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elyte89:
To me dis friendly is even unnecessary…we re playing against Rwanda 🇷🇼 and South Africa 🇿🇦 in sept …what lessons are we going to learn from playing against Russia 🇷🇺 instead of playing an African side dt plays similar style like d countries we would face in sept … and play it in uyo ,so dt our boiz can break dt jinx of not winning at home ..we av played 3 matches in uyo (wcq) ,all na draw

i will only agree that we should play those matches in Uyo, cos its been back to back heartbreak in Uyo….but you see that game against Ghana and Jamaica, those are exactly what Rwanda and SA will play us.
-SA will show us same thing Ghana showed us in Second half(total domination and control of midfield)

-Rwanda will come at us same way Jamaica played us(defend and look for counter)

This Russia game will make us know how technical our team is in a high pressure game😊🙏

komekn:
How did you come to that conclusion.

Because I don't join you in praise singing VO as best striker in the world even better than Haaland as some have said here.

It means I hate him.

You are entitled to your opinion.

i will not join people to say you hate Osimhen, but Baba Haaland/Osimhen comparison and debate is allowed….Both club and National team, Osimhen can be placed side by side in comparison to Haaland….lets not make the gulf in class between Haaland and Osimhen look like Messi to Papa Daniel….Osimhen is not better than Haaland and Vice Versa…..
Osimhen has consistently matured into same class with Haaland,Salah,Lewy and prolific strikers of this current world….na because he never play for ManU,Madrid,Barca,Chelsea etc still dey cause all this disrespect to him….and except we all wanna lie to ourselves,the reason he has not entered this clubs is very understandable

BankyGee:
Make I no call names my lord 😂

e sure me say na same names wey dey your mind dey my own too🤣🤣🤣…like im so reading it

Goke7:
4-0 for putin backyard! 😂 stop that break dance

Miracle no Dey tire Jesus sha!

Na so dem also want make we beat Ghana(our arch rival) flawless beating🤣🤣

mekabuachi:
If we beat Russia tomorrow... Even if na 1-0
Me personally go celebrate am here 😂😂

Nairaland fans especially for this place, no go happy with 1-0 oo….they are looking for 4-0 in any game we play🤣🤣….especially if we score early 1-0 and defended the entire game

mekabuachi:
Watched this game and started thinking of the friendly with Russia... Omo 😂😭

i like as we dey fear Russia now,😅
no b say we go beat Russia tomorrow now, another set of people will now b saying

“dont celebrate this result” “its just ordinary Russia”, “its just a friendly”, “i wont rate Chelle now untill he meets a stronger opponents”, Okoye did will but let see him against stronger attackers”

komekn:
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Dude stop 🛑 stop gassing it , it's Jamaica we were playing not Spain that's nothing to get all hyped about.

Chukwueze has scored 4 league goals in two seasons in Seria A for AC Milan that's not Great.

bro we will have to start from somwhere, all this talk of “ its Jamaica we were playing not spain” doesn’t not hold any water….the game against jamaica if replicated against any world class team would still be same outcome….for God super eagles last 15games has been against teams that are either slightly better than Jamaica or at par with Jamaica or even below Jamaica…chukwueze shinning against Jamaica should not be watered down to just “mere Jamaica”.
if chukwueze is made to adopt this free AM 10 role, he will still put up decent shift against teams wether above,below or at par with Jamaica….some players struggle because they are yet to find their mojo in the areas they are best clicked….
watch him against Ghana and Jamaica he made some freestyling,creative moves that we have not been seeing in super eagles midfield in a long while

BankyGee:
Make men dey play na 😂

asin ehhnn the man is really shaking up the squad for huge competition…Just imagine the kinda game chukwueze put up, is that not a threat to Iwobi?…Just imagine the game Dessers put, Boniface should just continue his comedy video with Peller…i love Nwabali but i hope Okoye also show us that he plays in Italian topflight

BankyGee:
Like brooo, if Zambia play us now them go wan play with their entire life, see how we suffer against them before Iwobi bail us for that 2018 WCQs. Rubbish teams.

i wish we can be like Algeria or Morocco when they meet all these gra gra african teams…..beat crase comot for their body

we played with newbies and non-super eagles starters
2games
4goals
1win
1draw(ultimate penalty shootout winner)

without 8 main super eagles starters/game changers
Osimhen
Lookman
Ekong
Aina
Iwobi
Bassey
Raphael Onyedika
Dele Bashiru
omo forget o, Chelle is gradually fixing super eagles

PDPGuy:
Nawa oh
A team that hasn’t played international football in over 3 years is spanking one of Africa’s decent sides 5-0! I agree, we truly need a miracle, aside from tactical nous to make a major headway at next year’s World Cup

seriously oo Africa’s big boys need to wake up and measure up abeg
Ghana
Nigeria
Cameroon
Senegal
Morocco
these guys have once made Africa proud, they shouldn’t be declining, they are suppose to leverage on previous performances and stun this Europeans and south americans, they shouldn’t be allowing mumu teams stop them from reaching the world cup.
see as togo stopped cameroon from going to world cup in 2006 just to go and get 0point at the world cup, Angola stopped us in 2006 just to go and collect beating from Mexico,Portugal and Iran….the big boys need to take WCQ serious if Africa must win this world biggest precious tournament…
All this South Africa,Benin,Rwanda,Lesotho disturbing super eagles will all go to the world cup and collect mad mad beating from small european,asian and north american teams….Super eagles just dey mumu about

BankyGee:
Yes o 😂

This is the link...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woVhYoUDwhU?si=-ne9Xa8DW1cF29IX

this is exactly how all this teams that like to do gra gra when dey meet super eagles during qualifiers fumble at the global scene….they will be struggling to qualify for world cup only to go and be beaten like werey by slovenia, Iceland,Jamaica,Costa Rica,Czech,Bosnia…see as Russia take destroy them this ones🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼….This russia las las na 2-2 draw game for us, or make we even beat them for their house…(make them no put Ismaila Sodiq for that no2 oo, cos the russians will use his side to finish us

BankyGee:
Them dey play na 😂

Them wallop Zambia 5–0 na during March international window. Game wey suppose reach like 12–0 😂

Those Zambians just dey funny me for that game.

omo

not that iwobi is not good, people are just unnecessarily disappointed because they are not seeing that flair(dribblings, 1 vs 1 take ons) more especially someone that is close okocha… people are expecting to see that okocha game play, which chukwueze showed something close to that in his game yesterday in that free midfield role

BankyGee:
I just did my analysis on the Russian National Team...

1. We've not played them before.
2. They are ranked 35th in the world.
3. They are a very attacking minded side, that ball wey Éric Chelle wan dey play, na exactly him dem dey play. Press you from 1–90 minutes. They can miss 13 big chances and still score you 7 if you snooze. 😂
4. They are very pacy, technical and physical... They can score crazy goals, even from outside the box.
5. They can play from anywhere, midfield or wings.
6. They are on an 11 games unbeaten streak and an 8 games winning streak (scoring 48 and conceding 3 in this unbeaten run).
7. They have scored 28 goals in their last 5 games without conceding even once. 😂
8. The last time they lost a home game was on June 21, 2021 (my birthday btw 😏)
9. Russia against African opponents:

10 games played, 6 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss
🟢 They've beaten Ghana, Morocco, Egypt, Zambia and Cameroon(x2).
⚪ They've drawn with Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Kenya.
🔴 They've lost only to Ivory Coast.

Without most of our Starting XI players in the squad plus their home advantage, they have a slight edge over us.

This is a very good test for Éric Chelle and the Super Eagles. If we draw this match, we try. If we win, we've done brilliantly well and it will show that we're moving forward, if we lose, we'll build from there anyways. But this is a good test for us! 🔥

once again hope NFF made their findings about Russia’s eligibility to play international football…make e no b say this small Afcon wey we manage qualify to them no go give us indefinite ban, make i no even go world cup qualifiers area.

we dont want to hear “we were never aware of this oo”

BankyGee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buy78vRESGw?si=TKrYr9ik8hosbiSD

Samuel Chukwueze 🆚 Jamaica.

Éric Chelle you do this one 😂, man don turn Messi/Jay Jay. He actually did very great yesterday, one of his best performances for the Super Eagles in history.

Going forward, I think Chukwueze should hold that 10 position, Iwobi fit play left-wing like at Fulham, but Lookman no fit dey bench... Omo squad don dey get depth 🙆🏾‍♂️

this is what i told someone in the super eagles….we have been waisting Chukwueze in the wing position….i think thats why his performance has been inconsistent (off and on)….if chukwueze is made to master this free midfield role, omo ina no no d menace of a player una don build ooo….
-Iwobi is a master passer of the ball
-Chukwueze adds dribbling and huge creative run to his own…
forget ooo with what we saw yesterday, chukwueze is a crazy midfield dribbler/passer we have been underrating and limiting to wing play only

Moniter0:
How the Jamaican captain took and scored his spot kick was what the Jamaican player that missed his also had in mind, which is to place the ball at the top corner, which beats any goal keeper of Nwabali's height.
This was how Nigerian chan team lost in semi finals some years ago. The other team simply played and aimed all their shots either at the right top corner or the left top corner and they scored because of Agbim's height, who was Nigeria's goal keeper.

If Nigeria goes into penalty shoot outs against a tactical team that will want to exploit Nwabali's height by having their penalty takers aim for either the right or left top corners, then any other goalkeeper like Maduka should be coming on during penalty kicks. Otherwise, a team whose players can aim and score top corners can comfortably win the shoot outs.

you think they will all successfully execute that tactics?….one person amongst dem go jonz while trying to hang ball for rooftop

when will Ndidi have good aim at the post when there is rebound coming at him….all his back to sender shots are always aimless

The way the Jamaicans played is what i expect from Rwanda in September(dominate them from start to finish, but might leak in goals if chelle doesn’t fix that defense), while the way Ghana played us is what SA is gonna give to us in september (win the posession and struggle to contain them in second half)

if Fifa deduct SA points, then world cup qualifiers will be fight to finish…cos these guys that played jamaica today are f**cking aggressive and agile and hungry….lets see how it goes

My take here is, super eagles can still be a fierce team, if the right midfield mix is there…our no2 was the major culprit in this tournament, he doesn’t know how to cover up his space for marking(but he is a very good ball crosser, all his crosses brings goal scrambling scares in the opponents box
-Felix Agu topnotch performance
-Desser quality deputy striker(he will make a good pairing with Osimhen)
-Uche is already a menace of a player
-Chukwueze has found a new role in super eagles(he was all over the pitch doing the okocha dispersing passes and dribblings)

This is a game super eagles dominated from beginning to the end, but the cameo chances Jamaica got was well utilized.
-Iheanacho, though no longer fans favourite, but he still got those sweet moves…

we just need to beat teams and hold on to our lead…this is the psychology Chelle should work on

BankyGee:
They can. Especially with this squad and if they make some serious signings. They definitely can. That team na serious team o

omo dey should bring out money and sign quality players from defense to attack…if they can excel in Europa or even conference sef…shebi na chelsea dey follow real betis drag conference cup….and fans dey celebrate am with all their lives🤣🤣🤪….i just wish osimhen competes in a club that has this grade A European fear factor and world class vibe

Mujtahida:
Help me. I can't. Still in pains. My client would not have thrown away such a match by going Gung ho attacking when defending should have been top priority

if not for the terrible decline of super eagles quality over the years, why will super eagles be defending a 1goal lead in our home turf…i could remember in 2005 when we badly needed back to back wins to qualify to 2006 world cup….na 5-1 we take cement zimbabwe their papa for face front and back….african teams no send us again, we don badly drop in quality…Just Osimhen and inshallah….imagine!!we just score zim 1-0 and immediately dem show us say they can possess ball more than us and seize midfield from us🤦🏼🤦🏼…if not for refree rescue, those guys for beat us for uyo.

wait wait, SA will be leading zim with 1-0 in FNB stadium dey will now be thinking of defending…omo with this mindset, we cant even get a draw in SA then aje!

can we play our remaining world cup matches away from home🤣… e b like say chelle sabi score 2goals when he is playing away from our home😜

Mujtahida:
I'm yet to recover from the defeat of the draw against Zimbabwe. The pain just blunt my spirit.

same here ooo…that result made me snooze

No matter how Good a Nigerian team is, whenever we play Ghana they must also have a share of dominance, when they dominate it makes our team look like a poor team.

Afcon 2010
Nig 0-1 Gha(Nigeria were the better team, but Ghanaians found a way to nick in the win)

World cup 2018 qualifiers
Nig 1-1 Ghana (Nigeria played better than Ghana in that game but Ghana came out with a cameo dominance and snatched the ticket

Afcon 2008
Gha 2-1 Nig(First half we played them, second half they came out gun blazing)

you people should stop making the second half Ghanaian dominance look as if we are a poor team, do you expect to play Ghana and dominate them for 90mins….una no no wetin them dey call arch-rival?

Same thing happened last year when finidi team outplayed Ghana in the first half with 2-0 and losing possession to Ghana in second half and it ended 2-1…..

bottom line
Eric chelle 3games(2wins 1 draw, 5goals)

Give eric chelle 1year with super eagles una go see fire

Nigeria won first half, Ghana won second half

one thing i know is Ghana long win over super eagles has ended since last year friendly we beat them 2-1 without osimhen….they have been tormenting us since 2007 just the same way cameroon tormented us from the 1980’s to 2000…since then till date we began hammering them
Nig 3-0 Cameroon (LG cup)
Nig 2-1 Cam (2004 afcon)
Nig 3-0 Cam (2015 friendly)
Nig 4-0 Cam (2017 wcq)
Nig 3-2 Cam (2019 Afcon)
Nig 2-0 Cam (2024 Afcon)

that draw against Zim was a huge disappointment to me….i wish we can go to the world cup ajeh

Sugarboyy:
There was a video recently where a journalist went to his hometown in Esanland and noticed not even a single block has been built in his father's village in Esan and all his father's kinsmen were all complaining.
Also, Osimhen despite claiming Edo State has never done anything meaningful to Edo State or her youths. Later in life when maybe he finds himself in politics and wants to contest he will remember that he is from Esan in Edo State. Same thing Ighalo and some others has done. When the time comes in the future, we will play their records for them. Make them continue to the form Omo Lagos

ok.

do you all agree with Gala fans?😀🤦🏼

Daninya33:
NFF should engage coach Samson Siasia.
He will do better that the current U20 coach.

Everybody knows how coach Sia1 U20 team plays.

for real sia sia has eyes for talents especially age grade competitions.
u2 2005 WC final
beijing 2008 olympics final
Rio 2016 Olympic tournament.
Siasia would have matured into a “Keshi” status if not for the setback he faced