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minfelix:
Though that system favoured us, but so unfair to many teams oo🤣🤣….CAF/FIFA going forward need to look for another way to balance things…Steve Yago is nearing his career end with grudges….this guy go soon comot cloth inside bathroom swe@r for CAF/FIFA just like Joe erico and Oliseh did to super eagles🤣🤣

It is not unfair if the system applied to all. Same metric. Same rule. You forget that as at 3-0, we were on our way out. If BFA had bagged results or scored more against other sides, they would be in better position.

Also, the letter addressing and reemphasizing the rule was sent since March 2025 or so. So it did not take anyone by surprise. BFA should go rest and prepare for Afcon.

minfelix:
Though that system favoured us, but so unfair to many teams oo🤣🤣….CAF/FIFA going forward need to look for another way to balance things…Steve Yago is nearing his career end with grudges….this guy go soon comot cloth inside bathroom swe@r for CAF/FIFA just like Joe erico and Oliseh did to super eagles🤣🤣

I feel his pain cos we could be on the wrong end of this rule at some point in the future.

CAF should ensure all the last games of the WCQ are played at the same time for fairness.

minfelix:
Though that system favoured us, but so unfair to many teams oo🤣🤣….CAF/FIFA going forward need to look for another way to balance things…Steve Yago is nearing his career end with grudges….this guy go soon comot cloth inside bathroom swe@r for CAF/FIFA just like Joe erico and Oliseh did to super eagles🤣🤣

Were we not victims of the head-to-head rule introduced for the 2006 World Cup that saw Angola qualify ahead of us? Make Burkina Faso go rest jor, na we suppose dey complain pass with SA playing most of their games in the same stadium, city, and country. Make no person provoke me, abeg. Is play-off automatic qualification?

QueenJazz:
Abeg Burkina Faso players and fans should rest abeg. They're bloody hypocrites. I'm sick and tired of reading their complaints online.

It's the audacity for me: accusing CAF and FIFA of systemic bias when you're attacking a rule that was explicitly designed to ensure equitable comparison across nine groups with unequal number of teams. Just lets you know they don't really care about justice. They only care because they got the short end of the stick.

The teams in the 5-group category, no thanks to Eritrea's withdrawal, would have faced an insurmountable mathematical deficit if Burkina's "easy wins" were counted. Do they care about that? No, because that's not their problem. Afterall it's not their group.

Isn't it funny how people only seek justice when the system doesn't favor them? When it favors them, they won't mind it at all, lol.

They should be livid at their own football association (FA), and not FIFA. Their footballing government should have taken note of the Eritrea situation, and anticipated the possibility of getting knocked out of the second place table, and go all out in their last two games against Ethiopia and Sierra Leone.

Abegi!

On point, my dear. The system in reality was not designed to favour anyone. It was self-belief, prayers and dint of hard work that saw Super Eagles through. It could have been the Burkinabes in the playoffs if we only scored 3. They make the noise because we scored 4 and fortunately for us our match came 2days after theirs. Yet it was not a given that we would deliver because Uganda were leading Algeria initially and DR Congo also were in the mix. If we had ended 3-0 and Uganda won 3:0 a seemingly impossible feat on paper and on the field being the latter, Uganda would have advanced instead.
The question is: Was any of the Nigerian goals aided: NO. So they didn't do the needful that would have made it almost impossible for us to get to the playoffs.

caprikon:
I feel his pain cos we could be on the wrong end of this rule at some point in the future.

CAF should ensure all the last games of the WCQ are played at the same time for fairness.

If there's any country that has been a victim of unfairness in football, it's Nigeria, which has cost us Afcon wins, WCQ, and the likes. I even think justice was done to us somehow, considering the undue advantage SA has had in this WCQ series.

minfelix:
Though that system favoured us, but so unfair to many teams oo🤣🤣….CAF/FIFA going forward need to look for another way to balance things…Steve Yago is nearing his career end with grudges….this guy go soon comot cloth inside bathroom swe@r for CAF/FIFA just like Joe erico and Oliseh did to super eagles🤣🤣

The system only applied to teams that finished 2nd, & all the FA's were timely notified after Eritrea pulled out.

The other option would have been to award 6pts & 6goals to all the teams in that group, but that would have given them undue advantage.

The system, to me, was the best way to give a fair ranking to all the 2nd Placed teams.

charlesemeka85:
what is life without maestrooooooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣

CALVIN CHINEDU UGHELUMBA BASSEY, WARRIOR 100%

He was never subbed out once. He finished all 10 games A-Z.

Bassey = Unbreakable.

M7even:
Wouldn't be surprised if conspiracy theorist in their country are interpreting it as a propaganda by America and the western world to frustrate the leadership of their military ruler Traore.

@M7even, you are very right. Read below


2026 World Cup Qualifiers Fallout: Burkina Faso President Seeks Clarification Over Nigeria’s Playoff Spot

Burkina Faso President, Ibrahim Traoré, has reportedly demanded a detailed explanation from football authorities on how Nigeria secured qualification to the CAF 2026 World Cup playoffs ahead of the Stallions.

According to sources within the Burkinabe presidency, President Traoré expressed deep disappointment and confusion over the outcome, especially given Burkina Faso’s impressive finish to the qualification campaign.

The Stallions were compelled to play their initial qualifying matches away from home due to ongoing renovations at the Stade du 4 Août, which was being upgraded to meet CAF standards.

Upon returning to their refurbished home ground, Burkina Faso produced crucial wins and believed their efforts were sufficient to progress only to learn that Nigeria had advanced instead


https://bsnsports.com.ng/post/2026-World-Cup-Qualifiers-Fallout--Burkina-Faso-President-Seeks-Clarification-Over-Nigeria-s-Playoff-Spot

BascoVanVeli:
Only thing I didn't like was allowing Benin to have the ball for way too long. That style of play isn't sustainable. U are basically asking the other team if they have the quality to beat you.

sir, so long as African football is concerned, there will surely be moments like that, we cant have it all 100% accurate….Benin came into this match as group leader ooo….everyteam will surely bring their A game.
Benin also have europe based stars that can also run us riot….At confederation cup 2013, there was a time in the game vs almighty Spain, that we held the ball more that than d spaniards

charlesemeka85:
maestro is linking up play with jaw dropping through passes in the midfield of Barnsley’s 2nd team 😊🤣

kai this baba na savage🤣

semid4lyfe:
Finidi George and that Modakeke Chief that used to wear Abacha shades are dragging for the worst coaches of the Super Eagles ever.

Unlike Finidi, Modakeke chief took Nigeria to the finals of AFCON and also discovered Yekini.

How can he be among the worst?

minfelix:
Though that system favoured us, but so unfair to many teams oo🤣🤣….CAF/FIFA going forward need to look for another way to balance things…Steve Yago is nearing his career end with grudges….this guy go soon comot cloth inside bathroom swe@r for CAF/FIFA just like Joe erico and Oliseh did to super eagles🤣🤣

They should go and sit down, the rule has always been there. We also suffered similar faith in 2017 when Chad withdrew and our points against them were removed which cost us the qualification for AFCON.

They should rest. I know of the political undertones and happenings surrounding Traore's rule, USA's disapproval and his allegiance with Russia. But pls that is all politics. And fortunately not connected to happenings on the pitch or the best 2nd placed table.

Did USA also forsee Nigeria needing this rule back in March? Abegiii

BFA were knocked out because our GD beat theirs and the rule reemphasized since March 14, 2025 was strictly followed. Abi na America change the table or reduce their GD? Abeg rest this angle. It is not connected.

opes:
@M7even, you are very right. Read below


2026 World Cup Qualifiers Fallout: Burkina Faso President Seeks Clarification Over Nigeria’s Playoff Spot

Burkina Faso President, Ibrahim Traoré, has reportedly demanded a detailed explanation from football authorities on how Nigeria secured qualification to the CAF 2026 World Cup playoffs ahead of the Stallions.

According to sources within the Burkinabe presidency, President Traoré expressed deep disappointment and confusion over the outcome, especially given Burkina Faso’s impressive finish to the qualification campaign.

The Stallions were compelled to play their initial qualifying matches away from home due to ongoing renovations at the Stade du 4 Août, which was being upgraded to meet CAF standards.

Upon returning to their refurbished home ground, Burkina Faso produced crucial wins and believed their efforts were sufficient to progress only to learn that Nigeria had advanced instead


https://bsnsports.com.ng/post/2026-World-Cup-Qualifiers-Fallout--Burkina-Faso-President-Seeks-Clarification-Over-Nigeria-s-Playoff-Spot

Lionessza6:
Fair submission.

And those with turf fields should also be regarded the same...they have no football fields .

Atleast our potato farm pitch try small 🫣

oh yea

Chukwueze was the deciding factor in yesterday game. He was the link between the midfield and the attack. His passes where decisive.
I just wish the coach should take note and know how to you use Chukwueze.

TheSuperNerd:
They should rest. I know of the political undertones and happenings surrounding Traore's rule, USA's disapproval and his allegiance with Russia. But pls that is all politics. And fortunately not connected to happenings on the pitch or the best 2nd placed table.

Did USA also forsee Nigeria needing this rule back in March? Abegiii

BFA were knocked out because our GD beat theirs and the rule reemphasized since March 14, 2025 was strictly followed. Abi na America change the table or reduce their GD? Abeg rest this angle. It is not connected.

Burkina Faso is just overrating itself; play-offs do not mean qualification for the World Cup. Play-offs mean more expenses for any country with no guarantee of qualification for the World Cup. They should save their money instead to rebuild their shit hole country

Relax my good man. I don clear our amiable mod on that one. Lol

Not only did the Modakele High Chief reach final, he faced a powerful, World Cup Team in Cameroun. Two yrs before that final, Cameroun had already debuted at the WC. Na Emmanuel Kunde, Theophile Abega, and Thomas Nkono we face ooo. We even try score sef. 3-1 na im we collect.

1984 is the only afcon final wey I gree say Cameroun pass us. They won deservedly.

forgiveness:
Unlike Finidi, Modakeke chief took Nigeria to the finals of AFCON and also discovered Yekini.

How can he be among the worst?

QueenJazz:
Abeg Burkina Faso players and fans should rest abeg. They're bloody hypocrites. I'm sick and tired of reading their complaints online.

It's the audacity for me: accusing CAF and FIFA of systemic bias when you're attacking a rule that was explicitly designed to ensure equitable comparison across nine groups with unequal number of teams. Just lets you know they don't really care about justice. They only care because they got the short end of the stick.

The teams in the 5-group category, no thanks to Eritrea's withdrawal, would have faced an insurmountable mathematical deficit if Burkina's "easy wins" were counted. Do they care about that? No, because that's not their problem. Afterall it's not their group.

Isn't it funny how people only seek justice when the system doesn't favor them? When it favors them, they won't mind it at all, lol.

They should be livid and hostile towards their own football association (FA), and not FIFA. Their footballing government should have taken note of the Eritrea situation, and anticipated the possibility of getting knocked out of the second place table, and go all out in their last two games against Ethiopia and Sierra Leone.

Abegi!

😀

TheSuperNerd:
It is not unfair if the system applied to all. Same metric. Same rule. You forget that as at 3-0, we were on our way out. If BFA had bagged results or scored more against other sides, they would be in better position.

Also, the letter addressing and reemphasizing the rule was sent since March 2025 or so. So it did not take anyone by surprise. BFA should go rest and prepare for Afcon.

yeaa true

forgiveness:
Unlike Finidi, Modakeke chief took Nigeria to the finals of AFCON and also discovered Yekini.

How can he be among the worst?

Dem never borne me the time wey hin win AFCON silver so that one no concern me.

I followed keenly the 2002 Nations Cup, and I can never forgive him for the role he played in that tournament that led to the sack of Amodu Shuaibu and the subsequent dropping of key players that worked hard to qualify the Super Eagles for the World Cup against all odds.

caprikon:
I feel his pain cos we could be on the wrong end of this rule at some point in the future.

CAF should ensure all the last games of the WCQ are played at the same time for fairness.

hmm this is also a good option

His throughball from midfield for Osimhen's first goal absolutely marries your point well. That is an example of the sort of creative quick passes through the middle that we have always cried for.

And the cross for the second goal. Incisive. Well timed. Took the Benin Defence unware. That is the sort of quick thinking our wingers should inculcate.

You are spot on.

123jamessmith:
Chukwueze was the deciding factor in yesterday game. He was the link between the midfield and the attack. His passes where decisive.
I just wish the coach should take note and know how to you use Chukwueze.

Goke7:
Were we not victims of the head-to-head rule introduced for the 2006 World Cup that saw Angola qualify ahead of us? Make Burkina Faso go rest jor, na we suppose dey complain pass with SA playing most of their games in the same stadium, city, and country. Make no person provoke me, abeg. Is play-off automatic qualification?

play off is a huge life line naa

TheSuperNerd:
They should rest. I know of the political undertones and happenings surrounding Traore's rule, USA's disapproval and his allegiance with Russia. But pls that is all politics. And fortunately not connected to happenings on the pitch or the best 2nd placed table.

Did USA also forsee Nigeria needing this rule back in March? Abegiii

BFA were knocked out because our GD beat theirs and the rule reemphasized since March 14, 2025 was strictly followed. Abi na America change the table or reduce their GD? Abeg rest this angle. It is not connected.

M7even posted something similar this morning that the military President may likely see it as sabotage and not long I saw a report about it, posted here to remind him that his guess was correct. Nothing is pushed, am a super eagles supporter.

semid4lyfe:
Dem never borne me the time wey hin win AFCON silver so that one no concern me.

I followed keenly the 2002 Nations Cup, and I can never forgive him for the role he played in that tournament that led to the sack of Amodu Shuaibu and the subsequent dropping of key players that worked hard to qualify the Super Eagles for the World Cup against all odds.

@emboldened... This line.... (but na why we get history records na )

Damn, this is too funny.

Henceforth, chukwueze should always be starting games, the coach can be alternating between Moses Simon and ademola lookman.

Not referring to you but the idea of the writeup u posted.

opes:
M7even posted something similar this morning that the military President may likely see it as sabotage and not long I saw a report about it, posted here to remind him that his guess was correct. Nothing is pushed, am a super eagles supporter.

semid4lyfe:
Dem never borne me the time wey hin win AFCON silver so that one no concern me.

I followed keenly the 2002 Nations Cup, and I can never forgive him for the role he played in that tournament that led to the sack of Amodu Shuaibu and the subsequent dropping of key players that worked hard to qualify the Super Eagles for the World Cup against all odds.

We that were already born then appreciate him for that. He gave us a true legend that won us AFCON with motm performance.

The 2002 players were rightly dropped in my own opinion.

Kog45:
Nigeria get keepers in all these Eastern European countries but they are not ready,fact Nwabali and Okoye are good options available for now,all we need is to psyche them up for better performance....Atubolu would have been better man that will walk straight into our starting XI but the boy is made for Germany..... Arthur Okonkwo I watched keenly is not better than Maduka Okoye.

All we need in the playoffs is getting young players who are ready to start just like Frederick and now Olakunle

Egbon, you're too old to be pushing this parochial Olakunke agenda. Drop am

Your guy is an otu, and is not fit to be anywhere near the team.

TheSuperNerd:
Not referring to you but the idea of the writeup u posted.

Oh okay, merci

Kog45, I second this one. Olakunle was out of his depths all through the 45mins+ he got. Wasted certain offensive transitions and we are favored we got more transitions that didnt go through him. Omo... I was disappointed.

semid4lyfe:
Egbon, you're too old to be pushing this parochial Olakunke agenda. Drop am

Your guy is an otu, and is not fit to be anywhere near the team.