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ChrisKels:
Match never even start ooh, Mr Passion go dey fight opponent's goalkeeper. We have to tell this boy the truth. Nna gi needs total reorientation because he too do.

https://x.com/ChuchoMaine/status/2008951059599736880?t=vCZ_bHARUzff-a0KlQ7y3g&s=19[/quote]Most wins are psychological.
Psychological dominance is key.

Sometimes people who are born winners may be oblivious of the facts that make the win.
Osimhen needs no orientation. He is getting it right in football.

In that particular scene, that goalkeeper was wrong.

charlesemeka85:
Lookman wasn’t deployed as a 10 by Chelle but as a false 9/Auxilliary striker who make runs to the middle when the 2 deployed strikers (Akor and Osimhen) are down on the flanks

Rest the agenda abeg

Meliforme:
I went cold with shivers as i read what you wrote.
"Those guys were creating goals from next to nothing", was it for me.
I went cold because i did not know that someone can make those kind of assertions.

I said it earlier that Victor Moses basked and benefitted from the services of Mikel Obi and Ogenyi Onazi. He profited from a better midfield, and here you are saying they create goals from nothing, and even included Ighalo of all people.

Ighalo is yet to become the player Osimhen is.
Ejuke and Chukwueze are class above Victor Moses when emphasis is on wing forward play.
We have now a superior attacking caste.

Let us see what a midfield that has Ndidi, Frank, Iwobi and hopefully Raphael Onyedika will bring

FiveFootNinja:
Oboy the way these small teams dey rush big teams for this knockout stage. Hmm. I know how shaky we can be at the back o. Make Mozambique no go wipe us wetin no good. We need to control the pace of that game because Mozambique go wan dey form speedsters on the ball.

joelsteron:
Chelle why now? You should have giving my Onyedika an assist just like Ndidi and onyeka and sacrifice one winger, Simon is useless now. He can't cross balls.

TheSuperNerd:
Ndidi was the CDM sitting in front of the defence and played full 90 + added time. Onyeka was his double pivot partner who was also policing the RCM channel and played 79mins.
So it is expected to have Ndidi record more defensive stats.

Saying Onyeka was not as involved is funny because after Ndidi (who played 90+), Onyeka had the next highest defensive contrubutions despite not finishing the game and despite not being the sitting CDM.

If there is anyone you should come for defensively, it is Iwobi, who recorded just one 1 defensive contribution for an entire 90mins+ display.

TheSuperNerd:
Frank Onyeka with 7 defensive contribitions had more contributions to defence before being subbed out than anyone except Ndidi (12) and Bruno (7).

He also made more interceptions than anyone (4). One of such interceptions started the buildup for Nigeria's 3rd goal.

So you lie when you paint the fallacy that Onyeka was not involved defensively all in a bid to make Eric's Onyeka sub justified. Meliforme, you lie.

Moniter0:
the Tunisians were not posing any threat even when they got their first goal, which was only a result of a freekick that should have not been conceded in the first place. Things would have just returned to normal after that goal, but things changed with the substitution of Onyeka.

Bossoflife25:
So you put wingers and play a single DM in games you leading 3-1 with 10 minutes to go? Not even Pep with make such a school boy error!

MetalJigsaw:
He's an idiot for such statement. It was only luck that made us win that game... I wonder what he would be saying.

Kog45:
Oga your boy nearly cost us,he won a duel but his overall performance was poor though better than Simon Moses,the duo don't deserve to come in,they did nothing,hope you saw where your boy was dispossess trying to do Okocha,that almost led to a goal....

MetalJigsaw:
There is a saying: The ends justify the means. What was the result of removing your midfield workhorse for two wingers?? That's the issue.

Remember we almost ended up drawing 3-3!

Amedino99:
needed cover? Osayi was left stranded for the most part when ejuke was there. At some point the attacks were facing osayi's side and he had no help.

chuks404:
you sabi, I also feel the substitution was not bad. The idea was good. Ideally bashiru instead of ejuke would have been better , but he did poorly in the last game. And no winger defends well than Simon in the team currently.(If you know you can suggest). Guys ERIC Chelle is good. But how do you even remedy the nonsense ejuke played. I am a big fan of his but he added nothing to his game today. Eric Chelle thinking was great but the personnel deployed failed. Ejuke should just kiss super eagles good bye because Eric chellle doesn't seem like who forgets easily. The reason dele didn't come in was because of his last performance . But you have to give it to osimhen. Very unselfish with the pass to lookman. Ejuke had the same chance he went for personal glory. It's clear why some players progress others don't.

Kog45:
Oga your boy nearly cost us,he won a duel but his overall performance was poor though better than Simon Moses,the duo don't deserve to come in,they did nothing,hope you saw where your boy was dispossess trying to do Okocha,that almost led to a goal....

TheSuperNerd:
@emboldened.... Ejuke was enough for this. Only him actually defended and still provided an outlet. Simon did nothing defensively. Infact, even Chukwueze would have been a better sub than Simon.

Onyeka needed to be replaced by a midfield profile who will also help out in those gaps. Not a simon.

mrwilliams9:
Chelle needs to take time with his substitutions sha. There was no need to destabilize the team with those attacking subs.

Let’s see more of our midfield. This is a long tournament, need fresh legs

lbrichman2:
Close to his full back
Simple

TheSuperNerd:
Only Ejuke dropped 3 defensive contributions. Simon Moses surprisingly dropped Zero defensive contributions. Chelle should not have brought on 2 wingers at the same time. One was enough.

The other should have been a midfielder with emphasis on defense and ball holding/retention.

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

— Fisayo Dairo (@FisayoDairo) December 27, 2025

lbrichman2:
Watch the build up to our third goal
It started with Onyeka who intercepted a pass and then Osimhen laid it off for Iwobi and ran into space..

Onyeka was cutting out passing lanes, marking and doing the dirty job
Had no business subbing him..
See here..

🚨🇳🇬 GOAL! Ademola Lookman scores for Nigeria to make it 3-0 against Tunisia. He’s now been involved in four goals in two games at the AFCON. pic.twitter.com/xxNwH0kIff

— GNB (@GHNaijaBallers) December 27, 2025

lbrichman2:
Watch that penalty osayi conceded
Then tell me whether Ejuke was anywhere close to him
I await your answer

daveP:
Pls finish this analysis. You haven't added what happened next pls and how it ended. Lol.

No stop here o. Chelle carry that blame abeg.

CornOak:
Meli, are you trying to justify why he brought on EJUKE and Simon? 🤔🤔

lbrichman2:
Simon even offers some periodic shine
But you see that Ejuke?
He should be booted out after this AFCON