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If you've never watched South Africa play it is no hype, they are a good ball-playing side. They can create, they can entertain and that's why they play high-scoring games. And they can create chances.

Marjoribanks:
Gift Orban to Tottenham?

If this deal enters ehnn. Free bottles on me.

One would have thought Nigeria qualifying out of its group was a miracle. But Morocco! Damn. That's even bigger.

When Zambia beat Germany in the last friendly, they thought they had arrived. Little did they know Germany was not the standard they will use to determine their status to compete. I guess they went to sleep and relax.

Mhen this Moroccan qualified after conceding six goals in the first game against Germany and went on not to concede in the remaining two group matches.

Deltamani:
Wiegman made three changes from her starting XI that defeated Denmark 1-0 and moved James into the No. 10 role.

“[James] feels good, you can tell. She did special things today. Unfortunately, that one goal was cancelled. She flows over the pitch.

“We expected China to press high because they had to win to go through. But they just stayed in shape. They didn’t expect us to play this way, and they didn’t find a solution,” Wiegman told ITV after the game.

I hope Nigeria is not gonna concentrate too much on stopping James and forget there are 10 other players to stop.

Congratulations to south Africa.

First-ever world cup win that earned them a place in the round 16 for the first time.

They averaged two goals per game in the group stage.

In comparison with Nigeria who had a better defense but averaged a goal per match. We were in a comfortable position after our second game. This tells you what a good and solid defense gives you in a tournament over a free-scoring side.
Nigeria conceded two goals throughout the group stage. And south Africa conceded an average of two goals pregame.
The south African girls perhaps play in a manner that allows them to attack and it could have been different if they hadn't scored the winner in today's game in the 93rd minute. However there is need for them to improve on their defense.

Marjoribanks:
United will opt for Iheanacho incase Holjund and Kane bid fails!

They see him as a highly technical striker who comes with Premier league experience and can play several positions upfront. Cheap as well!

Very true, iheanacho is very technical. he may not be a perfect player as no player is perfect. But for what he plays and a team that could perfectly complement him, he still got a whole in his game.

Rockyrascal:
Nigeria 11 at AFCON 2004

Image: From CAF

I think this became our 11 after the likes of Agali, Babayaro, and Yakubu?? were sent out of the team camp for going out to flex with whores. To make their offense look calmer they said they snuck out of camp to party. This happened after the opening game against Morocco where we lost. And of course, a group of players chose that moment to display indiscipline. This opened the door for the fringe players in the team. The likes of Osaze and John Utaka. Both played key roles on our journey to the third-place finish. And this was certainly JJ Okacha's tournament. scoring some beautiful freekick and entertaining us with great football

If there will ever be a reason why Chukwueze shouldn't go to Saudi if that chance opens up now, it should be out of the need to secure an EU passport for himself.

typicalgamer:
You must be high on cheap wine

Chuks that is injured every now and then you want him to stay consistent and become world class 😂 😂

Or you think he’s 24 like football age say??

No chase the bag first

Is he better than those who ran to Saudi 😂

Exactly. If Saudi Arabian League offers him 200k a week for 5 years, that's huge. Where will he get that at in Milan for 3 years. After all those who think they know it all like charlesemeka is talking nonsense when Odion Ighalo said we play football for money. Milan wouldn't offer Chukwueze 100k per week sef. Chukwueze is still guaranteed his position in the national team for the next five years hopefully we win a medal at AFCON and that's fine with the national team. The national team is not gonna win the world cup in the next 5 years so don't waste time. We pray 🙏 to play in the next afcon finals which is a more likely reality. Add that to Chukwueze real age and ability. Who could have thought that Taiye Taiwo after all his exploit in Marseille will turn out to be a flop at Milan. Football is unpredictable and what we define as ambition differs.

Marjoribanks:
Hmm! What after his contract expires no clubs want him anymore. But with Milan, he can develop and win the Scudetto and champions league which could improve his market value in 3/4 years. Who could tell if the same Saudi club won't come back in 4 years to offer him a much better deal. He should go to Milan!

That sounds very good truly. This might just be a better deal or way to look at it.

charlesemeka85:
you no get sense

Bag that he still hv many years to chase

skoin skoin dey your own head already. Wetin you dey chase with your potbelly

Kalakulu:
You're actually daft. Thankfully Chukwueze isn't as unambitious as you.

You are a dunce how do you define ambition.

Marjoribanks:
Should Chukwueze follow the bag or not?

Follow the bag sincerely. I mean we've all seen him play, we know he is good, we couldn't tell how much he still got in him to develop to be world class or African footballer of the year. I'm not so sure he will attain those status, so I will encourage him to follow the bag.

lovewins:
You guys need to tone down on the incessant call for Sebastien, Onyenezide and Ajakaye to be included in the Super Falcons. You don't know how ridiculous it's beginning to sound.

Due to our emotional attachments, we sometimes hype players beyond their current capabilities. Don't get me wrong I believe they have great potentials, but that doesn't necessarily translate into their present reality. Also, age grade competition doesn't mean you can now compete with pros.

Ajakaye for instance was highest goal scorer in the qualifiers in our Zone. When she got to the world stage, she had just one goal and one assist at the u17 level.

Flourish Sebastien is a great talent, but had just 1 goal and zero assist at the u20 level. Same Flourish didn't even start for Bayelsa United at the CAF women's Champion's league had zero goals and suddenly she's better than super falcons players? . Both Flourish and Ajakaye play in the NWFL. How many goals did they have last season? If we had a NWFL team of the season, will they even make the list?

We traditionally take players from the u17/u20 to join the Super falcons campaign to the world cup for many years. This year wasn't any different. We have 3 players from the 2022 u20 squad in the team and 2 of them started the last game. To show how good and improved they are, all of them are no longer in Nigeria. One is playing D1 college football in the US and the other 2 are pros in France.

Let's allow these girls to grow and support them while doing it. If I were Sebastian and Ajakaye, I'll take the Deborah Abiodun route. Get a D1 college team in the US and grow from there. Don't let us hurry these girls before their time. It's how Nwakali got hurried into the super eagles and he's been shut out since then. Let's allow them grow.

You forgot to add that this group of girls recently played the WAFU under 20 and lost the finals to Ghana on penalties.

No one here is talking about Haiti's 🇭🇹 performance against England. Yeah, they lost to England by a retaken penalty but my God, their attack was really what we needed badly against Canada. Football is a teamwork, and not an assiat oshoala work. But the team needs her to click and be explosive as the number 6 of Haiti was. I'm sure Haiti will not go far in this word cup, but certainly, I recon they got a good team and that anything is possible going foward

hatakekakashi:
Ohale, Ucheibe and Abiodun; These 3 players were the defensive bedrock of the team vs Canada. It was hard to believe Abiodun is only 19 and was playing her first world cup match because of how fearless she played. Inexperience still cost her though.

Very true inexperience cost her. I think she committed the foul late in the additional time.

charlesemeka85:
them no go gree give any apology

Instead they will say only 3 happened out of 1,000 transfer news 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yes, only 3 happened out of over 100,000 transfer news

Deltamani:
Spain had 45 attempts at goal tonight, but left the match with 3 goals 😵‍💫

Costa Rica goalkeeper could have been the woman of the match. It was her doing all the job

Deltamani:
FT: Spain 3-0 Costa Rica

[Campo 21' (og), Bonmatí 23', González 27']

Spain with a comfortable win as Zambia's Group C gets underway.

Didn't we play Costa Rica 🇨🇷 in our series of friendly games leading to the world cup? I remember we played two south American teams. Although costa rica is central America

Idiko1:
There is no difference between Ayinde and Abiodun.

There is barely much she can offer than her experience at that role. And in our next game we will need an Abiodun type of athlete. The host nation will play on home advantage. And so we will need a person who can close down and destroy the game play

semid4lyfe:
We defend well, work hard and can soak pressure but our ball retention and passing game is shit

You couldn't have said this better. We need to find a way about our offense. Perhaps we need to play on counter and we need to be clinical.

semid4lyfe:
Better than Ann Chiejine. Best to dorn the jersey for the Super Falcons

Lol. Bandana mummy Ann wasn't in any class distinction when compared to her contemporaries. Today our lady at the goalpost is an "A" level keeper. She gives the fans a confident feeling like having Vincent Enyeama in the goal post.

lovewins:
It's why I'm proud of this result. The girls were playing against Canada and the referees. She hardly called foul in Nigeria's favour but gave Canada the advantage every minute opportunity he got.

Canada had 2 high boot situations that they didn't even check. God pass them sha.

I think the referee was fair to us as well. Her penalty and red card were VAR called. Abiodun should have received a card earlier but didn't get one. While we attacked the ball hit Onumonu's hand off the free kick of payne. So we can't have it all go our way.

Idiko1:
This girl should not have been called up for training session.

How many games have u watched her play in this role. She is one for the future. And did a lot of close-down running which was helpful. She was not attacking, but more like an opening or link to hold the ball. While Payne was the Speedstar

semid4lyfe:
Works hard but lacks confidence. Her body language screams "don't pass the ball to me"

Lol. Exactly. I feel she did a decent job. At least no costly errors. But then again she can look at Ohale and learn a thing or two about how she carries out her craft in terms of composure.

lovewins:
No it's not unbelievable. Deb fit more into Randy's plan. The first half was to set up defensively and soak the pressure and that's exactly what they did. It's why Canada has no shot in target.

We may be a little more liberal in the second half.

Yeah. You might be right. Deborah probably needs to quickly understand that going foward in the national team her role will not be much of an offensive player as she played with the junior team. She need to start prepping her mind in the direction of a defensive midfield. Because when we look at her performance defensive-wise, I noticed she excelled quite well. She got the ball and distributes it perfectly well. I was looking at her with the idea that she is an offensive player with some deadly long ball shot. Barring the red card she did perform satisfactorily. She is being moulded to a form of kante like manner.

I remember the argument about Plumptry and Demehin. Honestly Plumptry he been a life wire playing from that position and Demehin can't actually hold the ball. When not under substantial pressure she lacks the calm and composure. The new cats that is Demehin and Abiodun are yet to settle down.

charlesemeka85:
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Is that a Nigerian name ?

Tell me this opponent got their goal from a screamer or outside-the-box shot or something if not how did the opponents score a goal? If it was a defensive mistake on our side the we still have a lot to do.