₦airaland Forum

isan:
Hopefully there will be VAR at the playoffs .....make dem use am do testing

mekabuachi:
Since we would be playing Gabon in the playoffs
Is aubameyang available for the match on November after picking up that red card?
Abeg make start early now dey plan Gabon ooh😭

Spainever:
I am wondering why these guys Fredrick and Akor Adams were never invited before the last two matches ? I believe inviting wrong players cost us automatic qualification. Moreso the draw against Zimbabwe cost the ticket .. however thanks 🙏 to Eitrea who withdrew

lbrichman2:
I see your point, but can you in all honesty say we played exceptionally well?
We had good moments, yes
But we didn't control the game
Benin always looked like they would score anytime
We still need to fix our midfield
We should be controlling games and smashing opponents

Cocony:
It is not confirmed yet. The outcome of DR Congo game is a factor first followed by October 2025 FIFA RANKINGS which will determine who plays who.
That is the correct basis for the playoffs from CAF perspective.
From the look of things if we hopefully qualify from the CAF ZONE, the main threats will be the Asian and South American
Representatives.

lbrichman2:
You sabi book!!
That was when we finally got some control in the game
We shouldn't continue with 2 man midfield abeg
We almost didn't see Ndidi today

Rockyrascal:
Is Eric chelle the right man for the job?

Cocony:
After the October FIFA ranking we shall all know.

CapitalCee:
The coach need to replace Ndidi with Onyeka or Onyedika Permanently.
We should continue with the flat 4-4-2.
GK: Nwabali.
DF: Ola Aina; Fredrick; Bassey; Zaidu/ Agu.
MFD: Lookman; Iwobi; Onyedika/Onyeka; Simon/Chukwueze.
FW: Osihmen and Adams.

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru will be back too for the play offs.

minfelix:
Chai intercontinental play off in march 2026 go dey interesting sha, let me start my own simulated prediction 🤪🤪😜
Intercontinental play of teams
Conmebol (1)= Bolivia 🇧🇴
OFC(1) = New caledonia 🇳🇨
AFC (1)= winner between Iraq vs UAE 🇦🇪 (i pick UAE)
Concacaf (2)= Jamaica 🇯🇲 and Costa rica 🇨🇷
CAF(1) = Nigeria 🇳🇬 (my prediction 😀)

Now this is how it will be arranged from fifa source
2unseeded teams faces each other from two different brackets more like:
bracket 1: (New caledonia 🇳🇨 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴)
my pick : Bolivia to win
bracket 2 Costa rica 🇨🇷 vs UAE)
my pick: Costa rica 🇨🇷 to win


then winner from the 2 unseeded bracket will now face the top seeded teams for the remaining 2slots for 2026 Fifa worldcup
More like:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Jamaica 🇯🇲 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴

My pick: Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Jamaica 🇯🇲 to be the 2 qualified nations

9JAMac10:
I want us to play Cameroon in the semi final then Congo dr in the final of the playoffs. Keep hopes alive

mekabuachi:
Since we would be playing Gabon in the playoffs
Is aubameyang available for the match on November after picking up that red card?
Abeg make start early now dey plan Gabon ooh😭

minfelix:
even Ajayi now has a second yellow card….mk dem tell Chelle oo

AndSunGorilla:
He should be, it wasn't a straight red card but two yellow cards so he would have finished serving his suspension before the playoffs.

9JAMac10:
Nigeria vs Gabon. We beat Gabon 2-0 then face off against Cameroon we beat them 3-2 extra time. Playoffs will be exhilarating and exciting. Can’t wait

codemaniacs:
Yes but people here will not admit it...

it is an NFF imposed formation...

same way Onyedika, Ejuke, Tella, Akor Adams, Tolu e.t.c. rarely used to get called up...

9JAMac10:
Nigeria vs Gabon. We beat Gabon 2-0 then face off against Cameroon we beat them 3-2 extra time. Playoffs will be exhilarating and exciting. Can’t wait

charlesemeka85:
Players that really impressed me against Benin

Samu
Zaidu
Osimhen
Bassey
Fredricks

minfelix:
At the playoff
Omo these are the teams that will be there jare
Gabon
Cameroon
Drc
Nigeria

Playoff Match 1
Highest ranked team vs Lowest Ranked team
Nigeria vs Gabon (Osimhen vs Aubameyang)

Playoff Match 2
Second Highest ranked vs 3rd ranked team
Cameroon vs DRC

Final
Winner playoff 1 VS winner playoff 2
My prediction
Nigeria vs Cameroon🔥🔥🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

TheSuperNerd:
And we both know ain't no way Gabon is climbing over 25 places to overtake DRC in the rankings by October 24 or so.

We will surely face Gabon based on the FIFA rank criterion.

Osimhen vs Lemina (Galatasaray faceoff)

Cameroun and DRC will face off in battle of the Physical Crunchers.

daveP:
We need to use two gks for the playoffs. How did we even arrive at this junction where no1 is so so bigger that no2 no even fit give assurance? I recall Ejide and Enyeama years. Ezenwa and Ikeme times.


We need to really talk about Nwabali. Attitude is the problem. We don't need that at this level.

CapitalCee:
I said intercontinental read carefully before replying

jihday:
there won’t be much changes abi @ bankygee?

Mybettingtips:

Look at this, the ref didn’t blow for foul initially, and Nwabali nonchalantly just dropped the ball. This is why Osimhen gets pissed at them. https://t.co/Y2QT9wI5rU pic.twitter.com/TOov1kleyk

— Ken (@K3N3_X) October 14, 2025

Watch our keeper

Nwabali needs to be talked to. Serious talk, his non chaplains attitude may cost us again. The ref didn’t blow his whistle yet he dropped the ball and the Benin guy scored a legit goal. Thank God the ref didn’t give the goal. That’s a big risk

Captain Ndidi went to talk to him, see the way he shuffled him away. At half time camera was on him and Ekong and they were seriously arguing. His ego may cost us big in future

A keeper that should ginger us by launching fast counters when we were in dire need of goals. He was busy wasting time sleeping on the ball. Thank God Frank the Tank got us the winning goal.

CapitalCee:
There is no more competitive match before that match, infact Gabons next match is against Nigeria. So he will miss the match. Thank God