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TheSuperNerd:
Some pointers Post-Afcon

- Eric Chelle still has not lost a competitive game in 90mins or 120mins.

- At last Afcon, Nigeria were the penalty monsters. Every penalty we got in regulation time, we buried and when we faced South Africa, we owned them in the spot kicks. We also had very good confident penalty kick beasts. Kelechi Iheanacho, Terem Moffi. At the WCQs playoffs we lost that. At Afcon 2025, we lost that. WE NEED TO GET IT BACK.

- Whenever Bassey paired with Benjamin Frederick, most of the praise went to Benjy. But whenever Bassey paired Semi at this Afcon, Bassey got most of the plaudits.
That tells u the double B is our best pair.

- Benjamin Frederick x Calvin Bassey CB pair has been used 3 times conceeding only once. Semi Ajayi had a solid Afcon but the return of Benjy elevates the defence's quality even more.

- Osayi Samuel is 2nd choice RB yet dropped quite a monstrous Afcon showing. Imagine what Aina has to do when he returns.

- Felix Agu? Bruno Onyemaechi has just cemented himself as the 1st choice LB. Agu will need a hell of a showing to displace Bruno. Zaidu sits tight for now as 2nd choice.

- Stanley Nwabali proves why he is Super Eagles' Number 1. He has earned it. Back to back Afcons... back to back solid showings.

and how many matches Bassey and Fredrick’s don play together?

TheSuperNerd:
Many people here too did. It is funny.

Some even said Tanimu is better than him 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Goke7:
Won’t be surprised if he’s loading our nff with cash especially with the way Amaju keeps frolicking around

very possible.

Goke7:
If SA host Afcon under his watch dem go win wella 😂 e go be like AI

I won’t be surprised if it happens bro

Goke7:
Motsepe is a billionaire bringing all those dirty boardroom tactics into football. Mhen it’s terrible

bro football games aren’t only won on the pitch

A lot happens behind the doors and that’s the edge the North Africans have over other regions when it comes to African football

Also that was the edge Cameroon had over top African nations including Nigeria during the reign of Issa Hayatou

TheSuperNerd:
We pressed them, but withdrew as the ref had it for us. It is simple. The bassey yellow was a turning point.

👊

Goke7:
In addition the CAF referee committee chairman was removed just before the competition

Issa hayatou na apprentice for where motsepe Dey! 😂

behind the scene that man single handedly qualified SA for the World Cup. He played a major role to achieve that

Our NFF help am too 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Goke7:
In addition the CAF referee committee chairman was removed just before the competition

Issa hayatou na apprentice for where motsepe Dey! 😂

don’t be surprised that Nigeria may be compensated with qualifying for the World Cup ahead of DRC

My thought though 👊😊

TheSuperNerd:
This is actually true.

Do you know even in 1976, when Morocco won in Ethiopia, it was not via knockout? It was a league phase thing. Easily manipulated.

It is shameful that Morocco with all the stars they have still have to resort to dirty tactics from their men in the higher ups (e.g. Lekjaa) at CAF to win.

Is there any law that says a team that reached the WC semis have to be Afcon Champs?? They had the squad back in Afcon 2023 but they could not do it. South Africa knocked them out without stress. Then they force their way through in this one.

When Morocco tried to play fair a bit vs Tanzania and Mali, we saw how they struggled. This is how they knew they should not play fair going forward against the more powerful football teams in Africa.

It is just bad, really bad.

unconfirmed rumor though from a reliable source claim that the Moroccan government lobbied CAF to win the competition with millions of dollars

The reason been that they have to win in order to have something to show to the citizens for their heavy investment in football in the country so some years now

They argued that they need to be compensated with winning the trophy the same way CIV hosted and won at the last edition

And with the role current SA president played during the World Cup qualifiers to favor his country to qualify I had every right to believe the rumor. The reason I said he may emerge as the most corrupt Caf president ever to exist

SymphonyRad:
Morocco, Senegal and CIV got the best of their dual nationals and see how those players have elevated them to the next level...we are still here struggling to even get a nearly 30 year old Tosin to play for us lmao 🤣😂😂😂

and who told you we are still chasing Tosin?

Oga rest

Goke7:
Apart from Lookman no other eagles player attempts to shoot from outside the box even the one from onyedika was too woeful. Make our players Dey more adventurous. If Oliseh didn’t shoot from outside the box we won’t have beaten Spain in France 98.

Even look at mane goal against Egypt it was from outside the box after another teammate has attempted initially and mane hit it again after the initial one was blocked.

bro the Moroccans didn’t allow our players hv a sniff of their goal post especially Lookman who they know has the ability to shot with both legs

If this afcon was hosted outside of Morocco I bet you that they highest they can get is the second round or quarter finals

semid4lyfe:
Same outcome as the WCQ play off but there was no fear, no folding this time.

I saw grit, tenacity, fighting spirit and a determination not to lose from our boys. Funny thing is that game could have continued for another 30 minutes and we wouldn't have conceded.

Unfortunately, penalty proved to be our albatross, and once again our takers let Nwabili down despite his heroics.

Kudos to the boys and Eric Chelle. The NFF should give the coach an extended contract that runs until the end of the 2027 AFCON.

It can only get better.

I’m really proud of Chelle and his boys

I suggest the NFF retain Chelle so he can continue with the team because he have already created a system which made the team flourish

All he needs is just to give a chance to more young talented players mixed with the old guards like Ndidi,Iwobi,Samu,Mola,Osayi,Bruno,Bassey etc

Also the NFF should aggressively scout for players to add more quality to the team

lbrichman2:
If Chuks had scored yesterday, we would have torn that script
Alas, Chuks had other ideas

what about Bruno?

Sarsaparilla524:
NFF have never been proactive.
With a thorough search, they would have known that he is a controversial referee and petition CAF to change him.

and caf didn’t know he had questionable reputation before they appointed him to officiate the game?

Bro the script hv been written since and Morocco lobbied Caf to help them in winning the competition atleast to compensate them the amount of money they spent in hosting the competition

Prior to the commencement of the competition Morocco citizens have been protesting that the government are channeling a lot of money in football and infrastructure instead of the health and other sectors that requires attention so the government have to do whatever it takes to win this afcon just to justify all the money spent to host it

No matter how well super eagles might have played yesterday they won’t win that game because all odds were against them


I think the current SA caf president will be the most corrupt and inept Caf president ever

lbrichman2:
Morocco owned the midfield yet couldn't create any clear cut chance..
Even with the ball we left for them..

Osayi and Bruno stopped all crosses
Them comot all their strikers because they no see ball play..

They brought in El neysri to do cross and nod, yet still no cross..

How can we ignore all that and begin to blame strikers
Strikers how??

Tactically Chelle did well but where he made a mistake was bringing in Fisayo instead of Chukwueze. Though I believe the reason he preferred Fisayo is because he tracks back and comes in to the midfield when required to help the team when they re chasing possession unlike Samu

If I were him I would have risked it all towards the tail end of the game

Take off Akor for Chukwueze(instructing him to take on players and provide crosses to Osimhen) then Lookman for Fisayo (instructing him to drift deeper in midfield to add more bodies and drive forward with the ball when the opportunity arises), then play Osimhen as a lone striker

Spainever:
I thought Onyedika plays champion league,he was just panicking maybe the match was too much for him .

the boy was jittery all through the game

yinkeys:
Onyedika couldn't carry out Ndidis defensive responsibilities

there was no aspect of that role he displayed well at all

Looked lost and slow

TheSuperNerd:
He struggled as much as Onyedika today. Lost multiple duels like Onyedika who lost more. Onyeka was the only true soldier in duels today. Stats and eye test dont lie.

To carry out your agenda against Onyedika you want to act like Iwobi didnt lose the ball multiple times today. Funny.

the way u cry foul over certain players will make one think if you are paid to hype them here maybe for national team recognition/call up, for God knows whatever agenda or purpose

No matter how bad Iwobi was today he wasn’t as half as bad as onyedika. This was a big chance for him to make a statement but onyedika disappointed big time

Una try my galant soldiers. Make Caf kuku carry the trophy give Morocco cus it’s obvious what they have planned already

TheSuperNerd:
To be honest, the Moroccan press system in the middle was crazy. Onyedika struggled twice in possession. Iwobi also got caught a few times and had to withdraw way deeper than expected.

so to exonerate onyedika of any blame u have to add Iwobi to the equation 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Nawaoooo

The worst Afcon officiating I have ever witnessed

ThunderFireAgba:
If I hear Onyedika from someone else mouth here we will have problem.

e be like u wan sleep for police cell 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Calvin Bassey is the best CB in Africa

CapitalCee:
Ajayi and Onyedika are just not helping us

at all

Bassey is good

ChrisKels:
Rest

and sleep too 🤦‍♀️

Truidstarr:
Ndidi is a big miss in this match.

very big miss

ChrisKels:
Bassey dey give me joy. Boy is too strong.

the boy deserves a top club

Clint02:
We're missing Ndidi

badly

Make I see who go talk say onyedika better pass Ndidi here again

What nonsense