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Wow what a third goal. Wicked free kick

mostob:
Did you say Cape Verde? We'll be there...

Yes ooo.
They beat Mali 4-3 on aggregate to qualify

Spainever:
Once ball get close to our 18 box na goal . 3 goals . We never had under 17 so bad to this level . Nepotism has consequences

Can the coach just be bad? Haba

Dis match is letting us knw d importance of a good gk …dts d big difference btw d two teams

I keep saying it and I will continue to say it,the problem apart from corruption with our cadet teams all begun in 2017 .
The coaching crew ,staff or probably the glass house is responsible for it.
You are removing players who played all the qualifiers and African championship together and reshuffling them with new ones before the world cup proper.
This affected flying eagles,Golden eagles and now the flamingos.
There is no how the team can play cohesively, fluidly and with understanding when you remove those who are compact in the team and replaces them with new players.
Apart from normal corruption ,whereby players are asked to pay the nff money for slots to play for thr country,there is no one player that is allowed to play on merit and with patriotism.
Nigeria instead demands money from them,it makes it a racketeering system.
Most of the problems are off the pitch problems and lack of tactics on the field.

4-0 Chai

Chidi Harmony, Peace Effiong, Aishat Animushaun and Christiana Uzoma would have made this team contenders. Such a shame

elyte89:
Dis match is letting us knw d importance of a good gk …dts d big difference btw d two teams

Not just GK. The team is not very organized. Attackers hold the ball for too long.

It's actually bad coaching. They really don't know what to do with the ball. Imagine Nigeria had 18 shots to Italy 14. Italian scored 4 goals. While we couldn't score any. When someone gets the ball all they want to do is shoot at the goalkeeper instead of working the ball, till they get a very good chance to score.

The fact that they Keep shooting also shows they don't come up against good goalkeepers in Nigeria. It's only in Nigeria league they can score from those kind of shots not on the world stage.

Yo that goal Benin scored was madness 😳

solonnachi:
Madugu should bring back our Toni Payne, JOE, Gift Monday. This Afolabi is not it oooo. Oshoala is done. Time to go

The stubbornness of local managers ehn. That's the point he's trying to prove. That we can do it without the foreign ones. 😂 And even at that, it is Taiwo that he saw among all of the home based to pick?! Isokay. If it were broken now, it's a different thing. When Chikwelu couldn't offer what she used to offer excellently down our middle, we got dem Payne and Ucheibe into the mix. They did well. Currently, we don't have any problems with Toni that he'll need to start doing all of this. If it even comes down to new search, Taiwo no go dey top 10 choices.

BascoVanVeli:
Chidi Harmony, Peace Effiong, Aishat Animushaun and Christiana Uzoma would have made this team contenders. Such a shame

No they would not. They arguably would have put up a better showing in the tournament, but the outcome wouldn't have been different, not with the quality of coaching at their disposal. The shallowness in personnel is reflective of the horribleness I'm coaching. How do you as a coach go to a tournament an not have one decent goalkeeper?

BascoVanVeli:
Chidi Harmony, Peace Effiong, Aishat Animushaun and Christiana Uzoma would have made this team contenders. Such a shame

You know we are often at loggerheads over gks
But when i saw Ozioma, i knew she needs a promotion to the team.

As for Falcons
Peace Efih
Mercy Idoko
Edna Imade
Onyenezide
Although I'll say Chidi and Peace later sha but that's even because they're avoiding Gift Monday. Lol


Nawa for Madugu o. Does he even try defend his ladies when nff seem to be taking crappy decisions like this pitch type issue? Handler vibes!!

Nigerian football is on a real decline. U17 Womens being spanked by Italy?, Falcons drawing 1-1 with Benin at home. U17 mens unable to qualify for U17 3 times in a row, U20 mens poor, Super Eagles WC qualification up in the air. If Nigeria was a civilized country, the likes of Pinnick, Gausau, Sanusi and Eguavoen would be fired/forced to resign and possibly be facing criminal charges.

daveP:
You know we are often at loggerheads over gks
But when i saw Ozioma, i knew she needs a promotion to the team.

As for Falcons
Peace Efih
Mercy Idoko
Edna Imade
Onyenezide
Although I'll say Chidi and Peace later sha but that's even because they're avoiding Gift Monday. Lol


Nawa for Madugu o. Does he even try defend his ladies when nff seem to be taking crappy decisions like this pitch type issue? Handler vibes!!

No I'm talking about the U17s. Those were players part of the qualifiers.

WAFCON 2026 Qualifying Round 2 2nd Leg

SENEGAL OUST CÔTE D'IVOIRE ON PENALTIES

Full Time
Côte D'ivoire 🇨🇮 0-0 Senegal 🇸🇳
Agg 0-0

Senegal Win on penalties 5-4

Côte D'ivoire 🇨🇮 ⚽ ⚽ ✖️ ⚽ ⚽
Senegal 🇸🇳 ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

WAFCON 2026
Morocco 🇲🇦
Zambia 🇿🇲
Tanzania 🇹🇿
Malawi 🇲🇼
Algeria 🇩🇿
Nigeria 🇳🇬
Ghana 🇬🇭
Kenya 🇰🇪
Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
South Africa 🇿🇦
Cabo Verde 🇨🇻
Senegal 🇸🇳

Deltamani:
WAFCON 2026 Qualifying Round 2 2nd Leg

SENEGAL OUST CÔTE D'IVOIRE ON PENALTIES

Full Time
Côte D'ivoire 🇨🇮 0-0 Senegal 🇸🇳
Agg 0-0

Senegal Win on penalties 5-4

Côte D'ivoire 🇨🇮 ⚽ ⚽ ✖️ ⚽ ⚽
Senegal 🇸🇳 ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

WAFCON 2026
Morocco 🇲🇦
Zambia 🇿🇲
Tanzania 🇹🇿
Malawi 🇲🇼
Algeria 🇩🇿
Nigeria 🇳🇬
Ghana 🇬🇭
Kenya 🇰🇪
Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
South Africa 🇿🇦
Cabo Verde 🇨🇻
Senegal 🇸🇳

Will CAF still make a playoff for those eliminated at this round so as to get the remaining 4 teams as they have increased it to 16 or they will wait until the 2028 edition..?

Super Falcons vs Benin Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iPao7AgaPU?si=FWDT4ERkJCy-75S_

Deltamani:
Will CAF still make a playoff for those eliminated at this round so as to get the remaining 4 teams as they have increased it to 16 or they will wait until the 2028 edition..?

I learned that CAF is sticking to the 12-team tournament, according to this latest report

https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-africa-cup-of-nations/news/women-s-afcon-2026-who-will-join-morocco/

If you're really a football fan you'll know it's only FIFA that can charge them and not the government

Predator87:
Nigerian football is on a real decline. U17 Womens being spanked by Italy?, Falcons drawing 1-1 with Benin at home. U17 mens unable to qualify for U17 3 times in a row, U20 mens poor, Super Eagles WC qualification up in the air. If Nigeria was a civilized country, the likes of Pinnick, Gausau, Sanusi and Eguavoen would be fired/forced to resign and possibly be facing criminal charges.

isan:
If you're really a football fan you'll know it's only FIFA that can charge them and not the government

Not totally correct. Depends on what you're trying to achieve. As complicated as the Nigerian problem is, it's actually not difficult on paper to solve with the right people willing to do so.

Maybe I'll do a post outlining the ways this is possible later

Government can't meddle with football officials

lovewins:
Not totally correct. Depends on what you're trying to achieve. As complicated as the Nigerian problem is, it's actually not difficult on paper to solve with the right people willing to do so.

Maybe I'll do a post outlining the ways this is possible later

isan:
Government can't meddle with football officials

Instead of insisting on the obvious why not ask how? Again what you said above is wrong.

lovewins:
Not totally correct. Depends on what you're trying to achieve. As complicated as the Nigerian problem is, it's actually not difficult on paper to solve with the right people willing to do so.

Maybe I'll do a post outlining the ways this is possible later

Possible Ways of Solving the NFF conundrum

The corruption and incompetence problem that pervades the Nigerian football federation isn't new, and it can sometimes appear like an unsolvable problem. This however isn't the case, should you have the person with the needed political will, it is one that can be easily solved without the appearance of interference that could elicit a ban from FIFA.

How then can the Federal Government solve this problem?

1. The President has to be on board for this to work? Without the President this may be extremely difficult as you need the leverage of his office to pull several strings for this to be possible.

2. The composition of the NFF board is largely political. 37 of the 44 voting members of the NFF delegate are state chairmen. These chairmen from the states 100% of the time determine who the NFF chairman is and they almost always pick amongst themselves the next NFF President.

3. How do State chairmen emerge? The state government almost always picks them. So the governor of each state of the federation indirectly determines who the NFF President is. They of course of a semblance of an election but the governor's choice is always the end result.

4. These positions usually are given as reward for party loyalty just like they do the ministry of sports at the federal level. I said this to say it isn't exactly consequential to the governors as they can easily cede the position with the right incentive.

5. With the political will, the President only needs to request for each governor to fire their state FA chairman and put someone of competence of his choosing. He doesn't even need all 37 to get the desired outcome, 23 governors are enough to get this done. With the right incentives this isn't a difficult ask from the president to any governor in the federation.

6. After, replacing them with the right people, you can either easily impeach Gusau following the NFF constitution, or just wait till next year and elect the person of his choosing as next NFF President as he now has the votes to do so. I'll go with option 2 as it prevents the need for court cases and the likes.

7. Upon electing the new board of competent people, the first goal will then be to change the NFF constitution. Item one will be to overhaul the voting process of the NFF, wrestling power from state FA chairmen as delegates and instead gives voting power to technocrats, player association, and career administrators. Include laws in the new constitution that incentivizes competence and makes changing bad leadership easier should it be necessary.

8. With a change in constitution, you remove forever the sway politicians have over Nigerian football.

The good part is, all of the above steps haven't violated any FIFA rule as they are steps that align with the current NFF constitution.

Spainever:
Italian goalkeeper made three saves but our keeper just one attempt na goal

Those saves were from nonsense shots. Our forwards should have done better with every single opportunity they got.

Deltamani:
FT: Malawi 🇲🇼 2-0 Angola 🇦🇴

The Malawi Women's Football Team ( Scorchers) have qualified for their first ever WAFCON finals in Morocco with a hard fought 2-0 victory against the resilient Angola in a match played at Bingu National Stadium on Tuesday.

The Scorchers have qualified with a 2-0 on aggregate after the first game in Angola ended goalless.

Faith Chinzimu was the hero of the day with a brace in a space of a single minute to bring pride and joy to the nation.

trannies playing for Malawi

Deltamani:
WAFCON 2026 Qualifying Round 2 2nd Leg

SENEGAL OUST CÔTE D'IVOIRE ON PENALTIES

Full Time
Côte D'ivoire 🇨🇮 0-0 Senegal 🇸🇳
Agg 0-0

Senegal Win on penalties 5-4

Côte D'ivoire 🇨🇮 ⚽ ⚽ ✖️ ⚽ ⚽
Senegal 🇸🇳 ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

WAFCON 2026
Morocco 🇲🇦
Zambia 🇿🇲
Tanzania 🇹🇿
Malawi 🇲🇼
Algeria 🇩🇿
Nigeria 🇳🇬
Ghana 🇬🇭
Kenya 🇰🇪
Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
South Africa 🇿🇦
Cabo Verde 🇨🇻
Senegal 🇸🇳

Notable teams that will miss out:
CIV
Mali
Tunisia
Cameroon
DR Congo

BascoVanVeli:
No I'm talking about the U17s. Those were players part of the qualifiers.

Noted.

lovewins:
Possible Ways of Solving the NFF conundrum

The corruption and incompetence problem that pervades the Nigerian football federation isn't new, and it can sometimes appear like an unsolvable problem. This however isn't the case, should you have the person with the needed political will, it is one that can be easily solved without the appearance of interference that could elicit a ban from FIFA.

How then can the Federal Government solve this problem?

1. The President has to be on board for this to work? Without the President this may be extremely difficult as you need the leverage of his office to pull several strings for this to be possible.

2. The composition of the NFF board is largely political. 37 of the 44 voting members of the NFF delegate are state chairmen. These chairmen from the states 100% of the time determine who the NFF chairman is and they almost always pick amongst themselves the next NFF President.

3. How do State chairmen emerge? The state government almost always picks them. So the governor of each state of the federation indirectly determines who the NFF President is. They of course of a semblance of an election but the governor's choice is always the end result.

4. These positions usually are given as reward for party loyalty just like they do the ministry of sports at the federal level. I said this to say it isn't exactly consequential to the governors as they can easily cede the position with the right incentive.

5. With the political will, the President only needs to request for each governor to fire their state FA chairman and put someone of competence of his choosing. He doesn't even need all 37 to get the desired outcome, 23 governors are enough to get this done. With the right incentives this isn't a difficult ask from the president to any governor in the federation.

6. After, replacing them with the right people, you can either easily impeach Gusau following the NFF constitution, or just wait till next year and elect the person of his choosing as next NFF President as he now has the votes to do so. I'll go with option 2 as it prevents the need for court cases and the likes.

7. Upon electing the new board of competent people, the first goal will then be to change the NFF constitution. Item one will be to overhaul the voting process of the NFF, wrestling power from state FA chairmen as delegates and instead gives voting power to technocrats, player association, and career administrators. Include laws in the new constitution that incentivizes competence and makes changing bad leadership easier should it be necessary.

8. With a change in constitution, you remove forever the sway politicians have over Nigerian football.

The good part is, all of the above steps haven't violated any FIFA rule as they are steps that align with the current NFF constitution.

The idea looks good but it is still terrible politicians that will be at the helm of it all. Plus they'll all want to get some form of loyalty back from the new appointments which alone defies the good already. 😹

Na if sensible Governors dey to start. Not these current ones wey dey do like LGA chairmen of OBJ era. They no dey think in direction of greater good. Hence that number 8 is already defeated. Its a cesspit of a rinse and repeat of wahala. So sad this is a fix but not impossible. Plus if President wants to achieve this, he will have to concede some leverage to these governors.

Gov A: GCFR, abeg help me push that efcc case to the grave and your wish is my command.

Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo

An excerpt from my 60-minute exclusive with @NGSuper_Falcons head coach Justine Madugu, on Tuesday, in Abeokuta, Nigeria.

Me: I have to be very honest with you and say that the exclusion of @GiftMonday21 from your team, I don't understand it. For somebody who is one of the top players in the @NWSL at the moment, I do not see how she cannot, even if she is not in your first 11, not be in your squad. She was not in your squad for the #WAFCON. I don’t understand that…

Madugu: Thank you for your question. You know, it's all about the interests of the country. Everybody is passionate about the country doing well. So whatever you see, that you think should, you know, assist in making the team better, in the interests of the country, I welcome every suggestion that comes and we look at it and see it in the interests of the team and our country. With regards to the issue of a Monday Gift, we have had Monday in the camp in the past. Yes, she was not able to make the #WAFCON team… You know, during the preparation for the WAFCON, we had a serious challenge, because our preparations, I will say, didn't actually go the way we would have wanted… Initially, we were supposed to have about 30 players, but in the long run, we had to go with 24. We didn't have the opportunity of getting everybody in. She was initially in the list of 30… Going forward, our plan is that after these qualifiers, we are going to open the camp… There are a lot of other Nigerian players that are also doing well in different other teams…

Me: But Gift is among, if you want to talk of the top two or three players, that should be in the team…

Madugu: There is adequate competition where she plays. In the last edition of the WAFCON, @_simplyesi, Esther Okoronkwo, did very well…

I had Gift in the camp when we played against Algeria. Gift was with us when we played against France… I'm happy that she's doing well. Gift is not an indisciplined player for anyone to begin to think maybe that is why she's not here. No, there's nothing wrong with her. She has not offended me in any way.

She is one player that makes the camp very lively… She’s very jovial, very friendly… she's always cracking jokes and doing one thing or the other, you know, to keep the team together in terms of team chemistry and harmony.

It's just that immediately after the WAFCON, these qualifiers is the first time we're also coming back together. You don't want to tamper with the team chemistry [for these two games].”

#Nigeria, what do you make of Madugu’s answer? 🤔

https://x.com/osasuo/status/1983426583139332500?

Obong Colin NOT Collins @ColinUdoh

This answer would have made sense to me if he did not select Chioma Okafor for that WAFCON squad. In a competitive position like strikers, there is no metric where Okafor tops Gift, not in goals, level of competition, playing experience or even team chemistry.

https://x.com/ColinUdoh/status/1983676225613701422?s=19

Dr. Victor Ademola @AdemolaVictorTv

12 Teams Confirmed for 2026 WAFCON.

Eleven nations have now booked their place at the 2026 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, joining hosts Moroccoto make it 12 qualified teams so far.

With the tournament expanding from 12 to 16 teams, 4 more spots are still up for grabs.

CAF is yet to confirm how those final four teams will be determined from the 11 nations that lost in the final qualifying round.

✅ Qualified Teams (12):
Morocco (hosts), Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Kenya, South Africa, Cape Verde, Senegal.

❌ Teams that missed out:
Angola, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Namibia, Togo, Cameroon, Egypt, Gambia, Benin, Mali, Ivory Coast.

Who do you think deserves the remaining four spots?
#2026WAFCONQ

https://x.com/AdemolaVictorTv/status/1983498758332592432?