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Procashtips:
Should Qatar also have been given the worldcup for having such glorious infrastructure during the worldcup?

Because of infrastructure, CAF just handed over the cup to Morrocco.

Anyways, I see Senegal upsetting them come Sunday.

It's going to be very sweet watching them cry.

Qatar also felt like home to the Moroccans when they played that World Cup
Same Arab world
Even Moroccan staffs said it
Thé entire Arab world was cheering them on
Qatar do not have the players to perform magic

Famocious:
Honestly, the Super Eagles deserve respect and some serious slack. They fought hard, but the referee sucked the life out of the game with obvious one-sided decisions. Our boys had to play on eggshells, while Morocco played freely, knowing fully well they had the referee on their side.

Add to that the fact that Morocco were comfortably based in Rabat all through the tournament, while our lads had to move twice, both physically draining and mentally unsettling. Then throw in a massive home crowd roaring behind the hosts; that kind of pressure can overwhelm even the best teams.

Yes, Chelle could have done more tactically in the second half, the changes and substitutions didn’t quite spark the boost we needed. But even with all these odds stacked against them, the boys showed heart, grit, and character.

For me, they played beyond expectations. Proud of them.

God bless you
I feel like asking for your account number

yinkeys:
Qatar also felt like home to the Moroccans when they played that World Cup
Same Arab world
Even Moroccan staffs said it
Thé entire Arab world was cheering them on
Qatar do not have the players to perform magic

If morrocco actually have the players to perform magic, why the need for a 12th man?

Goke7:
The Jamaica game no be big game jor forget matter 😂 our boys Dey fumble for bigger games jare like Congo like Morocco our players like you said earlier Dey get ptsd for penalties

Maybe we go carry them go MFM for special deliverance 😂

its true shaa, i agree no b big game…but but me i think say the coach get good head for penalty shootout naa🥲🥲😊

Goke7:
I agree with you but nff will never change the same nff that was ready to play that Libyan game after all their terrorist act

I was actually shocked when the nff play down the choice of the ref Abi dem don collect money 😂 I heard an nff official was even selling tickets for the match they got free of charge 😂 na those ones we wan rely on?

A sound FA is what teams like Senegal, Morocco and CIV have over us..
If we fix that, we have the players and now the coach to get results on the continent

Odunayaw:
The 2nd half and the ET was what a semi final between two juggernauts look like. I really couldn't see the crumbling hence he located it [surprisingly] in PSO.

If only we had a moment of brilliance or something

Simple!
Even me I saw no crumbling

lbrichman2:
There are even some rumours that they secretly installed spy cameras in our training location
But with all of that, they still couldn't win in over 120 mins of football..

It seems I'm the only one seeing what a great job Chelle is doing

Yes and I think it showed in the game they indeed spied on us including the coach tactics I heard some analysts said this and even suggested that the Moroccans should be punished if true.

In all it would have been a very sweet victory if the guys took advantage of the spot kicks to send the host packing. The way the game was going it was if all their dark arts were failing until the spot kicks.

minfelix:
bro majority of 9ja fans no sabi calm down to analyse match…..This super eagles didnot crumble to
morocco at aaaaaalllll….people no wan still gree say 2025 Morocco is a beast of a soccer nation…plus dem come b host🤣🤣.
even our golden generation dey chop 5-1 against host in 1990 afcon…go and research how our super eagles of old fared against host…the only knockout stage we beat host na senegal 92 for pk shootout…when Senegal were still “underdogs” trying to gain their feet in africa…powerhouse hosts those years dey beat us like tiff
1976 host morocco flog us 2-1
1990 host flog us 5-1 for group stage still flog us 1-0 final

We just need to retain Eric Chelle, let him keep helping us sweep baby african teams…we just need to be qualifying for world cup and afcon tournaments abeg….

Exactly!!!
What do they mean by crumbling
Morocco play 15 shots, only 5 on target
Is that domination?

Even possession, we had more than them especially in the second half and ET
Na just that chukwueze miss save them

Kog45:
Oga you're too theoretical when it comes to analysis,you don't normally face reality and you're always trying to tell us what to do in a situation when we cannot not do anything.... yesterday game was too obvious that we just need to soak Morocco pressures which we did for 120 minutes,common man Morocco defeated Portugal and Spain to reached World Cup semi final,do you think it was lucky,forget stories,they're the best in Africa,they play good football

i will keep saying, some of the OG’s here on nairaland are losing their post-match analytic credibility….Cameroon suffered a 2-0 loss for not learning that “you dont play morocco pressure for pressure….you calm d game down and slowly build up pass from the back…to me oo, we played them the best football, i knew we were gonna lose in the pk shootout….our boys are not penalty material….but the way we played morocco yesterday,a top team! is just the best way to play them….this is exactly how they played Portugal and spain at the last world cup…and that was Exactly how Italy lifted the 2006 world cup…France tried to build with calm and collected passed but italy was always sitting back to wait for moments of ghen ghen pressure…such games lead to pk or a 1-0 win

sit back, allow your team to build the pass from their defense, then come out and “ghen-ghen press them” then quickly go back again and defend waiting for same cycle to keep reoccurring…these kinda game only lead to penalty shoot out or a 1-0 winner

no b wetin dem use jah spain b that for world cup? no b pk?

Goke7:
Chuks should have converted his kick so we crumbled there bro. The Moroccans after missing a kick were there for the taking if we had converted all our kicks. That’s where our players can raise their game no matter how hard.

This is where the likes of oliseh will continue to run their mouths our boys need to shut such kind of people up finally na wetin Dey pain me be this

If that's what you mean, I understand
But Chelle wasn't out coached
If anything, I was highly impressed with how he managed the game..

Left to me sef, I would have only replaced Onyedika simply because of the yellow card
Other than that, we fit play that game for 5 hours, nothing go happen..

Chuks miss killed all our work
Especially because if he had scored, the momentum would have swung in our direction

Chief even in international football it's not easy facing big teams back-to-back unless you have a strong and balanced squad omo you go crumble.

Senegal that won in 2021 who dem face? Guinea, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and Burkina Faso. The Egypt dey beat in the finals sef na penalty.

This year Egypt has been the only reasonable opponent they have faced.

Winning competitions as much as you require great squads you also need a huge slice of luck.

Goke7:
You’re very right, I think when we start meeting tougher nations back to back we Dey crumble!

Honestly once the game entered extra time I was no longer interested in the final cos if we had won we won’t have been able to win the final as our players will be fatigued against an in-form Senegal. I preferred we bow out in the semi final than having another heartbreak in the final. Once we couldn’t do the business in 90 mins I knew we were done. Check out back in 2013 We did the quarters, semi and finals in 90 mins.

The reason this loss is not getting the typical Nigerian noise is because Nigeriand saw the passion, intention and attitude of these players every game, doen to yesternight's.

Now, you're saying yadayada about not harping on Chukwueze but till tomorrow, you still never forgive Ikpeba and Yakubu for their misses.


We know it is pk and "anyone can miss" but guys did you see the nonchalant attitude of Chuks before that pk and the way his body was easy to read by Bono? Naija fans have changed o. It's only on social media dem dey take now. Go try sm with South American football fans now.

We all scream down Nwabali neck. But he has proven himself in Pks and yet one or two teammates always let him down. ALWAYS.

Swap Nwabali with Enyeama or Ikeme and see how your stance will change to actually calling out Chuks for the rubbish he kicked yesternight.


Overall, this team needs to step up in Pk. We can't even beat chest and point our best takers in years. Same problem persist with the female national team and they've still not addressed it.

Procashtips:
If morrocco actually have the players to perform magic, why the need for a 12th man?

That's the desperation to win that we sometimes lack
We are too nice as a nation
These Moroccans didn't care about global perception, they just wanted to win

Our own, we care too much about public perception
That's why we treat everyone fairly
See how SA played almost all the WC qualifiers at home
Morocco did the same here in this AFCON

Our own, common to protest the choice of referree, we no fit..
SMH

Goke7:
Yes and I think it showed in the game they indeed spied on us including the coach tactics I heard some analysts said this and even suggested that the Moroccans should be punished if true.

In all it would have been a very sweet victory if the guys took advantage of the spot kicks to send the host packing. The way the game was going it was if all their dark arts were failing until the spot kicks.

You're right
This is where Chuks miss becomes very painful
I mean with everything, God still gave us a chance..
He go there go chew gum like roadside ashawo
Painful!

lbrichman2:
That's the desperation to win that we sometimes lack
We are too nice as a nation
These Moroccans didn't care about global perception, they just wanted to win

Our own, we care too much about public perception
That's why we treat everyone fairly
See how SA played almost all the WC qualifiers at home
Morocco did the same here in this AFCON

Our own, common to protest the choice of referree, we no fit..
SMH

CAF doesn't belong to Morrocco, yet CAF made sure Morrocco enjoyed all the undue benefits.

Football or sport business as a whole is full of corruption.

Ditto: Stepp Blatter, Isa Ayattu and the likes.

zuchyblink:
The blame goes to Chelle,I was expecting him to remove Onyedika on time and replace him with Bashiru or Nnadi and introduce more adventurous players like Ejuke and Chukwueze since the game plan was not working

Bros oo, make i drop this for you…if you like bring in
Bashiru, Nnadi,and introduce Ejuke,Chuks, the game plan will not still work out nothing go happen at all at all ajeh, th ose guys you call are not big game changers..…Morocco have seen from our previous games that you dont give super eagles space to enjoy themselves else they will punish you…Morocco sat back yesterday whenever we try to build from the back…they also choked our wing plays…Chuks and Ejuke will just be reduce to school boys performers…a serious senior man game changer is what we needed that yesterday…player in shape of Okocha, that will take ball upon him self and try to dribble from the midfield to locate wingers and strikers

I will keep posting

https://x.com/i/status/2011691057655005225

Procashtips:
CAF doesn't belong to Morrocco, yet CAF made sure Morrocco enjoyed all the undue benefits.

Football or sport business as a whole is full of corruption.

Ditto: Stepp Blatter, Isa Ayattu and the likes.

Simple
And we need to start playing the game too
To pretend that corruption doesn't exist, is to deceive oneself..
CAF clearly wants Morocco to win
Senegal have an edge in the final because they would be fresher, and they also have a proactive FA that would likely reject any controversial referee..

But be ready to see Morocco and CAF make attempts to steal the game on Sunday

chrisooblog:
Chief even in international football it's not easy facing big teams back-to-back unless you have a strong and balanced squad omo you go crumble.

Senegal that won in 2021 who dem face? Guinea, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and Burkina Faso. The Egypt dey beat in the finals sef na penalty.

This year Egypt has been the only reasonable opponent they have faced.

Winning competitions as much as you require great squads you also need a huge slice of luck.

I agree with you we need luck with way the game was going yesterday I was just praying for luck and a scrappy win

In whatever capacity that you have been called to serve your country, see it first as a privilege.

Some stupid Nigerian players need to know this.

lbrichman2:
You're right
This is where Chuks miss becomes very painful
I mean with everything, God still gave us a chance..
He go there go chew gum like roadside ashawo
Painful!

As much as I don’t want the player to be scapegoated but all the anger against him is justified.

We won SA on penalties last Afcon because iheanacho another experienced player converted so what was chuks problem sef

Goke7:
As much as I don’t want the player to be scapegoated but all the anger against him is justified.

We won SA on penalties last Afcon because iheanacho another experienced player converted so what was chuks problem sef

The boy was too casual

These SE players enthusiasm and desire has been deflated
Except Chelle does some monstrous psychological and motivational work, we would lose the game against Egypt

For me, just play the boys that have not played
Let's even begin the process of replacing some dead woods in the team

Rest Osimhen and Akor..
Let's see Fago and Onuachu

Rest Iwobi, Ndidi and Onyeka
Let's see Akinsanmiro, Nnadi and Usman

Rest Bruno and Osayi
Let's see Zaidu, igoh, Awaziem and Ajayi

Let's see uzoho

Simon can captain them

Sarsaparilla524:
In whatever capacity that you have been called to serve your country, see it first as a privilege.

Some stupid Nigerian players need to know this.

Some of them never still understand our football heritage! Just allowing some of our ex players to keep talking rubbish and taking them for granted and they are even better than some of these ex players o

Mujtahida:
I will keep posting

https://x.com/i/status/2011691057655005225

After Onuachu scored, walai na Bassey or Simon for step up next..PTSD no gree those baba come front..
Penalty is any man’s game ooo….but these guys will likely 95% convert their pks for us to win this game…
Lookman
Osimhen
Bashiru
Akor
Onuachu

Morocco coach knew why he left one of Hakimi and Diaz….you cant just yank off senior men when you know pk is nearing…..

imagine the last afcon pk against SA
1. Terem Moffi scored/Mokoena missed (1-0)

2. Omeruo scored(infact almost same style with chuks pk)/Mayambela scored 2-1)

Aina missed(same type of Bassey miss against DRC)/ Magkopa missed (2-1)

3. Ekong scored/Mvala scored (3-2)

4. Iheanacho scored (4-2)

pls let’s not blame chuks that much…same way Omeruo scored his PK against SA was same way chukwu was gonna score his own if Bono had gone the wrong way..

lbrichman2:
We kept another clean sheet..
For a defence that was a source of concern, that's massive!
3 consecutive clean sheets

This team is becoming hard to score against
We played the number 1 team on the continent, on their home turf and against a biased referee, and yet still didn't concede..

Bruno, Osayi and Ajayi stepped up massively 🔥🔥
With the returning Frederick, we would become even stronger
Our defence didn't panick yesterday
No anxious moments
My heart no even skip any beat..

minfelix:
After Onuachu scored, walai na Bassey or Simon for step up next..PTSD no gree those baba come front..
Penalty is any man’s game ooo….but these guys will likely 95% convert their pks for us to win this game…
Lookman
Osimhen
Bashiru
Akor
Onuachu

Morocco coach knew why he left one of Hakimi and Diaz….you cant just yank off senior men when you know pk is nearing…..

imagine the last afcon pk against SA
1. Terem Moffi scored/Mokoena missed (1-0)

2. Omeruo scored(infact almost same style with chuks pk)/Mayambela scored 2-1)

Aina missed(same type of Bassey miss against DRC)/ Magkopa missed (2-1)

3. Ekong scored/Mvala scored (3-2)

4. Iheanacho scored (4-2)

pls let’s not blame chuks that much…same way Omeruo scored his PK against SA was same way chukwu was gonna score his own if Bono had gone the wrong way..

Chuks is one of our most experienced players that’s the issue!

If Fisayo could convert what was chuks problem. These are the little moments that matter! It changes everything

Goke7:
Chuks is one of our most experienced players that’s the issue!

If Fisayo could convert what was chuks problem. These are the little moments that matter! It changes everything

Exactly….just hit middle shot like Ekong…like just target that middle with heavy shot

minfelix:
out of the 3 afcons we have 2 were against lowly rated rivals(Zambia and Burkina Faso) the other one in 1980, we won as the host.

I noticed this as well. We don’t perform against other big African nations.

Algeria and Zambia were not African champions when we beat them and B. Faso is yet to win the AFCON.

Of our 5 AFCON losses. 3 were to Cameroon, 1 to CIV and another to Algeria.

All nations outside Algeria at the time had all won at least 1 AFCON…

lbrichman2:
Morocco owned the midfield yet couldn't create any clear cut chance..
Even with the ball we left for them..

Osayi and Bruno stopped all crosses
Them comot all their strikers because they no see ball play..

They brought in El neysri to do cross and nod, yet still no cross..

How can we ignore all that and begin to blame strikers
Strikers how??

Tactically Chelle did well but where he made a mistake was bringing in Fisayo instead of Chukwueze. Though I believe the reason he preferred Fisayo is because he tracks back and comes in to the midfield when required to help the team when they re chasing possession unlike Samu

If I were him I would have risked it all towards the tail end of the game

Take off Akor for Chukwueze(instructing him to take on players and provide crosses to Osimhen) then Lookman for Fisayo (instructing him to drift deeper in midfield to add more bodies and drive forward with the ball when the opportunity arises), then play Osimhen as a lone striker

Chuks gave a glimpse to why he didn't shine consistently at Milan but is now flourishing at mid table Fulham.
Dude lacks elite mentality despite his obvious talent.

Chelle should give all the players without game time a chance in the loser's final. Akinsanmiro, Nnadi,Fago, Muhammed etc