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We will qualify. Benin will win South Africa. Make una book mark this. This year na our year of remontada

mekabuachi:
😔

I no go forget Osimhen forcing a PK during AFCON.

If only Dessers was aggressive I'd have loved him to start. He is good at making runs and finding space.
Tolu carry the mantle jare

Mujtahida:
We will qualify. Benin will win South Africa. Make una book mark this. This year na our year of remontada

Hello legal luminary, please be informed and inform others in the past that South Africa did the double over Benin.
We await your safe arrival in the present.

Mujtahida:
We will qualify. Benin will win South Africa. Make una book mark this. This year na our year of remontada

South Africa already beat them twice

minfelix:
i think the points will be deducted from all teams in that group that had played against the bottom teams and not just teams on second place

No. After the qualifying matches. The top 9 teams in the group will qualify straight to the world cup. So if for example SA is still topping the group after the last matches, they will qualify to the World cup, as well as all the other group leaders. Every other team apart from the 2nd placed teams will be eliminated.

Then All the second placed teams will be collected and ranked. But because Eritrea withdrew making Grp E to have just 5 teams. The results of the 2nd placed teams versus all the bottom placed teams will be discounted, just for the purposes of getting the best runner-ups to make it equal standing with group E.
So in Grp E, Morocco has qualified already, the Second placed team for now is Tanzania with 10pts. After the qualifiers their points gathered will be untampered because they only will have played 10 games. While for the other 8 runner ups, their results against the bottom teams in their groups will be subtracted for parity with Tanzania.
For the case of our group, if we finished 2nd and Zimbabwe remained last as they are now. If we win the rest of our matches we will have 19pts. The 2 pts we got against them will be removed, so in that ranking we will be showing as 17pts, while Tanzania will have 16pts assuming they win their remaining 2 games vs Zambia and Niger.
For B/Faso for example 2nd in Grp A with 14 pts currently behind Egypt on 19pts, If Egypt beat them on Tuesday,Egypt will qualify. So if B/Faso win their remaining matches vs S/Leone and Ethiopia. They will have 20pts. But in the 2nd placed teams ranking they will only have 14 points, because the 6 points they got from Djibouti the group’s last team will be discounted. This will be done for all runner ups except Tanzania in Group E who played less games.

I know its long, but thats how its done over the years, except if FIFa decides to change format this time which i doubt

if they decide to deduct points from all second placed teams, walai 9ja will qualify to the play off at best…lest just win our 3games and gather that 19 points and maybe hope zimbabwe remains at the bottom of the table…cos we just took 2points from them…

you see all those other teams like Gabon,Cameroon,Burkina faso and senegal queuing up in that 4place spot…the rate at which all of them will fall off that table and have Nigeria climbing them will be so brutal🤣🤣🤣🤣…cos they have all taken 6points from their various bottom place teams

Iwobi is our chief creator, high football IQ
Watching the game again
They played well
Onyaemechi, Moses & Onyeka were the only questionable performances
Onyemaechi helped create the goal though
Dessers only mistake was letting loose a ball while on the run and in a good offensive/threatening position
Our coach is limiting exceptional Lookman, we will struggle to score goals, I hope it doesn’t cost us
Play Lookman on the left o

The South Africa I watched on Friday is very beatable. Neutralize their No.7 Oswin Appoliss, most of their attacking forays came from that wing (Ola Aina's wing). The first two goals came from that wing. The midfield is lightweight. I pray Osimhen is fit. Starting Osimhen with Arokodare will be big headache for their makeshift defence. Chukwueze would have been perfect for this match against Audrey Modiba. He is fast but commits a lot of fouls.

minfelix:
if they decide to deduct points from all second placed teams, walai 9ja will qualify to the play off at best…lest just win our 3games and gather that 19 points and maybe hope zimbabwe remains at the bottom of the table…cos we just took 2points from them…

you see all those other teams like Gabon,Cameroon,Burkina faso and senegal queuing up in that 4place spot…the rate at which all of them will fall off that table and have Nigeria climbing them will be so brutal🤣🤣🤣🤣…cos they have all taken 6points from their various bottom place teams

That is the format that UEFA , CAF and Fifa uses previously. If they adopt that We will qualify to the play offs at least. We landed ourselves into this mess.
And if FIFA punishes SA it will give Lesotho more points and root Zimbabwe to the bottom.

Samueltemi337:
Since when Guardiola become analyst
Anyway I will be waiting to watch the south african loosen defence
Expecting nothing less than 3 goals from the Super Eagles

Oga shift go one side make eye see front. Ojuelegba Mourinho.

Do we approach SA with 433 or 442? I noticed we play better when we switched to a 442 formation yesterday. We were able to peg their defenders back and have more people in the box. There were points we had Tolu, Dessers, Lookman, Simon in the box. Alina was in the box when we scored the goal. We didn’t play well and they were able to neutralize our attacking options yesterday when we had only one striker.

Nice one from Eric for reading the game and changing his tactics yesterday. We need all 3pts against SA

Nwabali,
I admire his confidence,
But overconfidence could get you killed sometimes.
It was overconfidence that got Pedro Pascal killed in GOT's "Viper vs Mountain fight"

His irrational proclivity for antics could land us in trouble if he continues, he need to be cautioned.
He doesn't need all those razzmatazz to gain recognition and respect, he already got that.

In our final match against CIV,when I watched his body language,I knew something was wrong with him and feared he was going to concede and he did.

He must be very careful in our match against SA because he must surely be tempted to show himself in a place where he ply his trade.

CapitalCee:
Every match against the bottom placed teams in the groups apart from the group that has 5 teams will be discounted. In the case of our group, the 2 points we got versus Zimbabwe will be removed, if we finish 2nd. For Gabon in group F, the 6 points the got from Seychelles will be discontinued. This will be done after all the matches are concluded. By then we will see who finished 2nd in all the groups and who finished last. This method has been consistently been adopted by FIFA, UEFA and CAF previously. I think if we win all our matches we will be among the best runner up 100%, but any slip ups will be dicey

Wow thanks for this insight.
Eriteria pullin out might the reason SE will qualify south africa got already got 3 points against zim .

CapitalCee:
That is the format that UEFA , CAF and Fifa uses previously. If they adopt that We will qualify to the play offs at least. We landed ourselves into this mess.
And if FIFA punishes SA it will give Lesotho more points and root Zimbabwe to the bottom.

it means we just have Benin to surmount

CapitalCee:
Not just Lesotho, Zimbabwe too they both play their home matches in SouthAfrica. Well na we Bleep up, if we won our other 3 home games like other big teams do and at least draw Benin, we we would have been 2 points ahead of SA

Exactly it seems zim and Lesotho were free 6points prepared for SA incase thw gpong get tough then they will allow SA free six points and fortunately SE made it easir fpr them by losin and drawing them

MetalJigsaw:
The guy deserves all the criticism. At least other players are regulars for their clubs and have good games in SE.

When last has Chuks made us proud?

That is not true.. Not all of rhem are regulars. Chukwueze created chances in Nations cup that were missed go and watch the matches again if u have time.
But nobody mentions it

jihday:
South Africa already beat them twice

Omo the gods fail me but God cannot fail me. Rwanda go beat them. Abeg no reply tell me say they've beaten Rwanda twice.

Mujtahida:
Omo the gods fail me but God cannot fail me. Rwanda go beat them. Abeg no reply tell me say they've beaten Rwanda twice.

Rwanda is the only one to beat them so far. We must be the second

minfelix:
it means we just have Benin to surmount

Alternatively, if we beat SA, which I must admit is unlikely and win the other 2 matches versus Lesotho away and Benin at home. We can also pressure FIFA to punish SA. For fielding an ineligible player.

QueenJazz:
Look oga, it's not that deep. You're right, they're playing the Super Eagles, but every team adjusts their strategy based on the opponent's key players. Take away a team's biggest threat, and the opponent can afford to be a bit more adventurous.

That's just football 101. It's also psychology 101.
But I appreciate te feedback . Afterall na you be the most celebrated football analyst for this forum and in Niger ia as a whole. Nairaland Guardiola. Well done.

If anything with Tolu's two goals, they might be even more wary of him. He's an unknown quantity unlike Osimhen

Odunayaw:
Hello legal luminary, please be informed and inform others in the past that South Africa did the double over Benin.
We await your safe arrival in the present.

Na the gods mislead me. Ogun and Amadioha don f-up

minfelix:
if they decide to deduct points from all second placed teams, walai 9ja will qualify to the play off at best…lest just win our 3games and gather that 19 points and maybe hope zimbabwe remains at the bottom of the table…cos we just took 2points from them…

you see all those other teams like Gabon,Cameroon,Burkina faso and senegal queuing up in that 4place spot…the rate at which all of them will fall off that table and have Nigeria climbing them will be so brutal🤣🤣🤣🤣…cos they have all taken 6points from their various bottom place teams

we might have a reason to thank ekong if that happens. Imagine a goal we conceded at the dying minute made us qualify for the next round. Lets keep our fingers crossed then.

Mujtahida:
If anything with Tolu's two goals, they might be even more wary of him. He's an unknown quantity unlike Osimhen

You're right. Although doesn't Tolu being an "unknown quantity" make him a wildcard, and possibly harder to prep against?

I don't know sha. I'm just sharing my thoughts. That's why we're all here. Not all of us can be omniscient football specialists like Samueltemi337.

CapitalCee:
Every match against the bottom placed teams in the groups apart from the group that has 5 teams will be discounted. In the case of our group, the 2 points we got versus Zimbabwe will be removed, if we finish 2nd. For Gabon in group F, the 6 points the got from Seychelles will be discontinued. This will be done after all the matches are concluded. By then we will see who finished 2nd in all the groups and who finished last. This method has been consistently been adopted by FIFA, UEFA and CAF previously. I think if we win all our matches we will be among the best runner up 100%, but any slip ups will be dicey

I remember when this same deduction happened to us when we won chad in 2015 afcon qualifiers

Odunayaw:
Rwanda is the only one to beat them so far. We must be the second

So they still have to play Rwanda again right?

Omo football don change seriously…b4 , dis SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 fixture was a sure 3points /win

QueenJazz:
You're right. Although doesn't Tolu being an "unknown quantity" make him a wildcard, and possibly harder to prep against?

I don't know sha. I'm just sharing my thoughts. That's why we're all here. Not all of us can be omniscient football specialists like Samueltemi337.

Sure. We all just rubbing minds. However SA wants to go about it, I just believe in that Tolu guy.

Car321:
You would have to remove 5 goals from South Africa.

Thata where Nigeria beating them comes in. Nigeria have to try and beat them to reduce the goals even if ita 1 gaol then my fifa 3 goals they will only have 1 goal advantage over us

Na w ooo. Osimhen not traveling to South Africa.

Truidstarr:
Na w ooo. Osimhen not traveling to South Africa.

Hopefully Osimhen gets well soon.

This is the moment for Tolu.

I wish them both the best.

MetalJigsaw:
Okoye is still nowhere near Nwabali. The guy is still the best joor

Did you watch the Russia friendly? If you didn't, please go and watch the highlights and return to give your verdict on Okoye.

Truidstarr:
Nice to see many positive comments this morning. All the negative, gloom and doom people have crawled back under the rock they crept out from.

We dey hia o . Dem don blast our rock.