₦airaland Forum

I have just been told by @NatSportsComm chairman @ShehuDikko that Rabat has been confirmed to the teams as the venue for the #FIFAWorldCupPlayoffs #Africa. I presume it will be the Olympic Stadium, which hosted the opening and closing games of the WAFCON

Via Osasu Obayiuwana on twitter

Joebie:
Bassey and Tosin played side by side severally when the latter was with Fulham.

You are very correct!!!

BankyGee:
📊: Victor Osimhen's top 10 UCL performances on Sofascore!

Frankfurt customer dada ni

9JAMac10:
I pray and hope we never get to the extra time or worse penalty shootout in this playoff series Nigeria is about to participate in. If we can dispatch off Gabon in 90 minutes and the final the same fashion that will be better abeg . No be everybody get the stomach for penalty kicks

I learnt there is no extra time... After 90 minutes... It's penalty shootout....

I don't know how true it is though!

M7even:
Will Our friendly matches against south American teams not be honoured again?

I know it boils down to funds, but we can create a team B with players like Orban, Akinsanmiro and many other prospective eagles players to execute the games. While team A Eagles are on world cup playoff duty.

you people want to be using our fifa ranking to play bet.

M7even:
Will Our friendly matches against south American teams not be honoured again?

I know it boils down to funds, but we can create a team B with players like Orban, Akinsanmiro and many other prospective eagles players to execute the games. While team A Eagles are on world cup playoff duty.

This question has already been addressed here. The terms of the friendlies contract the NFF signed was if Nigeria qualified for the playoffs, the friendlies will not hold.

Ragingthunder:
Frankfurt customer dada ni

I swear, na why e pain me say he dey injured when Galatasaray play them 😂

Them for collect!

Sunday Adetunji to Sudan NT, here we go!

Never stood a chance of making the Super Eagles so wishing him good with Sudan.

You get! Italy has only one reliable right back and you think Kayode will play for Nigeria? Dey play!

Joebie:
it's ONLY a sign he wants Italy knocking much sooner

i no get the list o

MetalJigsaw:
Do you mind posting?

I'm talking about the invited players list o

zhike:
Point of correlation, Patrice Motsepe doesn't own sundowns, his Son Hlophi Motsepe owns Sundowns.

Am afraid, you got it wrong.... A simple visit to google as well as the official website of Mamelodi Sundouwns will clear your doubt

South africa. Dem no mind if match dey 10 years to come, dem go don paste preliminary squad list. Altho 2 weeks out is not too long sha

AndSunGorilla:
Omeruo and Balogun would really help the team with their experience.

if i hear omeruo here again, i will get fisical with you. When we are trying to come out of one dilemma, you are adding another to the existing one

Nigeria vs Benin Republic women qualifiers ended 1:1 in Ogun State . Though we qualified ,it shows the Benin players are getting better perhaps they would have qualify if they play a weaker team

We keep seeing more excellent FBs as months go hy while we barely see their local counterparts, even from the NPFL or cadet level that can walk into the senior team because they're hard to keep ignoring.

Yet they'll drag foot on that FB because of that silent agenda against FBs lately. Smh.

Arizoner:
if i hear omeruo here again, i will get fisical with you. When we are trying to come out of one dilemma, you are adding another to the existing one

But but ororo and Pepe played for Portugal till old age now. Even this Brazilian prisoner too.

AndSunGorilla:
But but ororo and Pepe played for Portugal till old age now. Even this Brazilian prisoner too.

Why una bad for this place sef

daveP:
We keep seeing more excellent FBs as months go hy while we barely see their local counterparts, even from the NPFL or cadet level that can walk into the senior team because they're hard to keep ignoring.

Yet they'll drag foot on that FB because of that silent agenda against FBs lately. Smh.

That statement is quite untrue. There are players but there are no scouts and they most probably dont play in the leagues. Ask NFF what they did with the money FIFA gave them. Scouting and development they will not do, but look for ready made material who don't know what it feels like to lose in Naija shirt. My stance remains and it is that we need to actively develop our own grassroot soccer. It seems the only thing foreign borns are good for is playing against European counterparts. While it seems like the in thing right now to be loading a national team with FBs, it only serves our immediate interest and not long term, thus not very sustainable. I feel for players like Jordan Torunariga and Akpoguma. We don use dem, dump them now. Change of coaches not also helping. Agents nko? Media nko?

FBs are just supposed to be addition and not mainstay of the team but because we want immediate wins, we sacrifice future development for it. We forget that 10 years will soon become tomorrow morning!!! No be yesterday Iwobi enter Super eagles? Slowly e don reach like 80 caps

Another variable that we haven't really been considering is level of poverty in the land. Many people say once they discover a player and he is invited to play in the Super Eagles, na Japa be the next option to an obscure league. Who will not want to japa? Can we blame a people that have built their lives on stomach infrastructure? This ultimately borders on bad governance! If we work on all these variables, Naija will become better but if we keep relying on FBs and choose it as the way to go, then the FA should kindly get a proper world class coach in the mould of Guardiola, Hansi Flick, Alonso and Carlo Ancelotti. We don''t need coaches who play players out of position and make them play eyesore matches. We dont need nepotism or paddy paddy arrangement.


Disclaimer : I am not against capping foreign borns but we should ask ourselves why we are doing what we are doing and to what end?

Ademola Lookman GOAL!
🇳🇬🦅🔥

THE CONTROL
THE FINISH
OMG
AFRICAN BEST!!!!!!!!
LOOKMAN IS OFF THE MARK FOR THE SEASON
Atalanta 1-1 Ac Milan

BankyGee:
Ademola Lookman GOAL!
🇳🇬🦅🔥

what a finish 💯💯 are you watching it live?

BankyGee:
Ademola Lookman GOAL!
🇳🇬🦅🔥

Mola is back 🔥🔥

U-17 women World Cup: Italy 3- Nig 0
70min played

kennysville:
That statement is quite untrue. There are players but there are no scouts and they most probably dont play in the leagues. Ask NFF what they did with the money FIFA gave them. Scouting and development they will not do, but look for ready made material who don't know what it feels like to lose in Naija shirt. My stance remains and it is that we need to actively develop our own grassroot soccer. It seems the only thing foreign borns are good for is playing against European counterparts. While it seems like the in thing right now to be loading a national team with FBs, it only serves our immediate interest and not long term, thus not very sustainable. I feel for players like Jordan Torunariga and Akpoguma. We don use dem, dump them now. Change of coaches not also helping. Agents nko? Media nko?

FBs are just supposed to be addition and not mainstay of the team but because we want immediate wins, we sacrifice future development for it. We forget that 10 years will soon become tomorrow morning!!! No be yesterday Iwobi enter Super eagles? Slowly e don reach like 80 caps

Another variable that we haven't really been considering is level of poverty in the land. Many people say once they discover a player and he is invited to play in the Super Eagles, na Japa be the next option to an obscure league. Who will not want to japa? Can we blame a people that have built their lives on stomach infrastructure? This ultimately borders on bad governance! If we work on all these variables, Naija will become better but if we keep relying on FBs and choose it as the way to go, then the FA should kindly get a proper world class coach in the mould of Guardiola, Hansi Flick, Alonso and Carlo Ancelotti. We don''t need coaches who play players out of position and make them play eyesore matches. We dont need nepotism or paddy paddy arrangement.


Disclaimer : I am not against capping foreign borns but we should ask ourselves why we are doing what we are doing and to what end?

Mention one npfl player that can walk into Chelle's team in the here and now and with a cameo appearance convince him to bench one of the current starters. Pls one.

Im not doubting talent o. But they're just nor SE standard either by mentality, TECHNICALLY, or ability. I see it as a useless fight back to cover up the mismanagement of that league. Let them put in the work first.

And the boldened is not truth or proper. They're Nigerians that were eager to rep. They're not 2nd class now. They're talented and want to do whatever is needed. When local players last produced top CBs, we haven't had any till date since Oyinbo Wall era. That was no fluke now. A serious FA will try to groom locals that are near competitive to compete with them but they just couldn't. I classify them into a) those that are eager early on and b) those that choose us last because 1st option door closed.

Those in A should never be treated as 2nd class citizens. See Ashleigh Plumptre in the female team. Emergence at the right time. The locals are already disadvantaged cos of mismanagement. Me I'll love to see a new Kenneth Omeruo but as we speak, who in the league is close?


Currently, see the cadet teams. 🤢🤮🤮

Hafiz Ibrahim Clinical Baller! Brace and Assist in Ligue 2.

jihday:
U-17 women World Cup: Italy 3- Nig 0
70min played

fulltime: 4:0

jihday:
U-17 women World Cup: Italy 3- Nig 0
70min played

U-17 women World Cup: Italy 4 - Nigeria 0
Full time
Unsurprisingly shameful performance

jihday:
U-17 women World Cup: Italy 3- Nig 0
70min played

It's quite unfortunate what is happening to this country's football and sports in general. We use to go far in youth football but not anymore, criminals and tribal bigots are now at the helm of affairs and they only care about their pockets. Too shameful.

Ragingthunder:
what a finish 💯💯 are you watching it live?

No, I got the notification that he scored and went to watch the goal on Twitter.

Some Euro Leagues' Naija Performers (Tuesday, 28th October)


Ademola Lookman bagged his 1st goal of the 2025/26 season in Atalanta's 1-1 draw vs AC Milan in Serie A. A Super Goal.

Samuel Kalu bagged a goal to help Botev Plovdiv to a 4-0 away win vs Spartak Pleven in the Bulgarian Cup Round of 32.

19 y/o Wonderkid CF, Hafiz Ibrahim scores a brace and bagged an assist🅰️ in Reims' 6-2 win away at Boulogne to sit 5th in Ligue 2. Played 58mins.

Peter Kareem, RB played all 90mins for Bohemians Praha 1905 in their 2-1 away loss at League leaders, Sparta Prague in the Czech Chance Liga.
Emmanuel Uchenna, CB played 7 mins of added time off the bench for Sparta.
Nelson Okeke, MF on loan from Sparta prague to Bohemians was serving a red card suspension.

Emmanuel Ayaosi and Lucky Ezeh featured in MFK Karvina's 1-0 win vs Slovacko in the Czech MOL Cup Round of 16.

Emmanuel Michael, LWB featured for all 90mins in LASK's 2-0 win away at SV Stripfing in the Austrian Cup Round 3.
Midfielder, Adetunji Adeshina came in on 79mins for LASK while Moses Usor featured for 22mins+ off the bench.

Victor Orakpo, 19 comes off the bench on 68mins in Montpellier's 1-1 away draw at Clermont foot. They are 6th on the table.


Jordan Attah Kadiri, CF scores a Brace⚽️⚽️ for FCV Dender EH in their 4-2 Extra time win vs Olympic de Charleroi in the Belgian Cup Round of 32. Came off the bench on 79mins, scored the equaliser on 90mins to take the game into extra time before bagging the 4th goal on 101mins to secure the win.
Benjamin Frederick, CB played all 120mins including extra time as FCV Dender EH won 4-2.

Frank Onyeka, CM plays 68mins and made the most tackles (3) in Brentford's 5-0 win away at Grimsby in the EFL Carabao Cup Round 4.
Michael Kayode came in on 71mins for Brentford.


Alex Iwobi came in on 65mins and scored in the P.S.O to help Fulham to a 5-4 penalty win over Wycombe after a 1-1 stalemate at the end of regulation in the EFL Carabao Cup Round 4.

Akor Adams and Chidera Ejuke featured from the start in Sevilla's 4-1 away win at Toledo in the Spanish Copa Del Rey.

Elijah Odede came in on 90+1 and played 7mins of added time in Troyes' 3-1 win over Amiens in Ligue 2 to stay top of the league.

18 y/o Wonderson Babas Yakubu scored the winner for Hapoel Raanana in their 1-0 win away at Maccabi Bnei Jadeidi in the Israeli Cup.

Umar Sadiq started as Real Sociedad won 3-0 away at Negreira in the Copa Del Rey Round 1.

Italian-Nigerian CB, Nosa Edward Obaretin played all 90 as Empoli drew 1-1 vs Sampdoria in Serie B.
Tyronne Ebuehi came in on 61mins for Empoli.


Samuel Isife, RB/RWB featured from the start for all 90s in Dukla Praha's 1-2 loss vs FK Jablonec in the Czech MOL Cup Round of 16.
Samson Tijani on the bench.

Paul Onuachu wins Turkish Super Lig Goal of the Month back to back.

Winner - August 2025.
Winner - September 2025.