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WarHammer2000:
And Chelle outplayed this same team easily at the AFCON. Without Osimhen

This is the not the same Egypt.

They have improved.

The Egypt of last year would have packed bus against Belgium.

Goke7:
They got the memo from Morocco

Can Senegal get a decent result against France match ?

Kog45:
Okoye na modern keeper and Nwabali na gbegiri keeper abi,wahala dey o

Just say modern basket

Meliforme:
Chidera Ejuke still remains the most technical Super Eagles player.
PSG vs Arsenal UCL clash, i saw PSG players failing to pull dribbling maneuvres that Chidera Ejuke would normally perform.

His time will come.

He's better than Yamal at displacing players

So far, all the African teams that have played have given a good account of themselves...with the exception of Tunisia and South Africa

yinkeys:
Can Senegal get a decent result against France match ?

They have a chance

Danielnino00:
So far, all the African teams that have played have given a good account of themselves...with the exception of Tunisia and South Africa

African teams so far at 2026 WC...

SA ❌️
Maroc 🤝🏿
CIV ✅️
Tunisia ❌️
Cape Verde 🤝🏿
Egypt 🤝🏿
Senegal ⏳️
Algeria⏳️
DRC⏳️
Ghana⏳️

6 African reps have played and only CIV have secured a win. Egypt, Morocco and Cape Verde secured impressive draws.



As for Tunisia and South Africa.......

😀😀😀

TheSuperNerd:
African teams so far at 2026 WC...

SA ❌️
Maroc 🤝🏿
CIV ✅️
Tunisia ❌️
Cape Verde 🤝🏿
Egypt 🤝🏿
Senegal ⏳️
Algeria⏳️
DRC⏳️
Ghana⏳️

6 African reps have played and only CIV have secured a win. Egypt, Morocco and Cape Verde secured impressive draws.



As for Tunisia and South Africa.......

TheSuperNerd:
African teams so far at 2026 WC...

SA ❌️
Maroc 🤝🏿
CIV ✅️
Tunisia ❌️
Cape Verde 🤝🏿
Egypt 🤝🏿
Senegal ⏳️
Algeria⏳️
DRC⏳️
Ghana⏳️

6 African reps have played and only CIV have secured a win. Egypt, Morocco and Cape Verde secured impressive draws.



As for Tunisia and South Africa.......

Make Ghana match do fast come abeg

The African teams at the world cup will be world cup tested when the next AFCON starts, even qualifiers will be brutal, teams like Cape Verde will become more confident in their ability to upset any of the top African sides...while the likes of Morocco, Ivory Coast, Senegal etc will keep getting better.

SymphonyRad:
The African teams at the world cup will be world cup tested when the next AFCON starts, even qualifiers will be brutal, teams like Cape Verde will become more confident in their ability to upset any of the top African sides...while the likes of Morocco, Ivory Coast, Senegal etc will keep getting better.

1 year is a long time.

Odunayaw:
Make Ghana match do fast come abeg

We’re waiting for our bredas to collect 😂

Saudi don knack Uruguay 1-0 o

Allahu Akhbar! The Arabian lords strikes first...

Goke7:
Saudi don knack Uruguay 1-0 o

Is your Panamanian passport ready?

Odunayaw:
Make Ghana match do fast come abeg

BlackManta:
This is the not the same Egypt.

They have improved.

The Egypt of last year would have packed bus against Belgium.

Last year ke. It's this January abi February we played them last lol.

Uruguay equalises! 1-1

TheSuperNerd:
Allahu Akhbar! The Arabian lords strikes first...

It will Look like dream if the next AFCON champ is mot among this 10 wc caf reps.


Over to Super Eagles. No excuses

I have said it before already. Senegal, CIV, Morocco and even DRC will make the next Afcon even more competitive alongside a Comeback Cameroun and co but the Title belongs to the Super Eagles.... let time speak. Naija is coming.

daveP:
It will Look like dream if the next AFCON champ is mot among this 10 wc caf reps.


Over to Super Eagles. No excuses

FT Saudi Arabia 1-1 Uruguay


Next up in this group H
Spain vs Saudi Arabia
Uruguay vs Cape Verde

TheSuperNerd:
Uruguay equalises! 1-1

This has been the most boring game of the World Cup by far, Bielsa is an absolute terrorist man

most boring day for the world cup so far

TheSuperNerd:
Is your Panamanian passport ready?

Just changing the color from my Mexican one. All Spanish

Odunayaw:
1 year is a long time.

Dey play, you will never imagine what the kind of confidence a world cup participation can do for a team.

Looks like FIFA has restricted the fan cam for this one

Suprisingly, Iran does seem to have a lot of fans. Like the stadium is filled up.

Groups B and G seem to be the most balanced so far. I could honestly see either Iran or NZ upsetting Belgium.

Los Angeles county has the largest concentration of Iranians in the US (probably in all of diaspora). You would almost think the draw was influenced to have their first match there

JohnBullMySon:
Looks like FIFA has restricted the fan cam for this one

Suprisingly, Iran does seem to have a lot of fans. Like the stadium is filled up.

Will he be joining after or during the competition? If the latter is the case, I sorry for Tunisia

Is there a Track and Field thread here on Nairaland? The closest I found is this one: https://www.nairaland.com/3311202/golden-age-nigerian-athletics-videos

cc: lovewins, PDPGuy, chrisooblog et al

Only 3 out of 10 European teams have managed to win their opening game at the 2026 World Cup so far:

❌ Czechia lost 2-1 to South Korea
🤝 Bosnia drew 1-1 with Canada
🤝 Switzerland drew 1-1 with Qatar
✅ Scotland beat Haiti 1-0
❌ Turkey lost 2-0 to Australia
✅ Germany crushed Curacao 7-1
🤝 Netherlands drew 2-2 with Japan
✅ Sweden beat Tunisia 5-1
🤝 Spain drew 0-0 with Cape Verde
🤝Belgium drew 1-1 with Egypt

minfelix:
Only 3 out of 10 European teams have managed to win their opening game at the 2026 World Cup so far:

❌ Czechia lost 2-1 to South Korea
🤝 Bosnia drew 1-1 with Canada
🤝 Switzerland drew 1-1 with Qatar
✅ Scotland beat Haiti 1-0
❌ Turkey lost 2-0 to Australia
✅ Germany crushed Curacao 7-1
🤝 Netherlands drew 2-2 with Japan
✅ Sweden beat Tunisia 5-1
🤝 Spain drew 0-0 with Cape Verde
🤝Belgium drew 1-1 with Egypt

Football is now open source. It is no longer a birthright of Europe or Anybody for that matter.

If you loose guard, you collect

I believe most Nigerians will be more comfortable with that Cape Verdean goalkeeper than someone like Okoye, yet he plays in the Portuguese second division while Okoye plays in Serie A.

Another reason why the " where he plays matters " argument is so weak.