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To me if FIFA and Caf is talking about fairness then every team that has 10 team in their group should be deducted the points and goals score against the last team in their various group’s
That will truely determine who win that group and who came second in that group not this one that they are using to determine only second team.
For example s. Africa that won the group actually won and draw Zimbabwean that is 4 point added to their to top the group. Imagine dos 4 points were also deducted from dem

Centwizzy13:
but why is this same rule not applied to both the winner because the winner also play the last team to gain points that make them top the group e.g South Africa ( 4 points vs Zimbabwean) both Nigeria and bukinafaso wound av qualify ahead of S. Africa if point were deducted from every team that played the last team in each group rather than just to determine who got second place

South Africa and Nigeria are in same group which makes it internal ranking. The rule is a mechanism for a fair inter-group comparison, not an internal group ranking tool.

Did they actually miss the playoff?

I thought de qualified also...

miteolu:
South Africa and Nigeria are in same group which makes it internal ranking. The rule is a mechanism for a fair inter-group comparison, not an internal group ranking tool.

they want fairness so the rules should not be limited to only inter group comparisons it should be extended to all teams that participated in the caf qualification

SpecialAdviser:
Aswear. The corruption in CAF and FIFA can be so annoying

Many of u dnt even knw it's Fifa rules nd not Caf.
And d law has affected Nigeria bfor nd we missed d nations Cup.
Research is a problem to u pple.

The quality of education has really gone down in this country.
It was clearly stated that in the event of any participating country withdrawing from the qualifiers, all other teams will lose points accrued from matches played against the bottom placed teams in each group.
This is to ensure that every team is assessed on the basis of equal number of matches because once a team withdraws from a group, it creates an imbalance in other groups because the number of matches played would no longer be the same across board

You sabi do coup but you no go sense to understand simple guideline that is everywhere. Even my little boys at home could explain it.

Mtcheww

Did this emanate from him? if so then he is a total dunce.
from the onset it was said that results against the bottom placed teams would not be considered when deciding those that would make it to the play-offs.
Their double wins against Djibouti and nigeria pints against Zimbabwe were ripped off.
why must he be given explanations?

To be candid, Burkina faso football don strong ooooh. Nigeria defeated them in 2013 afcon final and they are always strong in most African competition.

ambale:
Sincerely CAF and FIFA messed whatever they called fair play with that settings

Is it the fault of the better teams that Eritrea withdrew

Caf should have just left it that way, take away 6points from everyone and sleep

Or better still, give all the teams in Eritrea's group 6 points and 6 goals. That would have been a better leveler than robbing teams of points they legitimately earned just because something happened in another group
That level of shenanigan can only be seen with CAF

ogascomax:
You see why we are where we are as a people. Because it's even surprising to me too what criteria was used. It's a strange selection though.

So we should write Caf na shey to reject their method amd also state that Burkina Faso should qualify in our place …what do you think ?

Judging by some comments here some people would do worse than naija politicians if they have the opportunity of occupying any political office.



CAF did ojoro like eye neck to favour Nigeria. Same way FIFA favoured Inter Miami by bending their rules to make them participate in the CWC.

Caf has turned to Apc and Inec

ambale:
Their logic was that CAF deducted the points which every second team got from the last team in their groups

Which makes it difficult cos for teams who beat their opponents over two legs , CAF went ahead to take out 6points from their total points while teams with lesser points got the advantage in the case of Nigeria

Bar the Eritrea issue, we have no business at the playoff sef

But that decision didn't really show fairness, cos is it bad to beat your opponents now??

That's fifa rules that must be followed nigeria doesn't deserves to be blamed for it.

Kukutente23:
Or better still, give all the teams in Eritrea's group 6 points and 6 goals. That would have been a better leveler than robbing teams of points they legitimately earned just because something happened in another group
That level of shenanigan can only be seen with CAF

What CAF did was the best leveler.
Dashing teams 6pts & 6goals is giving them undue advantage.

CAF communicated the decision to all FA's immediately Eritrea withdrew in March. Have you asked yourself why the decision by CAF was not contested then?

Gabon, Congo Dr, Uganda, Namibia, Madagascar all had 6pts deducted.
Burkina Faso's pain is that they were narrowly denied by Nigeria, not 6pts deduction. Else they would have contested CAF decision right from day1.

Same way bottom-placed Eritrea withdrew from Group E, was same way they withdrew the bottom placed teams from all the groups. So in ranking the 2nd Placed teams, they all played 8games. That's the best leveler, no wayo there.

Fekumzi123:
Football fans over to you... I don't follow caf, so I don't know the reason.

Bros, the question wasn't directed to you in the first place..

Damm, the politicians are out today

The rules have been out for months. Every fa knew of the rules. If the leader of Burkina wants to blame someone, blame the football association and players. And blame Eritrea president for being so paranoid as to withdraw all his players because defections.

The way traore is behaving, it's like those Hilary Clinton supporters in 2016 who when their candidate lost, suddenly decided that electoral college was not fair again. Something that had been there for centuries self

I even wish we did not qualify for playoffs because we ain't good enough. But rules are rules.Football is not effing fair.

[/b]What is difficult in understanding that you played cheaper teams and both the points and goals scored against the least team are totally cancelled. In short pretend as if those teams never existed. Shikina![b]

IF NIGERIA HAD NOT SCORED 4GOALS IN THEIR LAST GAME. YOU NO GO DEY ASK CAF THIS TYPE OF QUESTIONS

GanagiBitrus:
What CAF did was the best leveler.
Dashing teams 6pts & 6goals is giving them undue advantage.

CAF communicated the decision to all FA's immediately Eritrea withdrew in March. Have you asked yourself why the decision by CAF was not contested then?

Gabon, Congo Dr, Uganda, Namibia, Madagascar all had 6pts deducted.
Burkina Faso's pain is that they were narrowly denied by Nigeria, not 6pts deduction. Else they would have contested CAF decision right from day1.

Same way bottom-placed Eritrea withdrew from Group E, was same way they withdrew the bottom placed teams from all the groups. So in ranking the 2nd Placed teams, they all played 8games. That's the best leveler, no wayo there.

so why was point not deducted from every body in the group why only second place team ? if point gotten by all team against the last team were deducted from every team in each group then team like South Africa would not av top the group
I no rule are rule but the rules should be applied to every team in the group not just some particular team. Do u no that team like South Africa wins against the so last team help dem win the group because if u remove the same point they got against the last team no way they are winning the group

omoredia:
hehe u think sey football na gun? oga remove ur beret and smell reality

don't ignore the real question, why did Nigeria qualify ahead of them. Why?

bigiyaro:
don't ignore the real question, why did Nigeria qualify ahead of them. Why?

Im i fifa or caf? U dey smoke gbana

Na one kind yeye law CAF/FIFA used to knock Burkina down. I remembered in those days we beat them like a baby inside national stadium Lagos. Yekinn scored an hatric that day.

Silentgroper:
Bros, the question wasn't directed to you in the first place..

You're looking for who to banter with abi? Who was it directed to? Craze dey your head ooo. Ebi like say you want make I burst your head.

Fekumzi123:
You're looking for who to banter with abi? Who was it directed to? Craze dey your head ooo. Ebi like say you want make I burst your head.

Be like the ice wey you dey take mess with your head .


You no see wetin you type..

Abi na you be caf ..

Silentgroper:
Be like the ice wey you dey take mess with your head .


You no see wetin you type..

Abi na you be caf ..

Guy, I go smoke you ooo.

Murketeer:
So we should write Caf na shey to reject their method amd also state that Burkina Faso should qualify in our place …what do you think ?

My point here is that why attacking someone for an honest question and a strange selection. Nigeria 17 points, Burkina Faso 22 points. So it's strange

Fekumzi123:
Guy, I go smoke you ooo.

Oga . Drop that ice .. make you dey reason well

SpecialAdviser:
Aswear. The corruption in CAF and FIFA can be so annoying

Corruption?

A rule that FIFA and CAF had in place before the tournament started?

If any team withdraws from the league phase
Results against the bottom team ( in all the groups) and goals scored will not count.

Did Eritrea not withdraw?

BF should stop embarrassing themselves.

ogascomax:
My point here is that why attacking someone for an honest question and a strange selection. Nigeria 17 points, Burkina Faso 22 points. So it's strange

This rule has been in existence since. Besides, CAF communicated this to all countries FA in March this year and non of them contested this rule... Why crying now? You people should support your country for ones no be everything be Tinubu fault o.