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MALI JUST PLAYED TO SURVIVE. NOTHING SPECTACULAR IN THEIR PLAY!

CHELLE'S MALI WOULD HAVE DESTROYED THAT ZAMBIA'S TEAM.

Odunayaw:
That would have been a satanic own goal

Should have used his chest instead

isan:
Oliseh : Mali should've lost because they conceded first.....does that make sense?

his wife is from there
So I can understand his bias.

Joebie:
I know but I think Seinfeit probably had more knowledge of our team since he had been interested for a quite a while.

Oh I see.

Bossoflife25:
MALI JUST PLAYED TO SURVIVE. NOTHING SPECTACULAR IN THEIR PLAY!

CHELLE'S MALI WOULD HAVE DESTROYED THAT ZAMBIA'S TEAM.

nice point . But they have better midfielders. Going toe to toe with morroco will help their confidence. I believe they are title contenders

mostob:
Should have used his chest instead

Exactly. That reflex by the keeper! He'd never have thought his best save will be keeping his own teammate from scoring

Na that adaptability part I dey like. He contained them and didn't do it weakly. In another match he would switch things up I expect. That's dynamism.

TheSuperNerd:
Tom is a journeyman shaa. Had stints with Gambia for a bit too. His style is not as exciting as Chelle's Mali was but he seems adaptable. His selection today vs Morocco was aimed at stifling the Moroccan quality in the final and middle third of the pitch and it paid off. 5 natural midfield soldiers assigned RM, LM, CM roles and delivering just enough to contain and even match the Atlas Lions.

Dannyxy:
Malian midfield is so good…

Kai

you can say that again.. I was soooo impressed

Bossoflife25:
THEY DEFEND AND COUNTER AGAINST EUROPEAN TEAMS. THEY PLAYED ALMOST ALL THEIR GAMES AT HOME ON QUALITY PITCHES AGAINST THE MINORS.

No wonder. When nearly a third of African teams dont play at home due to lack of FIFA approved stadium, they will have all the advantages.
Whenever they meet a physical African team they fold. In the last Afcon they couldnt win Drc and SouthAfrica.

BONO HAD NO SINGLE SAFE AND PEEPS HERE ARE PRAISING THE COACH. IF THIS WAS SUPER EAGLES NASO SO SO WAILING WE GO DEY SEE

Bossoflife25:
MALI JUST PLAYED TO SURVIVE. NOTHING SPECTACULAR IN THEIR PLAY!

CHELLE'S MALI WOULD HAVE DESTROYED THAT ZAMBIA'S TEAM.

Tbh super eagles player have been lazy, now I see why other teams walloped minnows in World Cup qualifiers.

The intensity of the other top African teams have gone up, and if our players want to be lazy and not work hard at second balls, mark and run, then they should be going home.

Omoh the intensity of top teams have been crazy, super eagles have the talent,they need to wake up and bring intensity, hardwork and grit, it pure hardwork Drc use to outplay us, and how I see why we suffer, our players must stop being cowards and chickens.

Fight like warriors, they should copy osimhen, only him with Bassey seem to understand intensity, all this soft boy, clowning Iwobi , Chukwueze and innit boys are doing no be am.

I need to talk true , talent dey, but hardwork is like 20%, when you have talent but you’re lazy, an untalented person with 100% hardwork with beat you to anything, that’s super eagles problem, laziness mentally and physically, na why we Dey struggle with Tanzania them, that laziness to second and loose balls dey annoy me pass

If that header at gone in, it would had rubbished all the Malians played for.

Imagine conceding an own goal with the last kick of the game.

Mali's midfield depth is so crazy that they started 5 of them, brought in Kamory Doumbia (AM/CM) and still had Leipzig's Amadou Haidara and former Monaco lad, Mohamed Camara on the bench.

Such depth.

Danielnino00:
Kudos to that Malian player that initiated the foul to pause the game which forced the referee to check VAR...
The referee seemed hell bent on ignoring the penalty call..

He would have checked it regardless.

3 draws from today's games.

OF COURSE!! THE MALIANS SHOULD HAVE WON WITH BETTER DECISION MAKING IN THE FINAL THIRD!

CapitalCee:
No wonder. When nearly a third of African teams dont play at home due to lack of FIFA approved stadium, they will have all the advantages.
Whenever they meet a physical African team they fold. In the last Afcon they couldnt win Drc and SouthAfrica.

Mail for all Theo midfielders do not have good forwards sha, wasted many counters that they could have used to win.

BENIN CHOP 4 NIL, GABON 4-1! TAZANIA SHOULD CHOP LIKE 3 IN THAT FIRST HALF. INFACT OSIMHEN GOAL SHOULD HAVE STOOD. SO WHAT INTENSITY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.

Dannyxy:
Tbh super eagles player have been lazy, now I see why other teams walloped minnows in World Cup qualifiers.

The intensity of the other top African teams have gone up, and if our players want to be lazy and not work hard at second balls, mark and run, then they should be going home.

Omoh the intensity of top teams have been crazy, super eagles have the talent, Omoh they need to wake up and bring intensity, hardwork and grit, it pure hardwork Drc use to outplay us, and how I see why we suffer, our players must stop being cowards and chickens.

Fight like warriors, they should osimhen, only him with Bassey seem to understand intensity, all this soft boy, clowning Iwobi , Chukwueze and innit boys are doing no be am.

I need to talk true , talent dey, but hardwork is like 20%, when you have talent but you’re lazy, an untalented person with 100% hardwork with beat you to anything, that’s super eagles problem, laziness mentally and physically, na why we Dey struggle with Tanzania them, that laziness to second and loose balls dey annoy me pass

Dannyxy:
Mail for all Theo midfielders do not have good forwards sha, wasted many counters that they could have used to win.

Well observed. The forwards continuously killed the attacks. On those counters, they didn't even attempt to attack the box, and would end up clumsily losing the ball. Every single time!

Dannyxy:
Mail for all Theo midfielders do not have good forwards sha, wasted many counters that they could have used to win.

Mali's midfield depth and quality is the reason they can go toe to toe with Africa's best teams. But their poor cutting edge upfront is the reason why they will always eventually fall short of Glory.

The game vs CIV in the last Afcon which gave us the Chelle bottled water meme below is the perfect summary of my analysis. That game perfectly defines Mali's NT even today.

The extent of corruption in CAF is very high. Referees are scared of controlling matches. Referees can't take decisions on field of play. They're relying on VAR too much. Tonight's, ref was just running away from Mali's penalty claim. VAR was not needed at all.

Shame shame shame

TheSuperNerd:
Mali's midfield depth is so crazy that they started 5 of them, brought in Kamory Doumbia (AM/CM) and still had Leipzig's Amadou Haidara and former Monaco lad, Mohamed Camara on the bench.

Such depth.

Teams like Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast even Burkina Faso and Guinea all seems to produce good and quality midfielders, very enviable

What the hell is our west African francophone brothers doing? They are getting something right there honestly

Kylian Mbappe saw the Morocco vs Mali game live dorning a Hakimi Morocco #2 shirt.

TheSuperNerd:
Kylian Mbappe saw the Morocco vs Mali game live dorning a Hakimi Morocco #2 shirt.

Na these gains Patrice Ọmọepe wan erode with quadriennial tournament

Bossoflife25:
YOU GUYS ARE FUNNY AND IT'S BECOMING ABSURD. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE AFCON FINALIST OR ANOTHER TEAM?

funny guy have you seen the super eagles last 5-7 games at all . Lord forbids Osimhen is incapacitated how will the team get by ? Talking about the previous tournament that happened over a year ago. The team has declined since then. We rely on Osimhen aggression to power us through games right now . Anyways am riding with the boys . Well if they do good I commend them. Bad I criticize them

Like this type of fearless objective talk. Our boys been falling our hands recently but let’s support them until the final whistle

Dannyxy:
Tbh super eagles player have been lazy, now I see why other teams walloped minnows in World Cup qualifiers.

The intensity of the other top African teams have gone up, and if our players want to be lazy and not work hard at second balls, mark and run, then they should be going home.

Omoh the intensity of top teams have been crazy, super eagles have the talent,they need to wake up and bring intensity, hardwork and grit, it pure hardwork Drc use to outplay us, and how I see why we suffer, our players must stop being cowards and chickens.

Fight like warriors, they should copy osimhen, only him with Bassey seem to understand intensity, all this soft boy, clowning Iwobi , Chukwueze and innit boys are doing no be am.

I need to talk true , talent dey, but hardwork is like 20%, when you have talent but you’re lazy, an untalented person with 100% hardwork with beat you to anything, that’s super eagles problem, laziness mentally and physically, na why we Dey struggle with Tanzania them, that laziness to second and loose balls dey annoy me pass

Odunayaw:
Na these gains Patrice Ọmọepe wan erode with quadriennial tournament

CAF president still never understand the memo!

Afcon needs to run biennially for the next 10 years at least to maintain or improve this momentum then we adjust it to every 3 years

Did you read what you write there? Which North African team are you talking about and what has that team won in the past one year since the Super Eagles achievement over a year doesn't count?

9JAMac10:
funny guy have you seen the super eagles last 5-7 games at all . Lord forbids Osimhen is incapacitated how will the team get by ? Talking about the previous tournament that happened over a year ago. The team has declined since then. We rely on Osimhen aggression to power us through games right now . Anyways am riding with the boys . Well if they do good I commend them. Bad I criticize them

Joebie:
I am telling you. The guy has been wanting to coach naija die.. And he would have maybe fixed our midfield problems, who knows?

I think he asked for a lot more money than Alhaji Eric. I also think he did very well with Gambia. They had their best afcon under him.

Omo, we really need to beat these Tunisians. I still haven’t forgotten what happened in Tunis 2004 when they deliberately played Liberia’s national anthem instead of Nigeria’s before kickoff

Those mofos tried to destabilize our team. North African teams too sabi dark evil arts.

Enyimba players deserve the highest honors in African football for surviving encounters with Ismaily and Étoile du Sahel

I remember that very well. His demands were made in the context of the NFF's failed negotiations with Renard. How much is Mali paying him now? I know exactly what he did then. E don tey when NFF dey show this man shege

AndSunGorilla:
I think he asked for a lot more money than Alhaji Eric. I also think he did very well with Gambia. They had their best afcon under him.

chuks404:
Omo sincerely I enjoy this game. Now I fear for super eagles. Can they maintain this kind of intensity Omo? God help super eagles.

Our biggest issue is decision making. Super Eagles can be quite physical actually and they know how to find a way into the opponents final third regularly, no matter how sturdy their defense is, hence why we always have plenty goal attempts no matter the squad. The issue the Super Eagles have right now is very shaky defense and poor decision making or not being clinical enough. We'll get plenty of chances in the Tunisia game. The question is, will we bury those chances?