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Goke7:
No thanks to the horrible pitch confirmed and approved by both CAF and FIFA.

The painful part is that this same CAF and FIFA didn't allow so many countries play their matches at home, claiming no good stadium but allowed South Africa to play in a worst stadium. The whole stadium ban is a charade.

Invasion by aliens.
No moderation.

Danielnino00:
How come CAF didn't adopt this method for the 2017 AFCON qualifiers when Chad pulled out and our group was disqualified from presenting a second best runner up??

That's why I said that CAF/FIFA will decide.

They are the umpire and they will decide what happens. Examples abound for both. One is fair, one is not. It's part of the politics of the game.

minfelix:
with all these kind names i dey see here
DRC
Cameroon
Madagascar
Gabon
go too beat them 🤣
imagine Cameroon v New caledonia or Gabon vs Curacao or madagascar vs El savador)…chai make FIFA help us naaa make we even make am to playoffs naaaa🤣🤣🤣….e go too easy walai

Africa will present only one team not 4.
Those 4 will play semi final and final to determine who rep Africa.

Lionessza6:
So both Fifa and Caf are in our pockets? Why are there no other African nations protesting this but you,especially the ones directly "affected"?

Anyways, win or lose....we are going there to build up,this is our first time as a solid and stable league. We need to go there and make our blunders and learn....come back to our league to correct ourselves and go back better in the next world cup. We are patient people not shortcut people...we work in stages of development not expecting overnight miracles like some people who belive in instant success .

We just want that experience and also an opportunity to unite the country just like 2010 did, so the WC isn't just about soccer but nation building. But I'm speaking a foreign language to you I'm sure because you'd probably rather go and build with the English that build with your own

Patience people using position to scheme other team home matches to their country.

Patience people banning other nations stadium but playing their own in a potato farm.

Patience people with no honour.

NIGHTMARE0O7:
U are a South african.
So u will say this as expected.
But one this The match wasnt played on level playing ground.

During any Euefa competition draws.
There is a reason why they make sure There are no two clubs in the same country that plays iN the same group.
They make sure all the clubs are well spread accross the groups.

I still maintain SA CHEATED the competition was equal and fairl to everyone in the group. UPPER HAND was given to SA
Thats the truth. But lets see how far They go in WC. after qualifying through fraud.

Make FIFA deduct that point now. Worst come to worst we allow Benin to qualify in the last game.

Lionessza6:
So that's it, that's what makes SA undeserving of their spot....I thought you were going to make some solid accusations like " they were awarded undue penalties throughout the tournament " or something along those lines,not this

So where were these two matches supposed to be played , in a school field in Lesotho or a cricket field in Harare?

It's pretty much accepted as standard and normal that when all the countries bordering SA play Fifa matches ,they all use SA as their homeground....whether playing SA or any other team ....it didn't start during this tournament, it has always been like that. So there's no conspiracy here .....it just so happens to work in SA's favour at this crucial tournament.
SA didn't cheat ; we used our advantages to get what we want( investing in our local league and infrastructure) ,and you failed to use yours. ( having experienced international players and your previous records ) ...that's it .

This is not true. Benin has had their matches played in Morocco at some point (not in this qualifier though). Is Benin close to Morocco?

The essence of home and away is to give equal advantage to all teams.

Pythagoras001:
This is were NFF should be smart enough to play politics and lobby caf to change it from best 4 second place to best 8 second place. chelle has already gotten the rythm with the players and i believe we would win our last 2 matches. if nigeria enter that playoff we have the chance of winning the african play offs and be one of the two teams that qualify from the intercontinental playoffs.

This is impossible. Rules are made before commencement. The exception is where is an unforseen circumstance like in the xlcase of Eritrea withdrawing and which may only affect how the best 4 is drawn

Goke7:
That 3 points don go forget it! If SA can be allowed to play 7 games in their country na points dem go deduct? I no get hope for that one again o ti lo

If they qualify with at least 4 pts difference FIFA/CAF may decide to save face.

Goke7:
Honestly I didn’t even know those countries were playing their home games in SA until few weeks ago. It’s one of the greatest scam in football, Zambia even borders Zimbabwe why can’t they play their games there even Lesotho can play in Namibia. Na plan work honestly!

We said it a long time ago.
It's possible NFF are part of the ploy. Those guys might even collect bribe to sabotage their country. It's not today Nigerians start conniving with outsiders to scam their country. Ajaokuta steel is an example.

minfelix:
let’s take a look at this permutations and combination.
If fifa want to deduct from all second place teams currently
Group A: Burkina faso 14pts won bottom place djibouti home and away
15-6= 9pts

Group B: DRC 16pts won botton place south sudan home and away
16-6= 10

Group C: Nigeria 11point drew twicw with bottom place zimbabwe twice
11-2=9

Group D: Cameroon 15pts won Eswatini and drew them
15-4 =11pts

Group E: Tanzania 10pts(the grouo Eritrea pulled out from)
10pts

Group F: Gabon 18 points beat sychelles home and away
18-6= 12pts

Group G: Uganda 15pts beat bottom place somalia home and away
15-6= 9pts

Group H: Namibia 15pts beat bottom place sao tome home and away
15-6= 9pts

Group I: Madagascar 16pts beat bottom place chad home and away
16-6 = 10pts

omo if e end like this e no go good oo🤣🤣😜🤪
Best 4 teams
- Gabon 12pts
-Cameroon 11pts
-DRC 10pts
-Madagascar 10pts


the rest
-Tanzania 10pts
-Burkina Faso 9pts
-Nigeria 9pts
-Uganda 9pts
-Namibia 9pts

✍️✍️🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🤪🤪😂😂

It will now be down to who wins their next 2 matches.

I don give up.

Pythagoras001:
This Lesotho be !d!ot They want to ruin our chances we need them to not be the last on the table. but we f**ked up sha this lesotho team that we could have thrashed at home

They didn't play this way against Nigeria.
They played ultra defensive and were lucky to get that breakaway goal. We laboured, miss chances before we finally equalised.

This Lesotho didn't play ultra defending game against South Africa and Benin. Next month against Nigeria all of them will stay in their 18

MetalJigsaw:
You're totally wrong! Im not a fan of any local coach. What Ieant was there was a period local coaches are being considered but Amuneke wasn't given a try

So we should sack Chelle and appoint Amunike now because we couldn't bear South Africa?

I supported Amunike too then. I'm a Siasia supporter but you see this qualifier, Chelle did nothing wrong. His invitation is on merit.
He can only learn.


If I were to meet him one on one, my advice would be:
Don't listen to NFF, fans and journalist; choose your team based on merit and stick to your decisions.

MetalJigsaw:
Please tell us those teams he played. Couldn't beat a lowly ZIM at home, Rwanda home game could have easily ended in a draw. couldn't beat an ordinary SA team in a must win match despite the Europe based stars at his disposal. Is that what you're applauding?

That is pure mediocrity.

Is this set of players that include 2 African bests no deserving of a grade B coach?
Why was Amunike not given a chance??

Player for player most of these players in our group can't lace the boots od our players so why are we struggling so much against them??

The last 10 minutes of that match was so embarrassing! African local players running rings around our team, pinning us back when the reverse is supposed to be the case.

See Eric Chelle falling for cheap antics from opposing coach to make him angry amd lose focus in the crucial moments od the match. Chai!😥

I sight 94set.
Waiting for this moment.
They called for Finidi. From this comment I can sense this one is calling for Amunike.
When will you guys leave Super Eagles alone and look for coaching job elsewhere?

Dannyxy:
Somehow Nigeria might qualify, Lesotho will get proper hiding in uyo , everyone wants to okay rough against Nigeria now, but the will get it…

My problem is the Benin game, that’s going to be tough, very tough…

What if South Africa draws or loose two matches? Then get 3 points which will obviously be removed later.

There is is still a lot to play for.

We are playing Lesotho in South Africa not Uyo. They drew us in Uyo match day 1. They scored first we managed to equalise.

Benin is in Uyo. It's the game that will determine who gets 2nd spot if we win Lesotho in South Africa.

lbrichman2:
Our FA is weak
We no get mouth for Africa again..

I remember those years Enyimba won the CafCL, Orji Uzo Kalu played all the necessary politics..

Gusau is a weak president of a weak FA

Now we know we enjoyed Hayatu, the Cameroonian. Pinnick helped take CAF to Southern Africa. I doubt those guys will release it soon.
Now this zonal youth tournament qualification is helping expose their teams. Very soon all of them will be strong team too.
That's the tournament West Africa use to produce players mostly. We have limited slot now.

Goke7:
Imagine SA playing like 7 matches in their own country omo naija na disgrace 😂

That's almost 21 pts.

elyte89:
One thing I av learnt about dis wcq series is to qualify u need to knw aw to play politics aspect of football cos I am very sure d approval of this stadium was a deliberate act.A premeditated move by South Africa 🇿🇦

Very True.
The stadium in some countries playing away from home is better than this.

charlesemeka85:
for him to start benching ekong after the ZIM match was obvious that he doesn’t rate him. Maybe he had a change of heart to field the skipper due to the formation he started the game with

@queenjazz.

Na media pressure.
When I watch the last post match press interview, I suspected he might start him today

Joebie:
You can only have one winner in an AFCON. So it's excusable. But we can't boast of being in the top 10 to qualify for World Cup is not excusable especially when it's back to back. We need an overhaul of the NFF. IF ONLY NIGERIANS WILL SHOUT THEM TO RESIGN.

Dem no dey reading for shouting in Africa. Save your energy

Ragingthunder:
6 points will take us to 17 points, seven of the second placed team is already on 15, it's over bro

If the format suggested is used.

Those on 15 would get extra 6 making it 21. If they won their lowest placed team home and away, that's minus 6. Taking them back to 15 points.

Ours will be 17pts. If you remove 2. We get to 15pts too because we drew Zimbabwe home and away.

In such a scenario, you never can tell if the ranking won't favour you.

Ragingthunder:
Is it impossible? Nigeria is on 11 points

Calculator time:

Before 10pm Benin will be on 14pts. We need to win our last 2 games to finish second.

If the format suggested here is approved and the above happens, our 17pts then will become 15pts (ie minus 2 against Zimbabwe)

9JAMac10:
Afcon in December loading. Folks let’s start building for the 2030 World Cup

Are you NFF? Those guys don't think in the future. It's now and now.

Sugarboyy:
We didn't tried our best, Chelle rather tried his best. 4 qualifying matches, 8 points. If Peseiro, Eguavoen and Finidi had given us same 8 points in the first 4 matches, we would have been on 16 points right now

Exactly. He almost did 12pts but for Elkong's twin error.

soetanoreoluwa:
Exactly I enjoyed the games... They keep their heads up and fought with their lungs. Unfortunately all odds are against us let us use the remaining two matches for afcon prep. Eric should start preparing for afcon

6 points may land us in playoff. It's worth trying.

QueenJazz:
Use your head. Our creativity in the attack is dead rubber. Or are you blind?

Na hand I use before? Chelle has no blame in this. This qualifier was lost after 4 games. He only came on remedial mission and didn't do badly.

I don't single out players for blame but our previous saviour: Ekong failed us.
Today's game: Remove 2 points from RSA and add 2 to Nigeria's own.
Against Zimbabwe: add 2 points to ours again and see where we would have been.
This is how the table would have looked like without those errors:
RSA 16pts
Nig 15pts

1) NFF - left appointment of coach late.
2) Finidi and Peseiro
3) the mathematician
4) 94 set
5) fans except some of us here
6 journalist

These are the people responsible for no world cup for us, arranged in order of culpability.

lovewins:
Was the ref biased? Obviously. Was his bias enough to have prevented us from winning? Absolutely not.

We just got a lot of things wrong. Sad but that's just reality.

Referee was not bias.

minfelix:
The biggest question is
WHY DID EKONG START THIS GAME?

Were you not there when media ask coach why he didn't start him ?
Nigerians on social media advocated for him to start too.

Senegal turned it around 3:2