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Kilishihunter:
I think he didn't play in the Afcon final and yet the younger defence held their own in front of an unfriendly crowd. They might beat Iraq but facing speed demons in haaland, sorloth, nusa will make it another crazy day

Sorloth is not fast and Haaland is not an absolute speed demon compared to the France boys. He may survive that one

raumdeuter:
I know we like seniority in Africa but you need to balance it out. Ndiaye is ready and brings energy to the game. No reason not to start him next game

Truth is football age
Mane 34; Mendy; 34; Koulibaly 34; Gana 36...vs these French young players will run you ragged

If you can't bench them know say dem go don gas out by 60mins

Honestly, the coach should be fielding younger replacements for players like Gana, Mane and Koulibaly. Those guys are way past their prime, a team no supposed get that much aged players playing on the pitch at the same time.

Una sure say Yamal better pass Olise?

This Olise dey ball ooo

raumdeuter:
I know we like seniority in Africa but you need to balance it out. Ndiaye is ready and brings energy to the game. No reason not to start him next game

Truth is football age
Mane 34; Mendy; 34; Koulibaly 34; Gana 36...vs these French young players will run you ragged

If you can't bench them know say dem go don gas out by 60mins

Just three old and experience outfield players so how is it not balanced. France average age was 27 while Senegal 29 for the starting 11.

Ibime:
Sorloth is not fast and Haaland is not an absolute speed demon compared to the France boys. He may survive that one

They are not fast like wingers chief but on transition you might make wrong decisions if you don't have the speed to match. I've watched sorloth destroy my defence for years

Are we going to see haram ball from Iraq? 😁

Ibime:
If you check Mbappes first goal and Barcolas goal, the heavy old man was easily outsprinted by both to create so much space to shoot.

Pesin wey done slow, heavy and completely cast since his spell at Chelsea in 2022 na him want keep up with these French speed demons in big 2026. Big man syndrome too dey worry us for Africa. The coach should be big enough to tell him this is not the game for him.

I want to believe if the coach is ready to give other players a chance, he would see a younger CB of Senegal descent in the French league that can replace Koulibaly in that team.

But like you rightly posited, big man/big name syndrome dey worry us for Africa.

Olise played nice but mbappe could have maybe been the man of the match

BlueRayDick:
I want to believe if the coach is ready to give other players a chance, he would see a younger CB of Senegal descent in the French league that can replace Koulibaly in that team.

But like you rightly posited, big man/big name syndrome dey worry us for Africa.

Mamadou Sarr already done the job in AFCON when Koulibaly was suspended..Na big man tings

BlueRayDick:
Honestly, the coach should be fielding younger replacements for players like Gana, Mane and Koulibaly. Those guys are way past their prime, a team no supposed get that much aged players playing on the pitch at the same time.

Gana is still holding strong anytime anyday and Mane is not bad physically either

Funny enough it's the one born in France (Koulibaly) that casted young

The Senegalese players football ages are not far from reality. I will even argue that Gana increased his real age to play football cos that ninja be competing with men ten years his junior in EPL with no problem

Haaland scores

Leyqute:
This second half is going to unravel. Senegal will lose if they keep giving France space to counter them.

And it happened as you said. I just watched the highlights and the amount of space France had in Senegal's defence and midfield was shocking. They better not try it again against other teams

Iraq equalizes

odizeey:
Na 10 Super Eagles go collect.

They too dey overrate that average super eagles team. Na why you go dey hear "they should have allowed Nigeria qualify". People wey play same number of qualifiers as everyone else.

It wont even be the big boys in Europe that will flog those super eagles. Japan, Australia are more than capable of mending them

What a careless back pass

Lana1:
It wont even be the big boys in Europe that will flog those super eagles. Japan, Australia are more than capable of mending them

Japan is a big team

Australia talk is cap

A Super Eagles 11 picked by me will not lose to anyone outside the top 12 or 15 teams in the world

What we have is a selection problem (NFF self sabotage), not a talent problem

Sportsweb:
What a careless back pass

Their inexperience showed on that play. Haaland wan use these guys win golden boot 😄

Lana1:
It wont even be the big boys in Europe that will flog those super eagles. Japan, Australia are more than capable of mending them

Our goalkeepers and defence have gotten better over the years. We have a lot of good options in CB and at full backs. The attack has been self sufficient and we now have zadok who'll soon be capped. There's also another Nigerian at Leipzig who'll probably gain prominence if diomande is sold. If we can search for more creative midfielders to help and phase out iwobi later we'll be stronger

Ibime:
Japan is a big team

Australia talk is cap

A Super Eagles 11 picked by me will not lose to anyone outside the top 12 or 15 teams in the world

What we have is a selection problem (NFF self sabotage), not a talent problem

Out of all the top African teams I think we are the ones who've lost the most foreign born talents yet we still have talent that's not been uncovered

Ibime:
Japan is a big team

Australia talk is cap

A Super Eagles 11 picked by me will not lose to anyone outside the top 12 or 15 teams in the world

What we have is a selection problem (NFF self sabotage), not a talent problem

Until I see a super eagles team picked by you deliver at a world cup, afcon or even qualifiers I will just keep laughing at your delusions.

This is supposed to be the golden era of your super eagles and no Afcon, no memorable achievements and no world cup since 2018. We go use talent hold body tho

popizaino:
You no get talk.

I don commot hand for your matter ever since Arteta shamed you to win Epl. I hope for the sake of my Ancellotti's Brazil,Didier Deschamps doesn't shame you also.

E say “My” Ancellotti..

KYP (Know Your Personnel)..If you did, you will not include Don Carlo.

You no know ball…

Rest!

Kilishihunter:
Our goalkeepers and defence have gotten better over the years. We have a lot of good options in CB and at full backs. The attack has been self sufficient and we now have zadok who'll soon be capped. There's also another Nigerian at Leipzig who'll probably gain prominence if diomande is sold. If we can search for more creative midfielders to help and phase out iwobi later we'll be stronger

Your self sufficient team and attack wey go reach semis and final of Afcon and they'll choke. And then when qualifiers reach, una go dey carry out Variance Analysis to see how you can qualify from the group. Please. Overrated team

There's no era of that Super Eagles team wey we never hear cool stories of how the team is good and they only need this player and that midfielder just for them to always choke when it really matters.
2013 was the outlier.

Lesotho, Benin, Rwanda, Zimbabwe and South Africa was your group but they suppose allow you ahead of Tunisia and Ghana that won 9 matches. Lol

Senegal should not underrate Iraq

Lana1:
Lesotho, Benin, Rwanda, Zimbabwe and South Africa was your group but they suppose allow you ahead of Tunisia and Ghana that won 9 matches. Lol

Go and look at how Super Eagles threw away the first 3 games of that group with Finidi and local players like Benjamin Taminu or whatever

Even now there are so many players undeserving of shirt yet we are flogging big teams like Algeria mercilessly

Like I said, teams like Tunisia make no mistakes. They are operating at 100% of capacity and their 100% is woefully short on the big stage. We play around at 30% of capacity with NFF taking bribes from undeserving players, hiring wack coach on false salary so they can share the salary with him etc. There isn't even a camp where NFF won't chop the match bonuses meant for the players after filling half the team with arrangee players. But a Nigeria at 100% of capacity is a match for anybody. It's a painful something.

Lana1:
Your self sufficient team and attack wey go reach semis and final of Afcon and they'll choke. And then when qualifiers reach, una go dey carry out Variance Analysis to see how you can qualify from the group. Please. Overrated team

Lol I'm talking post AFCON sha. We've been getting more defenders since then. Now we have zadok who can help replace chukwueze. They've been disappointing in the most important stages but we also have to keep on building our own team

Ibime:
Japan is a big team

Australia talk is cap

A Super Eagles 11 picked by me will not lose to anyone outside the top 12 or 15 teams in the world

What we have is a selection problem (NFF self sabotage), not a talent problem

This your SE confidence…I no know where you dey get am

Lana1:
And it happened as you said. I just watched the highlights and the amount of space France had in Senegal's defence and midfield was shocking. They better not try it again against other teams

Deschamps na counter attack merchant. That forward 3 of Mbappe Barcola Dembele is very dangerous on the counter. They’re all fast, can rotate positions swiftly, and are good finishers. Koulibaly moving like a tortoise made things worse.

Just a lil reminder….

Messi time!

I have a feeling Algeria will disappoint some people.