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QueenJazz:
God forbid! Uzoho keh? Francis "Onana" Uzoho? Might as well play without a goal keeper. 😭

Nwabali is actually good. Pride and overconfidence is his biggest problem.

QueenJazz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrQE8lftfBo

I love ESPN abeg. South Africa qualified, but Nigeria's second round qualification na the main news worthy of coverage. Dem no send Mzansi papa. 🤣🤣🤣

If not for bad government in all sectors, we know who the real giant of Africa is. 😝

BankyGee:
I told you all Victor Osimhen's name will resonate round Europe. Clubs like Arsenal, Man Yoo and Liverpool go silently dey hit their heads for wall.

Elock1:
Nwabali pride fit cost us card and even goals
Uzoho own at least he no go cost us unnecessary card

NIGHTMARE0O7:
Its not being unfair lookman tends to hold ball too much to score his own gaols which chukwueze gets the ball and looks for osimhen.

Chukwueze played with same simon and performed while lookman played with him 3 times and didnt show up.

But in all lookman is better than simon sha.
He is a bit selfish thats his problem

CapitalCee:
Aubameyang will miss the match oo. Na true oooo. Jesus he was sent off in their last game. Wow nice observation.

CapitalCee:
Jamaica won today. Its Caracao thst will make. Jamaica will qualify directly

opes:
The Eritrea factor hit Burkina Faso the most. They earned 21 points from regular matches, but had 9 goals and 6 points deducted, which cost them a playoff spot

Truidstarr:
Aina's expected return is after the winter break. He is gonna miss the nations cup too.

AndSunGorilla:
Not sure but Francois would be.

MKPUOGALIGA:
Yekini is actually better on the ball than Osimhen.

Verytallman:
What exactly is stopping us from calling Arthur Okonkwo? He is eligible to play for us straight away. He has been cleared by FIFA to switch. He has made himself available. He has been putting in decent performances in the championship. Why he hasn't been called is still a surprise to me. I have personally seen his game on a few occasions. He's better than Nwabali.

QueenJazz:
Osimhen and Chukwueze are a solid pair. I hope Chelle now realizes this moving forward.

SymphonyRad:
Damn...oh well, Benjamin is more than capable of covering that RB position I guess?

Elock1:
Nwabali pride fit cost us card and even goals
Uzoho own at least he no go cost us unnecessary card

Mujtahida:
That's why I was happy Lookman got the yellow. Chukwueze was full of purpose, urgency and intensity. He did well.

QueenJazz:
I'm also in support of Nwabali's replacement, but God forbid that the replacement will be Uzoho. Lol.

We have myriad of other options.

Maduka Okoye (this one is the obvious and easiest replacement to make now that he's available)
Arthur Okonkwo
Noah Atubolu (I hear he's eligible)
Obasogie
Harcourt
etc.

lbrichman2:
Did you see me say Benin controlled the game?
I have been saying Benin were poor
We should be thanking God for that first goal..
That changed everything for both teams

Elock1:
As in ehn, so unprofessional ...I was really disgusted
At this rate I'll take Uzoho over him oh.

A player that doesn't listen to teammates let alone his senior teammates is a waiting disaster

Same way he shoved off Bassey, the Bobo come dey look am like;
"you sure say this our keeper head correct?"

TheLoneCitizen:
Nigeria vs Benin in the first 74 minutes before Onyeka’s introduction
5 shots attempted

Nigeria vs Benin in the final 16 minutes after Onyeka’s introduction and switch to 4-3-3
6 shots attempted

elyte89:
Who told u so ? Ref no blow for free kick na

Ragingthunder:
he got two yellow cards tho?

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)= Curacao 🇨🇼 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( Curacao 🇨🇼 vs UAE 🇦🇪)
my pick: UAE 🇦🇪 to win


then winner from the 2 bracket of unseeded teams will now face the top seeded teams according to fifa ranking for the remaining 2slots for 2026 Fifa worldcup

More like:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs UAE 🇦🇪
Costa rica 🇨🇷 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴

My pick: Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Costa rica 🇨🇷 to be the 2 final qualified nations

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)= Curacao 🇨🇼 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( Curacao 🇨🇼 vs UAE 🇦🇪)
my pick: UAE 🇦🇪 to win


then winner from the 2 bracket of unseeded teams will now face the top seeded teams according to fifa ranking for the remaining 2slots for 2026 Fifa worldcup

More like:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs UAE 🇦🇪
Costa rica 🇨🇷 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴

My pick: Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Costa rica 🇨🇷 to be the 2 final qualified nations

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)= Curacao 🇨🇼 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( Curacao 🇨🇼 vs UAE 🇦🇪)
my pick: UAE 🇦🇪 to win


then winner from the 2 bracket of unseeded teams will now face the top seeded teams according to fifa ranking for the remaining 2slots for 2026 Fifa worldcup

More like:
Nigeria 🇳🇬 vs UAE 🇦🇪
Costa rica 🇨🇷 vs Bolivia 🇧🇴

My pick: Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Costa rica 🇨🇷 to be the 2 final qualified nations

codemaniacs:
he is not out of his depth.. he was playing hero-ball like Lookman but he was pressing and closing down the Benin players.

Thanks to him SE was still pressing beyond 80mins.. even Tolu that was subbed on late was not really pressing...

Lionessza6:


@QueenJazz


Sister I understand your pain.

1. You were always group favorites because of your history in football( dominance in African football)and the fact that you have so many international stars in your team .
So naturally ,you being in the position you are in will attract a lot of attention; from critics to well-wishers. You're simple the most disappointing in our group ,you were in a group of "minnows "and you failed to secure a direct qualification even after all the reckless mistakes of SA ?. You should be the talk of the town for 6 months sister .

2. No one cares for that" giant of Africa" title ,it's yours to keep ,so relax we ain't fighting you for that. But we will surely fight to death to be the number one country on all development indices that make life a bit comfortable for citizens. If we stay on top of that, We can be called the ant of Africa for all we care .

3. Who is the government, not the same Nigerians? . It's you who is failing on all sectors of governance not some aliens from Mars. We are all to blame for the failures of our respective countries . Those who govern us are a reflection of the societies that groomed them to be what they are . You cannot run away from that simple fact .


Now go on and continue consoling yourself with nothingness 👉👍🫵🤝🙌👏🤜

And Goodluck on those play-offs. You do deserve to win for the sake of osimhe .