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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Truidstarr: 7:30pm On Oct 10, 2025
Truidstarr:
This 3 point deduction for the Southies is exactly what I have been waiting for. They have been effing assured thru out these qualifiers (very unusual). This seed of doubt has been planted at just the right moment. They will surely bottle on of those matches.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by solonnachi: 7:30pm On Oct 10, 2025
Tables have changed. Even South Africa need us just to qualify
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 7:30pm On Oct 10, 2025
Unlimited22:
Yeah I've gotten this part.

And we will also be tied on goals scored.

We will be tied on head to head.

So what becomes the tie-breaker?



Modified: I've seen it. We scored more goals away from home. I was thinking we lost 1-0 when we lost 2-1
We scored 5 goals away from home, they scored 4.

If we beat them 3-2, they jump to 6. If we beat them 2-1, we mustn't collect one more yellow card than them or we're f**ked
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 7:31pm On Oct 10, 2025
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Cocony(m): 7:31pm On Oct 10, 2025
AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, ONLY A 4-0 MARGIN WIN AGAINST BENIN REPUBLIC WILL PLACATE NIGERIANS, AND ALSO ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE OUR QUALIFICATION AS ZIMBABWE MANAGED TO HOLD SOUTH AFRICA TO A DRAW.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Famocious(m): 7:31pm On Oct 10, 2025
yinkeys:
No
They have scored more goals than us
Goals for will be looked at next
Benin +5 scored 12
Nigeria +3
If we score 2 goals, our goal difference will increase to +5, while 2 will be deducted from their +5, reducing it to +3.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Hanibal(m): 7:31pm On Oct 10, 2025
Omo see permutations everywhere grin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Goke7: 7:31pm On Oct 10, 2025
solonnachi:
Tables have changed. Even South Africa need us just to qualify
That’s why am also rooting for Benin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Goke7: 7:32pm On Oct 10, 2025
Cocony:
AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, ONLY A 4-0 MARGIN WIN AGAINST BENIN REPUBLIC WILL PLACATE NIGERIANS, AND ALSO ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE OUR QUALIFICATION AS ZIMBABWE MANAGED TO HOLD SOUTH AFRICA TO A DRAW.
4-0 😂 Dey play
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by isan(m): 7:32pm On Oct 10, 2025
If Nigeria win 1-0 ... Goal scored will be tied on +12 ...Goal difference will also be tied on +4 ...goal conceded will be tied on 8...
yinkeys:
It’s goals scored before H2H
Can someone drop table here
Imagine we conceded to Lesotho smh
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by TheLoneCitizen(m): 7:32pm On Oct 10, 2025
Regardless of all these permutations, South Africa is the team to watch, not Benin.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by geonyte(m): 7:32pm On Oct 10, 2025
Nigeria 13 yellow cards benin 14 and both don't have a red card
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by QueenJazz(f): 7:33pm On Oct 10, 2025
Unlimited22:
If we beat them 1-0, they will have a better goal difference.


Does H2H count BEFORE goal difference? That's the question.
Actually they won't.

Goal difference now:

Benin: +5
Nigeria: +3

If we win 1-0....

Benin: -1
Nigeria: +1

Which means

Benin: 5-1: 4
Nigeria: 3+1: 4

And like LoneCitizen said, we'll actually be ahead based on away goals, provided: WE DON'T CONCEDE.

But given the defensive maestros we have in Ekong and Nwabali...
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mujtahida: 7:33pm On Oct 10, 2025
Diavolo:
After every match,we keep blaming different players. If it's not Iwobi it's Ekong or someone else. The tactics is terrible. This was very evident in the last 10 mins in which even when it was obvious ndidi and Iwobi were tired,he left them and brought in defenders and we started falling back to pack the bus. Lesotho had two glorious chances. Instead of fortifying the midfield. He go dey do rubbish. That's the effect of tactics. If this man is not putting players out of position he's making wrong substitutions. Same thing against Zimbabwe shore up the midfield he brought in Boniface,then we conceded last minute. Same thing should have happened today but somehow we escaped. I hope he or someone close to him sees this pattern and he learns from it. The midfield is the engine of the team,you can't outstrikers or out defenders a terrible midfield
It's common sense that you defend from the middle rather than bring in more defenders and attract more attacks.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by semid4lyfe(mod): 7:34pm On Oct 10, 2025
semid4lyfe:
Goal difference first. If tied. then head to head.

We need to win Benin Republic by two goals. and that's a tall ask for this team because

1. We struggle to score goals

2. Benin is in a dominant position and have everything to play for, so will literally die to get the result on Tuesday.

Also equally important, SA must lose or play a draw against Rwanda.

I am tired. Even my tired is tired at this point.
Apologies, just checked the table and crunched the numbers.

A one goal win will make us top Benin Republic

BUT

we still need SA to lose or draw their match against Rwanda.

It'd surely be a nerve racking ending to this qualifiers.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by kennysville(m): 7:34pm On Oct 10, 2025
Pidginwhisper:
We are out. Nothing una wan talk. Team wey find it hard to net Lesotho, go come score 3goals against Benin Rep? We dey play. We are out
Have hope small. E don reach 50/50 chance now. Anything can happen at the last stretch. For nall you know we may still top the group. Anybody ask why the Nwabali last minute error didnt find its way into the net? Pay attention people. E be like say God wants us to go this world cup, even though we dont deserve it
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Amedino99(m): 7:34pm On Oct 10, 2025
See as akpeyi dey do like dodoyo dey campaign for south africa. He dey cower in the presence of the enemies.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by elyte89: 7:35pm On Oct 10, 2025
Mujtahida:
It's common sense that you defend from the middle rather than bring in more defenders and attract more attacks.
Una c …..I Dey dere ,u Dey support chelle 😀😀
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by yinkeys(m): 7:35pm On Oct 10, 2025
Pls can we surprise Gernot Rohr
Nigeria will struggle if we don’t use 3-4-3
Please can they tell Chelle
This 4-4-2 is a fragile formation our players are not dominant
Could be a draw against benin
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by CapitalCee(m): 7:35pm On Oct 10, 2025
TheLoneCitizen:
Not yet this is where the problem comes in.

If we beat them by a lone goal, we must keep a clean sheet.

If we beat them 2-1, we qualify.
If we beat them 3-2, they qualify.
You are correct ooo, If we beat them just 1-0. Its enough oo. Kai can we keep a clean sheet?

If we beat them no matter the scoreline
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Cocony(m): 7:36pm On Oct 10, 2025
Goke7:
4-0 😂 Dey play
Rewind back to 25years ago Sydney Olympics last game we needed a 4-0 win for clear qualification against Zimbabwe and we got 5-0.

It is best we aim for 4:0 and land at 3:0 than do otherwise and the Super Eagles should play as if anything short of a 4:0 trouncing of Benin will not suffice.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Mujtahida: 7:36pm On Oct 10, 2025
My head wants to explode. Ohh some will say it's just a win we need, some say it's h2h, some say it's Eritrea, some say we need to win 3-0, some say 2-0. Wetin, wetin ooo.

Just a painful welter of confusion.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by kennysville(m): 7:36pm On Oct 10, 2025
GMBOFASIA:
Rwanda will come out to play against South Africa dem go too chop goals
Rwanda is out of the conversation as it stands. Max they can get is 14 points.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by solonnachi: 7:36pm On Oct 10, 2025
Abeg anybody wey dey close to Nwabali, make that person knock him head for me.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by CapitalCee(m): 7:37pm On Oct 10, 2025
Isahalbash:
I think they beat Nigeria at home 2-1 so based on h2h Nigeria will still top with a 1-0 win but 2-1 will be a tied.
If we beat them 1-0 we top them, if its 3-2 they top us. So we need to beat them by more than 1 goal margin or just keep clean sheet
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Unlimited22: 7:37pm On Oct 10, 2025
Omo. Laugh wán kill me here


Everybody dey solve differential and integral calculus



Finidi say we no need tactics. Uzoho do him own. Eguavoen nkọ


Abi na Ekong vs Zimbabwe


See Nwabali today

Na clowns just full this team
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Odunayaw(m): 7:37pm On Oct 10, 2025
Ah Lesotho got a goal!

Make I go watch highlights and replay
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Tinneh: 7:37pm On Oct 10, 2025
We don't have the profile to play a flat 2 man midfield, how hard is it for our coaches to understand this...
I'm glad we won, but I still have my doubts on eric chelle... hopefully when afcon comes,everything should be clearer
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Dannyxy(m): 7:37pm On Oct 10, 2025
Can our coach go watch some our previous games , we can’t keep giving the midfield to every team, our midfield had a tired iwobi and ndidi, none of them can beat a press, none of them can hold the ball and move, none of them can beat spaces.


We can’t keep playing like this, that’s why we concede late that’s why we struggle, we need to get the midfield right, football has changed, you can keep tossing balls forward or playing to wings and keep loosing the ball.

We need to start controlling the pace of games, Omoh…
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by villagereporter(m): 7:38pm On Oct 10, 2025
Many people are blaming d players-I did too-but what we don't know is dat 99% of d blame should go to Dat USELESS BOARD RUNNING OUR FOOTBALL-NFF. They employed a secondary school coach Chelle to coach a star studded team like Eagles whose ego has beclouded their reasoning, that theirs is to play and what is d result? A nerve recking match.

Employ coach in d pedigree and category of Ancelloti, Maurinho, Van-gaal and many others and see these lily-liver eagles becoming world beaters but what do we have, a moribund people parading as administrators

SE has never been so bad
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Unlimited22: 7:38pm On Oct 10, 2025
CapitalCee:
If we beat them 1-0 we top them, if its 3-2 they top us. So we need to beat them by more than 1 goal margin or just keep clean sheet
Any win with clean sheet, we top them

If SA also drop points, it means the god of football is from Uromi, Aviele, Auchi or Ekpoma.
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2027, 2028 And 2030 World Cup by Goke7: 7:38pm On Oct 10, 2025
Unlimited22:
Omo. Laugh wán kill me here


Everybody dey solve differential and integral calculus



Finidi say we no need tactics. Uzoho do him own. Eguavoen nkọ


Abi na Ekong vs Zimbabwe


See Nwabali today

Na clowns just full this team
Well said in short out it’s a national team and nff of clowns 🤡
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