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Goke7:
I will go back to my first question if we had qualified for the World Cup will all these excuses suffice? I rest my case!

ChrisKels:
If he hadn't been out for long would he have asked to be excused so that he could get minutes under his belt to sharpen up?

Goke7:
😂 @supernerd, you were right boss I give up!

Akor Adams @AkorjeromeAdams : “We are the best team. Thanks to Eric Chelle, we are not just better players, but better people because of him.

My celebration in the previous game was intentional - you don’t kick someone when they’re down. It was a tribute to Congolese fan Michel… pic.twitter.com/B83y9Cupbi

— Dr. Victor Ademola (@AdemolaVictorTv) January 17, 2026

PDPGuy:
Nwabali has now kept EIGHT career AFCON cleansheets!

And I think he is the first Naija keeper to keep 4 consecutive AFCON knockout round cleansheets!

Odunayaw:
So the werey keeper was saying he will save it

😆

Goke7:
😂 @supernerd, you were right boss I give up!

Odunayaw:
😆😂 I like how you worded it yet can't see you're destroying your point.

The fact you're saying He took our team already shows you know they were the lesser team

Mujtahida:
Unpopular opinion:
Third place is better than losing in the final.

opes:
Three players didn't get any playing time at the AFCON.


Amas
Akinsanmiro
Usman Mohammed

minfelix:
With WCQ experience and Afcon experience Eric Chelle has…the way dos man will be wyping any baby team in our group home and away eehnn, just give us group stage like
Nigeria
Zambia
Gambia
Malawi
the kind home and away beating all this werey will collect ehnn…super eagles player should continue their ruthlessness oooo, no more slacking against minnows again oo…..beat them to pulp abeg

TheSuperNerd:
Akor Adams and Chidera Ejuke back in Seville.

BankyGee:
Are you actually sure people don't understand? Because right from time even before Éric Chelle, the Super Eagles always play better in the second halves of games, and under Éric Chelle it's now almost balanced, we are always on top of our game for the whole match.

Even Egypt we played yesterday, the second half was better than the first, we had more possession and Egypt didn't get a shot on target. We just had two goals disallowed, of which the first had no business being disallowed in the first place.

Of our 14 goals scored in this tournament, 9 came in the second half, so what are you saying my lord?

BankyGee:
“No, don't say it's a bronze medal, like it’s simple. Some came and went home without nothing”.

Well said Akor. Very well said.

Akor Adams @AkorjeromeAdams : “We are the best team. Thanks to Eric Chelle, we are not just better players, but better people because of him.

My celebration in the previous game was intentional - you don’t kick someone when they’re down. It was a tribute to Congolese fan Michel… pic.twitter.com/B83y9Cupbi

— Dr. Victor Ademola (@AdemolaVictorTv) January 17, 2026

Blueelf:
Loll, "because we expected him to win"

Pray tell, how many shots did we have. How many on target?

These are indices we can't ignore

Leave sentiments and say the truth

Who were our best players that day - our acts and our GK. This should be a big pointer

AndSunGorilla:
Dem fit enter boat reach Spain now abi?

BankyGee:
Me I want Morocco to cheat them too and win o, no be my head the cheating suppose end 😭

Some no-football-knowledged fans go come use the Senegal win start dey talk down on Super Eagles, forgetting how the cheating disrupted our game plan.

The only thing that'll make me support Senegal winning, na if they win on penalties.

TheSuperNerd:
"Maduka Okoye agenda will never resurrect Lai Lai"

Sebi u don see am now.

9JAMac10:
Sunday Oliseh and Daniel Amokachi are a disgrace to ⚽️ commentators. They are lazy, presumptuous and obviously didn't do no research before any of the games they commentated on. Commentators should rather select on merit, forget ex stars who can't do simple assignment not proper research . Will take oliseh over amokachi though

TheSuperNerd:
Akor Adams and Chidera Ejuke back in Seville.

minfelix:
omo at this point i prefer Senegal…ehhn make them use Senegal talk down super eaglesno wahala..las las Senegal dey above us for ranking level, and we no get any beef against them…i prefer to see Senegal lift afcon over this fecking Ojorocco

Moniter0:
I think players should watch their utterances. Yes I know they want to appear "humble" sometimes but that doesn't mean they should write off themselves in the process. I'll use Osimhen's case as an example in this AFCON. Dude had an interview before the game against Morocco and he mentioned in the interview that Yekini is the greatest striker that Nigeria has ever produced and I wondered what about him that said it. This is the guy that would have equaled and maybe surpassed Yekini's record in this AFCON but guess what happened in the next game after he said it... He recorded no goal, and he could not feature in the game after. The Bible says "you're snared by the words of your mouth". Yes Yekini was a great striker and a football legend for Nigeria but so are you Osimhen! You can exalt Yekini and also acknowledge your greatness as well.
Chukwueze also said his game against South Africa was his best game of his life during an interview after the game against South Africa in 2019 AFCON, and he did not record any meaningful and commensurate impact in the rest of the games he played in that AFCON after that interview. It is one thing to say it is your best game yet, and it is another thing to say it is the best game of your life—which mean you're saying you can't have any game as good or better that the one you just had. Words doesn't know if you say something to make yourself feel "humble" or to impress people with it. It just goes into effect the way you said it and it may take saying the opposite of it to correct it.

ChrisKels:
Did Okoye withdraw because he isn't the first choice, or did he withdraw because he was out for too long and needed constant run of games to get back to shape?

Moniter0:
I think players should watch their utterances. Yes I know they want to appear "humble" sometimes but that doesn't mean they should write off themselves in the process. I'll use Osimhen's case as an example in this AFCON. Dude had an interview before the game against Morocco and he mentioned in the interview that Yekini is the greatest striker that Nigeria has ever produced and I wondered what about him that said it. This is the guy that would have equaled and maybe surpassed Yekini's record in this AFCON but guess what happened in the next game after he said it... He recorded no goal, and he could not feature in the game after. The Bible says "you're snared by the words of your mouth". Yes Yekini was a great striker and a football legend for Nigeria but so are you Osimhen! You can exalt Yekini and also acknowledge your greatness as well.
Chukwueze also said his game against South Africa was his best game of his life during an interview after the game against South Africa in 2019 AFCON, and he did not record any meaningful and commensurate impact in the rest of the games he played in that AFCON after that interview. It is one thing to say it is your best game yet, and it is another thing to say it is the best game of your life—which mean you're saying you can't have any game as good or better that the one you just had. Words doesn't know if you say something to make yourself feel "humble" or to impress people with it. It just goes into effect the way you said it and it may take saying the opposite of it to correct it.