₦airaland Forum

FiveFootNinja:
Maduka Okoye tried yesterday sha. The criticisms are not unwarranted but in some ways they're becoming excessive. Let's not use because of that last shot to wipe out all the goodwill he amassed right before the last couple of seconds.

He just needs to work on his positioning and occasional nervous energy and he's golden.

Daz all.

I wish it was 2-0 before the dye mins shot came..:we wouldn’t even be talking about Okoye…that we beat poland 2-1 would have been the talk of town..
or if that shot was their 1-1 equalizer followed by all his brilliant 1v1 saves made and we later won 2-1….nobody will even remember the shot😅😀….Okoye’s head in super eagles always have him end matches🤣🤣leaving him vulnerable to be torn apart by fans

ThunderFireAgba:
I respect Nwabali after DRC game. The guy was press resistant. Urging players on with the multitude of Congolese fans shouting down on him in that arena?
Una think it's easy? The guy has proved himself time without number! If not because of Moses Simon silly penalty miss..

Against Morocco, time and again!!
If not because of that Chukwueze miss.

Again for another 120mins with Egypt?

He knows his worth that's why he left SA PSL.

Ajeh we suppose dey on 5afcon trophies like this

do4luv14:
Thanks for this honest take, that is that shot can beat any top keeper, and any top keeper can save that too,

Buh the way they all come out yesterday to attack him cos of thatook as if they had been waiting for such to happen so their Agenda go mend

until Okoye give people reason to heal…people will still be suffering from his Tunisia afcon exit outside shot PTSD🤣🤣🤣🤣

I was literally counting down to final whistle while watching that game yesterday 🤣..4mins:49seconds(11seconds) left to play.


Voooooooooooooooooooom🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 net don tear…angry enough the shot came from Oshodi and landed in Lekki🤣🤣🤣 omo its very very annoying…the only person to be picked up for bashing and blame in that moment will be the goalkeeper 🤣🤣

ThunderFireAgba:
I respect Nwabali after DRC game. The guy was press resistant. Urging players on with the multitude of Congolese fans shouting down on him in that arena?
Una think it's easy? The guy has proved himself time without number! If not because of Moses Simon silly penalty miss..

Against Morocco, time and again!!
If not because of that Chukwueze miss.

Again for another 120mins with Egypt?

He knows his worth that's why he left SA PSL.

Exactly 🔥🔥…And im sure he will be silently enduring some xenophobic bully from south the african mix

chrisooblog:
Let's cut Okoye some slack the ball was well struck plus he probably saw it late hence his initial poor positioning.

Yess boss i believe he is learning…and i will really want him to challenge Nwabali…He is young, He is handsome(super eagles poster pride 😀), he plays for a top european team….so i wont totally trash him….Him saving that long range screamer and we eventually winning Poland will just move him higher than Nwabali in the pecking order

comodo:
If na Okoye do this one. Ieeeh.

Baba after this howler fromNwabali, social media blogger started clamouring for Okoye…the only Issue here is that most Nwabali’s error comes when we are already taking the lead or winning the game or eventually won the game…it makes people forget his error…
Against Rwanda 1-0…Nwabali was doing mumu up and down the pitch but we won the game…if na Okoye we may lose or annoyingly draw that game(Like in the Lesotho match) and all hell will be let loose on Okoye

ThunderFireAgba:
I don tell una say that guy na Uzoho(2.0)
I dont know how to sugar coat words, I'm blunt.
Right from his first cap against Brazil na that time I know say the guy no too gell.
He has a problem with positioning( watch that corner-kick 6mins into the game) and most of his saves na by luck.
Against Russia, the same lucky feat.

bro i swear u wucked🤣🤣🤣 very very wuckedt🤣🤣🤣
He say most of him save na by luck…anyways my take is i will love him to be in the super eagles mix, an Italian serie A goalkeeper for that matter, omo bro its not easy oo😀😀
But if im to rate ooo Nwabali is a better goalkeeper that Okoye, some say Nwabali is yet to feature against decent European teams, which i agree with but Okoye that featured against African teams at Afcon could only survive in round 16…while Nwabali is backto back afcon semifinalist…i would have said its the “Chelle’s effect” but in 2023 it wasn’t chelle na…Nwabali as a goalkeeper under Eguavoen in afcon 2021 wont stop at round 16…
-Nwabali under Eguavoen (Rwanda 0-0 Nigeria)
-Okoye under Eguavoen (Nigeria 1-2 Rwanda)
Nwabali commands,arranges and shouts on his defense…
since 2002 my top 3 super eagles gk will be
Enyeama
Nwabali
Ejide

- Okoye should pray for luck while in super eagles
- Nwabali should pray for luck of a decent European team signing him

Goke7:
I just dey imagine if na Uzoho concede last night, nothing wey we no go hear from all these okoye fans, abeg hypocrites too full for this place.

Why am I not blaming Okoye? It's because he showed up, unlike in Afcon, where he gave excuses. He should be encouraged, but please, all these he's the best because he plays in Serie A should be thrown into the trash can. I know how, during World Cup qualifiers and Afcon, Nwabali was getting bashed left, right and centre even from journalists, thank God Chelle na man, another coach for don drop the keeper. Okoye should use this opportunity to establish himself as the number one for as long as Nwabali is away, and pray he continues to get lucky; if not, he should ask his senior brother Uzoho how far.

I really wish Okoye has that stubborn mentality of Nwabali…this Okoye im seeing na Victor Moses younger brother…with some matchday unluckiness posing at him, that guy fit retire from super eagles at age 27🤣🤣….
Omo Nwabali no send anybody papa ohhh…you people will blame and bash him tire, wen its matchday it wont stop him from making a calm save and sleeping on the ball for 2hours before releasing it back into play ooo….even the Lesotho howler we use bashing finish that guy here in nairaland….The only thing Nwabali does is he always have a way to win back the heart of millions through his penalty heroics…He has a strong mentality….

i read one moniker here saying “If im Okoye i will just retire from super eagles”🤣🤣hahahaha

i read another person replying him saying “If okoye retire nobody go notice am or even feel am”…

you dey wine Nigerian football tray? players and goalkeepers full the tray oo

Very Bias Nairaland thread
Okoye die hard fans= dont blame Okoye for that goal bla bla bla
Uzoho concedes same screamer and they will go blind of how the shot changed in its trajectory and wont even give Uzoho chance to explain him self🤣🤣
If that same long range shot beat Nwabali, just come and see how clamour for Okoye will arise almost immediately 🤣🤣.

I no dey take many die fans serious here again, there most loving player can never do wrong…they dont like to be challenged…..just challenge them and their die hard players and watch them call you hater(agenda must agend🤣)

Person play shot from almost midfield centre line traveling from Oshodi through Lekki and landing inside your net you dey tell me nonsense (trying to now blame Onuachu for giving the player time and space)….na em b say i fit wire hot shot from midfield during training make e beat Okoye b that(Okoye is an amazing keeper but man still has alot to learn abeg

Kog45:
Oga,why bringing Nwabali has not faced European team to this,Enyeama as home based keeper faced England in World Cup as a rookie...fact Nwabali is better than Okoye.

Godbless you sir….i first saw when he said Enyeama did not save that Paul Scholes shot that it only hit the bar…i don almost reply am until i saw him realizing his mistake

Joebie:
if Osimhen no score goal when he suppose score, and he score goal when he no suppose score, didn't he still do the job as a striker. The same way Okoye had a great outing today. .make we no roast am. He will learn from his mistakes. if na we score that kind banger we non go blame the opponent keeper. we go dey praise the scorer.

na who wear shoe no wear e dey pinch am…the Polish fans will roast their keeper for that Oshodi to Ikorodu long range shot goal eehn🤣🤣

Joebie:
leave that AFCON business.. [b]una no dey tire? [/b]Go and compete with the best where it trully matters

Tire of afcon?🤣🤣🤣 no b your mate b Egypt wey get 7 trophies?
No b your mate be Cameroon wey get 5?
Ghana since 80’s last won, still dey top us with 4…na here we don dey CIV has caught up with us on 3 trophies… Baba it also truly matter at afcon…..WIN AFCON AND ALSO QUALIFY FOR WORLDCUP

Netherland 1-0 loss to Algeria means morocco moves to 7th place on Fifa ranking…
Portugal 5th - 1763.83
Brazil 6th - 1762.66
Morocco 7th- 1756.94
they are close to breaking our record of best ever african ranked team (5th), just 6.89 points behind Portugal

opes:
Let me agree with those saying Nwabali would have saved the long range shot. But could he have also saved the close range chances and the one-on-one with Lewandowski?

this is where blaming Nwabali comes in…people should stop feeling bad when a player is held accountable for a blunder made….not everything agenda or h@ting on a player…its simply the obvious we saw…
left for me im confident in Nwabali,Okoye and Arthur manning our post…doesn’t mean they can’t commit blunders or take a wrong foot

Shot beats keeper
Keepers saves shot

As much as this one beat Okoye, it can still be saved by Okoye….i will repeat am again…if okoye had saved that shot, we go praise am enter heaven…
Its save-able abeg, make una no come dey emotionally gaslight people to making us feel bad for blaming Okoye for not saving the shot

curl mid-air or not…una no go remember say e curl mid air if that same type beat Uzoho…
This thread will drag him like grinding pepper starter

after all said and argued….i will still trust Maduka to man the post for super eagles…he is not a bad keeper

lbrichman2:

🚨🇳🇬 Wow. Poland score late to make it 2-2. What a bloody goal 🤯 pic.twitter.com/vhHzN0Smv7

— GNB OFFICIAL (@GHNaijaBallers) June 3, 2026

From this angle, Okoye couldn't have done much

bro this top goal post angle/view make the player seem close to box 18….from that side view which is the true view, the distance far for all those curler curler to beat the goal keeper

Mujtahida:
That shot will best even Buffon. It was the fault of the midfielders and the defenders to have allowed him to take that shot.

omo no vex i disagree oooo….you people should bring similar shot like this that beat buffon…buffon played from late 90’s till this dispensation of 2000’s we are in…this kind goal did not beat buffon…if there is any make una post make we see…this one distance far abeg

lbrichman2:
See where the ball come from

https://x.com/i/status/2062275626921316566

i swear shame dey catch me as i dey watch the thing again and again….like i dey shame….the distance is F’ing faaaaaaaaaaaar naaaaaaa

lbrichman2:
See where the ball come from

https://x.com/i/status/2062275626921316566

what nonsense 😡😡😡😡….abeg abeg abeg…..this distance is too far to beat a goal keeper na…na from midfield that guy score ooooo

JESSSSSSUSSS CHRIST😂😂😂🙆🏼🙆🏼🤣🤣……abeg abeg keeper would have punched that thing away biko…thats effing too faaaaaar abeg

jihday:
Are you people trying to blame Okoye for not saving a swerving shot?? ??

we are not blaming him, we are simply saying it’s a saveable shot…not even in front of box18….that thing was just inches away from the middle line oooo

lbrichman2:
God bless you for that bolded wey you talk
You will never lack

🙏🙏✌️

Na save wey Enyeama use retire Ike Shorunmu b that oo….
Okoye is an amazing goalkeeper, but somehow somehow sand dey always pour for him garri🤣🤣…
Even that game against Tunisia at afcon 2021…He made one sweet save like that, but that samd dey always find him garri….
Another thing again i will blame the players around that position to have allowed that polish guy to pick a spot to shoot

Small thing people will same “why are you guys emotional”
oga if okoye had saved that shot Nwabali would by now be kissing that nomber 1 shirt goodbye…Forget how the polish player played the shot, topnotch savers will save that ball…
Ball wasn’t deflected oo, the was coming straight at him…he simply did not position him self to punch that shot away….that was a punchable saving shot…the ball beating Okoye made the polish goal look like one extraordinary goal

opes:
Not Messi free kick in 2014 world cup 3rd group match against Argentina..na look Enyeama look the ball enter net..lol

as at 2014, enyeama super eagles sun was already setting na(12years already manning the post)

opes:
Not Messi free kick in 2014 world cup 3rd group match against Argentina..na look Enyeama look the ball enter net..lol

that one na from side freekick….this kind straight shot wey beat Okoye, enyeama go punch am troway clean clean

I love Okoye’s performance, but God can you help us put in the spirit of Enyeama in our keepers?😭😭🥺🥺…just 10seconds to go ooooo…
na those kind balls enyeama dey use shine..reminds me of Paul Scholes shot at 2002 world cup England vs Nigeria….and all those dirty curlers from Messi at 2010 world cup….

Okoye did not position himself well for that shot🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

Goke7:
Are still they good or not?

1-1

Poland good na, they are one of the decent european sides oo…in same league with Sweden,Switzerland,Norway,Ukraine etc

see “world cup worthy performance” chelle and him boys dey display naaaa Godddddd🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️


God of soccer why did thou forsaketh us during the worldcup qualifiers?😭😭

BascoVanVeli:
Do u let players play to the age of Messi and Ronaldo? Why should they feel like na their papa get am? Even Oshoala at 31 is holding on for dear life in the Super Falcons.

Btw Moses didn't come back but ighalo did. I can't remember the team but Messi missed a friendly and went on vacation before moving to Inter Miami.

Wisdom is profitable to direct, even though we no say no b their papa get am, as a professional player you don’t need to tell fans looking up to you and even telling them in that raging manner/tone….

No b there papa get am sha, but once upon a time in the beginning the way some of dem dey beg to be slotted or be picked dey usually be like say na there papa business them wan come do

ThunderFireAgba:
No dey fear,
Swallow spit talk who you get for mind.
E.U Males cannot do you anything. I dey your back.

Bro most Nigerian star players past and present dey guiltily of these things🤣😂…Though Osimhen made that rash statement during his saga with finidi…

Goke7:
It's terrible, honestly. I will never criticise ex-players like Oliseh and Ikpeba again, who always find something to say about the current Eagles and their mentality as they keep proving them right about some things. Am done defending this current team, especially against the ex players.

Me i just wanna see Eric Chelle build us another powerful team…and also NFF to keep organizing quality friendlies