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Bossoflife25:
Oga rest abeg! What rubbish mindset! The same Osimhen scored a hattrick from scrap. Scored two mavellous goal today again. What else do you want? Go watch your so-called Zlatan misses and come back here to apologize to Osimhen. The same Osimhen scored the 1v1 versus Rwanda away that brought you here yet you dey yarn dust. Enter pitch go play am. Nonsense!

Mujtahida:
I know we will qualify but I don't have the strength to bear the suffering that comes with that belief.

Cocony:
Keep quiet with your talk of hype. I don't seek fake recognition from folks that cherish mediocrity. When some of you said NIGERIA vs GABON will end on a low of less than 3 goals I said Nigeria will score minimum of 3 but Gabon will not match us in scoring.
I also stated that Congo is our future opponent ahead of the game and that will be an easier path so what exactly is hype? Disappear with your pointless counter talk abeg.

yinkeys:
Lookman does track back

TheSuperNerd:
Zaidu Sanusi.... another solid performance from the LB. Loads of defensive contributions from Zaidu. He stood his ground & made his wing impassable for Gabon's tricky wingers. Also contributed going forward by providing an extra passing option in the middle when we recycled possession and looked to break forward in vertical fashion.
Was involved in the lovely passing sequence that led to Ndidi's assist for Ejuke.

He would be key vs DRC

joelsteron:
I hope Eric Chelle will just Give us Ejuke (LW) and Chukwueze as (RW) on Sunday. These two are ball playing wingers that easily drops into middle against low blocking teams, also dangerous at 1v1.
Bench Lookman and Moses Simon for me.

TheSuperNerd:
Zaidu Sanusi.... another solid performance from the LB. Loads of defensive contributions from Zaidu. He stood his ground & made his wing impassable for Gabon's tricky wingers. Also contributed going forward by providing an extra passing option in the middle when we recycled possession and looked to break forward in vertical fashion.
Was involved in the lovely passing sequence that led to Ndidi's assist for Ejuke.

He would be key vs DRC

TheGoodJoe:
It is not by abuse. Unless you believe Osimhen is the finished article, a call for him to keep improving is actually a good thing.

Finito.

ChrisKels:
Igoh Ogbu and Chibuike Nwaiwu

TheSuperNerd:
Two Specially Monstrous Showings today


Wilfred Ndidi.... for sometime now, I have criticised his inclusion in the starting lineup and rightly so but today he finally showed why he belongs there. Ndidi shut me up!

He crowned an allround midfield display with a beautiful drive forward after our side put together a very nice vertical playing passing sequence (Bassey header interception ➡️ Moses Simon ➡️ Zaidu ➡️ Iwobi ➡️ Ndidi (who drives forward after shaking off a marker) ➡️ Ejuke.... just lovely passing.

Ndidi was monstrous in nearly all game facets today and at least finally realises that even if he cant shoot as often as we want him to, he can still provide final ball service.


Benjamin Frederick.... Everyone agrees this is one guy who can do no wrong in this team. He has not had a bad game since his debut for the Super Eagles in the Unity Cup.

In duels, he outduelled anyone.
In Tackles, he was smoother than anyone (Check out the tackle on Auba in the closing moments of the first half).
In Interceptions, he was colossal
In Defensive contributions, he was everywhere
In Offensive transitions, he drove the ball forward as a master libero and one of such actions brought a moment of sheer brilliance from 20 y/o Benjy Fred.... allow me break it down

He stepped forward from his defensive third centrally and challenged Aubameyang who received a pass with his back to his marker (Fred). He successfully won the duel vs legendary Aubameyang, left him on the turf, drove forward like a Franz Beckanbauer would in full libero flow, skipped past 2 markers and with brilliant pausa feints, directed his drive into the final third right half space where a Hungry Osimhen (who has missed enough chances) was waiting to pounce and redeem himself. And that he did... but all thanks to Benjamin "Beckanbauer" Frederick. A 20 y/o CB Phenomenon.

Brentford acquired has 2 young CB monsters from the 2023 U20 WC... one was Kim Ji-Soo now on loan at Kaiserlautern in the Bundesliga 2. Another was Benjamin Frederick now on loan at FCV Dender in Belgium's Jupiler Pro. Time will be kind to them, if they realise how quickly their Nigerian CB acquisition is stepping up to become Africa's next big thing in the CB role.

Benjamin "Beckanbaeur" Frederick is a world class talent. The finest jewel of the 2023 U20 Class.

TheSuperNerd:
Zaidu Sanusi.... another solid performance from the LB. Loads of defensive contributions from Zaidu. He stood his ground & made his wing impassable for Gabon's tricky wingers. Also contributed going forward by providing an extra passing option in the middle when we recycled possession and looked to break forward in vertical fashion.
Was involved in the lovely passing sequence that led to Ndidi's assist for Ejuke.

He would be key vs DRC

Goke7:
😂 abeg make we pour you water 💦 on your head like Chelle you need am o!

typicalgamer:
Stop saying rubbish

Because you cannot afford private jet does not make owning a private jet a waste of money 🤣

minfelix:
Osimhen,Bassey,Iwobi,Onyeka abeg make una no collect another Yellow card against DRC, we still want you to play one more charity match in the intercontinental play off….abi would the cards be nullified at the Intercontinental charity match?🤣🤣 make i know oo

Nemesis0147:
Please what is Portugal qualification looking like abeg

minfelix:
Osimhen,Bassey,Iwobi,Onyeka abeg make una no collect another Yellow card against DRC, we still want you to play one more charity match in the intercontinental play off….abi would the cards be nullified at the Intercontinental charity match?🤣🤣 make i know oo

Tolulopefinest:
That moment when Osimhen missed that last minute chance .

Tolulopefinest:
That moment when Osimhen missed that last minute chance .

forgiveness:
Woah! Congratulations to SE. They did a wonderful job today.

I no fit chop while watching the 2nd half. Although, I wasn't able to watch the first half, so I can't give my input.

Notwithstanding, Gabon dominated at the beginning of the 2nd half but as soon as Onyeka came on, the dynamic changed.

This means, the midfield was lacking with just Iwobi and Ndidi. A 2 man midfield no go work ooo.

Osimhen though missed chances but couldn't see much of the ball before Onyeka came in.

Now, let us assume Osimhen was yanked out before the extra time. What will you say?

Will your fi.sh brain forget all he did in the pass because of this game if l he was yanked out before extra time? Because I am beginning to see some clamoring for players to be benched or thrown out because of 1 or 2 matches.

This was my argument the last time. Some players will naturally get love even if dem no play shingbin and that is enough to..... I don't know if we understand psychology.

When you transfer hate, are you expecting effective performance?

Tonight, Osimhen still got loved despite his short coming at some point. Why?

Anyway, Onyeka was the big deal today. He was everywhere allover running and tackling. Woah!!!

Ejuke came in an added something new to the team but the guy end product na suspect. Still the same dribble with no end product.

One thing I liked about his game today was his ability to track back to defend. That was good.

That goalkeeper dey fear man pickin. Dude was too careless.

Now, we move to DRC. They played with determination today against Cameron. How I wish the game dragged into extra time. Make dem self tire small.

The coach should not underestimate them.

Tolulopefinest:
That moment when Osimhen missed that last minute chance .

Nemesis0147:
Please what is Portugal qualification looking like abeg

BankyGee:
The goal na beginning product? 😳