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yinkeys:
African football could be much different
By the time Super Eagles play in 2pm hot sun in bad pitch Rwanda, they’d réalise they are in for a rude awakening
Won’t be good if there’s no single home based player in the squad that regularly plays in hot Nigerian weather and pitch
Super Eagles played on a bad pitch in Rwanda lately

bros we played them dat day in kigali..we just needed to score more goals, cos i see no reason why dey canceled lookmans goal

BankyGee:

if this man go beat Rwanda and Zimbabwe, nothing wey anybody go tell me, we will qualify for the WC…
Just win those games, i see us trailing Benin,Rwa,SA with just 2points at the end of March

elyte89:
I believe what is enticing dis players to Nigeria now is d incredible achievement/growth of ademola look man ..within 3years of joining he has already achieved Apoty ,2nd finalist in Afcon ,14th in ballon d’or ranking etc

They could as well feel Dey can achieve d same

Besides btw Austria 🇦🇹 and Nigeria 🇳🇬,who has d easier chance to win a continental title?

or even play at a world cup mudial

Thisis somehow looking like Chelle’s effect if true…i pray its true

topscorerbeats:
I heard NFF wants to sue CAF, how true please?
Personallu, I felt our grouping was unfair. Seriously? Two power housees who had missed the last two AFCONs....wasn't very smart considering some groups have shiiit teams nobody wants to see at AFCON saw this myself with ilot bet.
We could have gotten a better grouping, and then na only our group come get team wey withdraw?

is it my brain or what?….cos i don read and read again i no still understand this write up.

daveP:
The attitude towards that rwandan loss should never ever happen again. Infact if these guys can't spell rwanda in their home, then i won't consider them a serious contender for the afcon. If na morrocco jam that team na 5-0 in 1st half. Cos that is class. Anybody that wants to cook crappy excuses should be beaten with cords cos they did it at our backyard so we need return the favour.


Big margin
Clean sheet

I dunno why setting such goal is unrealistic to many nigerians when such is all about motivation and utilizing potential. Attitude killed that game totally.


Rwanda needs the Sao Tome treatment. That loss was embarrassing cos of how guys like Osayi and co behaved

omo that loss was so unnecessary walai….Super Eagles dey misbehave gaaaaaan

AndSunGorilla:
I doubt we can beat SA in Joburg, at least à draw. The last games we played with them including at the last AFCON were very close to call.

we will need VAR in these games, our last away match in SA, with the presence of VAR,suppose to have ended SA 1-3 Nig…. musa and Isaac success canceled goals were huge fraud…

Samueltemi337:
Watch Nigeria vs Cameroon

swears, it was the next i switched to watch after the angola/9ja highlight…i went for those extended highlights…this game for end 3-0, ajayi goal ruled offside really gave us this sense of “we can finish this cameroon team”…bassey was so solid in that match meehn…
after that i switched to the 9ja/SA highlight…omo make i no lie Nwabali saved us big time against SA..those guys would have been up by 2-3 goals against us in the first half…so many point and kill shots but Nwabali was calm…if na Uzoho or Okoye, forget those first half rush would have freaked us out…one thing this SA has always been using to egde us since 2015 till date is 1-l/2 short passes to destabilize our midfield.

Afcon 2019 Qualifiers SA 1-1 Nig(watch that build up to their equalizer omo e b like where pain dey knock us
Afcon 2019 qualifiers Nig 0-2 SA same tikitaka short passes and knocking of the ball
Afcon 2015 qualifiers Nig 2-2 SA, same knocking of the ball they gave us.

Thats what we should expect from them in september oooo

my blood is just rushing as if these matches are next week…guy calm down calm down abeg…
Let me do small jigijigi pre-match march analysis 😀

March day 5 March 2025
1. SA v Lesotho(kai SA go too beat those guys like tiff) but i just wish Lesotho can hold them to a draw..as for them beating SA in johanesburg 🤣 its like telling me to walk on water..i just need anything that can help reduce that 4points gap those 3guys are having(Ben,Rwa,SA)

2. Zim v Ben(can this Zim boys just turn to coconut head and beat Genort rohr or better still hold them to a draw afterall they also need to move away from the bottom spot) just do anything to prevent Benin from attaining a 10point


3. Rwa v Nig (our away match to Rwa at the afcon qualifiers showed that if we needed a result we will go for it…we pushed them hard in front of their president that day, even with Lookman’s clean header goal that was disallowed, still dey pain me, a determined 9ja guys suppose go there and pip these guys 1-0, jus the way Amodu did in 2010 WCQ against a stubborn Kenya side(Kenya 2-3Nig,Martins late goal in Kasarani)..and also the way Keshi did in 2014 WCQ against a stubborn Kenya…(Ken 0-1 Nig, ahmed Musa goal in kasarani stadium)

from first game in march on paper,SA will likely extend their point to 10points…Lesotho no follow jare, but it will be a very very huge miracle and favour to 9ja if Lesotho clip them, aah e don b for them b that


Second Match day 6 March 2025

1. Nig v Zim(thank you Zim for helping us hold benin to a draw or possibly winning them, oya collect beating for uyo, sharp sharp no time!!


2. Ben v SA(this match will give Nigeria a huge hope, either SA draw or loose to Benin at the Felix Houphuet stadium) Benin and Rohr will sweat to either win or draw this match, remember Zimbabwe pour sand for their garri in match day 5…so they wont wanna looseguard against SA

3. Rwa v Les (chai, Lesotho atleast them this one no b SA or Nigeria…just go to kigali and park the bus🤣 and survive with a draw)


if result go this my jigijigi way🤣🤣..Nigeria will likely be trailing anyone leading the group with either 1 or 2points

its getting hot 🥵 🔥 🔥
abeg where that cold chill water make i use am baff for this hot weather

Goke7:
😜 no be haram football some people say we play?

i confuse oo….sha i really enjoyed the highlight….so many burst out run at their defense…that game didn’t reflect its score line…suppose to be like 3-1 or 4-2 in favour of 9ja…

getting close day by day

mrwilliams9:
You’re correct. I misspoke, it was the match against Angola. He scored the header but it was ruled off. He scores that and we kill the game at 2-0.

I’m particular about Osimhen because I think of all the Super Eagles he has the highest ceiling. I want him to do well because I know he has the capacity to do so.

after reading this, i went straight to youtube to watch an extended 8mins highlight of Nigeria v Angola….omo super eagles really played sweet football against some teams at afcon oo
1. Ola Aina break out run and hacked down just in front of box 18
2. resultant free kick leading to osimhen header and its a goal, but ruled out for offside
3. Moses simon beating and dribbling tru the middle two angolan defenders only to play a weak shot at the keeper
4. Osimhen beaten a defender and player a weak shot
5. Lookmans goal
so many many beautiful scoring chances to finish of Angola that day…on the other side Angola just had one ball that hit the bar and Nwabali’s save of mabululu close strike….

e get some 9ja match u go dey review dey smile 😃

Kog45:
The same Onyedika was on the bench under Peseiro till Finidi came and started starting him if it was other way round na to dey condemn local coach......... Onyedika would have won us Afcon.

Onyedika wont do anything under Pesiero tactics…las las una go blast coach for benching whosoever you guys wanted to be benched…pesiero wanted to use mourinho tactics to win afcon…he did not come to use a tactic that will enable a midfielder that has eye for goal to come and score a goal…
Pesiero afcon tactics was “EVERYONE FALL BACK AND PASS THE BALL TO OSIMHEN,LOOKMAN,MOSES”….finidi came and change tactics then we saw midfielders like Bashiru and Onyedika getting getting goals again against SA and Benin

so since 2013 and 2015 set, NFF can not assemble another set of super kids from u17/u20 or what…
-Osimhen
-Chukwueze
-Ndidi
-Iheanacho
-Awoniyi
-Nwakali etc
in as much i will love our federation to cap-tie/call up some of those eligible Nigerian, we need another rising generation of u17 kids na…super eagles has always been a blend of home grown kids and foreign breed discoveries

Mujtahida:
Yeah
It's in one of those clips that I saw the guy. Chelle should not bring in more than two or three players now oo. We are at a crucial time. He should not make the mistake Eguavoen made in that our crucial world Cup qualifier against Ghana where he featured Bassey and Lookman as debutants

not qualifying to 2022 WC was not because Bassey and Lookman debuted…infact Lookman was hugely a worthy addition he was one of our most lively players on the pitch in abuja, after beating those two Ghana defenders in the box 18 and was brought down that led to ekong scoring the equalizing penalty…lookman was gonna shoot and score that goal from that angle….watching this highlight again, Uzoho really caused us a world cup place….like asin just watch how that partey goal beat him…ahhh omo that guy was poor in that match…he even performed well in kumasi saving so many hot shots, don’t know what happened to him in abuja

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semid4lyfe:
Am I the only one who thinks playing in Turkey has improved Victor Osimhen?

I am seeing techniques and elements in his game I never saw before now.

Look at the flick back pass, the cushioned header for a teammate and the one-time through pass in their last game for example.

Also, his spatial and positional awareness has improved too.

more like using the turkish league to explore,try new things and practicalize skills he will unleash at any of the top 5league when the transfer comes😀

Odunayaw:
We must not forget to take keg of water for every match o

Ki gobe ma lọ chelle

very very necessary oo🤣🤣

😅😅

Good morning from this end.
Iyanu a che lle

🙌🏻😀😃

semid4lyfe:
Pick one target for the Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle

1. World Cup Qualification
2. Win AFCON
3. World Cup Quarter Final
4. Win CHAN 2025

Which would you choose and why?

if Chelle go qualify us for 2026 WC in October lasan…omo that December Afcon go bloody…na just to dey beat people with 50-50 high shoulder pad😅

Mujtahida:
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I mean WCQ. His first was against Zambia. We won 2-1. Iwobi and Iheanacho scored and Carl Ikeme pulled several saves to keep us afloat.

yes yes you’re right,first away match…omo thats gonna make Chelle’s own very difficult, cos he is not starting his first super eagles game on home soil, but a tough away match against group leaders Rwanda 🇷🇼…Rohr first enjoyed the home support of Uyo vs Tanzania before giving Zambia smackdown….but wait oh
Rwa
Ben
Lesotho
all topping 9ja after 4matches on a world cup qualifiers race? omoooo🤦🏼….”ekwensu a romancia mami water”

Mujtahida:
I just pray for luck. If he wins his match against Rwanda, that's the omen I'd be looking out for. When Rohr was appointed, his first match away was against Zambia. He defeated them 2-1. That victory set him up so nicely. Chelle needs that kinda charm.

no, Rohr’s first match was a 1-0 win against Tanzania 🇹🇿, have you forgotten that Iheanacho’s goalazzooo in that dead rubber afcon qualifiers

Joebie:
Anyway, make we MANAGE Chelle and support him.. but make them no fire am IF e no go well. We cannot continue like this.

I am hoping for a miracle

thats it….at this point we hope to bounce back the way Emerse Fae came from no where to lift afcon….like i said earlier…wether Grade A,B,C all na gambling we wan enter so

Joebie:
for some reason it seems attachment is broken on NL, but over the 4 games in WC qualification, nothing impressive, and it is not looking like the situation will improve. Note the only win is against Chad at home.

bros everyone in that group has tasted defeat…they will still beat themselves…they lost to Ghana which is a stronger team…Chelle did not loose to Comoros and Madagascar

Joebie:
Oga Ghana team na wash.. but granted the battle of west african nations can be unpredictable. If Chelle is the level you guys are placing post AFCON, those games after the AFCON should have been walkovers

bros Ghana no b wash anything…they are struggling doesn’t mean they cant beat still meet top african team and hold them to a draw or even win the match.
bros Nigeria got to the final of Afcon and lost to CIV and met mali immediately and still lost, drew vs SA and won ghana….this is the robotic mindset im repeating again..,so because Chelle was sublime at Afcon meaning he cant lose a match more especially against Ghana an african fierce team….bros Cameroon won afcon 2017 and came to meet Nigeria 6month later in same year that did not play in that year’s afcon..they collected 4-0…so what can you say about that?

Joebie:
Chelle is not the worst na.. who said he is the worst? haha

you ppl are making it look like he is the worst

Joebie:
Chelle in WC qualification with Mali

with or without Chelle..Mali will slug out that group with Ghana and Comoros

Joebie:
If you have a company you have every right to questjon the rationale of how the MD was hired. The Super Eagles is our enterprise, and we demand the best we can possibly get based on the circumstance we are in

you cant always get the best and doesn’t mean the one you got is the worst

Joebie:
For more insight see my modified post for the Mali qualification tables

bro nothing changed….Mali is not an African giant…stat padding against minnows means they are have quality above those guys…now playing the likes of Ghana and losing to them is expected..Ghana is not their mate…Comoros is another strong force rising within the rank..a team that ousted Ghana at 2021 Afcon….and plus qualifiers has not ended they still have 6games to play…A Chelle led malian team can stil turn table around against Madagascar and Comoros…
their first game after Afcon was against Ghana, you should know Ghanaians are under pressure to deliver…you cant write off a wounded Ghana team…if Mali had met Madagascar on home soil first game immediately after afcon, oga dem go beat madagascar

Joebie:
Yes gambling makes you not robotic.

Hiring a Guardiola to give you and your likes a hope and high chance of qualifying because they are the ones that can handle such pressure and later failing to deliver…no b heart attack b that?

kingphilip:
Sir please how did you come about the bold?

Alliou Cisse and Pesiero b our grade A coaches na🤣