy get energy 😂

Energy yapa!!
Apart from his ball carrying ability, he can also give good passes and create chances

Later in the game, I can take out Lookman, depending on how the game goes, replace him with chuks, move iwobi to the left wing
Drop Uche to pair Ndidi and give chuks a free role in midfield..

Like I said, it depends on how the first 50-60 mins play out..

BankyGee:
Matchday!

I'd love us to use this formation and players against South Africa. South Africa won't sit back like Rwanda, so we need our two dribblers on both flanks, Chukwueze against South Africa is always like Chukwueze against Madrid. Ademola Lookman will get to beat any left-back there and get space to either shoot or pass to Tolu who'd be lurking in the box.

Ndidi alone seff can man the back, he's shown it, but combination of him and Uche will be good because Uche can hold, guide and progress with the ball, so sometimes he'll be with Iwobinho in attack, sometimes with Ndidi in defence, it'll be like 4-1-2-3 when attacking and back to 4-2-3-1 when defending...

Subs:
- Dessers and Tolu somewhere in the game, maybe if we haven't scored in the first half, turn it to 4-4-2

- Onyedika for Uche around the 60-ish minutes
- Moses Simon for Chukwueze in the 70-ish minutes if Chukwueze has failed to impact the game in any way then push Lookman to the RW.
- Any other subs na to just see the game off.

My scoreline prediction: 🇿🇦 South Africa [0]–[2] Nigeria 🇳🇬

Drop your own scoreline predictions! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Not sure Uche should be playing so deep
We need to press the south Africans, and with Osimhen out, Uche is the next pressing machine up top
I would take out chukwueze, drop iwobi to partner Ndidi and move Uche forward

BankyGee:
Nigeria's last two goals have come from Tolu Arokodare.

vs. Russia:
61’ – subbed on
71’ – scores

vs. Rwanda:
46’ – subbed on
51’ – scores


The Decisive Super Sub⚡

It's TEA TIME!!

AndSunGorilla:
I don't play Onyeka, I blame Chelle. On the 1st half, we only attacked through the left because Ademola and Lookman were in the middle and the right flank was left completely empty. But things were switched around in the 2nd half thankfully.

Yeah, he moved Lookman to the right, and suddenly we were pegging the Rwandans in their half
They couldn't get out

AndSunGorilla:
Okoye says hi. His suspension would soon be over.

Hopefully he overcomes his anxiety while playing for us

mostob:
Let's send some Edikaikong and banga soup to Rohr with a brown envelope.

🤣🤣

QueenJazz:
I was right lol. 😂

Wasn't a late goal though.

Yes we picked up in the second half

solonnachi:
As it stands NOW

South Africa - 16pts
Benin- 11pts
Nigeria - 10pts
Rwanda- 8pts
Lesotho- 6pts.
Zimbabwe - 4pts

Now this is more like it..
Win that SA game and throw the group open..
It will be more interesting if Benin lose or draw..

solonnachi:
That yellow card Nwabali collected was uncalled for and very irrelevant. Hope he won't do this in South Africa? Someone better talk sense to him ooo

SA players will target him..
I watched his last club game before this international window
A player did the same thing, Nwabali got frustrated and pushed him
Only that he didn't get a card last time..

I expect the SA players to target him
So yes, someone should really talk to him

Abi if we had won all our games 1:0, we would have been in a different spot by now

mostob:
That ball he caught cleanly but proceeded to sweep the Rwandan guy off the ground. I shouted cos another ref would have punished him for that.

I shouted too oh!
The ref was lenient today actually
Nwabali should be sternly scolded and warned

QueenJazz:
Exactly. He's too arrogant on the ball and taking massive risks. I don't know what else he's trying to prove.

Opponents can easily target him and get him red carded
I know SA will want to exploit that

mostob:
Ebenezer is coming. That Onana pro max sha, I don't really know if I should trust him or not.

We need quality competition fast

JohnBullMySon:
Na that later I even get issue with . Keeper tried but his shots were not it at all.

Lol
Okay then
But he picked up sha

yinkeys:
I’m not a fan of Moses Simon
He’s obviously coach Chelle friend
He should be on the bench or right wing
He’s not lethal, Lookman should be on the left wing
Coach is hindering Lookmans efficiency
It will cost us

Simon wasn't it today
But could have scored a sweet free kick that was saved beautifully

lexyman:
you mean , the midfield that was later sold to the Rwandans in the final 15mins of the game ... after SE scored , they came out to play , i thought the Eagles will score more goals , but unfortunately they didnt .... the game plan for the Rwanda coach was awful ,he would have given the SE a fight for their money ... unfortunately he chose the wrong approach for a poor attacking team like the SE.....

I blame the coach for that..
He should have taken out iwobi and maybe Simon
The Lookman sub was wrong in my opinion
We were pinning them back and creating chance after chance

But after iwobi and Simon gassed out, we went deeper and deeper into our half

We needed fresh legs to push on
He should have brought Uche and chucks

I guess he was okay with 1;0
And he probably thought Rwanda wasn't much of a threat too

yinkeys:
How did he get yellow carded
Smh
Another yellow and he misses a game

Was shoving a Rwanda player that was clearly out to frustrate him

JohnBullMySon:
Dude wasn’t threatening at all. Easily dispossessed. Another guy to collect blame is Lookman. Too many missed attempts

Lookman picked up later in the game..
Could have had a goal or two, if not for that superstar goal keeper

COOL10:
Kindly cut him some slack. The guy just recovered from an ankle injury. I didn't even want him to play today (reason I didn't celebrate when he came on) because of it.

Yeah that's true, no wonder he wasn't forceful today
I completely understand the substitution then

yinkeys:
I didn’t watch the game
I heard Onyeka wasn’t good
I’m shocked though

Actually he wasn't..
Onyeka wasn't it today
Just a bad day at the office, I guess