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FiveFootNinja:
Mujtahida

Today is a good day. 😁

Also, can we agree that at this point France is Morocco's husband? Back to back World Cup dominations now.

Morocco is a very submissive wife 😂

Americans are only capitalists when it suits them. The women team used the #meetoo movement then to strongarm the men team to this deal as at that period. Remembered when they took their FA to court for this deal. Same way the NBA is bankrolling the WNBA and those ones are still fighting for higher pays even tho they dont earn enough.

TheSuperNerd:
El Kaabi don turn to Onuachu of Morocco 😂😂

He don Dey see spirits 😂

Napoleon55:
What will vex me is if I waste my data and France no win Morocco with at least 3 goals margin

France owe me one goal,
but it's ok,they make up by putting Morocco in their place,
what Nigeria should have done at the AFCON

For all the initial gra gra in the beginning, this world cup turned out to be a normal world cup tournament. The table is set, the normal suspects in the closing rounds are still there.

TheSuperNerd:
So it is nearly fulltime. Oh... It is over now.

FT France 2-0 Morocco.

2022 WC Semis De Ja Vu. Well done Les Bleus. It was a commanding performance.

Mostob... Your Morocco vs Argentina final out the window. Lol. I just knew it was unlikely. I knew this would be Morocco's last busstop at this edition.

Which kind talk be this sef. Real madrid and barca are the most successful clubs in europe yet they are still heavily bantered when they lose. Make those towel lovers chop their L joor.

Darkseidreloade:
Nigerians dy laff Morocco. People wen never win knockout match before.

Omo now I can watch the world cup with deep breath of relief 🙌🙌🙌

Amedino99:
Americans are only capitalists when it suits them. The women team used the #meetoo movement then to strongarm the men team to this deal as at that period. Remembered when they took their FA to court for this deal. Same way the NBA is bankrolling the WNBA and those ones are still fighting for higher pays even tho they dont earn enough.

God forbid such madness enters this continent. Disgusting

Goke7:
Morocco is a very submissive wife 😂

Very submissive o. We no hear one pim from them the entire game. Only one shot on target. 🤣🤣

If you like write thesis. No be we send you to take life hard.

Darkseidreloade:
Nigerians dy laff Morocco. People wen never win knockout match before.

Odunayaw:
If you like write thesis. No be we send you to take life hard.

Just stating facts. When una laff finish una go remember say naija no go anywhere

FiveFootNinja:
Very submissive o. We no hear one pim from them the entire game. Only one shot on target. 🤣🤣

And it came in the 80th minute

Napoleon55:
France owe me one goal,
but it's ok,they make up by putting Morocco in their place,
what Nigeria should have done at the AFCON

Is Nigeria 🇳🇬 on same level with France 🇫🇷, abi are we better than the Moroccan team. We should stop deceiving ourselves.

Verbal reasoning
Fill in the gap
Nigeria is to Argentina as _____________ is to ____________

Na why I say make you write your thesis na

Darkseidreloade:
Just stating facts. When una laff finish una go remember say naija no go anywhere

zicky:
Is Nigeria 🇳🇬 on same level with France 🇫🇷, abi are we better than the Moroccan team. We should stop deceiving ourselves.

No,Nigeria is not on the same level with France,
But Nigeria is better than Morocco.
We are not deceiving ourselves,
none of those African countries is better than Nigeria.

Next up: Spain vs Belgium.

France = Semifinals locked in✅️

TheSuperNerd:
2026 World Cup Quarterfinals is Confirmed....

🔵July 9: France vs Morocco (Boston Stadium, Massachusetts)

🔴July 10: Spain vs Belgium (Los Angeles Stadium, California)

⚪️July 11: Norway vs England (Miami Stadium, Florida)

🟣July 12: Argentina vs Switzerland (Kansas City Stadium, Missouri)

The Scary "Les Bleus" absolutely decimated Morocco from min 1 to Min 90+. 8 shots on target vs Maroc's 1; 22 shots vs 5 shots. It was a one sided affair as Bounou was kept busy through the entire ordeal. France deservedly march on in Mega Commanding fashion. The win was so dominant that France could afford to throw away a penalty plus Mbappe knew the work was done by 77mins so he asked to be subbed off. Well done to the Atlas Lions for finishing as Africa's best at another WC edition (this time as quarterfinalist, a drop down from semifinalist in 2022) but they were never in the contest vs France.


🔰Now, 6 out of my 12 Favorites/Darkhorses/Outside force selections are still in. 6 are now OUT.

5 of the 6 OUT got booted out by 5 of the 6 still in the competition.

And, 2 more will inevitably fall in the quarter finals coz 4 of the 6 left so far meet one another_* (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿v🇸🇯 & 🇪🇦v🇧🇪). Argentina meets Switzerland, which is not in this selection.




Quarter Finals Action continues

🟣Next-up in this selection:
🟢 Spain (Top 5 Fav) vs Belgium (Darkhorse) on July 10th.


Top 5 Favs in no order:
- Spain✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*
- France✅️✅️✅️*(Semifinals)*
- Portugal✅️❌️⭕️
- Argentina✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*
- England✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*


Solid Dark horses:
- Brazil❌️❌️⭕️
- Germany❌️❌️
- Netherlands❌️❌️
- Belgium✅✅️*(Quarter finals)*
- Croatia (coz of their last 2 WCs)❌️❌️
- Norway✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*


Outside Force:
- Morocco✅️✅️❌️⭕️



💯

TheSuperNerd:
Another Great Argentina escape. Another 3-2 slim survival scoreline. The Pharoahs came close but ultimately fell and got Mummified. Messi and his reigning World Champions march on, albeit squeezingly, into the quarterfinals and awaits the winner of Switzerland v Colombia


🔰Now, 7 out of my 12 Favorites/Darkhorses/Outside force selections are still in. 5 are OUT.
4 of the 5 OUT got booted out by 4 of the 7 still in the competition.

And, 3 more will inevitably fall in the quarter finals coz 6 of the 7 left so far meet one another_* in that next K.O. round (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿v🇸🇯, 🇫🇷v🇲🇦 & 🇪🇦v🇧🇪). Argentina meets another not in this selection.




Round of 16 action ends with Switzerland/Colombia of which neither are in my selections....

🟣Next-up in this selection:
🟢 France (Top 5 Fav) vs Morocco (Outside Force) on July 9th (Quarter finals).


Top 5 Favs in no order:
- Spain✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*
- France✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*
- Portugal✅️❌️⭕️
- Argentina✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*
- England✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*


Solid Dark horses:
- Brazil❌️❌️⭕️
- Germany❌️❌️
- Netherlands❌️❌️
- Belgium✅✅️*(Quarter finals)*
- Croatia (coz of their last 2 WCs)❌️❌️
- Norway✅️✅️*(Quarter finals)*


Outside Force:
- Morocco✅️✅️*(Quaterfinals)*


💯

TheSuperNerd:
2026 WC Top Scorers (Updated)

Messi - 8 goals

Mbappe - 7 goals

Haaland - 7 goals

Kane - 6 goals

Jude Bellingham - 4 goals

Mikel Oyarzabal - 4 goals

Vini Jr - 4 goals

O.Dembele - 4 goal

Julian Quinones - 4 goals

Ismaila Sarr - 4 goals

R.Lukaku - 3 goals

C.Ronaldo - 3 goals

Manzambi - 3 goals

Ismael Saibari - 3 goals

Cunha - 3 goals

Balogun - 3 goals

Raul Jimenez - 3 goals

Brian Bobbey - 3 goals

Y.Wissa - 3 goals

Cody Gakpo - 3 goals

D.Undav - 3 goals

Havertz - 3 goals

Just - 3 goals

J.David - 3 goals

Charles De Ketelaere - 2 goals

Barcola - 2 goals

Emam Ashour - 2 goals

Soufiane Rahimi - 2 goals

Azzedine Ounahi - 2 goals

Breel Embolo - 2 goals

Youri Tielemans - 2 goals

Malik Tillman - 2 goals

Pape Gueye - 2 goals

L.Trossard - 2 goals

A.Ueda - 2 goals

Nicolas Pepe - 2 goals

Mostafa Ziko - 2 goals

R.Mahrez - 2 goals

A.Elanga - 2 goals

Ruben Vargas - 2 goals

C.Summerville - 2 goals

D.Kamada - 2 goals

C.Larin - 2 goals

Amad Diallo - 2 goals

Habib Diarra - 2 goals

Daniel Munoz - 2 goals

Arnautovic - 2 goals

Ayari - 2 goals

R.Rezaeian - 2 goals

Maxi Araujo - 2 goals

Ermin Mahmic - 2 goals

2026 WC Top Scorers (Updated)

Mbappe - 8 goals

Messi - 8 goals

Haaland - 7 goals

Kane - 6 goals

O.Dembele - 5 goals

Jude Bellingham - 4 goals

Mikel Oyarzabal - 4 goals

Vini Jr - 4 goals

Julian Quinones - 4 goals

Ismaila Sarr - 4 goals

R.Lukaku - 3 goals

C.Ronaldo - 3 goals

Manzambi - 3 goals

Ismael Saibari - 3 goals

Cunha - 3 goals

Balogun - 3 goals

Raul Jimenez - 3 goals

Brian Bobbey - 3 goals

Y.Wissa - 3 goals

Cody Gakpo - 3 goals

D.Undav - 3 goals

Havertz - 3 goals

Just - 3 goals

J.David - 3 goals

Charles De Ketelaere - 2 goals

Barcola - 2 goals

Emam Ashour - 2 goals

Soufiane Rahimi - 2 goals

Azzedine Ounahi - 2 goals

Breel Embolo - 2 goals

Youri Tielemans - 2 goals

Malik Tillman - 2 goals

Pape Gueye - 2 goals

L.Trossard - 2 goals

A.Ueda - 2 goals

Nicolas Pepe - 2 goals

Mostafa Ziko - 2 goals

R.Mahrez - 2 goals

A.Elanga - 2 goals

Ruben Vargas - 2 goals

C.Summerville - 2 goals

D.Kamada - 2 goals

C.Larin - 2 goals

Amad Diallo - 2 goals

Habib Diarra - 2 goals

Daniel Munoz - 2 goals

Arnautovic - 2 goals

Ayari - 2 goals

R.Rezaeian - 2 goals

Maxi Araujo - 2 goals

Ermin Mahmic - 2 goals

France's Major Attacking Trio at 2026 WC so far....

🟢Mbappe - ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️🅰️🅰️🅰️ (8 goals, 3 assists)

🔵Dembele - ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️🅰️🅰️🅰️ (5 goals, 2 assists)

🟣Olise - 🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️🅰️ (5 assists)


Scary🔥🔥🔥

Brazil 2002 🤝🏿🤝🏿 France 2026

Odunayaw:
If you like write thesis. No be we send you to take life hard.

Ehen u just confam u get multiple PHDs.

minsfelix2:
Verbal reasoning
Fill in the gap
Nigeria is to Argentina as _____________ is to ____________

Nigeria is to DRC.

Bamidele Yusuf scored as he helped his side, Ferencvaros of Hungary to a 2-1 away win over Vojvodina(Serbia) in the First leg of the Europa League First Qualifying Round.

Clinton Jeptha played 88mins for FC Inter Turku (Finland) in their 1-1 away draw at Bosnia's FK Sarajevo in the Uefa European Conference league 1st Qualifying Round.

World cup is over for every African team so everybody don humble, let them all come back and let's have fun as we prepare for the next AFCON. At least all the roasting of Nigeria has ended about us not qualifying blah blah blah...now we can all begin our different realities on the same level as we start on a clean and new slate under Eric Chelle. After all has been said and done, Nigeria is still 28 ranked in the world and now 4th in Africa despite the world cup absence, so we still get levels at least.

So u are agreeing with what I said initially before I read the racial part then.

Goke7:
You’re indeed not serious even calling someone a colonised Cameroonian, what does mbappe know about Cameroon? Did he grow up there? Is it his fault his father is from there? When did we start shaming people for what they had no control over, Mbappe is and was never a wannabe French ok?

Morocco got to the SF in my books considering it is an expanded world cup and they met the strongest title contender. So no dey appease urself.Morrocco is MILES ahead of Naija. You can settle for AFCON owambe as usual

SymphonyRad:
World cup is over for every African team so everybody don humble, let them all come back and let's have fun as we prepare for the next AFCON. At least all the roasting of Nigeria has ended about us not qualifying blah blah blah...now we can all begin our different realities on the same level as we start on a clean and new slate under Eric Chelle. After all has been said and done, Nigeria is still 28 ranked in the world and now 4th in Africa despite the world cup absence, so we still get levels at least.

Naija no even dey top 3 for Africa. We fit maybe squeeze enter top 5

Napoleon55:
No,Nigeria is not on the same level with France,
But Nigeria is better than Morocco.
We are not deceiving ourselves,
none of those African countries is better than Nigeria.

A positive side of the Super Eagles under Chelle is that they can now put the smaller teams in their place, and they would have qualified directly from the WC qualifier group if they had Chelle then. They have gotten good results against smaller teams in AFCON and Unity Cup, unlike the struggles they had before against smaller teams that made people to nearly conclude there are "no more minors in football".

Joebie:
Morocco got to the SF in my books considering it is an expanded world cup and they met the strongest title contender. So no dey appease urself.Morrocco is MILES ahead of Naija. You can settle for AFCON owambe as usual

Story for the gods, nobody gives a fucck about those expanded world cup technicalities my guy. What football facts will have on record is that Morocco got to the QF (fair play to them) but they got slapped around by France and got dumped out with no shots on target till minute 86. Senegal gave France a far better game, even teams like Cape Verde and Ivory Coast would have given France a better fight. You can suck off Morocco for all you want but with all their recent successes, they will still need some more decades to catch up to Nigeria's continental and global impact in football despite our administrative woes that have stunted our football lately.

So yeah, I daresay there's no world where Morocco is MILES ahead of Naija, granted they have a more successful world cup record than us lately no doubt, but that is only where they have surpassed us in football...making world cup semi-finals and Quarter-finals are mad impressive for an African side, but at the end what separates you from the big boys are those trophies in your national cabinet and not your world cup moral victory stories.

Amedino99:
Americans are only capitalists when it suits them. The women team used the #meetoo movement then to strongarm the men team to this deal as at that period. Remembered when they took their FA to court for this deal. Same way the NBA is bankrolling the WNBA and those ones are still fighting for higher pays even tho they dont earn enough.

This framing isn't totally correct. First the equal pay agreement has little to do with the metoo movement. Metoo is primarily about women who are survivors of sexual assault, and this isn't that. The agreement was reached in 2022 way past the period in question.

Second, the women took the matter to court to force mediation. Historically there were issues of pay discrimination from the FA that the women could prove. I'm not refering to price money here, but on how both teams are treated. There were proveable pay disparities in things like match bonuses, world cup bonuses, travel per diem etc and it made sense for the FA to settle this matter out of court. So the FA didn't just cower like most would assume. It's important to note that while they may have gotten the courts to mandate the FA that they be treated equally as the men (i.e same quality of hotel, same exposure to world class staffing etc) no court in the US would have mandated that earnings from FIFA be pooled together and shared equally. None.

What happened really is that much of the men's team are either liberal leaning or what to be perceived as one. So the women leveraged on that and used media and public pressure to get this deal out of them. To be clear, the men national team volunteered to, they didn't have to. Not even more socialist leaning counties in Europe have this kind of sharing agreement. The men really just pandered to public opinion instead instead of being perceived as anti-women.

The NBA/WNBA comparison isn't also totally accurate. Yes, the NBA prior to the 2024 season gave the WNBA $10M yearly to ensure the league stays afloat. This however didn't come from players like the USMNT did, it came from the NBA purse as they are the largest shareholders of the WNBA. So the decision has a more business sentiment. It's important to note also that the NBA was using the WNBA to get tax break. So while on the books the WNBA wasn't profitable, they were getting a lot of tax break incentive, again revealing the $10M funding of the WNBA as a wise business decision not just charity.

Wait so Ridwan Popoola, 19 (one of the best CDMs in the Hungarian league where Akpe moved from... and a CIES-rated young CDM) has signed with Oil-rich club, Al Wasl in the Emirati Pro league (UAE).

He has even began training.

Wow.