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Only 3 out of 10 European teams have managed to win their opening game at the 2026 World Cup so far:

❌ Czechia lost 2-1 to South Korea
🤝 Bosnia drew 1-1 with Canada
🤝 Switzerland drew 1-1 with Qatar
✅ Scotland beat Haiti 1-0
❌ Turkey lost 2-0 to Australia
✅ Germany crushed Curacao 7-1
🤝 Netherlands drew 2-2 with Japan
✅ Sweden beat Tunisia 5-1
🤝 Spain drew 0-0 with Cape Verde
🤝Belgium drew 1-1 with Egypt

Aside SA and Tunisia,African reps are giving a good account of themselves so far oo

Samueltemi337:
So what they have done in Africa is drawing super eagles in a friendly?
A team that goes to one Afcon and miss the next edition is not doing anything

Gradually they are gaining consistency, with time they will get to the level of SA,Mali,Burkina Faso with consistent afcon qualifications…Qualifiying to the world cup and making a statement is gradually becoming an achievement

realpoacher:
If you don't have it, you simply do not have it.

Tough mentality is not what in train into a player.

Did anybody put it inside Osimehen and Bassey?

This thing boils down to individuals,.. you should allow it to come to you naturally. It should possess and engulf you.

I saw a slight spark of it in Akors' play against Portugal, actually Akor has had abit of it since he came on against lesoto but it's been off and On, unlike Osimehen and Bassey who wears it like Constant k.... As in na follow come,...


It even shows in the way they walk, talk and do things outside football.

Sadly a quality missing in majority of our players.

Onuachu will tear goals up and dowm in Turkey(Ter-key) 🇹🇷 and come to super eagles and start playing like Turkey(Tor-Ki)🦃
That one doesn’t have that single ginger spirit when it comes to African games

Goke7:
I disagree they’ve been growing gradually in the game on the continent. The eagles couldn’t defeat them in a friendly years ago. Getting to the quarterfinals in Afcon is no fluke for a team like Cape Verde. It’s speaks to their growth

But for inexperience they would have snatch a late winner today.

Cape verde really doing well on the continent…it took PK shootout for SA to oust them in 2023 afcon.

Their surge started in 2013 when they qualified to the quarterfinals of the afcon… we even played a 0-0 friendly with them that year

Cape verde is the only African team i have soft spot for….but they should not loseguard now oo….Uruguay is another team with a different style of approach oo…all those big man, tikitaka, defense splitting pass football spain played…Uruguay no dey do that one oo, and they should go to sleep against Saudi arabia…they are arguably one of the Arabian giants too…Just like Tunisia coming to every world cup to disgrace themselves against powerhouse nations but Saudi will also fancy their chance against Cape verde

AndSunGorilla:
Enyeama that fought in Congo and Biafra war.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, He was the assistant to Gen Yakubu Gowon that year

Samueltemi337:
Another yeye talk
No he was 62

Asin eeehhnn very very yeye talk..we no just believe in ourselves in this Nigeria…once A makes the error it means the res are like that…. Vozinha is a legit 40yrs but Enyeama fake age🤣

Sugarboyy:
Your problem, not mine

Baba…Enyeama retired at a legit 30yrs….he was very very active and still good…leave that thing you are saying there..all countries are not the same bawo

Sugarboyy:
That 30 years old you expect to still be playing for the SE in the real sense could be 45 or even more in real age.

So in other word Enyeama falsified his age? and Vozinha is legit 40yrs😅😅😂

Sugarboyy:
All countries aren't the same.

Explain sir

Make una tell Capeverde to hold on to their lowblock oo…its gonna be extra brutal now…Spain will surely rush them in this second half

Vozinha the Capeverdian goalkeeper is 40yrs old.
If not for how we treat our legendary players, Players likes Enyeama at 43 suppose to be in the helm of super eagles goal post for us at 2018world cup, 2019 Afcon,2021 Afcon,2023 afcon and even 2025 afcon self.
Imagine our best ever goalkeeper retiring at 30yrs old..na wa oo

yinkeys:
Even when it was 32 teams
Germany still flogged Brazil 7

When it was 32 Germany still flog saudi 8-0 amd flog C Ronaldo 4-0 and Flogged Messi 4-0 and Flogged Lampard,Gerrard,Terry 4-0🤣🤣

na because 9ja no qualify, some people are here faulting the 48 nations worldcup…i so love the increased number…UEFA president or whatever shoould keep quiet, they should also go refix that there new mumu UCL format wey dey confuse the person head

Turkey and Ecuador dropping the ladder further away from 9ja…CIV will leapfrog Algeria surely after this worldcup

SymphonyRad:
E no go pass 2-1make we bet?

Capeverde will start with initial gra gra, Spain go las las humble them…The only way Capeverde will reduce scorline is to maintain a lowblock and a compact defensive pattern to maybe end up losing 1-0…if they dare come out to form toe-to-toe game with Spain them go too collect beating

Netherland and Japan should get ready…they both are not beating sweden…Sweden is not all this ekuke african wanna be powerhouse that top a group with massive goal difference and one Japan abi na Netherland will think they will easily unseat them? NEVER!!!
They kpai thia

SymphonyRad:
Then you haven't watched Cape Verde at all, at the very worst Spain will struggle to a 2-1 win over them.

Spain go beat them well well😅😅…That game is like a 3-0 4-0 written all over it

1-0 CIV

Ppogbae:
I tip Ivory Coast to humiliate this German team

This is the CIV that want to humiliate German team…wo!! Africans we are not ready to dominate in this soccer of a thing walai…
CIV i saw against France should be dispatching this Ecuadorians…Anyways thats why its called friendly match…if not for woodwork Ecuador would have been leading 2-0 now..
Well they should try and statpad Curacao to stand a chance of qualifiers to round 32…
Cos they ain’t winning this Ecuador match and sure Germany will still wire them clean

Ecuador 25th vs CIV 33rd…Ecuador really showing that quality…They hold the more and creating chances more

while the game was on Netherland unseated Brazil and Morocco on the raking..as it ended 2-2 they went back to their position

Just as Scotland take use opportunity top their group, Sweden will top this group after beating Tunisia…Then you will now see how stubborn they will be to let go off that top spot..Its usually very difficult unseating those mid table europeans when they go top

oloriooko:
Black man don enter Japanese WC squad
Suzuki

Na Ghanaian 🤣

Tessyy1701:
Sarcastic reply

i just tire for some people😂

yinkeys:
Germany have started again o
They are usually doing this shii in World cups
Embarrassing teams
Easy game to stat pad, highest goal scorer etc

Ecuador and CIV should just b careful…Germany go too dominate for this world cup…Semifinal path has started for them

Germany suffered two group stage exit humiliation in 2018 and 2022….
Guys they are back!!! if you do anyhow you go collect wotowoto from these Germans

Ppogbae:
Against Curacao?

You call that a statement?

Baba this German team is back..many people go collect for their hand…Ecuador and CIV atleast 2-0,3-0 is waiting for those ones

Ppogbae:
Against Curacao?

You call that a statement?

2002 Saudi Arabia was just like a Curacao…na 8-0 them collect Germany still reach final…
watch how other teams in this group will struggle to put 2 pass curacao…Dismantling minnow with huge scoreline shows you are ready to drive your way…not all teams in top 5rank will put 7past the curacao

Ppogbae:
I tip Ivory Coast to humiliate this German team

dey play..:Germany with this statement is surely a semifinal candidate

Ppogbae:
This German team will not go far. Very boring and uninspiring.

Dismantling a team 7-1 and you are saying they wont go fa🤣🤣 issokaaay…
Any worldcup you see Germany dismantling people with more than 4goals just know that German team is trekking its way to semifinal
2014 worldcup
tear Portugal 4-0
tear brazil 7-1
And won the world cup

2010 world cup
tear Australia 4-0
tear England 4-1
Tear Argentina 4-0
Before losing semifinal to spain

2006 world cup
tear Costa rica 4-2
tear Ecuador 3-0
before losing semifinal to Italy

2002 worldcup
tear saudi arabia 8-0
went all the way to the final


in summary, fear a German team on scoring spree…na semifinal or final be always their last bustop