₦airaland Forum

yinkeys:
I think many African countries except Morocco are so behind tactically that they use sheer grit, determination and physicality to win Afcon
You need to be on a supreme level tactics wise to win the World Cup, this tournament is exposing African teams
Senegal have to beat Iraq silly to stand a chance to qualify
This is embarrassing
I believe Morocco would have lost to France but not this Norway
Cape Verde could get a draw against almighty Spain meanwhile Senegal couldn’t get anything from Norway smh
Ivory Coast couldn’t get anything from Germany
That means Korea & Japan are ahead of most African teams if you ask me
Last World Cup Japan beat Spain and Germany
Lately they drew Holland

I don dey vex for African teams now…see ehnn even that Morocco you people are calling sef dey jonz….with all their world class display they should be Patching Scotland…
The only African team doing well for the here and now is Egypt,holding Beligium and Flogging a supposed weak team like New Zealand 3-1 and not one meagre 1-0 or 1-1…and then Maybe Capeverde holding big teams like spain and uruguay to a draw…To me those two have been impressive..
I await DRC and Ghana

Make una free Senegal🤣🤣
Put Nigeria in this France/Norway group…na the same thing we sef go play…while Chelle will b winning from the sideline,fear fear go dey hold our boys to lose the matches.
Only Osimhen,Bassey and Maybe Frederick will be putting up that agbero performance to try and get something from the game

See as mumu Portugal team played us…see as otele Poland and Jordan denied us a win…By the time dem pocket Iwobi in high intense games like these ones, himself and Osimhen go turn defender

yinkeys:
Is Nigeria better than Denmark, Sweden & Norway ?
Last time we played Sweden and Denmark they beat us
Don’t know about Norway though

Same near success syndrome….we took the lead against Sweden but ended up losing 2-1

our Super eagles of this generation has a lot of catching up to do, their mumunness of failing to qualify back to back has made rest of african teams cover up alot of grounds….like this African teams has raised the bar.
My own is if SA and Ghana can exit in this group stage, i wish all African teams a round 16/Quarterfinals/Semifinal reach…Amen

CIV will likely get to round 16(if they come out second in their group)

DRC may likely exit at Round 32

Morocco may likely reach Q/final or Semis (cos if they top their group or come second they will meet a weak team in the knockout)

Egypt may likely exit at round 16

Capeverde may exit at round 32(they are likely to meet a top team if they come out 3rd, but i also see them as a round 16 candidate)

Algeria just need to win Jordan and draw with Austria and probably exit at round 32

Senegal should just avoid defeat against Norway and try to win Iraq, then i see them reaching round 16 or exiting at Q/final stage

Philosopher1979:
Ah remember Ghana penalty miss against Uruguay in 2010. That was even more dramatic.

Yes oo another annoying near success syndrome match

SymphonyRad:
All the African teams have been tactically naive in this tournament even though most have really impressed, it's crazy to think no African team has scored more than 1 goal in all games played so far despite missing tons of chances...crazy stats right there.

Even Morocco sef Playing scotland 1-0…Just watch how Brazil will paste that scotland…we dont just like ti take our chances abeg…na wa for Africa jare

Goke7:
Ian wright just said if you lose chances like that you’ll lose games

Same thing happened to Ighalo vs Argentina….That one even had space to control the floating ball and shoot for a goal…but baba played nonsense dey find penalty…same die mins goal argentina use pursue us that year….oh Africa and near success syndrome..TUFIAKWA!!

FiveFootNinja:
If na Nigeria, he for no waste time take the shot. 🤧🤧

Im telling, there power go rise to play shot and be telling us how he cooked Aina bla bla bla….omo i so whole heartedly supported them today…that loss pained me so much like it was Super eagles🤦🏽‍♀️

oloriooko:
that guy should be sent home on next available flight walahi, he literally killed civ
but civ will qualify for sure for the next round

Make dem waybill the werey back home abeg….e don tay wey a non-Nigerian game make me vex last

oloriooko:
that guy should be sent home on next available flight walahi, he literally killed civ
but civ will qualify for sure for the next round

If Ecuador beats Curacao with 2or more goals CIV will drop to 3rd…so can dey statpad Curacao and hope Germany beat Ecuador handsomely?

This is so so so dull of Adingra…. how can you be so bereft of a simple logic…..fire this damn shot🔥🔥…idiot!! u go dey control ball mumu😭😡😡

FiveFootNinja:
Not anymore 👀

they have dropped back again…i was following the live point update

See that CIV attack that saw a golden chance to make the score 2-1….baba go dey control ball….wire them shot…u go dey control ballllll🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

CIV naaaaaaaa😭😭😭🥱🥱hang on naaaaaaa….africa commonnnnn we need to show these eba European team say dem no reach naaaaaa

mostob:
Una wey don use this CIV whitewash super eagles, let's keep the energy till FT o

nobody whitewash super eagles…Baba CIV like this don edge us small wether win or lose

FiveFootNinja:
It was bound to happen sooner or later

omooo 10pts🤣…CIV don climb us straight up

omo like this make una forget hate watch oo🤣🤣….Even SA might flog Korea ooo…na Super eagles F up dey mumu in 2consecutive worldcup editions….at this point any african team wey wan shatter our record let them go ahead abeg….e go clear for NFF eyes soon…lets work our way back to the top and stop relying on past braggings and past glory…
MOROCCO
CIV
SENEGAL
EGYPT
SA(possibly)
Capeverde
DRC

At this point i stand with una till Quarterfinal/semifinal or even breaking record by getting to the Final sef

Kog45:
It seems una dey rate Turkey cuz of Osimhen

After 2002 Turkey fairytale run at the world cup, those people have been shitty on National team football scene

Odunayaw:
I really like the man and the team. This match has been fantastic

Fantastic match…Ghana better win Panama…cos this Croatia and England go too paste them oo😂🤣

Harry Kane with a brace…He has a hattrick in this game

Zlatko Dalić is the current manager of the Croatia national football team, a position he has held since October 2017.
Under his leadership, Croatia secured a runners-up finish in the 2018 World Cup, a third-place finish in the 2022 World Cup, and runners-up in the 2023 UEFA Nations League.

I love countries that believe in steady building of team and growth..imagine since 2017(9yrs as the coach)

daveP:
If the exact SE team that played Algeria and Morocco at Afcon played Portugal, they'll beat Portugal by 2goal margin.

Just that if Portugal start to show us small flash of their brilliance our players will begin to cower….Most of our boys too dey fear when the going is getting tougher

9JAMac10:
Top 5 teams who have looked the best so far this World Cup

1. Argentina
2. US
3. Germany
4. Morocco
5. Sweden

If you Add Sweden, you should also Add Norway oo, tearing Iraq apart with 4goals no b beans sef

mostob:
I'm not really sure but the keeper had his right foot on the line right?

Must it be both feet?

Its been shown clearly now on replay, his both feets were off the line

Odunayaw:
Algeria beat them 1-0 rather

oh that’s true

yinkeys:
Do you think Norway will beat Senegal ?
Tough call

A tough call…one thing with african teams especially powerhouse African teams, we don know how to win games we only know how to fight to a draw…Just watch how senegal will lead Norway and still end up drawing or if Norway leads Senegal will be struggling to draw the match

codemaniacs:
the Super Eagles needs passing and moving training especially one-two training and passing as soon as they get the ball they are too static that's why they get pinned to their own half and they don't isolate other players by not closing the passing distance between themselves..

Yeaaa even at some point Morocco also did same…heaping the pressure on us just to get a win while we were cowering to soak pressure and defend till final whistle….thats one aspect of Super eagles i hate to watch.
But we didn’t do that against
Benin
Gabon
Mozambique
Uganda
Algeria

while it was so evident against
Drc
Morocco
Poland(towards the end)
even sometimes we tend to allow SA play us that way(na this one dey vex me paaaaassss)
We suppose dey beat SA with 1-0 make them dey fear say make we no score 2-0 instead we go dey give dem morale to come at us and equalize or pin us to our half….Thats one aspect chelle need to build a different philosophy on

yinkeys:
Chai
Nigeria ranking fit drop to 40 after the World Cup

Currently now Morocco is world number 6th…thise guys are gradually breaking our record…they just climbed Portugal now…and spain is also having a free fall from top 5..
Like this Norway is the only team that can leapfrog us if they keep putting up good show..currently Iran who is immediately ahead of us has dropped 4points that may see Nigeria climb to 24th😅😅 or if Norway keep showing some excellent stuff they will overtake both Nigeria and Iran

FiveFootNinja:
Cameroon in the late 90s to early 2000s was a nightmare. I'm happy they fell off abeg. 😂😂

I can never forget that 2000 AFCON. That was the first ever AFCON tournament I watched.

our night mare always back then😅

Philosopher1979:
I t or ta tin so. We get 2 problems.
1. We need midfielders
2. We believe it is only Europe (especially top 5 leagues) that has God players.
There was a time it was midfield defence and goalkeeper but at least we are fixing our defence and goalkeeping issue and it's better.
But we need to get better midfielders that can withstand teams with either a technical, tactical or physical midfield.
The solutions are there and I believe we will explore it with time but we need to be fast about it.

Oh yeaaa we need creative midfielderssssss….see ehnnn if we can’t beat DRC and maybe tying us to a draw game, we must learn to pin them down to their half….it was so annoying we all were praying for ref to blow final whistle 😂🤣😂😅….all our boys don gas out…only Nwabali,Bassey and Benjamin fought and kept us till penalties…Osimehn own baba enter dressing room no come out again😂🤣😂
Iwobi confuse
Arokodare comot for attack join defenders🤣😂
Moses simon turn mumu
Lookman turn spirit😂🤣
kai kai kai kai i so hate that day walai

Odunayaw:
Mali is one country liable to judgement for not being at WC despite their quality

Like eehhn, how countries like Togo,Angola and Capeverde have qualified before them is suppose to be a shame to them oo😀

yinkeys:
Maybe they couldn’t handle DRC physicality
Im not watching the game though

Omo they couldnot oo…DRC is evolving in the legendary Cameroon style we use to know when it comes to physicality