₦airaland Forum

yinkeys:
Lol this made me laugh

Do you know that Brazilians believe they have the best genetics for football
Like they were born to play ball
Lol
Funny they haven’t won the World Cup for 20 years because of Europe lol
USA 94 , 98 & 2002 all finals
They have an amazing generation of talent now though but can never be like the 2002 team

charlesemeka85:
the Bellingham boy is decent but the hype surrounding him is way too much

typicalgamer:
If you can’t any medals as awards

We’ve won more and we have more recognition in track and fields than football so rest.
We’ve won more in Paralympics than football so oga relax
We’ve been the face of table tennis in Africa in the past decade and counting
Dtigers is one of Africa most decorated basketball team.

So oga we’ve won more in other sports than football so try calm down.


This woman down here has achieved more than our football sector has achieved in the past 20 years

TheSuperNerd:
Naija lads in Europe: Last 2-3 days.

Across different club friendlies ahead of the return of the second half of the season across the Major Euro Leagues, some Naija lads have been among the goals as they get set to resume club football action Post-WC.


Also, some Naija lads across other Euro leagues also got in on the action.



On Tuesday

Ebere Paul Onuachu scored from the spot as KRC Genk beat SC Heerenven.

Samuel Chukwueze scored as Villarreal defeated Galatasaray 4-3 in Turkey.



On Wednesday

Calvin Bassey featured from the start as Ajax managed a 5-4 win over FC Volendam.

Bright Edomwonyi scored as his side FC Koper beat NK Tabor 5-1 in Matchday 19 of the Slovenian Prva Liga.

Victor Osimhen played only the first 45mins for Napoli in their 3-2 win over Antalyaspor. Recall that he had visited his former club, Charleroi before the game in Antalya.

Chidera Ejuke scored the only goal as his side, Hertha BSC won 1-0 vs Eintracht Braunschweig.





UWCL Women: Naija

Christy Ucheibe Played 89mins as her side defeated Rosengård 3-1 away from home. Created one chance, registered a 90% passing accuracy, won 4/8 ground duels, won 100% aerial duels, made 2 tackles and 3 interceptions.


Asisat Oshoala Played just 4 mins + 5 mins added time as Barcelona femeni fell 3-1 away at Bayern in matchday 4 of the UWCL.
Despite the Cameo, she still created one chance and recorded 100% aerial duels won and 100% accurate crosses.

AndSunGorilla:
For the SE, short term fix is getting coaching right. Now it's too early to fire JP, but am yet to be convinced he's the man. If you look at our current U17 and U21, those boys are good, hope they make it to the WC. I don't believe ALL of them and countless others in the a academies would all get into good clubs in Europe no matter how good they are. So my strong belief is that we need huge investments in the local league. Such that it would be unattractive for any Nigerian player to head to Belarus, Azerbaijan, Turkish division 2 etc. Looks like a pipe dream but nothing is impossible.

ChrisKels:
So no one rates Ndidi anymore? So Idenna aka Omanbala1 wasn't wrong after all?

ChrisKels:
So Ike Igbo never made a single appearance for Canada at the world cup. He only went there as a mere spectator?

jihday:
it happens everywhere, players slip through the fingers of selectors, arsenal let Harry Kane go because they thought he wasn’t good enough, even Tottenham didn’t really rate him till he grabbed his chances

ChrisKels:
Jude Bellingham is good but so was Dele Alli. Believe the talent and the hypes on English players at your own peril.

typicalgamer:
If you can’t any medals as awards

We’ve won more and we have more recognition in track and fields than football so rest.
We’ve won more in Paralympics than football so oga relax
We’ve been the face of table tennis in Africa in the past decade and counting
Dtigers is one of Africa most decorated basketball team.

So oga we’ve won more in other sports than football so try calm down.


This woman down here has achieved more than our football sector has achieved in the past 20 years

Joebie:
We are going to pay dearly for making bad decisions. The problem is we will keep making the same mistakes then hope and pray. That’s not the way to pursue excellence.

TheSuperNerd:
Ndidi is still rated by me.

Only that we have to understand he offers us more on the defensive side only. To mask his limitations in the middle when we try to progress play or ball-play, we have to feature genuine ball-playing midfield thinkers alongside Ndidi.

It is that simple for a start.

Idennaa was right on Ndidi's limitations all along but Ndidi remains our highest rated and most valuable midfielder in Europe. His time is not up yet. He is still needed big time. No better Ball Winning DM on the continent to be Frank. Emphasis on "Ball Winning".

Mujtahida:
Two factors will combine to make a nation a footballing nation:
1. Strong local league with attendant sporting facilities and the presence of large fan base supporting local teams
2. Good international record and history.

On both scores, we fall below the bar. Our international football record (apart from age grade competitions) is average. I need not talk about our local league.

On the other hand countries like Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, England (at least they have one WC) Germany, Argentina are footballing nations.

Napoleon55:
plus 5 u-17 world cup.
Sometimes is to just read some comments and pass.
Inspite of corruption and eneptitude of our leaders,
We have nothing to prove to any one that we are a big footballing nation.
bad leadership and bad economy r d major problem we have been facing for long,affecting our development,progress and success as footballing nation.

charlesemeka85:
that one na another chief egunje taker

Samueltemi337:
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andrewbaba44:
I say say Morocco no dedicate their win to Africans

Danielnino00:
This your submission is quite funny...All the sports you mentioned don't get enough attention or funding like football in this country.. In fact, a large part of the success recorded in them are more from individual effort than collective administration effort... Most of them are individual sports anyway...
In basketball,our national team is filled 90% with foreign born players..In case you don't know, our local basketball league has been in comatose for 4 years now because of internal fighting within the federation.. that's why we haven't qualified for any age grade tournament in a while.

TheSuperNerd:
Chris. At the Naijafootballers TV studio on my last visit there, I had a near heated argument about Bellingham's quality in comparison to his peers like Pedri, Gavi and even Jamal Musiala. I even had to remind them of Florian Wirtz.

My mistake was having that discussion/argument in the first place. You know why? The person I was engaging was a Chelsea fan. A die hard Chelsea fan. Many of them don't like anything Barca. The bad blood is real.

I said, Bellingham is a very exciting young midfield talent but Pedri edges him SO MUCH in Game intelligence and Incredible technical ability.

Bellingham is more like an Engine in the middle. He will make those bursting runs forward from the middle and throw himself into duels and tackles and pop up with the occasional goals from deep thanks to his box to box qualities but Pedri is an absolute Maestro in the middle. His Vision is on another level to Bellingham. His game reading ability is classes above Bellingham's.

Pedri can conduct a game on his own. Bellingham cannot. That's the difference but this Chelsea guy no gree and ofcos I expect Liverpool fans to join in soon when Bellingham signs for them perhaps. Lol


To be honest, the English hypes is much and some of the very staunch EPL fanboys who hold interest in Bellingham will keep fueling it.

daveP:
To the Arab world and All Muslims in the World. That was a bitter pill to swallow.


How Caf keep doing like these guys are untouchable.....unless Caf has been sidelines on the chessboard with some stellar moves by the Northern Teams. That's the only explanation that fits why they look above sanctioning or disciplined.

TheSuperNerd:
It is true that over there several moroccans dont consider themselves Africans but Boufal has apologised for his statement via his instagram You didn't see it?

He included Africa in his apology (see below - 2nd graphic):


But here is what their coach, My Man, Walid Regragui has to say about this:

daveP:
This talk is flawed. The footballing nations in the world, or let me even use Africa, all excel highly in olympics and commonwealth, AAG tournaments, T&F. Does that mean they are not?

Egypt
Nigeria
South Africa





Nigeria is a footballing nation


Because things are bad, doesn't mean the spade had been reshaped to a spoon.

Danielnino00:
This your submission is quite funny...All the sports you mentioned don't get enough attention or funding like football in this country.. In fact, a large part of the success recorded in them are more from individual effort than collective administration effort... Most of them are individual sports anyway...
In basketball,our national team is filled 90% with foreign born players..In case you don't know, our local basketball league has been in comatose for 4 years now because of internal fighting within the federation.. that's why we haven't qualified for any age grade tournament in a while.

daveP:
You say 4. Na 11 o

Since 2011 wey kasala burat for Basketball federation.

Philosopher1979:
Football academies yapa.
Barcelona football academy
As Roma football academy
GBS football academy
Triple football academy
Prince kazeem eletu football academy
36 lions football academy
Pepsi football academy etc
The Nigerian secondary school principals cup has been revived since last year
Many academies and grassroots competitions

typicalgamer:
Don’t divert from my topic

You’re telling me that super eagles not qualifying for wc

Got more attention than amusan becoming the fastest woman on the planet

Come bruh are you living under a rock ?