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Odunayaw:
Na 4-1 or 3-1 tomorrow match go be

Amin Jesu oo

M7even:
Was this the last time they lost a match in 90 mins?

yes oo

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opes:
Even draw between SA and Benin, another draw between Lesotho vs Rwanda or win for Lesotho will move Nigeria to second ( if we conquer Zimbabwe). Only if goal difference is considered before head to head

i think on this area goal difference counts over head to head, cos in GROUP G Uganda defeated botwana 1-0 on the standing Botswana has 6pts and Uganda 6pts ,but Botswana is ahead of them on the table due to goal difference ..same with Niger and Tanzania in group E

semid4lyfe:
South Africa seems to be in scintillating form.

They've become our albatross and beating them has become difficult in recent times.

I still recall how they frustrated us at the AFCON and the WCQ in Uyo.

They controlled the game and played us out of the park during the first half of the WCQ, largely due to Finidi's incompetence and ineptitude.

They're a really good team and I do mot see them losing away. In fact, I think the worst result they'll get sway from home is a draw and I even forsee them picking at least one win away from home in their remaining matches.

The only team that can beat them in the group is Nigeria. amd Chelle must have perfected his tactics and settled on the best personnel to interpret and execute his game plan before we play them.

Finidi George and Peseiro no try for us at all with this predicament wey dem put us.

in all this, how Chelle manage use Mali to beat SA 2-0 at the afcon needs to be studied..
after tomorrow’s game with Zimbabwe if it comes out as a convincing win for us, guys forget Eric Chelle will be tagged a silent beast coach

opes:
We need to finish as runners-up in our group to feature in the runners-up table. Even if Niger Republic maintains their 6 points, as long as they remain second in their group, they will be on the runners-up table ahead of us with 9 points, while we finish third in our group.
Comoros has 9 points but not on the runner up table because they are 3rd in their group

another angle to this is if SA beats benin and lesotho holds rwanda and we win zimbabwe, we will move to second position 😂🤣….but i no want this results abeg

semid4lyfe:
Even making the top 4 runner up positions for the play offs seems a daunting task.

There are teams on 12,11 and 10 points in those positions already.

i dont wish for that play off abeg, but those guys with 12,11pts will most likely stagnate after there games today and tomorrow
-teams like Mozambique on 12points is facing Algeria away next
-namibia on 11pts is facing Equatorial Guinea next
- Madagascar on 10pts is facing Ghana next
these games will be hard for them to move points way ahead of Nigeria, once we get 9points we will move close to them on that best 2nd place finish

Sugarboyy:
We will qualify this time, history is meant to be broken. Prior to playing Rwanda in their home we had not beating them but we did this time.
Even if we fail to qualify directly, we should try and win our remaining games and that might make us qualify for the play off as one of the top 4

Yea true talk, i see us sneaking into the runners up table after the win tomorrow…Niger is the last team there with 6points but superior goal difference to ours

South Africa’s record playing away
Algeria 3-3 SA(friendly)
South Sudan 2-3 SA(Afcon qualifiers)
Congo 1-1 SA(Afcon qualifiers)
Uganda 0-2 SA(Afcon qualifiers)
Nigeria 1-1 SA(Worldcup qualifiers)
Egypt 1-3 SA (CHAN qualifiers)
Ben - SA(looking like a draw)

kai omo that year wey super eagles played Zimbabwe in world cup qualifiers 2005 in abuja
Nig 5-1 Zimbabwe…that very year we were trying to catch up with angola😅😂and later did not qualify

MetalJigsaw:
So which one do we go with? Because I Check somewhere else and said it's in CIV

SA is in ivory coast already…most times follow wikipedia caf worldcup qualifiers, they update immediately they get any info….Benin can not stupidly go and play in south africa…if they were even gonna play there, after the Zimbabwe match in Durban SA, would they waste fund flying back to west africa and still fly back to south africa ni?

comodo:
I have watched this sequence over and over again. I keep asking, how does Lookman think that he can score from such position with his left. A quick turn and a back pass to Simon would have set Osihmen up for a blast. Even Chukwueze was there. Iwobi was running in. Surprised Osihmen was just strolling , 😀😃

even in Atalanta, once Lookman enter box 18 he doesn’t know what they call pass again oo, baba go pull trigger straight up…he’s been successful with it most times sha, but can be very annoying and frustrating at times

chrisooblog:
Osimhen

Followed by any of 2-3 below options


Moffi, Dessers, Awoniyi, Orban, Akor, Boniface, or Tolu.

i will go for
Moffi
Dessers
Orban
i like there style of play…they have this sprinting and agile nature

Odunayaw:
Cape Verde, Cameroon and Angola in one group

Ewee

yes ooo
A group that has
Cape verde
Cameroon
Libya
Angola
if cameroon qualify from this group omo they need go take ice bath for 1week….flanked by 3stubborn headed teams

mekabuachi:
The same rohr that could not hold onto a 2-0 lead.... Abeggiii

he may have atleast 5points from those first 3fixtures

elyte89:
I can tell u from dis fixture Benin will lose or draw at Rwanda away and lose against Nigeria at home

yea very much likely, but them amassing points from their 3home games puts pressure on other teams

opes:
It is not actually about Rohr doing us a favour. Rohr is also ambitious and his team is also a contender. He was happy super Eagles defeated Rwanda, which also favour his team, Benin. He will play the match to win for Benin, not to win for Nigeria

asin eehn this people think say Rohr dey joke…Benin even have greater chance of qualifying …after SA their hardest game will be against Nigeria in Match day 10.
if dey beat SA, omo benin go crase oo..they still have 3 back to back home games…omo fear Rohr sef oo
Ben vs SA
Ben vs Zim
Ben vs Les
Rwa vs Ben
Nig vs Ben
if rohr use those 3 home games well he can get 7 or 9points from them and frustrate Rwanda and Nigeria

daveP:
Maybe Senegal wan use playoff qualify. Cos as i said earlier, group B and C na mess up group from two west African champs. They fumbled gaan. Nigeria is recovering. As for Senegal though..... The Teranga Lions need to gbera abeg

even cameroon dey looseguard…Cape verde is leading them and they also have angola in that group

mekabuachi:
SportNigeria will help us qualify for 2026 World Cup – South Africa coach, Broos

Been seeing this on different reputable news outlet.... Which kain rubbish talk be this 😒😏

we need to remain calm…they were very fortunate to unlock Lesotho in the 63rd mins otherwise it was heading for a draw..Lets hope Benin will clip them…a win for Benin puts Nigeria on an 80% chance of 9ja qualifying a draw reduces it to like 70%chance.

1. A win for Benin and Nigeria and draw for Rwanda
Ben 11
SA 10
Nig 9
Rwa 8
Two point trailing the leader

2. A draw for Benin, win for Nigeria and win for Rwa
SA 11
Rwa 10
Nig 9
Ben 9
two points trailing the leaders

3. A draw for Benin, win for Nigeria and draw for Rwa
SA 11
Nig 9
Ben 9
Rwa 8

4. A win for SA, win for 9ja win for Rwa
SA 13
Rwa 10
Nig 9
Ben 8
four points trailing the leader

5. A win for SA, win for 9ja draw for Rwa
SA 13
Nig 9
Ben 8
Rwa 8
four points trailing the leaders

6. A win for Benin, win for rwanda and win for 9ja
Ben 11
SA 10
Rwa 10
Nig 9

so choose the one you want🤣, as we dey look Ben v SA, we should also remember say Rwa dey pursue us sef

villagereporter:
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Baba go put this very "informate" for otondo NFF handle so dat they won't claim dey are not aware like Buhari who is not always aware of what is going on in his environment.

This is not 2018 oo abi naa which year dem deduct Nigeria's point due to playing Shehu Abdullahi.

very very necessary ooo bro

MetalJigsaw:
If You're hoping on Benin to get a result in their match (which is supposedly a home game for Benin) against SA, just know that the match will be played in Durban South Africa.

make una dey verify una info before passing it, nairaland don mature to dey post false information

BankyGee:
We didn't even talk about how a 17.00 odd(ed) Somalia held a 1.09 odd(ed) Guinea with Serhou Guirassy to a 0–0 draw yesterday.

African football hard o... That's why I believe that if we make it to the World Cup we'll perform well. Na this qualifying hard pass the World Cup itself 😂

this kind gists dey always fear me oo going into tuesday clash…abeg all those teams that showed us shege during finidi and jpes time…abeg there should be no hiding place for them o
bleep zimbabwe
bleep Rwanda
bleep SA
bleep lesotho
bleep benin

Mujtahida:
Sadiq Ismail? Why you dey reason am na. Those ones don go

me i just dey update the list of yellow card ooo🤣🤣…e fit go touch chelle tomorrow for head make he invite am as home based striker oo🤣….las las ppl go cry and move on🤣

yinkeys:
This

very necessary o and to avoid us fielding an ineligible player

ndidi is on yellow card Vs Rwa
Iwobi is on yellow card vs Rwa
Tolu is on yellow card vs Rwa
Osai Samuel yellow card Vs SA
Sadiq Ismail yellow card vs Ben
Ajayi yellow card vs Les

our guys need to be careful vs Zimbabwe, we need everyone in september fixtures vs Rwanda and Vs SA

BankyGee:
Moffi bleeped up a chance like that against South Africa in the AFCON, so he can't.

but he showed that grit and sprinting abilities in that very moment…..mind you osimhen also bleeped up at the afcon against Equitorial guinea opening match when he saw that same similar one on one with the keeper

Theben:
A Benin win is good for us because our fate would be in our hands. We would not depend on the results of other matches.

yes oo lets just win Zimbabwe first and have 9pts
benin win or draw will favour us to be trailing any of them with just 1 or 2points going into september fixtures

Mujtahida:
But omo Rashidi get shot. Outside bullet

i feel thats the distinction between osimhen and yekini

Yekini’s uniqueness over Osimhen na shot🔥
Osimhen’s uniqueness over Yekini na Header🔥

MetalJigsaw:
That's total nonsense. Why choose opponent's home ground for the supposed home team?? Africa sha!

NFF really need to complain if that's true.

i doubt Zimbabwe will play home to SA in SA, i feel they deliberately took Benin to SA becos of large fan base in SA….they will most like fixed there next home game in another country when they wanna face SA in their home game….they were initially using Rwanda for their home games when they started the qualifiers

ChrisKels:
Has SA played in Rwanda yet?

yess they lost 2-0, on that same pitch Zimbabwe hosted and played us 1-1 (Bature stadium in rwanda not the amahoro we played yesterday)

TheSuperNerd:
Yekini vs Osimhen: The Naija Goals Record Comparison Race Fun Facts

Fun Fact 1:
✅️Rashidi Yekini scored 2 goals for Nigeria in his 39th Cap in the Super Eagles' 4-1 victory over Algeria in a WC Qualifiers played in Lagos (3rd July, 1993).

✅️Victor Osimhen scores 2 goals in his 39th cap as well for the Super Eagles, also in a WC Qualifiers vs Rwanda played in Amahoro, Kigali (21st March, 2025).




Fun Fact 2:

By Yekini's 39th Cap, he had bagged 23 international goals.

By Osimhen's 39th Cap, he has now bagged 25 international goals.



The race is still on to the Legendary Yeking Goals Record of 37.

12 to equal. 13 to break it. We move.

wish Yekini was alive to witness his goal scoring beast replica….
watching highlights of our 90-98 super eagles then we must agree that Yekini and Osimhen possess similar striking aura
1. rugged sprinting to score a looping cheeky goal
Rwa vs Nig (Osimhen second goal)
Nig vs Gabon (Yekini second goal)

2. charging/wrestling a defender to win a ball
Cam vs Nig (Osimhen wrestling a defender to make an assist to lookman at the afcon)
Nig vs Zaire(Yekini second goal charge at the defender that led to a penalty goal)

3. long leg instinct

4. Talking or charging boisterously with hand command and face gesture after scoring a goal or after a missed attempt as though you were the team leader or captain

This is what we need in a super eagles striker…
-boniface
-awoniyi
-Tolu
-Dessers
-Sadiq
-Onuachu
-Moffi
-Orban
all these guys need to study the above points.

we also enjoyed some part of these striking aura with the likes of
-Obafemi Martins(sprinting striker)
-Odion Ighalo(bullish striker)
-Emmanuel Emenike(Bullish striker)
-Ikechukwu Uche(sprinting striker)
-Julius Aghahowa(long leg/sprinting striker)
abeg abeg abeg, super eagles dont need strikers that turns his back at opponets keepers…
CHARGE THAT DEFENSE!!
BULLY THAT DEFENDER!!
SPRINT PASS THAT DEFENSE!!
and see the way 9ja fans will love you

charlesemeka85:
SA’s next game is it against Benin?

yes oo on tuesday
Ben v SA

yinkeys:
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves
Before we make mistakes and get a draw against Zimbabwe like the 1st leg

im making my own prediction oo, make Benin Just help us win or draw while we beat zimbabwe even though na 1-0 biko