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joseph1013:
One of my favourite teams just won the Champion's League. My other favorite team is playing tomorrow morning.

I wish for a great June

not forgetting super monday. our super falcons vs sweden

kellycute:
Like I alway say manu is a clown and still a clown. That lineup is a shit one.

that shi.tty lineup will win matches for us. sidon and look na dog name

P0intBlank:
Do u also preplan ur subs? Shouldn't u wait to see how the match pans out?

that was why he said his prefered not manu's lineup

mrham03:
dude, whats wrong being black? Arent u and i all black?

nothing is wrong bro, u re getting me wrong, u re mis-interpreting what i really meant.

AIG07:
you're right sir. Since d day Miss Safari celebrated her birthday which was d first time I commented on Nairaland n t was on this same thread n since den have been bookmarking n bookmarking each page on my phone as d pages progresses. I didn't know about other threads/section- but I think here seems like another home to me. Sirs like Mikron(my humble friend), Joe, SuperNerd, Lee, Greenbuoy, chief, jobsat n others to mention a few n miss safari have made my time here a memorable one.

awwwww AIG my friend, im highly honored and touched by this. big up to u bro. where is supernerd? not been hearing from him lately here on this thread

DrinkPlz:
lol yes! most likely. its portugal v new zeaand because nigeria will most likely lose tomorrow i which case senegal sneak in as the 4th 3rd best side fro grp c. it will then be ghana v senegal... portugal v n. zealand and the flying eagles wil be watching tose beautiful games from lagos or where ever they find themselves. kmt!

are u a prophet of doom? what made u believe we ll lose?

joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]Tetteh: Ghana are very, very capable[/size]

https://img.fifa.com/mm/photo/tournament/competition/02/61/06/07/2610607_full-lnd.jpg

Spirits were high after Ghana became the first of Africa's four representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup to book their place in the knockout stages.

Drawn into a challenging-looking Group B, the 2009 champions made it through with only an opening-game draw against Austria blemishing their record, having secured passage with a 1-0 win over Panama. The fact that pre-tournament favourites Argentina exited without a win to their name shows that the section was no formality for the West Africans.

Their 3-2 triumph over the Humberto Grondona's side, where they raced into a three-goal lead, remains the benchmark of their tournament so far for coach Sellas Tetteh. He was in buoyant mood as he led is team out of North Harbour Stadium and towards a second round tie in Wellington, though the former Black Stars caretaker boss admits they were somewhat shy of the same level of performance against the Central Americans.

“We didn't perform as well as we did against Argentina,” he told FIFA.com, “but we were still on top and we showed flashes of good play, so I think we deservedly made it into the next round. It's good [we managed to finish top] as the group was tough. It has seen three draws played and we ended up with seven points, so that clearly shows our capabilities. We'll represent the group very well.”

Challenges ahead
Ahead of group finale all four sides could have booked a place in the next round and Ghana's final game was an even encounter in Auckland. It was settled by a superb solo goal from Emmanuel Boateng, who pounced on a defensive error eight minutes from time, but great feet and a cool finish secured back-to-back wins. Panama rattled the underside of the bar and missed a penalty before the final whistle though, and Tetteh expects things only to get more difficult as they go on.

“We know as a tournament progresses it becomes tougher,” he the talkative coach explained, while clearly delighted by how events have panned out thus far. “We have prepared the boys to expect the challenges of the next stage, but I think we are capable of moving forward. We are very, very capable. We are going to work seriously towards that and we will see how it goes.”

One dark cloud ruining his sunny disposition was an injury to star midfielder and captain Clifford Aboagye, who was the tournament's third-best player as he helped the Black Satellites to a bronze medal at Turkey 2013 under Tetteh's tutelage. The coach was optimistic about his skipper's chance, but admitted only time will tell.

“He has a groin injury but we will see the gravity of it,” he said, having had to bring his side's key schemer off after the break. “We cannot say now as these are young kids who recover very fast, but all the same we have players who can fill in the gap.”

They await a meeting with the third-place side from one of groups A, C or D and Tetteh, who has the pedigree of having reached the quarter-finals at every visit to the U-20 World Cup, will be keen to not buck that trend at New Zealand 2015. [/b]

this ghana coach selas tetteh black like manu garba o. **i kid, i kid**

gbosaa:
Like I said, the team that played in AYC Is different from this team. The nearest to the AY team was the team that played North Korea.

German trip to me wasn't enough to assess this team, mind you, iheanacho and success were not there. Even in their last game against nurnburg. The revelations were Godwin saviour with Muazaam knocking on the door, let's not forget the likes of Alfa.

In Brazil's game, two players who never trained or played competitive matches with the team walked in: iheanacho and success in hindsight were costly mistakes. The flying Eagles that we know should have won that match by 2-1. Their strength is the cohesion and ability to help each other. For those shouting Simon, he might be a good player but can he return and chase ball like bulbwa, Godwin? Can return just in time to help Musa who likes to bomb forward and supply passes? The old flying Eagles's style of play gave him the chance to move forward like Cafu. The likes of idowu, nwobodo always return invade the opponents intercept and lunch counters.

I didn't see those in the first game. The laxity of the forwards in that game meant the the likes of Ifeanyi couldn't play confidently like we all know...well for those who know his qualities. It wasn't a surprise that the so called big boys were benched. Iheanacho is a good player no doubt, we saw what he did at Southampton and against Man U but I would still keep him on the bench and bring him in when he is needed in the second half.

4 players actually. include yahaya and indidi

nairaland.com
facebook.com
lindaikeji
naij.com
ghanasoccernet.com
goal.com
kickoff.com
im sorry did u say 5 website?

adeyemi2015:
The Flying Eagles camped in Germany for their preparations. They played against the German Club-sides (U23) Teams and performed excellently and gallantly. Then why questioning their abilities, standards and potentials just because they lost to the Brazilians?
Thanks dude for your unquestionable and fervent believe in the Boys, I believe they are a match to any Team in this Competition.

God bless u my brother

jobsat34:
i will suggest yu start reading all over frm page 1.. genuine supporters list is not complete without my name... lols.. ask safarigirl she can attest to this..

my brother i will have to hit my head on a pole not to forget names of strong supporters like u again, im so sorry sir. oga jobsat accept my appologies sir.

jobsat34:
yu dey mind him... we wey don dey following them since the u-17 championship proper nko...??

germany or not who cares... i believe there best is saved for d later stage of d competition and my boys will take dem by suprise...

jobsat abeg no vex, i bin dey tell myself say i forget some names to add to that list then safarigirl come remind me say i no add her and now wey i see ur post i come remember u too. oga @jobsat34 u be my man. u re one of the strong supporters of our super flying eagles. i sight u sir, abeg no vex. we re the true supporters not paper fans here

lexyman:
Laughing out loud in Swahili ....don't forget ,they ve conceived 9 goals in 2 matches , meaning they can still conceive more .... But nothing is impossible .. They can end up in a draw though .

concede u mean?

femi9naija:
WTF! How can people be this pessimistic? same sh!t Nigerians said at AFCON 2004 (vs Cameroon) and AFCON 2013 (vs CIV), yet what happened? We still won. Though I'm not yet convinced by the performance of these boys but i believe beating Hungary will help their morale and preparation for Germany. They both play similarly and their players have similar build.
The Eagles should watch out for the Number 9, quite skillful and deadly.
Their performance against Hungary will determine how far they can go, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed

they will qualify. nothing will stop them

Napoleon55:
The biggest problem this team has is the left back position followed by the goal keeping department,if this two areas can be fixed,no team would be able to widstnd us. Manu should try and convert a good defender to solve that problem,u don't have to be a lefty to be a very good left back. Manu should dig deep,that Mustapher guy is good but cannot be depended on against top opponents. In any case,God will help us to go pass the german huddle no matter how intimidating they may appear.

the dropped okon readily comes to mind. that guy is a machine

khattab02:
just to answer one of ya questions, yes Ghana was the African Champions in 2009 led by Andrew Ayew in Rwanda!

bro thank u for that answer.

LeeCodeman:
Kudos bro. You said my mind. Let them keep up with their pessimism.

don't mind the plastic fans, i will soon stop calling them fans cos they are just football watchers or shld i say football lovers. not fans. cos fans stand behind their team good through thick or thin

Xzbit91:
u're been overly cocky here, what is the guarantee that we would have won those three teams as convincingly as Germany has with our disjointed display?

please give our boys some respect, haba. who is uzbekistan, honduras and fiji (the weakest group except germany) in world football? pls give our boys some slack.

safarigirl:
na only una abi? Anyway, I have unshakeable trust and beleif in Awoniyi, no matter what. Unlike some people that don't hesitate to cast him even when he works hard for the team.

safari abeg no vexxxxxxx abegggggg, my bad. how can i forget to add a pillar like u, im sooooo sorry. and lastly safarigirl. these are the unshakable fans. not forgetting lexyman

chaberry:
You said we're the African champion, does that makes us unbeatable? The Argentina that you mention, were they not the champion of their own region? Yet still, they were eliminated at the group stage. When Ghana won this championship in 2009 where they the champion of Africa? You guys should stop calculating football as if is an arithmetics. AVOID GERMANY NOW SIMPLE

and what will u tell us the true fans here by the time we humble the German team u so dread come round of 16? will u have faith in our boys then? for u to do well in football games then fear no foe, take every game serious with a winning mentality, i don't like this avoid this team and that mentality most of u shaky fans have here. so if u were our coach u will tell ur boys to play to a draw with Hungary to avoid Germany? funny. so what if hungary pull a late goal and beat us? we crash out and become a laughing stock all because u re trying to avoid germany. we go watch how our gallant boys go put a lot of paper fans to shame

Badosqi:
based on our performance in the first 2 games I will prefer we meet another team in round of 16 but we still have one more game to go and I am sure that the boys will definitely defeat hungary on sunday, so I have no option but to sail with them as we meet germany.

One thing you need to understand is that we all support this team, we all want the best for them and we are all aware of what they can do. But truly the team is not yet at their best level(things I hope would change after Hungary game). We hope and pray that Hungary match brings out the real beast in them.

yes have no worries, they will be at their best. the team knows the challenge before the

Krasid:
At the end of the day Brazil won.History won't remember Brazil not being strong or Enaholo's mistake.History says that once again the Brazilian team has beaten the FE making them favourites if both teams should meet again.

true

this house is located close to the Chinese ambassador to Nigeria's house in maitama here in Abuja. my friend lives close to this house, though i never knew the house belongs to lucky.

jobsat34:
i ve already said it pages back, sokari is d next big thing frm our domestic league.. he is more of micheal essien with flair...
play him along with a good holding midfielder and yu will see d best of a box midfielder... (yes, sokari flourish better as one)

very true

adeyemi2015:
Are we parading a mediocre Team? If we are..... then we honorably don't deserve the Cup!!!
What's the essence of becoming the Champions if we are so scared of facing a particular Team?
I prefer the Boys facing and losing honorably to the German Team than avoiding them by playing below their standard against the Hungarians.
To be a Champion, you must be brave and fearless to successfully whither any challenge (obstacle) that might tend to slow you down or crush you off the lane!
If genuinely we believe in the Team's potentials as we are claiming, then we should stop demoralizing the Lads.

God bless u my brother. same thing i ve said again and again but paper fans here are afraid as they don't have faith in the team. our boys are equal to any task.

safarigirl:
it was a typo. Meant CIV. After all your talk, the only point you want to make here is that "Success is a full professional" well, so are Sokari, Moses and Godwin, no be only am waka come. But your point is fully noted. Good morning

safari kudos to u

Badosqi:
Are they better than Argentina? YES YES and YES.
this argentina team is shitty, tehy are very poor and you can 't compare them with germany. Who ever we meet in the round of 16 should be ready for sweet bashing from our boys

u just contradicted urself. u were one of those that was skeptical and afraid of our boys meeting germany in the next round so why u now saying and i quote "Who ever we meet in the round of 16 should be ready for sweet bashing from our boys". what part of the divide do u stand bro?

Icon4s:
Which one is VIV again? And lady, this is U20 & nt like U17. I understand d fears of those that are afraid of Germany. Have u seen d German team play?They play with so much maturity and precision.
They came to this tourney, jst like the Brazilians also with young professionals. 70% of the Nigerian team have nt even started playing professional football. Most are academy players. Things like these count especially at d crucial stages.That's y i have been quite conservative with my expectation from our team.
Good enough a good no of them are17-18 yrs olds which makes dem legible to play in d next WYC hopefully then they would have become full professionals.

Can u c dat Success is a step ahead of the others? He has been a full prpfessional for well over 18months.

she meant the ivory coast senior team. the elephants. they fell to the super eagles in the 2013 nations cup after we were written off the way alot of guys are doing here to our FE now

LeeCodeman:
What you have done here is called selective argument. Are Argentine players not young professionals? Whereas, most of Ghanaian's players are from academies. Yet, the Academy boys dusted the young professionals and sent them packing. Football is not mathematics. We could avoid Germany and meet Ukraine and still be beaten. There are no guarantees in football.

I say we face the best and see what happens.

my brother help me tell them. most of them come here to pretend to know how to analyse football but truth is they suck at it. after our boys would have demolished some few teams here this same plastic fans will come singing their praise. thank God im taking note of this set of people

Icon4s:
Which one is VIV again? And lady, this is U20 & nt like U17. I understand d fears of those that are afraid of Germany. Have u seen d German team play?They play with so much maturity and precision.
They came to this tourney, jst like the Brazilians also with young professionals. 70% of the Nigerian team have nt even started playing professional football. Most are academy players. Things like these count especially at d crucial stages.That's y i have been quite conservative with my expectation from our team.
Good enough a good no of them are17-18 yrs olds which makes dem legible to play in d next WYC hopefully then they would have become full professionals.

Can u c dat Success is a step ahead of the others? He has been a full prpfessional for well over 18months.

she meant the ivory coast senior team. the elephants. they fell to the super eagles in the 2013 nations cup after we were written off the way alot of guys are doing here to our FE now

AIG07:
Pessimists everywhere. Na so I carry enter d falcons thread na dis same kind f people I see saying a point will be a good outing for our ladies considering d group de find demselves-hear word fa. Abeg let just for once be optimistic and have faith in our teams.

imagine that, honestly the pessimism is getting too much, most naija people are just football lovers not true fans, the falcons will go very far (aiming at the finals) in their tournament too. we have youth, pace, skill and not forgetting the BBC world player of the year superzee in our rank. sweden go hear am

TheSuperNerd:
Every game carries its own story and happenings. Based on what Fiji played in their 1st match wud u all hv tot the hondurans will fall to them?
The Flying Eagles are back in the hunt and we will meet the germans. IT WILL BE THE GAME THAT SEES US SEND THE STRONGEST MESSAGE OF INTENT TO BE CHAMPIONS IN NZ for we will triumph.
Wow! A lot of 'thermometer fans' here... Hahaha... Anyway, We don't need ur 'unshakeable' belief in this team... The most important thing is that the boys believe in themselves and know what they can do. It really doesn't matter who in life believes in u coz if u dont believe in urself, u cant win. It's far better to have no one believe in u but u believe in urself than to have every1 believe in u but u do not have the slightest iota of belief in urself.
IF ONLY A LOT OF FANS AND ANALYSTS HERE 'KNOW' THIS TEAM THE WAY I KNOW THEM, THEN THEY WUD JUST RELAX AND STAY CALM COZ THIS TEAM WILL SURELY DELIVER... Mark my words. The Hungarians beta get ready coz we go use them do practice ahead of the Germany game... And trust me when I say this... The germans dont wanna meet us... *big smiles*

GO GO GO SUPER FLYING EAGLES! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

u have this unshakable belief in this team like me, between u and me i honestly dont know who is the greatest fan, u always speak my mind and i love guys like u. even if the rest remain lily livered on our chances a few of us here like u and me, AIG, linked, leecoded, tbaba and the few i didnt rember will always believe in this team. unshakable trust and believe. weldone brother. the land is green.