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Ademola staying eventually??
Time will tell..

opes:
Osimhen with the President of Turkey as Galasatary visited to present their trophy.

Erdogan

BankyGee:
True... But comot your eyes for the job for now 😏 Chelle no go give you chance till he win World Cup 😂

Abeg one question dey my mind since yesterday:
After watching Chelle's team again, shey una still get confidence say we go qualify for the world Cup? Or even win our remaining qualifying matches?

jihday:
B team too, that guy is trying to downplay our victory by saying we played a 3rd string Ghana team

I am the guy you're referring to, and I said what I said with my full chest..

And yes, that's clearly not our B team, same for Ghana
If we are talking B Team, you won't see the likes of Igoh Ogbu, Sodiq Ismaila, Papa Daniel, Alimi and even Dessers

These guys won't start in our A team or B team

Also, the Ghanaian team had 4-5 debutants, according to the commentator yesterday..
What does that tell you?

You know what I'm saying is true, but then agenda must agend..


The players called up for the Russia friendly are closer to our A/B team

BankyGee:
I just want to clarify something. A lot of people are disrespecting Victor Boniface a lot, like a lot.

As far as the Super Eagles is concerned, Boniface will always be called up, he deserves it, he's consistent in goal scoring for his club and we are supposed to invite players based on how good they are for their clubs before we can see how it translates to the national team, Boniface isn't the one hindering Cyriel Dessers' call up, Sadiq Umar, Kelechi Iheanacho - these are the two that should sit out Nigeria's national team's roster.

As it stands, I'll pick Dessers to always start over Boniface until he starts scoring but I'll not stop calling Boniface up as long as he is on top form in his club. Against Russia, he'll likely start, we'll see how he'll do against an European opponent, I don't think he has what it takes to play ijaball, but once it's a technical aspect or against opponents you need to beat with technicality and not brute strength, I think he'll flourish.

I repeat, Dessers is obviously the ideal backup for Victor Osimhen, but it doesn't mean he should replace Boniface, even with limited playing time this season, Boniface has more goals than Iheanacho and Sadiq Umar combined. Those are the people that shouldn't be called up again.

I wonder the rationale behind calling up Sadiq and Kelechi in the first place..
Like what do they really offer?

Icon4s:
So why them come dey give excuses for the Ghana team?

All of us be fans na, emotions choke

Dessers should absolutely be at the AFCON

elunico:
Dessers has scored 4 goals in 8 games (if you count the unofficial game against Algeria). Yet, Boniface has nothing to show for his superior number in appearance.

With his performance yesterday, I think Dessers has moved higher than Boniface in the pecking order..

Jamaica play free flowing football..
They have quick and technical wingers..
They're not so good defensively though
Should be a good test for our boys

I pray we fix our midfield
We need to control games
This end to end way of playing will not help us in the long run

Icon4s:
And Nigerian Tean na what?

Na C Team vs C Team

wayodude:
I was at the GTech yesterday and the atmosphere was great BUT it felt like a home game for Ghana. Their fans outnumbered us at least 2:1. That advantage, the fact they were 2 goals down coming into the second half and the introduction of Senior Man and Musa is what made Ghana edge the second half of the game.

Also from about 60 mins, Pa Bonu or whatever his name is, the guy on the right side of attack for Ghana was able to easily receive passes on the edge of the Nigerian final third and cause problems. Why? Because the left side of our midfield was holding a position too narrow, leaving just enough space wide on the pitch for opponents to run into. Either Simon Moses had to drop in to support Bruno and cover that space when we were out of possession or a forward player had to be sacrificed for an additional midfielder.

Learning stuff like this is what friendly games are all about though.

Weldone Chief..
You summed it up

BankyGee:
Éric Chelle as Super Eagles head coach 🤵🏼‍♂️
🎮: 3 games
🟢: 2 wins
⚪: 1 draw
🔴: 0 losses
⚽: 5 scored
🥅: 2 conceded

Sorry for the picture, I no see Chelle own, someone had to represent 😏

🤣🤣🤣

komekn:
Mane & Drogba are White Europeans

Relax mate, Osimhen will move this summer
A sensational move

Daninya33:
Chrisantus Uche is in camp, albeit he will be starting against Jamaica on Saturday. He came late to camp that was the reason he did not take part in yesterday's game.
Felix Agu should start against Jamaica. If he performs well then he should be invited in September for our world cup qualification games.

I expect to see a midfield trio of Uche ,Ndidi and Onyeka against Jamaica on Saturday.

One of Ndidi or Onyeka should sit for Papa Daniel
Both are too similar to be starting together

jihday:
No, B team

Man they had 4-5 debutants in this game
That's no B team..

COOL10:
Cyriel Dessers now has two goals in two matches against Ghana. Our Ghanaian 'bredas' must be really scared of the sight of him. 😄

Overall, he now has 3 goals in 7 matches for the Super Eagles and those 3 goals all came in just 4 starts. What a player!!! 🔥😎💥

Here's a link to the goal he scored today:

Cyriel Dessers' opener vs. Ghana, assisted by Remo Stars' Sadiq Ismail. #UnityCup2025 pic.twitter.com/yr7UMHnymr

— Leagues Reporter (@LeaguesReporter) May 28, 2025

I like him a lot
Proper striker..

oloriooko:
The pressure from Ghana in 2nd half was expected and this was an opportunity to test the resilience of our back 4
I believe this game was meant to discover new legs for lacking positions in the team and not about the win particularly
Our back 4 is not good at all we need rehabilitation there as well as a good holding midfielder who can control a game conveniently

That's why I was wondering why he took off Papa Daniel
Man was doing some dirty work in there..

Meliforme:
Considering the tempo of the game, the introduction of Iheanacho was a school boy error.
What was needed was a genuine midfielder, who can win duels and slow down the game with good controls of the ball.

I was screaming this all day
Even the Musa sub..
But then he didn't invite enough midfielders to start with
Our coaches have a serious midfield problem

Meliforme:
Have we really improved under Chelle, if we have, I will like to hear those improvements mentioned.

At least the team runs better now
And they can sometimes string over 5 passes before they lose the ball

COOL10:
If you wan make him blind goalkeeper, then tell the midfielders and wingers make dem give am pass for him right leg. If you really watch Dessers, you suppose know say his stronger right foot na for blasting net/blinding goalkeeper while the weaker left foot nah for precise finishing.

Well, I have to admit,I didn't really watch him this season..
But this is his best match in the SE sha

solonnachi:
Our home based team players were not bad at all. A big shout out to Sadiq Ismail and Papa Daniel

With their performances today, they represented the NPFL well..
Even Alimi did well in his limited role

Samueltemi337:
See as the guy just quick draft formation 😂

🤣🤣🤣

junnyjake:
Joe Aribo isn't as aggressive.

If you watched South Hampton games, you'll have seen
Aribo is aggressive

Starboytwo:
I thoroughly enjoyed the match...

A game of two halves.

Kudos to Ghana too... A couple of nice showings from their boys. They should keep hold of their Dada no 5...

Jordan Ayew played like the senior man he is. Best showing of him I've seen...

Oboy na Naija get England. See crowd. See atmosphere... Men pull up... Ghana self try...

Dessers. Mans so strong. Best match have seen him play...

Nwabali... Hmmm.. My guy play too much.. Stopeeet.

I agree, this was Dessers best match..
If to say midfield dey today, he would have had more chances..
I kinda liked the chemistry between him and Alimi..

And before I forget, Chuks in attacking midfield was awesome!
Man looked reborn!!
I give Chelle Kudos for that

joelsteron:
Dessers is most reliable than the rest of our strikers.

I need him in 3-5-2 with V09. I want to check something .

Where will you keep lookman

mekabuachi:
I no believe say Nigeria go even win the match 😂

We need to improve our second half performances sha
Noticed Eric chelle is more calm now.... Compared to the first two games

Na friendly and it wasn't played in Africa

COOL10:
He didn't waste time. That was his weaker left foot. The fact that he has scored a lot of goals with that particular foot this season doesn't mean that he's going to do so in every match. I still prefer his stronger right foot.


Don't forget that it was as he was about to shoot that the defender pushed him. That was a clear penalty. Unfortunately, no V.A.R.

Penalty shout.. absolutely
But he for blind the keeper fes abeg

Goke7:
Ghana should have equalised, though nwabali saved our blushes but that Ghana team is poor abeg

That na their C team o

solonnachi:
I have noticed that the few times Chelle has coached our team against Rwanda, Zimbabwe and today Ghana, our second half's have been poor. Our defense and midfield none existent. Players get tired during second half. Why?

Because he overlooks the midfield
He plays a high energy system, and you need midfielders to keep going

elyte89:
No mind dem,like say Ghanaians kan sell pepper ,even if Nigerian 🇳🇬 lizard va Ghanaian 🇬🇭 lizards play , e go tuff ,some matches are just like dt


Can we now appt papa Daniel’s …he’s a good CM

Yes he is
He gives us options
But our coaches will still invite 4 or 5 midfielders, so sadly we may not see him again

Odunayaw:
We don see why dem play Aina on the left. If Chelle like make him no use Felix for LB

Our eyes don open now

mowah:
Good match.
Summary of the match
Dessers and Ogbu IN
Musa and Nacho OUT (legends though )

Papa Daniel with a shout too
Won't create headlines, but might be effective..
Reminds me of a certain Joe Aribo