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TheSuperNerd:
DRC and Ghana executed same gameplan. The Difference? While England failed to convert the few chances they had, Colombia converted one of their several chances.

Defensive park bus haram is praised as tactical masterclass when you get a result. But when one goal is conceeded and the game lost as seen in DRC's case, then you get to see how futile it is to rely on defending for 90mins+.

FT Colombia 1-0 DRC

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

SA ❌️🤝🏿⏳️ = 1pt (Bottom A)
Maroc 🤝🏿✅️⏳️ = 4pts (2nd C)
CIV ✅️❌️⏳️ = 3pts (2nd E)
Tunisia ❌️❌️⏳️ = Zero pts (Bottom F)
Cape Verde 🤝🏿🤝🏿⏳️ = 2pts (3rd H)
Egypt 🤝🏿✅️⏳️ = 4pts (1st G)
Senegal ❌️❌️⏳️ = Zero pts (3rd I)
Algeria ❌️✅️⏳️ = 3pts (3rd J)
DRC 🤝🏿❌️⏳️ = 1pt (3rd K)
Ghana✅️🤝🏿⏳️ = 4pts (2nd L)



MD 1: 10 African reps recorded 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses.

MD 2: 10 African reps recorded 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.

MD 3: ⏳️

Up next:
Matchday 3 fixtures of the Group Stage begin...

Morocco vs Haiti (Grp C)
South Africa vs South Korea (Grp A)

minfelix:
make many of una dey do hypocrisy for their…during the afcon we played one the most exciting soccer, i belong to so many Ghana pages and argument room….even as them no qualify to afcon they never for once agreed we played well against Tunisia,Uganda,Tanzania,Mozambique or even agrees their fellow country Ghanaian ref help to kill our game against Morocco..…instead the whole of them from head to toe hurling banter and shades at Osimehn,Lookman and super eagles and anticipating our downfall….And many here dey form hypocrisy(Congratulations bla bla bla)
Congratulations my a$$🤣😂😂🤣
Oga dem play nonsense today ho ha!!!

na em that fat face dey come tell me say i dey get hate🤣🤣🤣

Tomorrow the grown up agbaya will come and call Osimhen seriki becos he plays for Gala…and expect me to congratulate this nonsense football i watched this evening 🤣🤣🤣
Taaaa gbafuo all of you involved in support of these sh!t football🤣😅😅

SolaFide:
THE WORLD CUP IS ONCE AGAIN EXPOSING AFRICAN FOOTBALL (Gragra Cannot Beat Technique)

Every tournament, the World Cup starts, and we are reminded once again that football is not an athletics competition.

A technically gifted player can dismantle an entire midfield that is stronger, faster, and more aggressive than him. We are watching it happen right before our eyes.

For decades, African football has celebrated physicality while neglecting technical development. We praise strength, pace, and "gragra" as if they are football philosophies. They are not.

The gap between many African nations and the world's elite is not talent. It has never been talent. It is development.

A boy in Europe touches the ball thousands more times in structured environments before he becomes a professional. He is taught positioning, scanning, decision-making, first touch, passing angles, and game intelligence. Many of our players are still being taught how to survive football instead of how to master it.

Perhaps the most worrying thing about many African teams at this World Cup is not even the results. It is the absence of a clear football identity.

You watch them and struggle to answer a simple question: What exactly are they trying to be?

Some want to press but cannot sustain it. Some want to play possession football but lack the technical quality. Some sit deep without defensive organization. Others rely entirely on transitions and moments of individual brilliance.

The elite football nations have identities. You know what Spain wants to do. You know what Germany wants to do. You know what Morocco wants to do. You know what Norway wants to do.

Too many African teams still look like collections of talented individuals rather than systems built around a football philosophy. When talent runs out, there is no structure left to fall back on.

That is why every tournament feels like starting from scratch.

New coach. New style. New excuses. Same problems.

That is also why we keep producing players who explode onto the scene, have one great season, and disappear. The foundation was never properly built.

Meanwhile, countries with fewer football resources continue producing players who look more comfortable on the ball, more intelligent in possession, and more complete in every phase of the game.

Morocco saw the future and invested in technical development. The results are there for everyone to see.

The rest of Africa is still celebrating physical battles while the football world is winning technical wars.

Until we stop worshipping athleticism and start demanding elite technical education even from academy level, we will continue to confuse potential with achievement.

Talent is everywhere in Africa.

Development is not.

And that is the difference.

Siyonna Davids on Twitter

Me: 🎙

I always place technically gifted players above those who played Street football to the World. The difference is CRAZY. Reason some regular players in Madugu’s tram can never make my list. Football has EVOLVED and left Nigeria decades behind for real!

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Mujtahida:
Happy that DRC lost.

SolaFide:
THE WORLD CUP IS ONCE AGAIN EXPOSING AFRICAN FOOTBALL (Gragra Cannot Beat Technique)

Every tournament, the World Cup starts, and we are reminded once again that football is not an athletics competition.

A technically gifted player can dismantle an entire midfield that is stronger, faster, and more aggressive than him. We are watching it happen right before our eyes.

For decades, African football has celebrated physicality while neglecting technical development. We praise strength, pace, and "gragra" as if they are football philosophies. They are not.

The gap between many African nations and the world's elite is not talent. It has never been talent. It is development.

A boy in Europe touches the ball thousands more times in structured environments before he becomes a professional. He is taught positioning, scanning, decision-making, first touch, passing angles, and game intelligence. Many of our players are still being taught how to survive football instead of how to master it.

Perhaps the most worrying thing about many African teams at this World Cup is not even the results. It is the absence of a clear football identity.

You watch them and struggle to answer a simple question: What exactly are they trying to be?

Some want to press but cannot sustain it. Some want to play possession football but lack the technical quality. Some sit deep without defensive organization. Others rely entirely on transitions and moments of individual brilliance.

The elite football nations have identities. You know what Spain wants to do. You know what Germany wants to do. You know what Morocco wants to do. You know what Norway wants to do.

Too many African teams still look like collections of talented individuals rather than systems built around a football philosophy. When talent runs out, there is no structure left to fall back on.

That is why every tournament feels like starting from scratch.

New coach. New style. New excuses. Same problems.

That is also why we keep producing players who explode onto the scene, have one great season, and disappear. The foundation was never properly built.

Meanwhile, countries with fewer football resources continue producing players who look more comfortable on the ball, more intelligent in possession, and more complete in every phase of the game.

Morocco saw the future and invested in technical development. The results are there for everyone to see.

The rest of Africa is still celebrating physical battles while the football world is winning technical wars.

Until we stop worshipping athleticism and start demanding elite technical education even from academy level, we will continue to confuse potential with achievement.

Talent is everywhere in Africa.

Development is not.

And that is the difference.

Siyonna Davids on Twitter

Me: 🎙

I always place technically gifted players above those who played Street football to the World. The difference is CRAZY. Reason some regular players in Madugu’s tram can never make my list. Football has EVOLVED and left Nigeria decades behind for real!

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Justice505:
For the male category or female.

SolaFide:
THE WORLD CUP IS ONCE AGAIN EXPOSING AFRICAN FOOTBALL (Gragra Cannot Beat Technique)

Every tournament, the World Cup starts, and we are reminded once again that football is not an athletics competition.

A technically gifted player can dismantle an entire midfield that is stronger, faster, and more aggressive than him. We are watching it happen right before our eyes.

For decades, African football has celebrated physicality while neglecting technical development. We praise strength, pace, and "gragra" as if they are football philosophies. They are not.

The gap between many African nations and the world's elite is not talent. It has never been talent. It is development.

A boy in Europe touches the ball thousands more times in structured environments before he becomes a professional. He is taught positioning, scanning, decision-making, first touch, passing angles, and game intelligence. Many of our players are still being taught how to survive football instead of how to master it.

Perhaps the most worrying thing about many African teams at this World Cup is not even the results. It is the absence of a clear football identity.

You watch them and struggle to answer a simple question: What exactly are they trying to be?

Some want to press but cannot sustain it. Some want to play possession football but lack the technical quality. Some sit deep without defensive organization. Others rely entirely on transitions and moments of individual brilliance.

The elite football nations have identities. You know what Spain wants to do. You know what Germany wants to do. You know what Morocco wants to do. You know what Norway wants to do.

Too many African teams still look like collections of talented individuals rather than systems built around a football philosophy. When talent runs out, there is no structure left to fall back on.

That is why every tournament feels like starting from scratch.

New coach. New style. New excuses. Same problems.

That is also why we keep producing players who explode onto the scene, have one great season, and disappear. The foundation was never properly built.

Meanwhile, countries with fewer football resources continue producing players who look more comfortable on the ball, more intelligent in possession, and more complete in every phase of the game.

Morocco saw the future and invested in technical development. The results are there for everyone to see.

The rest of Africa is still celebrating physical battles while the football world is winning technical wars.

Until we stop worshipping athleticism and start demanding elite technical education even from academy level, we will continue to confuse potential with achievement.

Talent is everywhere in Africa.

Development is not.

And that is the difference.

Siyonna Davids on Twitter

Me: 🎙

I always place technically gifted players above those who played Street football to the World. The difference is CRAZY. Reason some regular players in Madugu’s tram can never make my list. Football has EVOLVED and left Nigeria decades behind for real!

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Odunayaw:
Hence I advised NSC to go all out to host the competition. 8 teams, 2 cities/venues.
We host, we don't worry about qualifiers (4 matches within two rounds)

Only hiccup I see is how AFCON next year will avoid clashing with the U23 AFCON

Mujtahida:
Happy that DRC lost.

WhiteIverson:
Senegal needs to trash Iraq

charlesemeka85:
Columbia wan kill DRC. I just dey watch highlight now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

9JAMac10:
If Messi went the whole 2010 World Cup without scoring a single goal, how did he win the ballon dor that year?

yinkeys:
I hope DRC beat Uzbekistan to qualify though

Odunayaw:
I just de watch am too 😂
18mins like 6 attempts. If aboniki no finish for keeper body from all that jumping en

See what Nigeria goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is causing 😭💔✨ pic.twitter.com/BzuQDRIYi8

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) June 24, 2026

9JAMac10:
If Messi went the whole 2010 World Cup without scoring a single goal, how did he win the ballon dor that year?

yinkeys:
That was Sneider’s ballon d’or
They gave Messi

VVD also lost out to Messi in 2019

kodded:
But in modern football you need their two to succeed

As a matter of fact, modern football requires more physical players than technicals, that is why black players are taking over all the technical Europe national teams

Example France and England



Even the morroco national team you are hyping had to rely on home advantage and refree bias to win team Nigeria on penalties with one of our key player suspended, and funny enough during that game, the technical oyedinka player that was brought in to replace the suspended ndidi became the weaklink in that our team because of his lack of physicality

Philosopher1979:
Europe is the reason why African teams lack technically gifted players. Europe keeps on frustrating the technically gifted African players that go to Europe. It is only the physically powerful players that Europe keeps promoting. In fact, Europe frustrates creative African midfielders or players. Ok Europe told us that zaidu sanusi, frank oyeka, Wilfred ndidi etc are better than rabiu ibram, ibrahim muazum, kelechi nwakali, and other technical players Nigeria produces.
Mikel Obi is one glaring example of this. A technical midfielder nearly turned into a central defender by Maurinho and his so called advanced football tactics.
In fact, it is as if the more technical a player is, the less he makes it in Europe. Since our perception of a good player is determined by Europe, this affects how we select players for our national teams. This is part of the reason some people in this forum say we should not always let Europe determine our perception of football. It's not always realistic. Idenna is one moniker here who has similar views even though he can be extreme at times.
What you said is good but this has to be taken into account.

Check this site out.
https://goallegacy.forumotion.com/t17951-is-europe-killing-the-african-playmaker

TheSuperNerd:
Messi clocks 39 today.

Below is his career goals breakdown by age.