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Everybody was tensed but I wasn't. I always knew the game would be close and immediately we scored a goal it was over.


Where Goldfish dey, 3-0 right? The Zambians played well and they should have been a goal up, exactly what I expected them to do but God was totally on our side, they became less clinical unlike when they met us and we managed to hold out

Mujtahida:
Ogu for a game on steroids? The game has too much pace for Ogu. Fact is Onazi is crucial to that midfield. Just accept it.

No be Pirlo dey play high paced game?

forgiveness:
Shehu is not good.

On a good day, wing backs are suppose to support the attack but our wing backs are just defending.

probably because we are not playing wingbacks but fullbacks. Will you ever see Abidal in an attacking position? But he was one of the best fullbacks ever. Shehu is doing his job perfectly well

Kog45:
Onazi even better than Ndidi talk less of Agu.

ok slow down Sir

Icon4s:
Michael2, this is the height of it.

that was a joke na. You know theGoodJoe once said he'd rather see Agu in that DMF position

Slimydude49:
You people always calling for the head of Onazi will see his importance in the super Eagles today

the problem isn't the absence of Onazi rather the player that was subbed in. Etebo or Ogu in for Onazi was a no-brainer but somehow you sub Mikel, you bring Agu, you sub Onazi, you bring in the same Agu and he is always poor. Poor decision from Rohr is the problem not Onazi's importance

Mikel Agu has joined this game, we are playing a lot better, our defence is looking a lot better

Lazyerudite:
You shall eat your words, at least Onazi can not be blamed again

how will I eat my word? I wanted Etebo there or even Ogu, never Agu

I take it back, Onazi is better than Mikel Agu 10 times over

How Mikel Agu was subbed in for Onazi sure beats common sense when you have Etebo on the bench. The dude doesn't even know if he is the CMF or DMF

So much for 5-0

Kog45:
Micho u dey fear,u don't want guys to descend on u,better tell them u be Super Eagles supporter to d core.

Super Eagles till I die ooo

Joebie:
me sef i no know say u be like this oh..
after the match make all of una line up for your doomsday prophesies.
We go flog una.. abeg who get better cane?

I no talk say we no go win ooo, just that it will be close. Me I don purchase my own NFF-branded wine sef

goldfish80:
I feel good about today's game. The Zambians have no chance whatsoever to take away even a point from this.

At the 2013 nations cup the Zambians came in as defending champs, all pumped up and very boastful against an uncertain Super Eagles side, they only managed to pull a draw courtesy of a free gift from the referee. It must be said at the time, Kalusha Bwaya was a strong man in CAF.
Anyone who follows African football knows how muddy the CAF political climate can be.

These days, Kalusha's influence have weaned, we have seen the rise of Amaju Pinick to the CAF high table. Our last game against Cameroon, I saw more than a few 50/50 calls go our way. Today won't be any different.
We are beating Zambia by a 2-3 goal margin qith Victor Moses opening the floodgates from the penalty spot.

Someone bookmark this. I will be happy to be called out if this doesn't come to pass (very much unlikely).

I will bookmark this because I know that the scoreline will be a difference of just one goal or none at all. 8 hours to kickoff

Icon79:
Brazil rest players in the final world cup match at home? Did you watch Brazil yesterday? They played their first team and did everything humanely possible to win that match, but were just unlucky coupled with fantastic goalkeeping. Trust me, Brazil would like to finish the qualifications match at home with a big send forth so Chile better be prepared to lose that match. And in addition, players like Neymar is playing for history so he would like to score especially at home.

Is it gonna be an easy match for the Argies in Ecuador considering that they would be playing in an altitude but I think that they would be prepared. Of course anything is possible but I still think that they have a better chance of qualifying than Chile, and even Colombia and Peru (expect a bloodbath on this one). And even if the Argies can only secure a draw, they might still make the playoffs depending on the results of Brazil/Chile and Colombia/Peru.


O pari

I never said they do not have any chance, I merely pointed out the fact that there was no reason for you to call him a 'mugu'. It's gone though, I too want Argentina at the world cup

Joebie:
why the "mugu" na?

Argentina still has a strong chance of qualifying. However, they have failed to win 4 matches in a row. And that could happen again.

We have a bigger chance than Argentina.. Even a win for Argentina will not guarantee qualification. I stand to be corrected

E pain me. Like insults have become a part of the thread, sorry I had to use the word.

You are right, they may not qualify even if they win I think so too, so saying that we are in the same boat is false

Icon79:
You're a fulltime mugu! How exactly is Argentina going down? Or you do swallow everything you hear from the so called pundits on TV?

Right now, Argentina has exactly the same chance of qualifications as Nigeria, OK. They just need to beat Ecuador (who incidentally are out of it) to qualify .... the same way we just need to beat Zambia to qualify. We can qualify tomorrow and the Argies can qualify on Tuesday, that's just the bottom line.

The truth is, only one country (brazil) has qualified in the South American group. Four places are still open - that mean, even the second placed Uruguay can still miss out, same with Chile, Columbia, Peru, and Argentina. Tuesday would decide who goes to the world and who stays home amongst the 4 nations.

If I am a betting man, I would put my money on Argentina ahead of countries like: Chile who are playing Brazil away and/or Colombia who are playing Peru away. So my prediction is that the Argies would finish the job by beating Ecuador, but if the worse comes to the worst and they fail to beat Ecuador, they can still qualify via playoffs - depending on the results of the other fixtures. So the talk of Argentina's demise is very premature, IMHO.

As a matter of fact, they were very unlucky not to win yesterday. Lionel Messi hit the post in the second half and created numerous opportunities that his team-mates were unable to convert. Sergio Aguero would've probably buried some of those chances, if he were available yesterday.


O pari

so you called him a mugu for saying the truth? Do you know the meaning of that word? Argentina are not in the same position with us, if Chile beats Brazil(highly possible because Brazil will rest players) and Peru beats Colombia then Argentina can kiss the world cup goodbye because Colombia is 3points ahead with a far superior GD, so the bottomline is that you are the actual mugu for letting your 'love' for Messi blind your sense of reasoning

Joebie:
So what we have here is the Zambians studying our tapes. We are also studying theirs.
Are you saying the are no deficiencies we can exploit in the Zambian's?

I'm sure just as Rohr pulled Moses Simon away and gave him special instructions before the Cameroon match because of the lapses he saw with him against SA, Rohr has also studied our weaknesses. He will correct them accordingly.

They have tapes. We have tapes. They have deficiencies. We have deficiencies. They have team psychologists. I believe we do. I still don't understand why the fear. The fact remains, we are determined to seal this up. We have the players to deliver. We will have our strategies. They will have theirs. On paper, we are still the better team. So why the fears?

I was asked to analyse the nigerian team not Zambia. I just pointed out what they can exploit, not that I am scared of them or anything

Mujtahida:
Yes cos footballitically (pardon me) Musa's inclusion is questionable but I've read that he brings so much fun to the team and never underestimate the power of serotonin. Our Dr Mickael2 can shed more light

I have a picture of Musa telling jokes with that his teeth and I can't stop laughing myself. Fun reduces stress as well so until we find another comedian Musa will stay

Mujtahida:
Yup. Hahahaha hahahaha go carry you stethoscope oo. On this WCQ there's money like minimum of 12 million USD (4. 2 billion naira) FIFA would give for participating. 2 million USD is for preparation. This is an added reason to play for victory come Saturday.

you already know what will happen, some bad stories will be told about the money etc etc. After paying the players' match bonuses and other stuffs money no go remain...correction-money go remain but it will be too small for NFF to remain for us, look Picnic na, he too like picnics

Mujtahida:
It's from Mujtahid - scholar of or an authority Islamic law. We offered Islamic Law as electives back in the University. My colleagues just funkified the mujtahid to Mujtahida, some just Mujta.

so you studied Law? Brilliant, no wonder why you understand me a lot because na me get argument

EEGA:
Our LB is our weak link.

You forgot to add that V.Moses plays the LW and just like S.Moses was instructed to track back to help Shehu,V.Moses can also help Echiejiele better because he plays as a wing-back for his club.

in the first 5-10mins against Cameroon Moses was playing RWF. Still on still, an overload can still be created, just that one of their Amf will come into the equation. Moses will be too concerned with the opposing RB to notice

Mujtahida:
Sometimes your moniker dey remind me of Micah the Prophet. My moniker was given to me by my colleagues back then in the university cos I liked Islamic law

HMMM!!! Someone very important calls me that Micah infact, lol. What's the meaning of your name? Mujtahida

Mujtahida:
It's just for things to be properly weighted. I'm not underestimating the achievement of the Zambians and how far they've come. No. I'm just saying our own team deserves (because they too have worked hard) as much accolades as possible. Let Saturday decide who deserves it more.

you are there. You don dey become my main man ooo just like Kog45, I will have to learn the proper spelling of your name then

Who is watching this game between NI and Germany? Germany are missing like 7 starters but they are still teaching NI(the second team in their group and a team that has won their last 5 games) a serious lesson. God please don't let Germany come near us atleast until the semifinal so we can bow out with a lot of pride to the eventual champions

Mujtahida:
They beat a demoralised number one, we whipped the champions. Go figure

it is because of comments like this that I don't like talking too much. I am not saying we didn't beat the champion, I am not saying they beat a strong Algerian team(I even called it a fluke win!), my point is these things will not matter to their confidence level, Algeria IS Algeria for them

forgiveness:
If he's not good how come he played for Barcelona and even won the league or trophies?

I guess Pinto is very very good

Mujtahida:
In context that's not how it stands between Nigeria and Zambia. I'd rather believe(and the facts support it) that we stand a better chance.

of course we should win this game. But my point is it will not be a hiding for the Zambians. I have already predicted a 2-1 or 2-0 win for us

soetanoreoluwa:
Number one team in Africa?

FIFA ranking

Mujtahida:
Who will come to play a match and not fancy his chances?

Las Palmas vs Barcelona. When you see that your team has not won 5matches in a row and you have to face a team that has won even when they are poor, if I am in that team I'd probably ask the coach to leave me on the bench if I can

Mujtahida:
Your first paragraph made me laugh. I'll come back to this analysis after the match.

saturday is virtually tomorrow. I will wear my SE jersey anywhere I go to on that saturday

Mujtahida:
Regardless of the scoreline predictions all I'm saying is we should give them the moral support. If you were a Zambian having to face this squad of Eagles how would you measure things?

I will fancy my chances. If I can beat Algeria(the number one team in Africa)twice in 4days, be it a fluke win or not, I will fancy my chances against any team. I do not think they will be low on confidence