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TheSuperNerd:
Yes, they will carry over. It is cancelled only before the World Cup Proper e.g. Ndidi will serve his suspension vs DRC but if he is yellow carded again in the intercontinental playoffs final, that yellow will be wiped if Nigeria makes it to the WC Proper.
Under FIFA rules, yellow cards are carried forward until just before the World Cup.


Note:

Scenario 1: If player A has a yellow card from MD 1 (or any other matchday before the last) of the WCQs and bags another yellow on the final day of WCQs (including playoffs), player A will miss the WC Proper Opener.

Scenario 2: If a player has one yellow, and does not bag a 2nd yellow before the WC proper, the one yellow will be wiped off and the player given a clean slate for the WC Proper.

Finito.

Thanks for breaking it down!

But to be honest, I don’t mind one or two of our key players missing the intercontinental playoff cos, aside from Panama, the SE have a much higher FIFA ranking that the other potential opponent in that intercontinental playoff

EEGA:
Excellent tactics.


Pls Osayi should not start our next match.

Imagine if the referee had given the Panthers, a PK as a result of that shove by Osayi.

The deflection that led to the equaliser,was also from him.

His defending leaves a lot to be desired.

You cannot blame players for deflection . Any player can cause deflection. Osayi had a brilliant first half ,he needs to improve from tackling

Ghana go think sày we no know say dem lose 2-0 to Japan😂
Them no go see even draw for that world cup

mekabuachi:
Ghana go think sày we no know say dem lose 2-0 to Japan😂
Them no go see even draw for that world cup

Dont mind the bredas. I saw the result, laughed and decided not to give it attention coz we have bigger fish to fry on sunday.

See ehn, Let our Super Eagles just secure the ticket to the intercontinental playoffs first. Once DRC falls on Sunday, Ghana must come explain to us again why they are not at the Afcon since they are sooo good.

MetalJigsaw:
Its almost certain that one or two will miss the intercontinental playoffs. Let's just pray that Osimhen and Bassey would be safe.

Osihmen removing his shirt was unnecessary yellow card . I thought 🤔 he knew the consequences of his action

Let me dream small

It will be very diabolical when we get to WC and fall in the same group with Argentina again

ChrisKels:
Osayi na otu but that goal was on Ejuke. Lemina had no business getting that ball unchallenged. Ejuke was supposed to close him down, but he failed to track back. Chukwueze wouldn't make such a mistake.

Before you single out a player, know this.

We were on a 4-1-3-2 player setup.

And then reverted to a 4-3-3, which pushed the wingers further up the pitch.
Making the wingers the first line of defense. And the midfielders the second line of defense.

A long ball was flighted from the opposition's half into the final third. Long balls like that are meant to bypass even the midfielders, and it did so.
Wingers are not expected to defend this kind of long ball situation, because they will be doing so out of their natural position
Remember that the situation did not arise from a patient build up or a counter attack, just a long ball that flew over many.
Ejuke was even there because of his records for quick recoveries. He can track back and then sprint back into his natural position because of his pace.

The real problems boils down to the team's positioning.
Where were the midfielders.

The long ball was diagonal.
The defense line was cut off position, Osayi moved to a more central position to defend (to cover the space for the out of position CB's).

You see there are more players for the blame, and you are leaving out the main culprits.

mekabuachi:
Ghana go think sày we no know say dem lose 2-0 to Japan😂
Them no go see even draw for that world cup

Lol. Just watched the highlights. Japan just dey dissect Ghana's back line, cutting it smoothly like hot knife through butter. That first assist made me laugh the way that Japanese player misdirected the Ghanaian defense. 😂😂

Either this Japanese team is insanely good, or the Ghana team is just piss poor. This World Cup qualification did them no favors by making them think they were hot. Thankfully, it means we'll get to watch them being manhandled on the global stage. 😃

I know many of them likely used their second squads, but these results are underwhelming for Africa sha.

Not in his prime but omoooo Auba eye saw a lot

Players like Umar Sadiq , Awoniyi, Iheanacho and Boniface have 💋 bye bye to super eagles. Nigerians don move on with Adams and Tolu. Even Dressers sef people don forget am

This pic captures the exact moment, Benjamin "Beckanbaeur" Frederick left Aubameyang on the turf on his way to executing the brilliant run that fed Osimhen for 3-1. Iconic Picture!

Odunayaw:
Not in his prime but omoooo Auba eye saw a lot

villagereporter:
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Your tone screams been jealous.

Jealousy

TheSuperNerd:
This pic captures the exact moment, Benjamin "Beckanbaeur" Frederick left Aubameyang on the turf on his way to executing the brilliant run that fed Osimhen for 3-1. Iconic Picture!

If you check Benjamin's pocket very well, you go see Auba there

TheSuperNerd:
Dont mind the bredas. I saw the result, laughed and decided not to give it attention coz we have bigger fish to fry on sunday.

See ehn, Let our Super Eagles just secure the ticket to the intercontinental playoffs first. Once DRC falls on Sunday, Ghana must come explain to us again why they are not at the Afcon since they are sooo good.

Ghana for some reason usually puts up strong performances at the world cup even if they crash out from the group stages, they also have a better team compared to 2022 now but they should pray we don't beat DRC on Sunday cause they'll truly have some afcon explaining to do as you noted

QueenJazz:
Lol. Just watched the highlights. Japan just dey dissect Ghana's back line, cutting it smoothly like hot knife through butter. That first assist made me laugh the way that Japanese player misdirected the Ghanaian defense. 😂😂

Either this Japanese team is insanely good, or the Ghana team is just piss poor. This World Cup qualification did them no favors by making them think they were hot. Thankfully, it means we'll get to watch them being manhandled on the global stage. 😃

Japan is very good. They came back from 0-2 to beat Brazil in the last break

Not insanely. But Japan is actually good. No caps.

QueenJazz:
Lol. Just watched the highlights. Japan just dey dissect Ghana's back line, cutting it smoothly like hot knife through butter. That first assist made me laugh the way that Japanese player misdirected the Ghanaian defense. 😂😂

Either this Japanese team is insanely good, or the Ghana team is just piss poor. This World Cup qualification did them no favors by making them think they were hot. Thankfully, it means we'll get to watch them being manhandled on the global stage. 😃

Africa at the Qatar 2025 FIFA U17 World Cup
*Mali and Morocco reach Round of 16


Round of 32 (Nov. 14 results)

Zambia 1-3 Mali

Switzerland 3-1 Egypt

USA 1-1 Morocco (Morocco won 4-3 on penalties after 90mins).

Brazil also managed to qualify 5-4 on penalties vs Paraguay after 0-0 and a red card. E pain me. Someone gotta knock Brazil out for me abeg.😡😡


Round of 32 (Nov 15 games)

Senegal vs Uganda

Japan vs South Africa

Germany vs Burkina Faso

Austria vs Tunisia

TheSuperNerd:
This pic captures the exact moment, Benjamin "Beckanbaeur" Frederick left Aubameyang on the turf on his way to executing the brilliant run that fed Osimhen for 3-1. Iconic Picture!

How good has Benji been for his club this season?

Odunayaw:
Let me dream small

It will be very diabolical when we get to WC and fall in the same group with Argentina again

as at when we were ranked 8th in the world , we played Argentina ... lets wait to qualify then we can starting praying against it ....every spirit of Argentina NGR must die

Queenjazz, I think you’re the one always bringing update about that Gabonese’s coach right ? See your coach. E pain am 😂😂

I’m not sure if it’s real or AI though

Gabon coach tear one of e player slap o. Omoo.

E pain am 🤦 pic.twitter.com/gA7dY8Ruea

— Naija Pidgin (@NaijaPidgin_) November 14, 2025

TheSuperNerd:
This pic captures the exact moment, Benjamin "Beckanbaeur" Frederick left Aubameyang on the turf on his way to executing the brilliant run that fed Osimhen for 3-1. Iconic Picture!

the facial expression of the boy was like "baba no be age we de count for here"

Stanley Nwabali's ball distribution has improved tremendously.

His goalkeeper reflexes is one of the best in the world.

please who have a full match of yesterday , i want to watch again

EEGA:
Excellent tactics.


Pls Osayi should not start our next match.

Imagine if the referee had given the Panthers, a PK as a result of that shove by Osayi.

The deflection that led to the equaliser,was also from him.

His defending leaves a lot to be desired.

Aina is not available so Osayi is starting

Only because I saw your initial post, I would be explicit.

Now, you would never know unless you have watched him more than twice at Dender this season like I have and especially at CB and not only when he initially featured at RB or RWB.

He had solid games at RB/RWB most especially vs Anderlecht and Standard Liege.

But his last 3 games at CB has seen him play full 90mins back to back and he impressed + leads the team in Interceptions per 90.

Defensively at Dender across 10 starts in 14 league games, he is...
1st in Interceptions Per 90
3rd in defensive blocks per 90
4th in Tackles Per 90
5th in Clearances Per 90

For a lad who has been trusted with 3 different roles before the club finally settled for him at CB in recent games, I would say he has distinguished himself well and is coming into his own at the club.

Folks arent really paying keen attention to Frederick at Dender and claim he has been underpar when that is not true at all.
Perhaps they want to refer to the St Truiden game where he played RWB. Against St Truiden at RWB, he had a mixed performance. Strong in duels, brilliant in ball progression but he did concede a foul that led to a penalty for the opposition. As a young defender, mistakes happen but he picked himself up quickly and keeps thriving.

So it is until he scores before they realise he is actually progressing fine? Funny.

ChrisKels:
How good has Benji been for his club this season?

So far so good, this "Football meets Data" analysis has been spot on regarding both CAF WCQs playoff games. May it complete the cycle on sunday.

TheSuperNerd:
According to "Football Meets Data"...


We have 🇳🇬 Nigeria favored to reach 🧩Inter-confederation Playoffs as 🌍 African representatives.

But only as relative favorites at 33%.

👇 Here are the probabilities in the African WC PlayOffs semifinals:

66% 🇳🇬 Nigeria
34% 🇬🇦 Gabon

53% 🇨🇩 Congo DR
47% 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Spainever:
Players like Umar Sadiq , Awoniyi, Iheanacho and Boniface have 💋 bye bye to super eagles. Nigerians don move on with Adams and Tolu. Even Dressers sef people don forget am

That's the nature of international football to be honest.

You can play over 350+ games during your professional playing career but only 15-20 games for your NT.

I think KC is the only one we should move on from. If the likes of Boniface, Sadiq and Awo reignite their professional careers and find form why shouldn't they get called up? They don't have to start but it's good to have options. Players come in and out of the NT all the time.

TheSuperNerd:
Only because I saw your initial post, I would be explicit.

Now, you would never know unless you have watched him more than twice at Dender this season like I have and especially at CB and not only when he initially featured at RB or RWB.

He had solid games at RB/RWB most especially vs Anderlecht and Standard Liege.

But his last 3 games at CB has seen him play full 90mins back to back and he impressed + leads the team in Interceptions per 90.

Defensively at Dender across 10 starts in 14 league games, he is...
1st in Interceptions Per 90
3rd in defensive blocks per 90
4th in Tackles Per 90
5th in Clearances Per 90

For a lad who has been trusted with 3 different roles before the club finally settled for him at CB in recent games, I would say he has distinguished himself well and is coming into his own at the club.

Folks arent really paying keen attention to Frederick at Dender and claim he has been underpar when that is not true at all.
Perhaps they want to refer to the St Truiden game where he played RWB. Against St Truiden at RWB, he had a mixed performance. Strong in duels, brilliant in ball progression but he did concede a foul that led to a penalty for the opposition. As a young defender, mistakes happen but he picked himself up quickly and keeps thriving.

So it is until he scores before they realise he is actually progressing fine? Funny.

Dalu nwanne.

[quote author=Toylove post=137476895]Queenjazz, I think you’re the one always bringing update about that Gabonese’s coach right ? See your coach. E pain am 😂😂

I’m not sure if it’s real or AI though

Gabon coach tear one of e player slap o. Omoo.

E pain am 🤦 pic.twitter.com/gA7dY8Ruea

— Naija Pidgin (@NaijaPidgin_) November 14, 2025

it's obviously AI na. 😂

Na mekabuachi dey give update on that mumu sha, not me.

Kai so Awaziem Chidozie na Hausa boy...the boy dey blow Hausa language o....just like the way Osimhen dey speak Yoruba

mrwilliams9:
That's the nature of international football to be honest.

You can play over 350+ games during your professional playing career but only 15-20 games for your NT.

I think KC is the only one we should move on from. If the likes of Boniface, Sadiq and Awo reignite their professional careers and find form why shouldn't they get called up? They don't have to start but it's good to have options. Players come in and out of the NT all the time.

Sincerely I don't think Tolu is better than Sadiq and Awoniyi but Sadiq and Awoniyi getting into this team go hard o