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NasirIbnLaAhad:
A minor - if slightly unnecessary - quibble here, but Ghana reached the quarterfinals in 2010, and not 2014.

Thanks for the correction. Noted

Thierry Henry once said that the defendant he found most annoying was Taribo West because during their time at French ligue one, Taribo would man mark him and not give him space at all.

I am saying this against the backdrop of my observation in modern football: they don't man mark players anymore.

Messi roams free, Mbappe too. Dangerous players oo. Dem go leave them to dey prowl like hungry lion.

Old football will assign at least one player to follow these guys. Yes Messi is hard to mark but he's old now na. I don't agree with some aspects of these modern game

minfelix:
We have oo bro…Africa may not have won the world cup…But the likes of Super eagles raised a high standard in 1994 and 1998, Senegal gave a good account in 2002, Ghana did well in 2010, Morocco brushed their way to the semifinals in 2022.
Thats a good statement/pedigree from African teams which we(Africans) need to sustain every worldcup edition.
Enough of cowardice display that will always see these Europeans dominate us

In the world cup, that is not pedigree. Nigeria reached second round and has not exceeded it. Senegal(2002), Ghana(2014) and Cameroon(1990) reached quarter finals once each and have not exceeded it.

Morocco reached the semis once.

These is not pedigree abeg.

minfelix:
oga clear abeg….carry all this rash energy go and sleep…”Perfect wanna-be humans”….like you have never complained or react in life to things when they aren’t going as expected.
coming here to form woke and shutting people up with rash response.
AFRICAN TEAMS ARE EFFING UP!!!!! AT THE WORLD CUP LEVEL
FACT!!
And its bringing our pedigree and quality down as a continent!!
abeg rest!!

"And it's bringing our pedigree and quality down as a continent"

Bro, we no get pedigree for world cup na. Abi na my mind dey deceive me

charlesemeka85:
Newly capped super eagles RB Abdullahi Bewene attracting concrete interest from Czech giants Slavia Prague and Victoria Plzen. Serbian club Partizan Belgrade also interested

Sweet player. I wish all the best

Odunayaw:
I just de vex

Pele. The prophecy can't fail. I wish only Morocco will sail.

codemaniacs:
in the SW, keeping a state clean has to do with the person in power and not an institution..

if the person is a puppet of wyte people then that state must and will have a dirty environment and lack of maintenance of public infrastructure.

if the person is not a puppet and has good intentions then the state will be clean...

unfortunately for the SW, most of the politicians are puppets of wyte people and traitors of the black race.. so expect things to get worse in the SW..

its the same way some people ( puppets ) are consistently against D:angote refinery and trying everything to ensure it fails..

it has nothing to do with the black race...

but it has everything to do with the the black politicians are answering too and who bribes them annually through loans...

"if the person is a puppet of wyte people then that state must and will have a dirty environment and lack of maintenance of public infrastructure.

if the person is not a puppet and has good intentions then the state will be clean.."

People dey oo 🙆🙆

minfelix:
lolz 😂🤣🤣…
Although Musa scored something similar against Argentina in that 3-2 loss of 2014 worldcup

Yes yes yes. That's true. The fact that I cannot remember shows how rare those kind of goals are with us.

minfelix:
Do we have curlers in super eagles?….Chukwueze that’s suppose to be doing that will just be playing like eba….Iheanacho is another player that can score those kinda solo effort curlers but looks like old ade don cripple that baba….another promising player with such potential magnificent curler is Zadok Yohannah

Lookman is also good at that

It just occurred to me that this kind of curlers is one of the essence of inverted wingers so that you cut in to your inverted right or left foot and curl the ball into the far end of the goal just this Norwegian player just did.

Our own inverted wingers go dribble until them reach touchline. I don't think I've ever seen Nigeria score this kind of goal

Why does Nigeria not score this kind of goals?

Blueelf:
Very true

You cannot hate Morocco. My ill-feelings towards them is due to the various shenanigans they pulled st the last AFCON. However, they play beautiful football and my hate regardless, they could go all the way to the semi finals like the last time. Only Senegal matches them (in talent) but they have the best football structure in Africa currently

When people think Nigeria football will move forward, I admire their optimism. The only reason there's a glimmer of hope now is that we have an egunje-less coach. A coach that loves his job, knows his job and wants to move on from the old guard

Hopefully, the corrupt demons at the glass house and technical committee don't hinder him

That optimism is what I call magic thinking. The problem with magic thinking is that you cannot bank on it.

Blueelf:
We love mediocrity as a race

When we see one person breaking boundaries, we term it oversabi

If you enter the head of the JFF leadership, you'll see that their goal is to embezzle

As a culture, when we see ourselves in leadership positions where we can implement policy changes, we rather see it as "God has done it for me, let me see how this benefits me first". A culture of selfishness which breeds corruption

No sense of national loyalty and no consequences for failure. Gusau is still NFF president after the shame of our failure to qualify.

The head of Saudi football resigned immediately following their failure at this world cup. Saudi wey no get pedigree oo.

What is scary to me in Nigeria is that even me I no trust myself. Culture strong.

ChrisKels:
Nwanne this thing you said here gives me sleepless nights as an Abian. Alex has turned around our fortune after years of mismanagement from misfits like Orjị, Orjị and Ikpuazu. While we are rejoicing today, I am so worried about who will be Otti's successor. In fact, I'm afraid we would go back to that condition we were before Otti. Aswear, sometimes it feels like the black man is cursed.

My brother, if I talk people will think I am a self hating black. Not at all but our character as a race is something else.

As a race, or let me narrow it to Nigerians: We love failure so much to the extent that if one person takes us high, we find it difficult to remain there. We are so used to failure that success makes us uncomfortable.

It's not in us abeg. But that's not the issue. We are not ready to create an alternative culture like Morocco has done.

Watch this clip


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn_ok0gnL-8?si=8pH-PBIN7lS1w7Wc

ChrisKels:
God bless you richly bro. I laugh when people say Nigeria will get better. Bro, it can only get worse.

Bible called it Babel. Na curse. Aristotle said that it leads to disunity. And that's true. Na the people wey dey homogeneous as a nation wey decide to become multicultural and diverse I no understand. In a few years from now there will be racial conflict in Europe.

I really wish naija was homogeneous. Mixture of people like this cannot work in a democracy.

My views are not against immigrants oo cos I know we have a large pool of diasporans which includes some of our strongest guys here.

I'm just looking at things from the other side of the indigenous ethnics

Samueltemi337:
I guess Black Americans aren't Americans too, right?

400 years in America is not 30 years. They were there over a 100 years before America became a nation.

French team in the 80s v french team in 2026.

Samueltemi337:
The assumption that these players hold citizenship just "acquired on paper" doesn't match the reality of their lives
majority of Black players on the French team were born and raised in France
They grew up in different cities in France, speaking French as their native language and training in French academy systems

If someone is born in France, pays taxes in France, represents France, and identifies as French, they are the true configuration of modern France

Black man no be french man. Just as Hausa man cannot be Yoruba man. That means being french has no meaning. Chikena

charlesemeka85:
I just watched highlight of Morocco vs Holland. Oh mehn Morocco wan kill them. See football ❤️💯

This new Moroccan gaffer is gooood I must confess.

So we can see that it's not only football talents that they are grooming. They are grooming coaches. Grooming football administrators. Creating a functional ecosystem and industry.


As I dey type, e dey pain me. Because even if one state decides to be systematic on this issue in Nigeria, it will make a difference but then again it will not.

I served in Akure and spent 7 years there. When I got there, I swear the place looked like a village. But before my very eyes, Governor Mimiko transformed the city - dualized the roads, tarred inner city roads, built bus stops, beautified the city, made it clean as in Akure was neat. He built one beautiful fountain at Alagbaka. Na there people dey go snap then. The firm I worked for, our office at BOI building, overlooking the fountain.

What did Akeredolu do when he came? Instead of building on or at least maintaining what Mimiko his predecessor did, he left everything to go to waste. Go and see Akure now. It's a shadow of itself. Durty, yes durty everywhere, roads are bad, busstops razz, no water in the fountain at Alagbaka. Bad odour everywhere.

Kai, I went to Akure in 2024, the pain in my chest was unbearable. I couldn't recognise the city

I don tire. To plan, maintain, sustain is like death for us.

I'm happy Morocco won. Planning and systems win over magic thinking.

And I think this reflects the character of Morocco in other aspects too. Their tourism industry is one of the best in the world.

Here we'd rather die than plan. If we plan, to execute am, wahala. One person go siddon chop all the money.

I hate heterogeneous societies. If we were all one or two or even three ethnic groups, it would have been better.

There's this sense of lack of ownership that drives corruption in Nigeria.

Inspite of my avowed antagonism to all African countries, I really do wish Morocco well.

Samueltemi337:
Wetin happen to the squad?

Those are not french players. The idea and what makes national team sports like this meaningful is the variety of nations represented in their true ethnic configuration not citizenship acquired on paper. One, two or three players outside the ethnic or racial stock is okay. But to have almost the entire team made of blacks defeats the idea.


I see people ask online: Argentina has no black players. I say haa. Does Senegal have white players? Once others object, they are labelled racists.

Joebie:
France is actually fav to win. I don't like the country, but I love the squad.

I love the country but I detest the squad. Germany and Holland are out. France is next in sha Allah

Joebie:
Let's just agree that Morocco is the standard for how African teams should play in the world stage.

They are the best. They are totally fearless.

semid4lyfe:
Add Morocco to the list. Though I think they'll defeat Netherlands

They are a really good side particularly given that they have changed from their ultra defensive mode used in Qatar

Goke7:
😂 they must go beck to their kentry!

I can tell you authoritatively that they are already in Jburg. Them follow us watch this Brazil v Japan game sef

soetanoreoluwa:
Amen I
Nigeria to win 2030 world cup

Naaa. 2038.

Japan are unlucky. They met Brazil too early. Adieu my blue samurai

Goke7:
We need to investigate Delaw or ask the Nigerian Bar Association to investigate him be like say Delaw chop breakfast from am SA babe o 😂

You no go understand. My bad belly is especially for Congo, SA and Ghana. Once these three flop, the rest have their fate in their hands whether to advance or not. But those three must come back home.

TheSuperNerd:
Omo, this is Bad Belle that has gone to Cambridge. Habamana!

It felt like Nigeria won an important match.

Odunayaw:
Satan is the father of lies. Cast that thought in the dustbin where it belongs ser

Na once I run go sleep. That how I cast it out of my mind

soetanoreoluwa:
Lmao... This SA can't do jark what is going for them is the cohesion of the players. If you think Morocco I can fancy them or DR congo .

I dey think an Africa winning the world cup too. It is getting closer now. Africa will soon win it. Just a matter of time

Whenever that time comes, it must be Nigeria to win it!

FiveFootNinja:
Calm down D'Law. Not in a million years. These bums I'm watching right now aren't beating Morocco or Netherlands. Except there's a miraculous upgrade from the nonsense they're playing today. 😂😂

Those guys really play an impotent kind of football. It's not tiki taka but they like passing and dancing on the ball flattering themselves. I imagine they think themselves to be Brazilians of some sort

FiveFootNinja:
Wheres D'Law? 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

cc: Mujtahida

They couldn't even get past Canada. I'm dead. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bro! Bro!! Mzanzi are coming home.