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Ethan Nwaneri will likely play next AFCON. Chelle will meet with his reps in due time

https://owngoalnigeria.com/2026/06/26/exclusive-chelle-insists-on-ethan-nwaneri-for-super-eagles-number-10-role/#google_vignette

yinkeys:
Brazil won their group
Argentina won their group
Colombia won their group
No African team won a group bruh!
CONMEBOL still higher than AFCON

Is it by winning groups or by having more of your teams crossing over to the next stage of the tourney?

So FIFA has been cheating African teams
When the WC was 32 teams we used to have just 5 slots
Now that we are in the round of 32 we have 9 slots, wonders shall never end
African fans do complain about under representation in the past

kingphilip:
Is it by winning groups or by having more of your teams crossing over to the next stage of the tourney?

How many countries are in South America lol ?

The route looks clean for Brazil to get to the final if you ask me o

How does owngoalnigeria still have any credibility in 2026? 🤦🏾

TheSuperNerd:
Confirmed Round of 32 Fixtures (Full Matchups)...

Germany v Paraguay

France v Sweden

SA v Canada

Netherlands v Morocco

Portugal v Croatia

Spain v Austria

USA v Bosnia-Herzegovina

Belgium v Senegal

Brazil v Japan

CIV v Norway

Mexico v Ecuador

England v DRC

Argentina v Cape Verde

Australia v Egypt

Switzerland v Algeria

Colombia v Ghana

Germany v Paraguay - Germany
France v Sweden - France
SA v Canada - SA
Netherlands v Morocco - Morocco
Portugal v Croatia - Portugal
Spain v Austria - Spain
USA v Bosnia-Herzegovina - USA
Belgium v Senegal - Senegal
Brazil v Japan - Brazil
CIV v Norway - CIV
Mexico v Ecuador - Mexico
England v DRC - England
Argentina v Cape Verde - Argentina
Australia v Egypt - Egypt
Switzerland v Algeria - Algeria
Colombia v Ghana - Columbia.

I've got six african teams making it into the round of 16. They are South Africa, Morocco, Senegal, CIV, Egypt and Algeria.

yinkeys:
So FIFA has been cheating African teams
When the WC was 32 teams we used to have just 5 slots
Now that we are in the round of 32 we have 9 slots, wonders shall never end

The way you think ehn. its worrying

semid4lyfe:
Germany v Paraguay - Germany
France v Sweden - France
SA v Canada - SA
Netherlands v Morocco - Morocco
Portugal v Croatia - Portugal
Spain v Austria - Spain
USA v Bosnia-Herzegovina - USA
Belgium v Senegal - Senegal
Brazil v Japan - Brazil
CIV v Norway - CIV
Mexico v Ecuador - Mexico
England v DRC - England
Argentina v Cape Verde - Argentina
Australia v Egypt - Egypt
Switzerland v Algeria - Algeria
Colombia v Ghana - Columbia.

I've got six african teams making it into the round of 16. They are South Africa, Morocco, Senegal, CIV, Egypt and Algeria.

Morocco can’t touch Holland
With what I’ve watched so far lol
Dumfries and co will be waiting
I hope Morocco win but it’s unlikely
Can SA beat host nation, let’s wait

Only Senegal & Egypt seem straightforward to me

semid4lyfe:
The way you think ehn. its worrying

Na joke lol
So obvious you can’t tell

The world cup is rigged in favour of Argentina

R2bees2:
Ethan Nwaneri will likely play next AFCON. Chelle will meet with his reps in due time

https://owngoalnigeria.com/2026/06/26/exclusive-chelle-insists-on-ethan-nwaneri-for-super-eagles-number-10-role/#google_vignette

Lol

Joebie:
Naija no go get bragging right for WC again. make we continue to drag who carry first for AFCON trophy. naija low self esteem disguised is loud confidence

Which bragging right we be get for world cup?
R16?

"host nation" gimmick and its just Canada. The match will be played in the US so there wont be any home advantage for Canada. They have not really impressed during their group stage and i wont be surprised if they lose to SA.

yinkeys:
Morocco can’t touch Holland
With what I’ve watched so far lol
Dumfries and co will be waiting
I hope Morocco win but it’s unlikely
Can SA beat host nation, let’s wait

Only Senegal & Egypt seem straightforward to me

TheSuperNerd:
Algeria vs Switzerland will see Vladimir Petkovic, Coach of Algeria come up against his home nation and former team.
He was Switzerland NT coach for 7yrs between 2014 and 2021.
Coached them to Euros 2016 and 2020.

Football does it again.

😂 Algeria is done be that na their coach go reveal their tactics to Switzerland no need for spying just a phone call from the Swiss to greet their former coach that’s all

yinkeys:
So FIFA has been cheating African teams
When the WC was 32 teams we used to have just 5 slots
Now that we are in the round of 32 we have 9 slots, wonders shall never end
African fans do complain about under representation in the past

It’s also shows why Afcon is now more competitive than before and becoming more exciting than even the euros

Big up's to our CAF reps, but they all qualified to next round by racking up points against the weaker Asian and CONCACAF teams, no top CONCACAF or European team was beaten by a CAF side (except we count the Ecuador loss to CIV). I hope they show they truly belong now by beating the big boys for the Rd of 16 cause the real phase that separates men from the boys has truly begun.

The only way the African teams are making it past the R32 is on penalties. None have the quality to beat their respective opponents in 90 or 120 mins

Let's be calming down with this 'making it through' talk. This expanded commercial world cup carried almost zero peril in the group stage. Out of 3 games a team (Senegal) lost 2 and beat ONLY Iraq to qualify! That's too easy and unheard of. In World Cup football, there are no second chances, no rebirth. You either win or come runner up in a strong group or you go home.

I remind y'all what WC groups looked like before this thing we're calling a world cup

Nigeria, Croatia, Argentina, Iceland
Nigeria, England, Sweden, Argentina
Ivory Cost, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia
Ivory Coast, Brazil, Portugal, North Korea
Tunisia, England, Belgium, Paraguay
SA, Uruguay, France, Mexico
Cameroon, Netherlands, Denmark, Japan

.....and then only top 2 qualifies.

Now just beat a terribly poor AFC team like a Qatar, Uzbekistan etc and if you can scrape a draw somewhere else you are guaranteed to progress. On occasion you might not even need that draw and you're fine.

Anyway good luck to all the non xenophobic African countries.

PDPGuy:
Tough on Iran!

Won’t be surprised if this game is rigged!

I slept off, didn't watch the game but I remember Australia vs Paraguay but this is even better, they made it 3-3 with late goals.

wayodude:
Let's be calming down with this 'making it through' talk. This expanded commercial world cup carried almost zero peril in the group stage. Out of 3 games a team (Senegal) lost 2 and beat ONLY Iraq to qualify! That's too easy and unheard of. In World Cup football, there are no second chances, no rebirth. You either win or come runner up in a strong group or you go home.

I remind y'all what WC groups looked like before this thing we're calling a world cup

Nigeria, Croatia, Argentina, Iceland
Nigeria, England, Sweden, Argentina
Ivory Cost, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia
Ivory Coast, Brazil, Portugal, North Korea
Tunisia, England, Belgium, Paraguay
SA, Uruguay, France, Mexico
Cameroon, Netherlands, Denmark, Japan

.....and then only top 2 qualifies.

Now just beat a terribly poor AFC team like a Qatar, Uzbekistan etc and if you can scrape a draw somewhere else you are guaranteed to progress. On occasion you might not even need that draw and you're fine.

Anyway good luck to all the non xenophobic African countries.

Thank you abeg. Glad to know I'm not the only one thinking this.

As nice as it is to think that 9 out of 10 African teams qualified for the knockout stage of this World Cup, it's also important to remember that this World Cup is an entirely different tournament from the OG World Cup we grew up with. Let's assess things critically and objectively. Back in the days, you can ball your life out and still crash out 3rd in the group stage. Shit wasn't easy at all.

Now teams can lose two whole games and win just one game against one unknown minnow to qualify. Or draw all three games with a goals difference of zero and still qualify.

As far as I'm concerned, this World Cup doesn't start until the QF or Round of 16 at most. Any team still left in the final 8 is the team that will earn my respect in this World Cup.

Amedino99:
"host nation" gimmick and its just Canada. The match will be played in the US so there wont be any home advantage for Canada. They have not really impressed during their group stage and i wont be surprised if they lose to SA.

Nice
I forgot Canada didn’t win their group
I thought it’s in Canada

I don't see Portugal reaching the last 8.
R16 , home calling..

WhiteIverson:
The only way the African teams are making it past the R32 is on penalties. None have the quality to beat their respective opponents in 90 or 120 mins

Only exception is Egypt

Let’s wait
The games will be played on the pitch and not on paper
Morocco shocked Portugal in the QF last time out

semid4lyfe:
Germany v Paraguay - Germany
France v Sweden - France
SA v Canada - SA
Netherlands v Morocco - Morocco
Portugal v Croatia - Portugal
Spain v Austria - Spain
USA v Bosnia-Herzegovina - USA
Belgium v Senegal - Senegal
Brazil v Japan - Brazil
CIV v Norway - CIV
Mexico v Ecuador - Mexico
England v DRC - England
Argentina v Cape Verde - Argentina
Australia v Egypt - Egypt
Switzerland v Algeria - Algeria
Colombia v Ghana - Columbia.

I've got six african teams making it into the round of 16. They are South Africa, Morocco, Senegal, CIV, Egypt and Algeria.

This analysis is from an emotional standpoint. Non of them go make am.

🚨 Bologna and Verona have opened talks over the signing of Super Eagles-eligible defender Daniel Oyegoke, with the former setting an asking price of €5 million despite the player being valued at just €1 million on Transfermarkt.

Samuel Chukwueze is on Trabzonspor's transfer list and the club has made an offer for him.

Trabzonspor management and technical staff consider Chukwueze an important opportunity for the attacking line.

Further steps are expected in the coming days.

[ @fanatikcomtr ]

Serie A giants Napoli joins Fulham and Leverkusen in pursuit of super eagles CB Chibuike Nwaiwu

Isi gini? Napo what? Abeg, Make dem no do another Koulibaly situation with Nwaiwu unless Nwaiwu himself wants to play there for 10yrs.

With that said, Italy would actually suit him. EPL too. Both leagues are for a technical powerhouse CB like Nwaiwu.

charlesemeka85:
Serie A giants Napoli joins Fulham and Leverkusen in pursuit of super eagles CB Chibuike Nwaiwu

Interesting.

charlesemeka85:
Samuel Chukwueze is on Trabzonspor's transfer list and the club has made an offer for him.

Trabzonspor management and technical staff consider Chukwueze an important opportunity for the attacking line.

Further steps are expected in the coming days.

[ @fanatikcomtr ]

2nd Naija lad, Bologna is linked to. But shaa, this lad still needs switch.

charlesemeka85:
🚨 Bologna and Verona have opened talks over the signing of Super Eagles-eligible defender Daniel Oyegoke, with the former setting an asking price of €5 million despite the player being valued at just €1 million on Transfermarkt.

charlesemeka85:
Serie A giants Napoli joins Fulham and Leverkusen in pursuit of super eagles CB Chibuike Nwaiwu

Tell your brother to make the Napoli move asap, if Napoli is serious about securing his services.