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TheSuperNerd:
You cannot put that Polish goal on the outfield players. Look below... and see how far out that Polish defender was. Do you expect us to alter our team shape in that last min and go press him all the way that deep?

I’m sorry but this goal that Okoye conceded, Nwabali would never. Amas Obasogie is would never! pic.twitter.com/fKIGrVerk5

— BOB ♠️ (@BobMfonmma) June 3, 2026

The players did their job covering up passing lanes...and setting up to cut off the next pass.... the polish defender decided to go for glory and let fly from close to the center circle. Luckily and due to Okoye's poor sense of positioning and anticipation, it worked.
Nwabali made routine saves out of similar strikes due to positioning but it was taken for granted.

There was nothing much the outfield players could do about Wisniewski's strike but there was everything Okoye could have done. Poor anticipation and positioning let him down.

You could see Onuachu standing like iroko tree throughout the passes that finally came to that defender. De boy brought nothing to the attack and was insignificant save th3 penalty.

Onuachu is not at fault. There was little he could do as he was also blocking a passing lane. He was not close to Misniewski and could never have closed him down as fast as you lots say. I speak from personal experience and as one whose brother still actively mans goal on the side.... Okoye should have done better.

forgiveness:
Onuachu is to be blamed. You could see one Nigeria player jettisoned to him to press before that strike but he was ball watching.

If you don keep before, you go know say that was a banger.

I have replied this already. That goal is on Okoye. Not the outfield players.

forgiveness:
You could see Onuachu standing like iroko tree throughout the passes that finally came to that defender. De boy brought nothing to the attack and was insignificant save th3 penalty.

TheSuperNerd:
Onuachu is not at fault. There was little he could do as he was also blocking a passing lane. He was not close to Misniewski and could never have closed him down as fast as you lots say. I speak from personal experience and as one whose brother still actively mans goal on the side.... Okoye should have done better.

Oga! Onuachu no press. Our style is to press from the attack. He didn't do jack. Na em fault.

minfelix:
I really wish Okoye has that stubborn mentality of Nwabali…this Okoye im seeing na Victor Moses younger brother…with some matchday unluckiness posing at him, that guy fit retire from super eagles at age 27🤣🤣….
Omo Nwabali no send anybody papa ohhh…you people will blame and bash him tire, wen its matchday it wont stop him from making a calm save and sleeping on the ball for 2hours before releasing it back into play ooo….even the Lesotho howler we use bashing finish that guy here in nairaland….The only thing Nwabali does is he always have a way to win back the heart of millions through his penalty heroics…He has a strong mentality….

i read one moniker here saying “If im Okoye i will just retire from super eagles”🤣🤣hahahaha

i read another person replying him saying “If okoye retire nobody go notice am or even feel am”…

you dey wine Nigerian football tray? players and goalkeepers full the tray oo

That’s why Chelle will always stand by Nwabali no matter what people say he knows what the keeper brings to the table and his no nonsense attitude. It’s left to Okoye to prove to Chelle he can be depended upon anytime. It’s in his hands no matter the hype or criticisms

TheSuperNerd:
Onuachu is not at fault. There was little he could do as he was also blocking a passing lane. He was not close to Misniewski and could never have closed him down as fast as you lots say. I speak from personal experience and as one whose brother still actively mans goal on the side.... Okoye should have done better.

Oga! Me am a football club founder. Judging from how we play, he messed up. We are not known for parking bus rather pressing from attack to gain possession.

Onuachu no do nada.

He is not at fault. He got into decent defensive position too and was blocking a passing lane by the time the ball returned to Misniewski. The ball was never on his side to even press. Running like a headless chicken is not pressing. Okoye had a great game overall but that goal is on Maduka Okoye.

forgiveness:
Oga! Onuachu no press. Our style is to press from the attack. He didn't do jack. Na em fault.

Then as a club founder, I expect you to have better analytical sight than this. It is not on Onuachu. The ball never circulated close enough for him to press. He is not at fault for that goal.
Fault him for his play uptop or whatever but for that goal, it is ridiculous blaming Onuachu.

forgiveness:
Oga! Me am a football club founder. Judging from how we play, he messed up. We are not known for parking bus rather pressing from attack to gain possession.

Onuachu no do nada.

Sugarboyy:
With the way all our MF are currently playing, we might not see Onyedika in our next AFCON squad.
Ndidi
Onyeka
Iwobi
Alhassan
Nnadi
Bashiru
These 6 MFs to me are better than him in the SE

Bashiru sha get K-leg

FiveFootNinja:
As dimwitted as he is, Afobear is still the only decent troll on this thread. He doesn't try to play both sides. He's a full time hater.

Not these wannabe trolls that want to support Super Eagles one moment and then try to fake troll when things aren't going well.

Afobear is intelligent. The other guy, I cannot say.

3 MFs started vs Poland

Ndidi, Onyeka and Nnadi.

On resumption of the 2nd half, 2 of them got subbed out and another MF and a striker subbed in.

Nnadi out for Durosinmi

Onyeka out for Onyedika


FDB only came into the game on 63mins as sub for Moses Simon and did not play in the middle. He played on the sides...

Even at the Afcon, Onyedika was almost always off the bench before FDB except for the Tanzania game (Game 1).

If Chelle drops a midfielder to accomodate for the rise of Nnadi and the resurgence of Alhassan in the GWG, it would be between Onyedika and FDB. Time will tell.

Up next: Portugal

Mujtahida:
Bashiru sha get K-leg

Atleast the guy good with runs into opponents boxes and scores from midfield. Remember there was a time some fans were glamoring for him to start over Iwobi because of his goals contributions

I still dey watch this Fernandez sha. In my eyes, Nwaiwu is better than both Fernandez and Ogbu

Lol.... abeg who get this newspaper? Na CompleteSports? Or Sporting life? Be like na Sporting Life ooo.

Anyone who did not see the game wont have any idea of the Double reflex save and 1v1 save vs Lewy (funny how Uzoho also had a 1v1 save vs Lewy back in 2018) unless it was reported within.

These guys dey wicked ooo. What sort of headline is this? 😭😭

BankyGee:
This is not about disrespecting Nwabali seff. It's not today I've always been saying I prefer Nwabali to Okoye if both are available and fit.

Yesterday, Okoye proved why he's one of the best Serie A goalkeepers, na cracker goal everybody dey use crucify am forgetting the scoreline would've been like 4 goals in favour of Poland.

How everyone (at least you are even talking about the other saves, A LOT of people are not) chose to focus on that last goal dey burst my head seff.

That's one of the best performances I've seen from a Nigerian goalkeeper in a while.

Coming second after Nwabali vs. DR Congo.

I no wan even argue this thing again. Make we go beat Portugal ASAP make Ronaldo calm down small before World Cup start.

Okoye just has bad luck. Look at that sterling performance yesterday which would have been capped with our victory only for that devil of a defender to whip that thunderbolt and ruin the young's man glory trip.

He should keep going. His day will come.

Fernandez is a sleek ball playing stopper. Dont expect him to consistently bring the ball forward. Dangerous aerially too but we did not see much of his aerial threat yesterday.

Nwaiwu has a CDM background so is adept at initiating attacks from the back via lines-breaking final third passes or ball carrying. Also aggressive in his man markings. And like Fernandez also aerially dominant.

Two distinct CB profiles.

ChrisKels:
I still dey watch this Fernandez sha. In my eyes, Nwaiwu is better than both Fernandez and Ogbu

Mujtahida:
Okoye just has bad luck. Look at that sterling performance yesterday which would have been capped with our victory only for that devil of a defender to whip that thunderbolt and ruin the young's man glory trip.

He should keep going. His day will come.

If we were playing SA I would have expected a long ranger. I just couldn't imagine that a belter was coming until he shaped to shoot. I at first thought a cross was coming.

Watching that game again without stress and tension we really dominated the Angolan. That 1-0 defeat really flattered them to put it mildly.

TheSuperNerd:
Are you people seriously asking this?

Okay, watch 1.09 alone... watch the whole video after that too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ar0EKNaV6E?si=tBrNZsfWWzhTJKnm

Maduka Okoye tried yesterday sha. The criticisms are not unwarranted but in some ways they're becoming excessive. Let's not use because of that last shot to wipe out all the goodwill he amassed right before the last couple of seconds.

He just needs to work on his positioning and occasional nervous energy and he's golden.

Daz all.

TheSuperNerd:
Fernandez is a sleek ball playing stopper. Dont expect him to consistently bring the ball forward. Dangerous aerially too but we did not see much of his aerial threat yesterday.

Nwaiwu has a CDM background so is adept at initiating attacks from the back via lines-breaking final third passes or ball carrying. Also aggressive in his man markings. And like Fernandez also aerially dominant.

Two distinct CB profiles.

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TheSuperNerd:
Fernandez is a sleek ball playing stopper. Dont expect him to consistently bring the ball forward. Dangerous aerially too but we did not see much of his aerial threat yesterday.

Nwaiwu has a CDM background so is adept at initiating attacks from the back via lines-breaking final third passes or ball carrying. Also aggressive in his man markings. And like Fernandez also aerially dominant.

Two distinct CB profiles.

But this your description already supports my claim because from the description, Nwaiwu ticks more boxes than Fernandez. I like aggressive CBs that can also initiate attacks.

minfelix:
Very Bias Nairaland thread
Okoye die hard fans= dont blame Okoye for that goal bla bla bla
Uzoho concedes same screamer and they will go blind of how the shot changed in its trajectory and wont even give Uzoho chance to explain him self🤣🤣
If that same long range shot beat Nwabali, just come and see how clamour for Okoye will arise almost immediately 🤣🤣.

I no dey take many die fans serious here again, there most loving player can never do wrong…they dont like to be challenged…..just challenge them and their die hard players and watch them call you hater(agenda must agend🤣)

Person play shot from almost midfield centre line traveling from Oshodi through Lekki and landing inside your net you dey tell me nonsense (trying to now blame Onuachu for giving the player time and space)….na em b say i fit wire hot shot from midfield during training make e beat Okoye b that(Okoye is an amazing keeper but man still has alot to learn abeg

Whether Okoye oo, Nwabali oo, Uzoho, there's no goalkeeper that will concede that goal that I'd blame. I put the blame squarely on the midfielders and the defenders for letting that guy have so much space to shoot. If you watch the guy's movement you'd see the exact moment he made up his mind to shoot because no one closed him down.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol.... abeg who get this newspaper? Na CompleteSports? Or Sporting life? Be like na Sporting Life ooo.

Anyone who did not see the game wont have any idea of the Double reflex save and 1v1 save vs Lewy (funny how Uzoho also had a 1v1 save vs Lewy back in 2018) unless it was reported within.

These guys dey wicked ooo. What sort of headline is this? 😭😭

dem take am personal be like say the guy wey write the headline im ticket cut

FiveFootNinja:
Maduka Okoye tried yesterday sha. The criticisms are not unwarranted but in some ways they're becoming excessive. Let's not use because of that last shot to wipe out all the goodwill he amassed right before the last couple of seconds.

He just needs to work on his positioning and occasional nervous energy and he's golden.

Daz all.

I wish it was 2-0 before the dye mins shot came..:we wouldn’t even be talking about Okoye…that we beat poland 2-1 would have been the talk of town..
or if that shot was their 1-1 equalizer followed by all his brilliant 1v1 saves made and we later won 2-1….nobody will even remember the shot😅😀….Okoye’s head in super eagles always have him end matches🤣🤣leaving him vulnerable to be torn apart by fans

Mujtahida:
Whether Okoye oo, Nwabali oo, Uzoho, there's no goalkeeper that will concede that goal that I'd blame. I put the blame squarely on the midfielders and the defenders for letting that guy have so much space to shoot. If you watch the guy's movement you'd see the exact moment he made up his mind to shoot because no one closed him down.

Leave our defenders out of this oo🤣🤣 that shot was coming from the other side of heaven….it has not even reach the territory of our defenders…the goal scorer just moved away from the centre line oo…so its either Midfielders/wingers/strikers that would have wrestle him…

Goke7:
I just dey imagine if na Uzoho concede last night, nothing wey we no go hear from all these okoye fans, abeg hypocrites too full for this place.

Why am I not blaming Okoye? It's because he showed up, unlike in Afcon, where he gave excuses. He should be encouraged, but please, all these he's the best because he plays in Serie A should be thrown into the trash can. I know how, during World Cup qualifiers and Afcon, Nwabali was getting bashed left, right and centre even from journalists, thank God Chelle na man, another coach for don drop the keeper. Okoye should use this opportunity to establish himself as the number one for as long as Nwabali is away, and pray he continues to get lucky; if not, he should ask his senior brother Uzoho how far.

Let's be fair to the members of this thread. I do not agree that absolving Maduka of blame for that goal is hypocritical. I've been one of his staunchest critic but reality is that that goal will beat any keeper any day. If Uzoho had let in that goal, I think the sentiment of this thread will remain the same as is currently being expressed towards Okoye.

And in relation to Nwabali - he was criticized, not for his goalkeeping but for his unnecessary antics.

Mujtahida:
Whether Okoye oo, Nwabali oo, Uzoho, there's no goalkeeper that will concede that goal that I'd blame. I put the blame squarely on the midfielders and the defenders for letting that guy have so much space to shoot. If you watch the guy's movement you'd see the exact moment he made up his mind to shoot because no one closed him down.

Maybe you sha, and thats fair enough from you…but 9ja general fans will blame any goalkeeper in the post beaten by long range shot…
The first thing you will hear i viewing centre is
“See keeper oooooooo🙆🏼🙆🏼🤦🏽‍♀️, this one na otu ooo, them wan use shot blind werey eyes”

minfelix:
Maybe you sha, and thats fair enough from you…but 9ja general fans will blame any goalkeeper in the post beaten by long range shot…
The first thing you will hear i viewing centre is
“See keeper oooooooo🙆🏼🙆🏼🤦🏽‍♀️, this one na otu ooo, them wan use shot blind werey eyes”

Online reviews of Okoye's performance has largely been positive. So it's not just me. Any fair minded football fan knows that goal is not his fault. He could have saved it. But not saving it is not his fault.

minfelix:
Leave our defenders out of this oo🤣🤣 that shot was coming from the other side of heaven….it has not even reach the territory of our defenders…the goal scorer just moved away from the centre line oo…so its either Midfielders/wingers/strikers that would have wrestle him…

Defenders bear secondary blame because they ought to holla on the other players to shield that defender. Mind you it was a polish defender who scored that goal.

Odunayaw:
If we were playing SA I would have expected a long ranger. I just couldn't imagine that a belter was coming until he shaped to shoot. I at first thought a cross was coming.

You really watched him. That guy wasn't originally going to shoot. It was when he realized he had good space in front of him to think and act, that he decided to shoot. One can literally see the moment he made up his mind.

Sugarboyy:
Atleast the guy good with runs into opponents boxes and scores from midfield. Remember there was a time some fans were glamoring for him to start over Iwobi because of his goals contributions

Better options are coming up oo

Lol those cats have been going to the WC since the same Jurassic era.

I definitely remember Modric and Perisic from the 2014 WC.

TheSuperNerd:
Off topic.. I could not help but laugh at this depiction of Croatia's midfield core heading to the WC...

Modric, Perisic, Kramaric e Kovacic chegando pra mais uma Copa pela Croácia pic.twitter.com/H34JDVCiS3

— Leandro 🇧🇷 (@crfleandropires) June 2, 2026