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mrwilliams9:
Calling it Mane and luck is a discredit to their achievements. Mane alone did not win them their first AFCON or 2nd one. It was a team effort.

Let us just agree to disagree.

I am saying Nigeria could be doing more like the Senegalese FA so that our success is more sustained and not just a flash in the pan.

Naija won AFCON 2013 but failed to qualify for 15 and 17.

This is what I’m alluding to with a competent FA that knows how to manage resources (players being one of them).

Senegal made the 19 final, won again in 21 and again in 25.

Omo Senegal try oo, they would have easily met us on 3 afcon if they had won the 2019 afcon

forgiveness:
That Mbuemo tackle was pure penalty. I don't understand way VAR didn't take a look at it.

Pure foul.

Like why are the Ref spoiling the game, them say its not ref but its caf…so why is caf spoiling the game?…is there no VAR?

But why the unnecessary refereeing at afcon?

-Why will a Tanzanian striker be brought down heavily by a Moroccan in the box that way without a card/penalty and everyone should be fine with it?

-Why will an Egyptian handle a ball in the box 18 and no penalty was awarded to SA ?

-Imagine the reckless tackle on Mbeumo in the box 18 and they say its nothing close to penalty

-How can Bassey be dragged on the jersey and still got a yellow card to miss the next match

-How can a Senegalese goal move b canceled because of one yeye 50-50 challenge

-Why the unnecessary towel brouhaha

-Why will a Ghanaian b officiating 9ja match and vice versa, why will a North African rival b officiating a match his country’s arch rival is playing?

And these people want Afcon to run in peace?…they are joking, if they dont curb all this nonsense bias, afcon go dey destroy dey go small small

joxxy01:
Thank you... You get what played out there. Situations like that PK miss of yesterday would have been adjudged as match fixing hence the need to put up those theatrics about crying to make it look real.

And a question most people are not even asking is that.. why will Senegal who have abandoned the game all of sudden just decide to come back to continue without the penalty decision been reversed.

one of these may b the reason the Senegalese came out to play
1. Encouragement from Mane after El-Hadji Diof and Claude Le-Roy must have step in to appeal with Mane to go call his player..words from Mane to his players more like: “guys common lets just go and play the game, if them win us no problem, so far we have made out protest loud and clear

2. Or words like: “Guys come out, if we remain here, and the ref signals match abandonment and thereby blowing final whistle, we be in serios trouble and our federation would be heavily punished
(something more like banning Senegal the way Togolese team was banned from caf football after pulling out of Afcon 2010 due to that Angola cabinda terrorist attack on Togo bus claiming lives of a player and coach at Afcon 2010 Angola)

3. OOOOOOOr words like:😂 “guys come out, we have fixed this game, Officials,Morocco coach,Diaz,Mendy and Coaches have agreed to make a light penalty kick for our keeper to catch so the game can fairly continue….
somehow see Mendy going to tell Diaz to play a middle soft panenka🤣

SymphonyRad:
Omo we need to wake up fast and win one more AFCON, likes of Senegal are fast catching up and it will be a shame if they meet us at 3 AFCON titles and even surpass us...AFCONs 27/28 is a must, we have to win one of those editions otherwise we will become a meme narrative of a team that makes the most semi-finals or finals and never win it.

seriously oo…see as CIV just use space of 9yrs win 2afcon to catch us 3….now Senegal has use space of 5years to close up on us…

2024 and this 2026, we were suppose to equal Cameroon on 5

BankyGee:
You like conspiracy theories ehn 😂 God abeg.

Bro na just observation sha…i calm down to observe their body language as to how normal dye mins penalty save/miss of normal team reaction…
Just imagine Morocco was awarded a penalty against Nigeria in 98th minute, walai all of us fans go lose hope including all super eagles players, and then suddenly Nwabali produce a nice save to deny the Moroccans….omo bro, i trust Bassey,Osimhen, Osayi and the rest how dem go take react with mad celebration aura and energy,screaming “yeaaaaaaaaa””” running to Nwabali to tap his head and back😅😅…anyways sha i no no why Senegalese no even send wether their keeper catch the ball or not😂

Afcon team of the tournament

in as much as i dont wanna believe that penalty was missed on purpose let’s look at how the senegalese defense reacted
… Normally this type of penalty miss suppose cause wild celebration amongst the Senegalese players, more like seeing Mane and others going to hug mendy and giving this vibe of “YESSSSSS” God p^nish them, e no go b€ta for dem!” kinda celebration …that was the last kick miss of regulation time oo…

anyways sha…i still no go believe say na deliberate miss

Ppogbae:
I don't. Shame on him, CAF, the Morrocan FA and the Morrocan royal family. They have ruined the integrity of African football.

African football get integrity before 🤣🤣…. shey make we go dig out the sh!t wey Issa Hayatou sh!t for him own days

watch how Senegalese fans brought out their werey🤣🤣…guy we too peaceful for Nigeria oo, that towel incidence of Nwabali and those morocco stewards suppose cause that game to stop

i hope Senegal walks away from the pitch

Senegal should have been EXTRAAAAAAAA careful at that moment naaaaa….this game was easily going to the extra time na

Sarsaparilla524:
Chukwueze in Hot Waters for Mocking His Teammates for Being Committed Despite Unpaid Allowances

A video has emerged of an interaction between Super Eagles player, Chukwueze and his teammates ahead of the match against Morocco at the ongoing Nations Cup.

In the viral clip, Chukwueze was seen mocking his teammates, Nwabali and Bassey, for risking their bodies to play despite unpaid allowances and bonuses.

In the clip, Nwabali said, “I never see anything,” and Chukwueze replied: “Una get mind sha o, you haven’t seen your money and you were defending with your life and delaying the time, you even almost inj¥red your knee.”

Many Nigerians are now criticizing him over his statement and linking it to his missed penalty kick during the match against Morocco.

They are claiming the video exposes a lack of respect for teammates’ commitment.

i no say dem go twist this moment…this joke came up inside the team bus after Algerian match when Bassey shoved the defender and linesman together

BankyGee:
Me I want Morocco to cheat them too and win o, no be my head the cheating suppose end 😭

Some no-football-knowledged fans go come use the Senegal win start dey talk down on Super Eagles, forgetting how the cheating disrupted our game plan.

The only thing that'll make me support Senegal winning, na if they win on penalties.

omo at this point i prefer Senegal…ehhn make them use Senegal talk down super eaglesno wahala..las las Senegal dey above us for ranking level, and we no get any beef against them…i prefer to see Senegal lift afcon over this fecking Ojorocco

Lookman always crack me up with his gestures during post match interview….come oohh😂😂🤣👇🏽

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CFA9tNmK7/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Goke7:
Noooo make we go employ the Morocco coach o since he tactically conquered our coach 😂

Awon werey!

earlier in group stage and Round 16, na Tom Samnfiet of Mali dem dey clamour for say make NFF hire…most people are drunk analysts🤣

With WCQ experience and Afcon experience Eric Chelle has…the way dos man will be wyping any baby team in our group home and away eehnn, just give us group stage like
Nigeria
Zambia
Gambia
Malawi
the kind home and away beating all this werey will collect ehnn…super eagles player should continue their ruthlessness oooo, no more slacking against minnows again oo…..beat them to pulp abeg

Ihenzy:
The keeper role is also to beat the player technique too. So anything is possible.

Baba penalty na game of luck, if you are lucky to follow the ball’s directions, you will 95% likely save it, especially the grass ball penalties

Cocony:
1984 2nd place
1988 2nd place
1990 2nd place
1992 3rd place
1994 WINNER

Yeaaa you get even before our first afcon😀

1976 3rd place
1978 3rd place
1980 WINNER

Meliforme:
The Moroccan coach.
The Egyptian coach.

With the quality in our hands and with a sound coach, we should be the best in Africa.

which quality did the Egyptian coach showed ahead of him….shey game we would have wrapped up 2-0 before penalties?….what did Egypt play abeg….first half playing against our second 11 without 3key men (Iwobi,Osimhen,Lookman) and their star man Salah/Marmoush dey for pitch

do4luv14:
Smoked indeed,
Make Una dey take am easy biko

After 120 mins, and PK in the semis, cope with playing with a know, he was smoked,

If e easy go try am

thats the more reason why he was smoked, he was used and worn out in that final…Adingra turn am inside out at that afcon final

BankyGee:
Penalties na penalties. "near catch" na save?

Salah and Marmoush played good "far catch" PKs, how far na? Make Egyptians dey drag them say them play rubbish PKs? Who go miss go miss.

Expected goal for a PK is 0.87... Open net o with just one person standing to stop you. Anyhow you play am, there's that 0.13 possiblity of miss, ALWAYS.

Baba that thing Salah play na catchable…u see that type lookman and that last egypt guy scored…those are classy penalty…hanging the ball in a top corner of the net…i never see keeper wey catch that one

Oizee:
lol, Sir which one be voom voom?

😂😂🤣🤣 voom🔥 worldcup ticket don burn

Nigeria is now smelling around the afcon trophy, we we will lift that trophy either 2027 or 2028

same way we romanced around the trophy from 2000 to 2010 before winning it in 2013
2000 2nd place
2002 3rd place
2004 3rd place
2006 3rd place
2010 3rd place
2013 WINNER

we are coming again
2019 3rd place
2023 2nd place
2025 3rd place

CAF/FIFA top 5 ranking should be
Morocco
Senegal
Nigeria
Egypt
Algeria

SymphonyRad:
Hopefully Chelle builds on this cause we are finally solid in defence and goal keeping, Arthur Okonkwo will join soon as #2 to Nwabali and Benjamin will miss his defensive best friend (Bassey), Ajayi is in his best prime and will provide effective leadership till he retires with a gold trophy in AFCON 27/28 insha Allah.

The foundation already looks good, the only few tweaks needed will be for Chelle to inject new prospects (as he promised) like Durosinmi who will be the next big #9 for us to understudy Osimhen and build a partnership with Akor (who is learning a lot from Osimhen already). We need them as reliable strikers who can hold it down when Osimhen is injured etc

Lastly the North curse seems to be broken under Chelle, we beat every North African team in this tournament except Morocco (arguably the best and most complete team in Africa at the moment) we didn't lose to them in regulation time, it took PKs with all the dodgy officiatings and Chukwueze's gaffe for them to beat us.

I make bold to say that right now, no African team can talk to us on the pitch except for Morocco, Senegal and maybe Ivory Coast.

baba you see this one, dem go collect beating for our hand if we meet again…i can only fear Senegal and Morocco as the number 1 and number 2 teams….Egypt was very lucky our second 11 started this 3rd place match….if this game was a semifinal serious match, we for don tear Egypt apart

rewatching how Nwabali saved 2 penalties against DRC amd we still went on to lose that our play off spot……Bassey voom!! Simon voom!!, Ajayi Voom world cup ticket voom😩😩

Ihenzy:
Oga you no fit understand the technique behind that Iwobi penalty

na because he score…so make i agree with you🤣🤣…remember Bashiru scored the last one and lost in this one…if keeper follow Iwobi own, he go catch am…forget😂

even Osimhen sef, go and watch all his penalties, they are mostly “near catch” penalties 😀😀

FiveFootNinja:
On a more playful note, we need to shelve the white jersey for now. Na the green jersey dey give us good luck.

But last Afcon we use white Jersey beat CIV for group stage, dem catch us for Final with our green jersey, Adingra smoked Aina like tilapia fish😂😂😂🤣

BigManDesigns1:
God bless you for stating the facts... As far as I'm concerned, if bono had dived in the opposite direction, chukwueze's pk would have been considered a very good one. In fact, Alex and Simon were even more non chalant with theirs

Yes naaa bro…it was just the pain for losing that spot kick and losing the semifinal after world cup heart break, that made people blew Chukwueze’s agenda out of proportion….Chukwueze wan calm down place that keeper just as Simon and Iwobi did, but he was so so so so unlucky Bono read his body movement….if Chukwueze had played those roof hanging penalty even with that his body gesture, dem no born Bono well to catch am…our Penalties are just too cheap and catchable…
It either you learn the roof hanging penalty or the Ekong/Taiye Taiwo/Nsofor centre level ferocious shot penalty…..
That thing Kenneth Omeruo played last afcon na comedic rubbish…God save am say Ronwen Williams jah the opposite side go buy crayfish

Use your striking options yo play penalty, u carry defenders and skillful wingers dey play penalty….even against DRC, i was expecting
Lookman
Akor
Iwobi
Osimhen (Though injured)
Ndidi
to take penalties…..
one more thing i observed, our penalties are catchable if keepers dive towards the ball…our boys should learn to play those classy European/South American style penalties…all this grass ball will always put us in trouble…..
we are just blaming Chukwueze, calm down and watch Iwobi,Simon penalties, they should just thank God the keeper did not their direction.

Now see the kinda penalty that Egypt guy played that beat Nwabali, despite following the ball…you can never catch those types

Only Lookman played the best Penalty this night