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Sometimes,the football doesn't have to be beautiful. It just has to be effective and potent.

elyte89:
I want a South African 🇿🇦 win tonight ,not because i like dem , but because I feel Dey re a better team to oust Morocco 🇲🇦 out of d tournament in quarters. I want Morocco 🇲🇦 to cry for dis obvious ojoro wey dem do

This south African team is a far cry from the last tournament. They couldn't beat the Egyptian side they beat in 2019 when Egypt hosted and 2023 in ivory coast. The Egyptian side played a man down for over 45 mins and managed to edge South Africa. Let Cameroon play Morocco. Cameroon is stronger in this tournament

Bossoflife25:
South Africa will beat Cameroon.

South Africa style will be too difficult for Cameroon to cope with.

If Mozambique could play them that way. Forget it. Southy will flog them.

You really underate Mozambique.
South Africa from get go was not in this tournament. The struggled throughout group stage. It was obvious they weren't gonna beat Cameroon.

Secondly the game between Cameroon and Ivory Coast was a hell of a match. You could see grit and hard play. That match was good enough to tell any neutral that Cameroon was not a side to joke with.

Mozambique side played the powerhouses and lost narrowly, then they beat Gabon who made the world cup playoffs and lost to Nigeria over 120 minutes. Mozambique play a compact style and they fight till end. Nigeria will scale through , but it will be a tough and even contest. Should Chelle succeed in making it another easy victory, then we are good enough to meet Cameroon at the semifinals. Because Cameroon will beat Morocco.

Mujtahida:
Was Tolu that bad in the game against Congo? I didn't watch the second half. Cos from what I read online, he was horrible chesting ball down for the Congolese to clear.

Kinda dispensable

Those peeps who always ranked Tolu Arokodare ahead of Paul Onuachu. How fa , how market?

Even when Tolu himself acknowledged that Onuachu was a big shoe to fill in Belgium. Paul at 31 looks slim and fit. Tolu , Dolphin estate boy, butty boy. And he carries himself like mummy's boy.

Paul is a real fighter oo, the team is not playing his style and pattern but he has adjusted. Dare I say , he is a worthy backup to Osimhen

ThunderFireAgba:
Ladies & Gentlemen, a new sensational striker is born in the Cameroun squad today.

My goodness I saw the young lad today. And he has got moves. Kokane at 19 years. This guy is one to watch out for . When you see him you'd know he is the future.

Joebie:
The knockout 16 stage

Mali to win. Senegal win.
Sengal win


Egypt win. Egypt win
Ivory coast win



Cameroon win. Cameroon win
Morocco win



Dr congo win. Nigeria win
Nigeria win


Final. Egypt vs Nigeria

SymphonyRad:
Cameroon playing hard not to face their perennial nemesis Nigeria

But to be honest this new Cameroon team looks very different, really good team under their new coach.

People are sleeping on Cameroon. Never underestimate them. They are a force to recon. I'd say their group is the group of death at the end of the group stage. In terms of quality of opposition in this tournament, Mozambique and Gabon have been impressive. On the other hand , Nigeria played Tanzania and Uganda, both less power teams. Mozambique fights. And they fight till the end. They lost narrowly to Ivory Coast having kept themselves in the game. Then they defeat Gabon in their next game. A Gabonese team we could beat over extra time during playoffs. They'd change their first team and still played well against cameroun. I know we can beat them. But we should remember they are a southern African side and unlike the east African sides we played, we have struggled against South African just as recently from our world cup qualifiers.

Subzero0477:
I hope they don't use this match to judge Onyedika

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That's like a failure projection. Why should any of his fans be scared or worried. If he is the man or the monster , he should go show what he is made of. Afterall the tired old weak legs of Ndidi played in this similar position in the first game. So what stops onyedika?

Kog45:
Abi no be Bright Osayi name full everywhere for the stats and people are condemning poor guy, against Tunisia I rated him than Bruno

Except the handball, Bright played his best game for the Eagles yesterday. He is growing in confidence and interpretation. He supports the midfield. He looks like he is beginning to understand his role and interpret it well

Meliforme:
Some people just want to be heard and out of their emotions they say rubbish.

The way we transited the ball from defence to the final third was a scene that was very rare in our football, but now we carry it out with ease.
This is the sweetest of football that i have seen of the Super Eagles in a very long while.

He did not see any positive to comment about, just the opening of his mouth to talk about a scenario that is beyond his understanding.
The wingers did their job.

To kill the momentum of the Tunisians we needed wingers with the energy to run into space, to run with the ball and make something happen and we almost succeeded.

This is lit 🔥

[quote author=Goke7 post=137932318]For those defending Chelle, continue

Who shall deliver us from the hands of Eric Chelle? pic.twitter.com/8Vo4yFHJdY

— Fisayo Dairo (@FisayoDairo) December 27, 2025

city was leading Fulham by the same margin and almost bottled it. Only to end up winning 5-4. This is football and it happens. The one most important thing was a win for us. One game at a time. And we couldn't be in a better position to make our errors and blunders in the group stage right now where we can correct those mistakes. We have so far played the best football in this tournament when we consider the strength of our opponent. There is a whole lot of positive to take from this game.

Bossoflife25:
Chelle playing with no single dribbler or pure winger.

Pure nonsense! Akor or Osimhen should have make way for Chuk or Simon.

I do not understand this formation of moving Osimhen to the left.

Osimhen alone can run the forward line just support him with good wingers and solid midfield.

This team looks unbalance!

Coachie how do you feel reading this now

Bossoflife25:
I underestimated this SA team! If this is actually how good this team is, then I rank the Super Eagles as Favorite to win this AFCON!

Wait till your favorite play their first game .

solonnachi:
And see the confidence at which NFF President went for FIFA world cup draws and shine teeth for camera. They were assured that Nigeria will qualify

He went to represent the Super Eagles in absence , unknown to the fans that Glass House was cooking.

I believe FIFA's final verdict favouring a playoff between Nigeria and Cameroon. But I wonder how Sudan will feel since they had complained , I don't know if they submitted any form of legal petition to FIFA. Remember Sudan finished 3rd in the group that had Sengal as the automatic winner.

Karlovych:
Do you have a copy of DR Congo's constitution?

No I have paraphrased the NFF Gen. Sec.

We are weak at matters of laws. And that kills us slowly in our country . Some even felt that south Africa's 3 points shouldn't be deducted. What the bejesus has gone wrong . There is a breach of law and it must be questioned . It must be probed . Answers are demanded in fairness to the laws .

Oma akatugba is always seeking relevance from the controversial position. We are saying the Congolese FA have tricked or deceived FIFA by presenting documents which are illegal. Since their laws or what is legal in Congo is that Congolese citizens cannot have dual citizenship. Does the aforementioned players have dual citizenship? Yes? Is this this legal in Congo to have dual citizenship? NO. Have the Congolese tried to manipulate FIFA deliberately or otherwise in presenting Congolese Passports to FIFA when they should know that their players cannot have dual passport? That's up for debate but does it nullify those players as Congolese players? I believe YES it can be argued that it is a breach of the Congolese laws

Having a mixed feeling joining this thread again since our disappointing result against DR congo. I thought I was gonna go on a long break. But here we are again. I hope I haven't missed much though.

Exactly as some of us hoped for.
This simply means there is no space for Bright Osayi in next month's AFCON. He is a weak link.

ChrisKels:
Ajayi will be starting today. Benji will play as a right back.

Yes. Thanks , corrected

CornOak:
You mean Semi Ajayi?

He actually does. He is always happy to play for the national team. Although he was born abroad , but you don't see see it in his mannerism, he has that typical rascal/ agbero vibes(in a good way)

junnyjake:
He plays like one who enjoys playing for the NT.

In all sincerity Benji should hold RB, Semi should be brought back, Benji is the only one who can give those crosses from the RB position. Bright should know better his disposal is inevitable . Even when Aina returns, it will take some before he is fully fit time. Kayode is a better upgrade of them all.

Mujtahida:
Abeg ooo. Benjamin should go play RB. Seyi is needed in the CB to deal with aerial balls from the Congolese.
Has Osayi not punished you enough? You want to tempt the gods abi. Person cause PK, the gods overlook am, he deflected the ball into the net, the gods forgave him by letting us win, now you say he should play RB against a Congolese team that has a reputation for being physical and good with set pieces.

No na

It's like there are many hausa speaking guys in the team , I noticed Chidera Ejuke speaks Hausa too, as well as Benjamin Fredrick, the others I'm not surprised about are Moses Simon , Akor Adams and of course the two Norther players Zaidu and Alhassan .

Kog45:
Kai so Awaziem Chidozie na Hausa boy...the boy dey blow Hausa language o....just like the way Osimhen dey speak Yoruba

This is for you Sevilla.

Thank You 💕

Gabonese have put you all at the edges of your sit right? Especially the absolutely confident ones whom before kickoff were predicting some absolute sexy scoreline in favour of the Eagles. 😂🤣🤣

Let me restore a little hope in your hearts to sooth what you might feel as a disappointing first half performance but an expected one to me and that's that we'd win but by a slim margin. I think since our last AFCON tournament that this is our best performance against an African side. This is a mini tournament or competition we are playing right now and this is good game we are playing.

Question: Capital of Nigeria ?

Boy Answers: Ndidi, Wilfred Ndidi

The way you guys are confidently and boldly prediction this high scores in favour of Nigeria. I honestly wish it turns out that way. Because I really don't see us winning by more than a narrow victory, 1 nil or 2-1 in Nigeria's favour. It's tempting to flatter using their last game against Benin. But if we are lucky to see a repeat of it again then it's confidence building.

lexyman:
I ve watched different highlights of Gabon matches , its seems they are not as good as what the paper make them look .... this match will end in 4-1 in Favour of Nigeria .... these Gabonese guys couldnt spring 2to 3 passes together . also a very bad defence ., not as bad as what Nwabali and Ekong made SE defence to look ... but in all ... SE is better off and we will be a very difficult nut to crack .


On paper and on the pitch, Nigeria is the stronger side. Gabon struggle with ball retention, defensive shape, and transitions — all things SE can punish them heavily.

Exactly..all you need is your winger to turn up like a lamine yamal on his best day. And you are good to go. Why waste a substitute like that.

Odunayaw:
In essence, waste one substitution because of what Mouyouma said?

As far as the wingers keep their full backs very occupied, Osimhen will always be free

Lol..you'd make a poor coach with this ludicrous game plan. You giving tactics like a coach playing a community cup in his local govt. 😂. This shows you are quite nervous and in doubt of yourself because of what your opponent coach has said. Good managers crack the code from the get go. Not wait for 25 mins to throw in your best player

Cocony:
Something tells me of a truth Lookman , Akor, Chukwueze and Osimhen should start or even keep Osimhen on the bench for 1st 25minutes such that if those guys(Lookman, Akor and Chukwueze) can't score against Gabon he should be introduced at the 25th minute. I say this against the backdrop of the fact that Coach Mouyouma of Gabon has his main plan as : CONTAINING OSIMHEN.
So if those 3 players should be on ground or the 3 plus Osimhen, Gabonese goalkeeper will concede more than 3 goals altogether in the game.

My own question is , which hotel did the Gabonese team lodge at? Same hotel ?

I heard the hotel is a 4 star one, if it is really a 4 star hotel in a very touristy country like Morocco then it ought be good.

The environment where the hotel is located seems to be a residential area where residential apartments is closely backing the hotel. Perhaps reasons why iwobi dropped his cryptic story.

Odunayaw:
Omo na lion and tiger liver this people chop

After they beat them in the first leg were they not offering pizzas and leftovers to the fans as they left the stadium? They clearly look down on them.