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forgiveness:
Of course, I saw that but why? The ref messed the flow of our game.

TheGoodJoe:
Which one is nagging. I am pointing out where we went wrong and how we can learn from it you are talking nagging.

kennysville:
Y

Those penalties raise eyebrows giving how lackadaisically they were taken.

TheSuperNerd:
Onyedika was already doing that and his main receiver, Iwobi was always swamped. So he withdrew. This is also simple.

You cannot blame Onyedika without also pointing out Iwobi's struggles today which resulted in us not dominating the middle.

SundiKeita:
The refereeing was poor but the game stats show Morocco dominated almost every aspect of the game... Chelle shud have change it after the 1st half. N why sub Osimhen 3 mins to penalty

Afobear:
. You are tho

TheSuperNerd:
Give them 1 month and they are back at it with Maduka Okoye worship.

khunz:
Theoretically we all know better. Let us just appreciate that we did our best.
Room for improvement?Yes
Could we have played better ? Yes
But they gave their all and blocked glaring loopholes shown during world cup qualifiers.
We move.

TheSuperNerd:
Around the Maghreb in less than 2 weeks. Interesting itinerary.

TheGoodJoe:

I don't know about deliberate but why not bring in Dessers for the penalty.

orriyomi33:
NWABALI na man abeg.
✅💯

He did his part perfectly well from the numerous save in Regulation time and the penalty save. Our penalty takers let him down, same thing against DR CONGO.

Samueltemi337:
Back to woman and man talk
You have been on that for years now 😂

TheGoodJoe:
We should have expected it and stuck to ours.

As far as I am concerned, Chelle let us down.

Goke7:
If anyone mention okoye on this thread again e go collect!

yinkeys:
Alex Iwobi couldn't fly today
They put so much pressure on him
They cut our supplies

JohnBullMySon:
Whatever happens tonight is still a good result for me. Personally I’m not expecting them to win Morocco but if they do, excellent.

Super eagles have really impressed and I’m proud of the GWG. I just wish that a Diaspora run NGO can be formed with donations to take care of these guys move forward. The clusterfuck at the NFF is destroying our football.

lbrichman2:
Can you keep quiet about it?
If Chuks had scored that penalty, all this you are saying wouldn't have mattered
Now move on
We have heard you

forgiveness:
Did you see the foul that caused the yellow card given to Bassey? Dude was pulled down yet received yellow. I never saw that before.

Odunayaw:
Not that I care for consolation medals but Egypt should be beaten for history sake

Samueltemi337:
Guy dead that rubbish talk
Make you nor dey think like small pikin
You think chukwueze doesn't want to win Afcon?

TheGoodJoe:
Today, we did not do our best. If we did our best and lost, I won't have any problem. But, to fold up and hand the game to the Moroccans. That is unforgivable.

QueenJazz:
Had to check back in to see the vibes after the loss.

This loss is probably more painful to me than the one against DR Congo. And the reason is because we actually played well, not just in this game but throughout.

For starters, the officiating was a massive fraud. Yes, Morocco figured us out tactically, but if the referee has just let us flow into the game and not display his obvious bias with his incessant interjections and fraudulent free kick calls, we'd have been at least 1 goal up. It was obvious that his constant whistleblowing psychologically dampened the boys and they started second guessing whether to engage in certain fuels or not. And this happened right until extra time where we were fatigued.

I'm not here to rail on the boys. They did their absolute best. Whatever happens in the 3rd place game, I still consider our run from the group stage to the quarter final to be arguably the finest football we've played in nearly 20 years. Eric Chelle is a fine coach. However, it's undeniable at this point that in-game management is his biggest challenge, and so far it's looking to be a constant with him. At any rate, he stays. There's obviously progress in the team with him at the helm. Plus we need him to prosecute the next couple of AFCON qualifiers and the 2030 FIFA World Cup qualifiers... that is of course, if the NFF will let him.

I knew we'd lose this game if it went to penalties. We simply don't have penalty takers and there's only so much Nwabali can do to help the squad. That first save should have put us in the driver's seat for the next 3-4 penalty takes but we fluffed it.

As for Chukwueze, I have no words. In my humble opinion however, I'd had preferred he had come in during the time Moses or Dele Bashiru was subbed in. He couldn't have been worse than Moses Simon by any means in my book.

Thankfully, the Women's AFCON is around the corner. Hopefully the girls will right the wrongs done here and come out on top again.

Alright then, back to Twitter.