₦airaland Forum

Certitude:
It's head to head before goal difference. Except where it exceeds two teams.

Nope. It is GD before head to head. You can check it out on FIFA's website.

Republic of Congo are eliminated.

Taliban:
Nope Keshi's team played against Niger Republic, where Aaron Samuel and Ahmed Musa scored for us to win 3-1, I remember the fans invading to the pitch too. Keshi got his first sack after the win, got reinstated and ultimately Omeruo (courtesy Ranti ) got him fired after the next match against SA.

Oh. I don't even remember that game lol

Meanwhile, Iran, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Japan are all through to the world cup.

Syria and Australia will contest the 2-legged Asian playoff for the right to face the 4th placed team from CONCACAF (North America).

solonnachi:
What of South Africa?

South Africa are still in it both mathematically and realistically.

Guinea and Libya join Cameroon as eliminated teams.

krattoss:
When last was a super eagles match played at the national stadium ABUJA..??

I WILL LOVE TO SEE A GAME PLAYED THERE..

The last game should be the AFCON 2012 qualifier against Guinea in 2011. So, its been six years

freshest4live:
Gabon is not in same group with South Africa.

My mistake. Meant to say Cape Verde.

SA are still in the world cup race though @safarigirl

KevinDein:
Let us all laugh at South Africa

Lol. Gabon, will occupy 2nd position in the group till at least match-day 5

nextstep:
Now that you mention it, I wonder if this is related - as in the US don't want to grant the permission as this cuts profits for US airlines, so they are raising this concern now - possibly due to lobbing by Delta.

Of course, it's no excuse if we're not meeting the standards and we have to sit up... but the thought just crossed my mind.

The bolded is possible because big American businesses great lobbying influences over the US Congress, who in turn, conduct oversight over the executive agencies.
Anyway, we will see if Air Peace passes the audit and become Category 1 certified. Even if Air Peace doesn't gain that rating, the airline may wet-lease aircraft from an air services operator that is category 1 certified, and use the said aircraft for the US route.

Andy2274:
Oga no Nigerian airline goes to US now o. Only Arik b4 but stopped since Feb or so. So when and how you get your news?

Air Peace has already applied to the US DOT for permission to fly the Lagos-Atlanta route, so this FAA directive applies to the airline as well.
Therefore Air Peace as 65 days to comply with FAA's security and technical standards before being permitted to fly into the US.

Category One certification encompasses airlines, airports, and the regulatory infrastructure of the Civil Aviation Authority. So far, MMIA and the NCAA are Category One certified, hence Delta Airlines direct flights from the US to Nigeria and vice versa.

Oasis007:
The best Formation for Eagles is either 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3. The other Formation we can play with this present Squad is 4-4-2.

So, a 4-2-3-1 would look like:

----Shehu----Ekong---Balogun---Aina----

---------------Onazi---Ndidi--------------

--------------------Mikel----------------

------------V. Moses---Iwobi(Iheanacho)-------

-----------------Ighalo (Kayode)-----------

jotey:
close your eyes for a second sir and imagine Mikel as the cmf and iwobi as the amf

are you not thinking what I am thinking?

playing iwobi on the wings is a waste when we still have moses Simon and even onyekuru

With Iwobi in the line up, a 3-5-2 (or 3-4-1-2 could work:

--------Shehu----Ekong---Balogun-----

---V.Moses---Ndidi--Mikel----Onazi---

-----------------Iwobi---------------

-------------Ighalo---Iheanacho/Kayode---

Come to think of it, it's a shame that the African champions are the first to have been eliminated in the African zone. Cameroon essentially did a "Greece" - who won the Euro 2004 tournament but failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.

Meanwhile, I'm beginning to doubt if Enyeama would still return to the team. If the SE complete the qualifiers without Enyeama playing a part, then the chances of him playing at the World Cup would be extremely low. He could think that it would be unfair to not have a taken a part in WCQ, and just show up to camp once the WC draws near.

On the other hand, he may yet think of creating some history for himself. If he makes himself available for WC selection, and gets to start in the tournament, he would become the first SE player to play in 4 or more senior World Cup competitions.

safarigirl:
Chai! Abeg NFF dey test the mental state of players before they are called up?

These boys wan keep pesin...Awaziem dey twerk, they are singing along to Small Doctor's Penalty.

This kain gyration inside bus ehn, you go think say dem don qualify....I can only imagine what will happen when they get that Russian ticket

After beating Zambia on October 7, in Uyo, the players will add the shoki to the twerking.

FisifunKododada:
Yes. You are right. The assumption was same GD. I should have stated that.

Okay.
It feels nice to know that SE's destiny is squarely within their hands. A minimum of 2 points from the last two games will seal the WC ticket.

FisifunKododada:
True. If Zambia beats Algeria and Cameroon; and tie with us THEN we still qualify based on head2head. The best result for tomorrow's game, from the perspective of Nigeria, is a draw between Algeria and Zambia. This will disqualify Algeria from qualification since their maximum possible drops from 10 to 8. Zambia's maximum will also drop from 13 to 11, which means we only need 12 points (i.e two draws) to qualify ahead of them.

Head to head is like the 4th tie-breaker. The 1st tie-breaker remains goal difference. So, if Nigeria and Zambia are tied on points, the GD will first come into play.

TheGoodJoe:
Very nice set up. But I think Simon should merit the role instead of Onazi. I am also interested in how Onyekuru will fare in the coming weeks.

I don't think Simon Moses will contribute as much, defensively, as Onazi. As someone mentioned here, the Zambians' main strength is their wing play. So, if we have the likes of Ndid (or Ogu), Onazi and Victor Moses on the pitch, they would be able to track the runs of the Zambian full-backs, and generally help out our own full-backs defensively.

My formation for the Zambia game in October will be as follows:

---------Shehu----Ekong---Balogun----Aina----

------------------------Ndidi----------------

---------V. Moses-----Mikel-----Onazi---------

--------------Iheanacho---Ighalo------------

Playing two strikers will trouble the Zambian central defense greatly, which basically means that at least, a draw is guaranteed with this formation.

ferhyntorlah:
Thanks for this expose. Unfortunately, the reverse is the case in Nigeria.

The mentality has to change..

tbaba1234:
I don't see how Zambia wins..

Me neither. The Algerians are good enough to secure a home draw.

tbaba1234:
A draw at home against Zambia seals it.. It is a good result, we are almost there.

A draw at home to Zambia will seal qualification, only if Zambia fail to beat Algeria tomorrow.

raumdeuter:
Goal ighalo

Simon Moses scored the goal

A "young businessman" from Akwa Ibom promised the team $20,000 per goal
Money dey Naija sha

My 3rd choice keeper, if Enyeama and Ikeme return to the team, will be Ezenwa/Alampasu.

But I suspect that by the time Ikeme fully recovers, he wouldn't have gained much fitness to be part of the World Cup team. So, my three keepers would be Enyeama, Alampasu, and Ezenwa.

nelszx:
33rd actually....Todays game is will be the 34th should they win or draw

Yes
My mistake

The Super Eagles are on a 33-match unbeaten run in World Cup qualifiers. The last WCQ loss was a 1-0 defeat to Angola in June 2004.

ritababe:
time please

6pm

cococandy:
This is just stupid.
I know tonto isn't among the smartest of the bunch and I don't side with her egomaniac ex but this? This is plain low level reasoning that I don't expect from her.

1000 flies indeed

Meanwhile Mexico have already qualified for the world cup with THREE matches to spare. Chai!

Team USA just bleeped up yesterday, losing 0-2 to Costa Rica

If Super eagles beat Cameroon on Monday, and Algeria v Zambia ends in a draw (highly likely), the SE would punch their ticket to Russia.

The key for the SE on Monday would be to play a counter-attacking game. After all, we have talents that can function effectively in such a game plan. Cameroon will surely have to play an all attacking game cos of their current position on the table, leaving ample space for the likes of V. Moses, Simon Moses and Ighalo to punish them on the break.

But if the Super Eagles fail to book the WC ticket after Tuesday, I believe a draw/win over Zambia next month will seal the deal, regardless of what happens in the other group game.

BroZuma:
UAE go just roll over and let una comot $200bn from their country because person wen nobody wan name "steal" am...what sort of idiots are Nigerians?

That amount of money is just a huge lie...Jesus make una respect this Eid Adha nah shoo...

Who are these lying sets of animals sef...if Nigeria was a serious country the stock market would have crashed tey tey in the UAE...but since everyone knows we talk out of our as*, it's business as usual.

It may have been a typo cos the correct amount could be $20 billion.