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🧤Maduka Okoye starts for Udinese vs AC Milan in Serie A.

🏥Samuel Chukwueze misses out as he nurses a Thigh Injury which keeps him out till Mid-Late November.

20y/o FW, Victor Samuel scored⚽️ and played 56mins for Pardubice in their 2-1 away win at Viktoria Plzen in the Czech Liga.

21y/o fullback, Emmanuel Godwin impressed for all 90mins at RB for Pardubice.

Salim Fago Lawal was benched by Plzen.

20y/o CM, Wisdom Ebube Okere played all 90mins impressing in GFK Tikves' 3-1 home win vs Bashkimi in the North Macedonian MFL.

20y/o FW, Toheeb Lawal played all 90 for Tikves.

22y/o MF, Adeshina Lukman Oluvadamilare started and played 45mins for Tikves.

24y/o DF, Yahaya Fawzi started and played 45mins for Bashkimi.

oloriooko:
We are not serious in this country so I won't blame him if it's true.
Our corruption has eaten into every fabric of our dealings, so sad

I will always sing this music - don't expect any revival in Nigerian football under this current administration

They are more concerned with 2027 election and looting than anything else

Watch for fun but lower your expectations

21y/o CDM, Adetunji Adeshina impressed heavily for Loan Club, Slaven Belupo in their 2-1 away win at NK Varazdin in the Croatian 1.HNL

He had the highest defensive contributions (16) in the game alongside recording 90% pass accuracy (44/49 accurate passes).

On loan from LASK.

Bamidele Yusuf scored⚽️ in Ferencvaros' 5-0 home win vs MTK Budapest in the NB.I

His 10th G/A involvement across all competitions this season. 7goals, 3 assists.

Mourinho's first El Clasico since his return to Real Madrid ends in a win at the Camp nou.

Mbappe Brace. Yan Diomande solid showing. Camavinga redemption performance. Bellingham and Pedri are the topmost elite midfielders of this generation.

Brilliant game.

One of Chidozie Awaziem's 2 goals today⚽️⚽️

⚽ @mislicom ile maçın golü!

🟢⚪ Chidozie Awaziem, fırsatçılığını konuşturup karşılaşmadaki 2. golünü kaydediyor!

📌 Kazanmanın tutkusu #MisliyleMisli’de! pic.twitter.com/wbW59X8mmT

— beIN SPORTS Türkiye (@beINSPORTS_TR) October 25, 2026

Honestly...when are we going to ever have a player as exciting as Diomande in the SE? watching Diomande today against Barcelona just made me jealous with admiration at how blessed Ivory Coast are, we are far off in quality compared to teams like Morocco, CIV, and Senegal right now. Even teams like DRC with their all-out recruitment of their dual nationals are soon going to overtake us.

We need to get it right with our football direction in 2027 by all means necessary.

SymphonyRad:
Honestly...when are we going to ever have a player as exciting as Diomande in the SE? watching Diomande today against Barcelona just made me jealous with admiration at how blessed Ivory Coast are, we are far off in quality compared to teams like Morocco, CIV, and Senegal right now. Even teams like DRC with their all-out recruitment of their dual nationals are soon going to overtake us.

We need to get it right with our football direction in 2027 by all means necessary.

How are we going to get players like Diomande when U17 and U20 coaches DEMAND bribes just to make their squads, When hungry corrupt Journalists continue to hype over the hill players like Kelechi Ihenacho because he plays in Turkish 2nd division. Just wait until Chele is finally pushed out. That when your eye will clear. Nigeria is finished.

Predator87:
How are we going to get players like Diomande when U17 and U20 coaches DEMAND bribes just to make their squads, When hungry corrupt Journalists continue to hype over the hill players like Kelechi Ihenacho because he plays in Turkish 2nd division. Just wait until Chele is finally pushed out. That when your eye will clear. Nigeria is finished.

Chei you just made it even more tragic, and the sadder part is that.. you're absolutely right. Right now it's just a question of how farther downhill can we go at this point SMH.

SymphonyRad:
Chei you just made it even more tragic, and the sadder part is that.. you're absolutely right. Right now it's just a question of how farther downhill can we go at this point SMH.

In as much as I would love for Nigeria to have a winger like him but the game of football is often decided in the midfield. Take look at the Nigerian 2014 world cup team. The midfield play of prime Ogenyi Onazi and Mikel Obi got that team to second round of the world cup and with a little bit of luck if that Emenike offside goal stood and Onyazi didn't get injured we could have beaten France in that round of 16 game. You can not have a good football team without a solid midfield.

Predator87:
How are we going to get players like Diomande when U17 and U20 coaches DEMAND bribes just to make their squads, When hungry corrupt Journalists continue to hype over the hill players like Kelechi Ihenacho because he plays in Turkish 2nd division. Just wait until Chele is finally pushed out. That when your eye will clear. Nigeria is finished.

We've had exciting players winning African footballer of the year awards recently but Dimande is yet to win none.

Iheanacho's performances were being reported not hyped.

You are the one guilty of hyping someone now,
Chelle that you now regards or seen as the only light in our football's obliquity,
what major achievements has he recorded for us compared to his predecessors?
Whenever Chelle chooses to leave, even a better coach might even replace him.

It baffles me that some of you are just realizing the precariousness of our football and NFF's incompetence,whereas we have known this for decades,some of us went even far as calling NFF,then NFA the worst organization as far back as late 90s and 2000s.
yet somehow,Nigeria as a nation sometimes manages to make some good out of some bad situations,winning trophies a country as organized as South Africa could only dream of.
All of these is to object that Nigeria is finished,no we are not finished.

SymphonyRad:
Honestly...when are we going to ever have a player as exciting as Diomande in the SE? watching Diomande today against Barcelona just made me jealous with admiration at how blessed Ivory Coast are, we are far off in quality compared to teams like Morocco, CIV, and Senegal right now. Even teams like DRC with their all-out recruitment of their dual nationals are soon going to overtake us.

We need to get it right with our football direction in 2027 by all means necessary.

Na Nwaiwu of Tranzbospor some folks take dey brag and raise shoulder.

Chukwueze is like diomande. We once had a player like that, and he's still paying.

123jamessmith:
Chukwueze is like diomande. We once had a player like that, and he's still paying.

🙄🙄🙄🙄, no vex me o

elyte89:
🙄🙄🙄🙄, no vex me o

He lie??

elyte89:
🙄🙄🙄🙄, no vex me o

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

elyte89:
🙄🙄🙄🙄, no vex me o

😂chai

TOP AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY PLAYER REPRESENTATION IN EUROPE’S TOP FIVE FOOTBALL LEAGUES (2025/26)

(Country — Player | Minutes Played)

1 🇸🇳Senegal — 63 players | 72,168 minutes

2 🇲🇦Morocco — 51 players | 47,238 minutes

3 🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire — 49 players | 52,905 minutes

4 🇳🇬Nigeria — 35 players | 33,062 minutes

5 🇬🇭Ghana — 29 players | 33,557 minutes

6 🇨🇲Cameroon — 27 players | 28,528 minutes

7 🇩🇿Algeria — 25 players | 31,473 minutes

8 🇲🇱Mali — 23 players | 24,396 minutes

9 🇨🇩DR Congo — 14 players | Minutes to verify

10 🇧🇫Burkina Faso — 10 players | 11,266 minutes

11 🇹🇳Tunisia — 10 players | 9,891 minutes

12 🇬🇳Guinea — 10 players | 8,290 minutes.

🇸🇳Senegal led in both player representation and total playing time. 🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire accumulated 52,905 minutes, exceeding 🇲🇦Morocco’s 47,238 minutes despite having two fewer players.

The ranking covers the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1.

Courtesy: Statisense (via FIFA)

elyte89:
🙄🙄🙄🙄, no vex me o

Chukwueze once terrorized both Barcelona and Real Madrid's defense on multiple occasions,so he was once as exciting as it goes.

Only that now,Diamande players in the biggest club in the world.
But they still need to give Diomande 3 to 4 years,if he continues to improve and eclipse all Osimhen and Lookman have achieved, only then it can be allowed to be used to rubbish and make mockery of all present Nigerian players.

Truidstarr:
Na Nwaiwu of Tranzbospor some folks take dey brag and raise shoulder.

Even you? How Grandpa Rohr dey do sir?

Napoleon55:
Chukwueze once terrorized both Barcelona and Real Madrid's defense on multiple occasions,so he was once as exciting as it goes.

Only that now,Diamande players in the biggest club in the world.
But they still need to give Diomande 3 to 4 years,if he continues to improve and eclipse all Osimhen and Lookman have achieved, only then it can be allowed to be used to rubbish and make mockery of all present Nigerian players.

He doesn't need 3 or 4 years baba. He is playing for Real Madrid!!!!!! The last time we had players in such powerhouses was Ighalo at Manure and arguably Osimhen at Napoli.

AndSunGorilla:
He doesn't need 3 or 4 years baba. He is playing for Real Madrid!!!!!! The last time we had players in such powerhouses was Ighalo at Manure and arguably Osimhen at Napoli.

Napoli is not a big club but we have chucks at Milan and lookman at ATM

GMBOFASIA:
Napoli is not a big club but we have chucks at Milan and lookman at ATM

Na why I say arguably. At least the club of one of the GOATs could arguably be called great club. And they won the scudetto in style barely losing any game and did very well in the UCL. But things fell apart after Osiwonder and Kvara left. When Diego Amando Maradona was there, Napoli was great. When Osiwonder and Kvara were there, the greatness returned.

Napoleon55:
Chukwueze once terrorized both Barcelona and Real Madrid's defense on multiple occasions,so he was once as exciting as it goes.

Only that now,Diamande players in the biggest club in the world.
But they still need to give Diomande 3 to 4 years,if he continues to improve and eclipse all Osimhen and Lookman have achieved, only then it can be allowed to be used to rubbish and make mockery of all present Nigerian players.

LMFAO

Francis Uzoho kept goal for all 90mins as Omonia 29 Miaou conceeded 4goals in a 4-1 loss vs Apoel Nicosia in the Cypriot Prothatlima Cyta.

Kelechi Nwakali started and played 68mins for Omonia.

Cc Kog45

TheSuperNerd:
Mourinho's first El Clásico since his return to Real Madrid ends in a win at the Camp nou.

Mbappe Brace. Yan Diomande solid showing. Camavinga redemption performance. Bellingham and Pedri are the topmost elite midfielders of this generation.

Brilliant game.

And entertaining too; the special one indeed is back, am expecting more dramatic El Clásico games

Napoleon55:
Chukwueze once terrorized both Barcelona and Real Madrid's defense on multiple occasions,so he was once as exciting as it goes.

Only that now,Diamande players in the biggest club in the world.
But they still need to give Diomande 3 to 4 years,if he continues to improve and eclipse all Osimhen and Lookman have achieved, only then it can be allowed to be used to rubbish and make mockery of all present Nigerian players.

This is d problem I have with u guys ….always quoting past achievements …its not even an achievement; for someone still playing like an amateur ,if not for his recent performances ,chukwueze and inconsistency is 5 and 6

19y/o CDM, Daniel Daga FT Stats for Molde in their 5-1 win yesterday.

Played 75mins
80 touches
3 final third pass entries
2/3 accurate long balls
2 progressive carries
59 accurate passes (94% pass accuracy)
10 duels won
13 defensive contributions
9 tackles
5 recoveries
3 interceptions
1 clearance
Was fouled x1
Foul committed x1

NasirIbnLaAhad:
LMFAO

Oga,even if you laugh your poo-poo join comot,make Diamande play for Real Madrid finish without achieving anything substantial personally, he should not be used to make mockery of Nigerian players that have achieved great things.

Iheanacho was at Man City and some even tried to place him in the same bracket with Mbappe and other exciting young players then,did Iheanacho went on to lived up his potentials?

Because Diamande now plays for Real Madrid,no Nigerian players can be mentioned in the same language with him,yet when some of us talks about the benefits of Osimhen playing in bigger club,some of you would rather he stays in Turkey and dissipate in value.

Diamande is doing well now in a big club,but he need to maximize his potential before he can be regarded as one of the greats,now he just one of the players in Real Madrid.

elyte89:
This is d problem I have with u guys ….always quoting past achievements …its not even an achievement; for someone still playing like an amateur ,if not for his recent performances ,chukwueze and inconsistency is 5 and 6

And the problem I have with some of you is running down your own and idolizing others.

Nothing is wrong in taking pride in past achievements in anticipation of even greater achievements.
Brazil is Brazil because of what they have achieved.

And of course I wasn't talking about Chukwueze of today, just as if Diamande fails to remain consistent, he would just be another Chukwueze despite playing for big club.