Mujtahida:

This is a totally incorrect assessment of the game. Ekong was as usual the pillar in that defense making crucial blocks, keeping shape, joining the attack on several occasions more than in other matches. And this incidence he got carded was not a show of weakness. It was wisdom.

Them go de behave like say na only them watch match

Odunayaw:
Makgopa worried Ekong? Which match did you watch?

Outpaced once AND the only time there was a foot race is now most of the game?

What match did you watch?

I am just seeing your comment. Omo I weak. How people dey take watch match na. Abi na tension dey make them see wetin no dey?

Barryseal:

It was Ekong who didn't look comfortable in that game. Let's not kid ourselves, that was Ekong's worst match in this tournament. That Bafana numb 9, Evidence Makgopa worried Ekong so much in that game. He practically took Ekong on a dog walk almost all game.
That yellow card Ekong got which we all applauded was infact a show of weakness as he was outpaced most of the game. I want to believe it was the tigh injury he's carrying but if he's not fully fit, please and please, Omeruo should start tomorrow.

I don't know the match which you watched. So you expect Ekong that has been in the field for more than 100 mins to catch a player that have not played up to 20mins. Tell me say na joke. I guess u didn't notice that Ekong matched him stride to stride until he made sure that he was not the last man before he took the guy out.

Mujtahida:

Do we risk playing a midfield trident of Iwobi Onyeka and Alhassan with Iwobi at the tip? Or run the risk of serving them the usual menu cos all na risk at this stage

We dont need two water 💦 carriers and certain not a light weight one that will run out of steam 🚂 so quickly.

You want a midfield with one creatine player in Iwobi, against CIV you need creativity and athletic ability with physicality that completely rules out Alhassan.

Onyeka is all athletic physicality non stop running defenive wall blocks and interceptions but no creativity
and he can't score to save his life.

Midfield has to remain same as against SA

Essentially same team as against SA

Someone is suggesting Omeruo, he is too slow and will get roasted by CIV forwards.

mostob:
Omo... USA dey wire D'Tigress.
31 points lead

however they’ve qualified for the Olympics as they beat Senegal in their first game and Senegal lost to Belgium in their own second game, that means qualification for Nigeria

Koboko99:
I would really love to see Samuel Omorodion in the Super Eagles. That kid is just 19 and he has 9 goals for Alaves on loan from Athletico Madrid. Spain don’t really have strikers so I know it will be very difficult to convince him.

Is he better than Elijah Adebayo , 9 goals in the EPL and counting I expect 2 goals in the next 30 minutes.

So it will be 11 goals and counting.

Mujtahida:

Do we risk playing a midfield trident of Iwobi Onyeka and Alhassan with Iwobi at the tip? Or run the risk of serving them the usual menu cos all na risk at this stage

I go with the risk. Alhassan and Onyeka have enough energy to cover the right and left side of all the midfield when the LB/RB over laps forward.

We must not have a holding midfield of only Frank and Iwoni tomorrow. Iwobi's inability to interpret defense could cost us

komekn:


He has been in Europe since 2018 playing football ⚽ after leaving Kano, he is supposedly 23.

What more experience does he need please.

Is the the best and or most outstanding midfield player in Royal Antwerp ❓

He is not even as good as Etebo who I felt in the last world cup was excellent. Not sure what's happening with Etebo and why he is forgotten.⁉️

And he follows the same pattern. I have seen that all the SE players have been mentioned 1 by 1. And the same pattern of how bad they are. Anyways I dey enjoy your yang most times.

even After Afcon, if them invite am, he go still honor🤣 mae una dey play

Odunayaw:
I was expecting you'd keep pulling things out of thin air.

Makgopa had a decent match. But it is not for nothing I came here to yab him as "No-Evidence Makgopa" after the match. He had one of the lowest ratings for his team.

Maybe you're confusing the players because most are baldies.

The only shot he had all game was that turn and shoot.

This was his comp. If there was any player who we had problems dealing with, it was him. His threat was evident.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWFHFFEkp8E?si=-uXkRbwjqde4S8Sa

The Ghanaian analysts talked about him prior


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW5CieiGipo?si=_gslIZAqsPwJcnIW

I'm a pure football fan, I like to watch and learn not taken to prior bias. We know Ekong hasn't been 100% fit. His tigh issue is well documented. He missed one match but he's battling through the competition. If we play with 2 CBs, Ekong and his issues will be exposed. The 3 CBs compliment each other that's fundamental.

comodo:

I don't know the match which you watched. So you expect Ekong that has been in the field for more than 100 mins to catch a player that have not played up to 20mins. Tell me say na joke. I guess u didn't notice that Ekong matched him stride to stride until he made sure that he was not the last man before he took the guy out.

What's your point exactly? Are you sure you read through my back and forth with him before writing this?

Mujtahida:

This is a totally incorrect assessment of the game. Ekong was as usual the pillar in that defense making crucial blocks, keeping shape, joining the attack on several occasions more than in other matches. And this incidence he got carded was not a show of weakness. It was wisdom.

If you watch this comp keenly you will see Ekong was employing the tactics in local parlance called "handover". I don't know how to best describe it but watch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWFHFFEkp8E?si=WGE7rfNVAoVbcNgk

komekn:


We dont need two water 💦 carriers and certain not a light weight one that will run out of steam 🚂 so quickly.

You want a midfield with one creatine player in Iwobi, against CIV you need creativity and athletic ability with physicality that completely rules out Alhassan.

Onyeka is all athletic physicality non stop running defenive wall blocks and interceptions but no creativity
and he can't score to save his life.

Midfield has to remain same as against SA

Essentially same team as against SA

Someone is suggesting Omeruo, he is too slow and will get roasted by CIV forwards.

I don't read biased analysis.

comodo:

And he follows the same pattern. I have seen that all the SE players have been mentioned 1 by 1. And the same pattern of how bad they are. Anyways I dey enjoy your yang most times.

I have defended Iwobi here but do you see how he criticized Yusuf and Onyeka and didn't say pim about Iwobi's defensive defects which in truth is a liability for the team? He's just too biased. Sometimes I see him as a racist

Barryseal:

If you watch this comp keenly you will see Ekong was employing the tactics in local parlance called "handover". I don't know how to best describe it but watch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWFHFFEkp8E?si=WGE7rfNVAoVbcNgk

I watched it but I didn't see how he gave Ekong especially any problems oo.

Barryseal:

This was his comp. If there was any player who we had problems dealing with, it was him. His threat was evident.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWFHFFEkp8E?si=-uXkRbwjqde4S8Sa

That you are using this video as your proof of "the problems" he caused just defeats your point.

Only 3 things worthy of note. The release to Tau, the forced save from Nwabali and the turn-shoot.

The rest of the video DIDN'T show him out muscling our defenders. On the contrary he ends up falling all over the places when he gets a challenge.

The only player he never duels in our backline is Bright.

The Ghanaian analysts talked about him prior


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW5CieiGipo?si=_gslIZAqsPwJcnIW

I'm a pure football fan, I like to watch and learn not taken to prior bias. We know Ekong hasn't been 100% fit. His tigh issue is well documented. He missed one match but he's battling through the competition. If we play with 2 CBs, Ekong and his issues will be exposed. The 3 CBs compliment each other that's fundamental.

Again, it is not for nothing I jested "No-Evidence Makgopa". His best game was against Morocco by finding space between their CBs something he was never able to do with us. That is why his shots in the game had to come from way outside because Mokoena had to screen for him.

You're welcome to overblow Ekong's fitness but you'd almost make a mockery of video proof to make a point that he had a bad game against SA.

Thank you

Good fortune favours the brave rather we try to make our own luck to win than rely on the opposition making mistakes which I don't see a pumped up CIV committing.

Mujtahida:

Do we risk playing a midfield trident of Iwobi Onyeka and Alhassan with Iwobi at the tip? Or run the risk of serving them the usual menu cos all na risk at this stage

Mujtahida:

I watched it but I didn't see how he gave Ekong especially any problems oo.

3rd highlight, Ekong calmly disposses him.

5th highlight, he falls under a soft challenge from Ajayi.

His first attempt on goal takes another SA player who I think is Mokoena to screen Ekong so he can be free to shoot. Something he begins to do from then on, almost like he's trying to escape the CBs

And that is that about that

Some say we've been lucky in this tournament but if any other team had the "luck" of having 5 goals cancelled in a tournament would they be in the finals?

I pray for Good Fortune for us tomorrow o.

Odunayaw:
That you are using this video as your proof of "the problems" he caused just defeats your point.

Only 3 things worthy of note. The release to Tau, the forced save from Nwabali and the turn-shoot.

The rest of the video DIDN'T show him out muscling our defenders. On the contrary he ends up falling all over the places when he gets a challenge.

The only player he never duels in our backline is Bright.

Again, it is not for nothing I jested "No-Evidence Makgopa". His best game was against Morocco by finding space between their CBs something he was never able to do with us. That is why his shots in the game had to come from way outside because Mokoena had to screen for him.

You're welcome to overblow Ekong's fitness but you'd almost make a mockery of video proof to make a point that he had a bad game against SA.

Thank you

If the video proved the contrary then I wonder who was then causing the problems for Nigeria? If nobody was causing problems then the match should have been a walk over for us.

Mujtahida:

I don't read biased analysis.

💯

Toylove:
So I read that tinubu is going to Ivory Coast to watch the final, if the match follows the same pattern as the South Africa’s, ….you know the rest 😶

Baba don fold 😂😂
He will now be represented by the vice president

Mujtahida:

I watched it but I didn't see how he gave Ekong especially any problems oo.

For a striker to have that many highlights it tells the story he was a manace in the game. Some strikers go through an entire game without a single shoot on target and maybe something like 5 touchés the entire match. Someone like Halaand in cagey games, if he doesn't score sits on this table.

opes:


In 1982, Libya hosted the tournament and lost in the final to Ghana. Same Ghana defeated Tunisia, the host country in the final of 1965 edition

Little did people know that Ghana almost boycotted the competition because they were in serious economic crisis. The Libyan government funded the Ghanaian team' s preparation for AFCON in 1982.

Odunayaw:
Some say we've been lucky in this tournament but if any other team had the "luck" of having 5 goals cancelled in a tournament would they be in the finals?

I pray for Good Fortune for us tomorrow o.

that lucky rhetoric was the same noise made after our 2013 Afcon win. We have a problem backtracking even when those we criticised have proven us wrong. All our stand-up players during this tournament are still being bashed here na wa o. Win or lose tomorrow, expect a barrage of attacks here and there.

Toylove:

Baba don fold 😂😂
He will now be represented by the vice president

good cos if we lose tomorrow na im people go blame not the coach or players

Emmanuel Dennis with a goal for Watford

minfelix:
even After Afcon, if them invite am, he go still honor🤣 mae una dey play

Sorry to say but this Ahmed Musa has no shame. Shamelessness mixed with selfishness and greed.

It is already clear that he is as useful to the team as the "ueue" in "Queue" yet he insists on taking up a team slot and collecting bonuses and allowances for doing nothing. The classic Third-world leaders' Sit-tight mentality. Tufiakwa.

If his motivational speech is so important to the team, what stops him from paying visits to the team camp and talking with the players from time to time or sending his advice via zoom calls or WhatsApp voice notes? Must he take up a team slot?

If na so Kanu and co take do, would he (Musa) have gotten a chance to play for the SE in the first place?

Nonsense and legend.

Late call-up: Ethiopia’s Bamlak Tessema Weyesa will now officiate the third-place game between South Africa and DR Congo tonight after Morocco’s Redouane Jiyed protested to officiate Sunday’s final match instead.

Jiyed‘s protest didn't go down well with CAF’s Referees Committee.

#Afrosport #AFCON2023 #SouthAfrica #DRCongo #Morocco

Arab people and arrogance eh... that's why I don't like them

Barryseal:

If the video proved the contrary then I wonder who was then causing the problems for Nigeria? If nobody was causing problems then the match should have been a walk over for us.

How you arrived at the assumption that since I'm saying he didn't cause as much trouble [ask you are making it to be] = SA didn't cause problems is somehow.

They had;
Mokoena
Tau
Sithole
Modiba....In that order

These were the ones who were either sneaking in behind our lines or loading long balls.

Infact when you check the heat map of the SA players you'd see how light Makgopa's trail is around our box.

Please note that the only reason I got on your mentions was an incorrect assessment of Ekong's game NOT to piss on the SA game

Goke7:


that lucky rhetoric was the same noise made after our 2013 Afcon win. We have a problem backtracking even when those we criticised have proven us wrong. All our stand-up players during this tournament are still being bashed here na wa o. Win or lose tomorrow, expect a barrage of attacks here and there.

When it comes to football, men become as incoherent and emotion as the other gender

Curtisaxel17:


Sorry to say but this Ahmed Musa has no shame. Shamelessness mixed with selfishness and greed.

It is already clear that he is as useful to the team as the "ueue" in "Queue" yet he insists on taking up a team slot and collecting bonuses and allowances for doing nothing. The classic Third-world leaders' Sit-tight mentality. Tufiakwa.

If his motivational speech is so important to the team, what stops him from paying visits to the team camp and talking with the players from time to time or sending his advice via zoom calls or WhatsApp voice notes? Must he take up a team slot?

If na so Kanu and co take do, would he (Musa) have gotten a chance to play for the SE in the first place?

Nonsense and legend.

Much ado about nothing.

In a 25 man team for a tourney, how many end up playing? May be 19 or 20. At least 5 will never play. You think teams are formed on the pitch only?