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Odogwujayy:
Stadium is nearly empty.. African countries can't fill up 20k capacity stadium.. Safe to say that Zambia are already out this tournament if they lose this game coz no way they're beating Maroc..

One, big matches have better attendance.
Also, traveling is very difficult within Africa unlike in Europe. This was part of what Gadaffi was trying to fix before the US and her allies killed him.
U do not expect Ivorians to come out and watch Zambia and Tanzania match but Ghana vs Egypt match had good attendance. Zambia and Tanzania are very far from the host nations so, traveling would be very hard.
Only north africans even came with higher number of travelers. That is becus aviation in north Africa is way solid and better than what u have in east africa and west africa due to good toursim sector in north africa. And Africa is very large.

Fira09:
Such a sad boy. you must be a mixed breed from both a Nigerian and a Ghanaian parent.

Heal.

Nigerians, always lying to them selves. That is how we go dey make mouth sey we be giant of Africa when we dont even have ordinary electricity and cant conduct proper elections
Abeg baba, check my profile, I am a Nigerian fulltime but I say the truth which most Nigerians hate. That is why they keep electing nonsense leaders and migrating in large sum out of Nigeria.

observanc1:
Nigeria that wins AFCON back to back is not a super weight? When last did ghana win afcon or any cup at all

When last did they win it back to back?
The big heavy weighst with titles are Egypt number one with 7 times and won it 3 times in a row. No country has broken such record and may never be able to break it.
Ghana with 5 titles, Cameroun with 5 titles. They are the main heavy weights.

Fira09:
You are a fvckîng Ghanaian. when last did your country, Ghana win the cup?

Your useless country has played 2 games with 1 point.

I am a Nigerian, Go check my profile.

Nigerians hate truth. SE is not a super weight in AFCON and hardly do well in any major tournaments.

membranus:
Our SE go kpai both the Congo and Maroc teams join together.

And ur SE no dey ever win AFCON, even Ghana has more AFCON than SE.
Nigerians and mouth.
We made mouth eh during the last AFCON, na Tunisia commot us sef

TheCongo2:
I agree with you
Foreign based players are a waste of African resources.
They are useless in the worldcup.
Back in the days when aFRICAn teams used to take home based players to the world cup, we use to see result

Good, now u are talking. Pure waste, they never ever do well. So, what is their use? We just waste tax payers money on them for nothing.
Nigeria has always had great foreign based players but we don win AFCON only 3 times with the 3rd one coming when we blendd home based super eagles with abroad base. Egypt ruled Africa with home based players.

Samueltemi337:
Do you know how many times we have played in the finals and got to the semi finals


We have won the most medals in AFCON

Medals no be cup
With all the foreign based players, na so so medals una dey collect. No make sense. Win like Egypt, then I can respect Nigeria my country in African football

Fira09:
This doesn't prove shit, Nigeria was top of the table at the last Afcon with 9 points and got eliminated from the round of 16.
Just go check Morocco's record in Afcon.

But Nigeria also has bad record na at AFCON. I mean, we only won it 3 times. Teams like Egypt have won it 7 times with local players

God1000:
I respect Mr Soyinka a lot but he needs to detach himself from this APC government.

Elections have come and gone and all the court cases have been settled as well.

I've never seen this side of him before

The way people are been kidnapped, he doesnt talk about that, the hunger in the land doesnt concern him. He is after protecting APC. Very shameless of him. Lol!
Humans will be humans shaa

BabaO2:
Why Africa so backward like this?
That was a clear straight red card+ the penalty against algeria

Abeg, carry ur negativity out of here jaree.
Many times people expected red card in FIFA matches and European matches, did u come here to screan why is Europe backward? E no go better for people like u who have serious inferiority complex. Cant u see u are odd becus u are the only one with such yeye and ugly view here. Guy, move out of here jare.

DropsMic:
Broke continent

Nope, competition pulled them off. Netflix and showmax are still doing great and people arent willing to quit them yet. Prime couldnt meet up. It is normal. U win some and lose some. For now, netflix and showmax rule the continent streaming including Youtube and people stream like fire on those platforms.

einsteine:
Are those not monoethnic countries? Don't compare with Nigeria, especially with the centralised type of rule that has been the norm in Nigeria since 1967. Everyone should embrace English.

And leave our individual language? What happens when the country split in the future? We will start tracing our lanuages again?
Nah, doesnt make sense. Promoting one's ethnic culture is not bad, it is highly encouraged.

Namaster:
You can ALWAYS count on black people to be especially DUMB. It doesn't matter how wealthy or famous they get.

Imagine establishing an Igbo Language learning school IN Lagos. A language that kids probably ONLY speak at home where they'd already learn it anyway.

It's an EXTREMELY dumb initiative.

Kids don't need to learn a language that is NOT the official language of any country. A language that's spoken by only about 40/50 million people.

Rather, a talent scouting agency or coding school or even trade school would have been a better project.

As small and tiny as poland is, they teach their kids in their native language. It doesnt matter the size, culture is essential for development and identity. I was shocked to see Estonia, a very small country, smaller than many Nigerian minority ethnic group addressing the world in their native language. Language is power and na why the whites use am very well on u blacks.

SweetVibe:
Have you heard of best loser in this tournament?
Egypt still have a chance...

How is he even sure that Egypt will lose againt Cape verde?

Promax4321:
Egypt is out, Ghana to qualify as Cape Verde to
beat Egypt and Ghana beat Mozabique. Bye to Egypt, so bad for them

Lol, Cape Verde is already into next round, will rest some of their key players. Egypt only needs a draw to move to the next round. Egypt will surely move to the next round and Egypt will get to the semi finals. They are good at playing tournaments o.

uniquetechng:
The policy worked back then because the other teams competing didn't have much stars playing in top European teams, in the last year final Senegal fielded a starting eleven that had 11 players who played in top 5 leagues in Europe including Mendy and Mane, the Moroccan team that got to the semi final of the world Cup had over 18 players playing in top 5 leagues in Europe.
It may also interest you to know that in the past Egyptian Premier League don't allowed foreign players, in the last few years that ban has been lifted and some of the best players in the league like Percy Tau are foreigners.
Times have changed, Al Ahli cannot even stand an Everton team, it worked in the past doesn't mean it will work in 2024.

The fact that there are two people who actually liked this ur post shows why we keep failing in electing good leaders and why our politicians use us play football.
What u wrote up here is wack. I countered it with a more solid fact and u didnt reply.

Emam Ashour was the heart of the game yesterday. He is an Ahly player and won the Match X effect award. Baba was solid machine. U think Ahly na child's play to u? Egypt was in AFCON finals last edition with 80 percent Ahly players. I wonder why the countries with all the top and elites players in Europe never made it to final sef. Senegal just won their first ever nations cup ever and they always paraded European stars. Baba no be by european stars. A team with a solid home base players from a good league can compete well and better than a team with foreign based players scattered across the world. Some of them even play in 4th division. This is why Nigeria is under achiever in AFCOn even though we parade 100 percent foreign based players. The last time Nigeria won AFCON in 2013, we had great touch of home based eagles in it.
Never mess up with a team that has about 5 players playing in the same league and club. Lol

BALLOSKI:
ah swear! I had to check the timestamp. I was already thinking she's good in analysis.

me sef shocked when I saw my exact comment. I think she later deleted it when I caught her

BALLOSKI:
I saw this comment somewhere and I thought you stole it, but No, you didn't steal it. The other person did. 10:35pm and 10:59pm. You posted first.

On Twitter, right? I saw it. I was shocked. How low can humans become?

Aile:
The headquarters shouldn't have been relocated to Abuja in the first place. Lagos is the economic center of the nation

Decentralize Nigeria becus u cant be moving nigeria's properties to lagos and still insult people who wish to migrate to Lagos.
Make them decenralize Nigeria o becus Nigerians wont learn until all these cause wahala full scale. Let every region have and control their own capital and resources.

uniquetechng:
The policy worked back then because the other teams competing didn't have much stars playing in top European teams, in the last year final Senegal fielded a starting eleven that had 11 players who played in top 5 leagues in Europe including Mendy and Mane, the Moroccan team that got to the semi final of the world Cup had over 18 players playing in top 5 leagues in Europe.
It may also interest you to know that in the past Egyptian Premier League don't allowed foreign players, in the last few years that ban has been lifted and some of the best players in the league like Percy Tau are foreigners.
Times have changed, Al Ahli cannot even stand an Everton team, it worked in the past doesn't mean it will work in 2024.

This is funny becus when they won it, Ivory coast had the best and most expensive first 11 in Africa with the likes of Drogba, Yaya, and their likes who were global stars. Ghana had bloody 11 with Essian and their likes. Even Nigeria had great team of talented European based players.
Oga stop this. Even the last nation cup, Egypt had more home based players and they went to the finals. What happened to the other teams with their top European players or as at 2019, the so called European players arent there?
I dont understand ur logics.
If na by players in Euorope, Nigeria for dey win AFCON every year! Ivory Coast with her stars was prevented from winning AFCOn by Zambia. Infact Ivory coast always had stars abroad and has won AFCON only once which is just recent.

Check this fact bro:
§ Egypt have reached the AFCON Final in five of the last six tournaments that they have participated in winning in 2006, 2008 and 2010 while they were runners up in 2017 and the 2021 edition.
This is a record to beat. Egypt did this with between 90 to 97 percent home based players.
Egypt current problem is Salah. I have watched them play. Every single player wants to pass the ball to him. These players wont take their own chances and this happens a lot when u have one big star. It has happened to Nigeria too and many countries around the world. It makes the country to underachieve at that era.
Immediately Salah left, Egypt played their normal game and if they can continue to bench Salah or bring him during second half, they will be a team to beat.
The record I post above is a record to beat by any team in Africa with their top European based player. Egypt has a solid home base league and football Academy that groom players. If they ever make the same mistake Nigeria made by abandoning their league to embrace only European based player, they will become like Nigeria

Ahly can not stand Everton, u are a big sentimental person. I dont base judgement on pure sentiment. Let them play first. Make Everton come play first. Guy, football doesnt work that way. I just submitted a reecord to u. What do u have to say? I present to u facts and not sentiments. playing 6 finals with 2 having to be recent is not child's play. And winning 3 out of the 6 finals no be beans. At all the times Egypt did this, African team like Nigeria had players all playing abroad. So, why arent they meeting the same record Egypt has set with home based players? If u dont have answer to these questions logically and not sentimental analyses, pls dont reply me again.

khattab02:
7 please

Still highest in the continent and only team to win it 3 times in a row. That is bravery abeg. In a continent with many national teams whose players play in top flight football in Europe, Egypt ruled with home based players.

uniquetechng:
Salah plays a different role for Egypt, he is actually their chief creator and often switch to the number 10 role unlike Liverpool where he cuts in from the wings to score goals.
Egypt's policy of relying on home based players from All Ahli, Zamalek, Future and Pyramid FC to execute international tournaments is their problem not Salah, Mo worked hard to take them to the final last year.

How can that be their problem when they used same policy to win 8 AFCON? Come on guy. They used that same policy to be a global threat when they met Brazil and showed class. Baba, the problem is that the players want to pass all the balls to Salah. Cant u see as he left, the players became very determined to play their normal games, drimble, shoot the ball. There is this intimidation when u have a global star around u, ur squard immediately feels that the global star should take all shots. This was the problem with Ivory Coast too during Drogba era. Same reason Argentinal struggled at world cup too.
U saw a different Egypt as Salah left. I hope the coach can see this and not start Salah during their next match. Cant u see how the forwards now play great football.
Omo, Zamalek and Ahly are reliable club and have done it over and over again for Egypt. Na from there Aboutrika came out from who was mentioned by Jose Morihino as a superb player to watch. Egypt won AFCON 3 times in a row with these players. They deliver, they arent ur regular Nigerian club abeg.
nigeria that uses all foreign based players, how many AFCON have we won? Dont forget that Egypt also played final in the last edition.

BreconHills:
You don't need to be great in the group stages to win a tournament, you just need to keep growing into the tournament. Argentina lost to some middle east team in Qatar and still won the WC. Nigeria lost their first match 1-5 to Algeria the last time it held in Algeria and still made the final.

Momentum not brilliance.

But Nigeria rarely win the competition shaaa

SmartyPants:
Then you've not been watching the games. The Super Eagles have created tons of chances across the two games. If Osimhen finished better today, Chukwueze and Osayi decided to pass on separate occasions when they were 2 against 1 with the Ivorian defence, the scoreline would have looked very different. Same thing with the first game. I say this to say that there has been no element of luck in Nigeria's attacking play - winning a penalty is not luck either.

If u create chances and cant score, u have problem. lol that is even major problem.
If u cant score in open space, at least rely on set pieces. This is why Nigeria hardly do well in major competitions. No be today bro. Na why for AFCON sef, they hardly do well. No be today it started

Ddonoflife:
U need one chilled beer this night...what shall it profit a team to entertain fans lose and then go home leaving the fans in premium tears..
Like someone said it's all about momentum...teams grow better as they progress in a tournament..ask Argentina

But super eagles rarely win any major competition. So, they have been like this for years? They go still come home. Egypt sef was a finalist in 2019 and has been very consitent in either semi finals or finals. Lol, na team be Egypt o. They have won it 8 times. Them senior super eagles o. Abeg, forget patriotism

Kushites:
SHUT UP.

Ghana made basic defensive errors and you defended them, saying ''it is part of football''.

And the guy asked you, ''if Nigeria made the same mistakes, would you say the same?'' and you start talking rubbish. Idiot. Just get lost. I hate your type.

Self haters always feeling inferior to other countries.

G^d go purnish ur generation for insulting me. Thunder fire ur f^&lish a$s.
Super eagles has been poor, Ghana has been poor. I only talked about him talking trash about the game we are all enjoying. B%asttard like u had to resort to insulting me. U fit follow me talk for real life? Did I mention ur name? And how come people like u cant deal with the opinion of others without insult and cussed words? E no go better for ur entire generation, b%stard.

Kingcid:
Too much blabbing

Nigeria is in a more secure spot to qualify to the next stage than your entertaining Egypt

Try dey Rest

Qualify and do what exactly? Egypt is in a harder group than Nigeria. But pls rest. Egypt was a finalist last edition while Nigeria was eliminated from the round of 16. Abeg rest. I know u are speaking out of patriotism.
Nigeria is coming home at most round of 16. The team cant play good free kick, corner kicks are poor, their set pieces are terrible. Relies on luck to win matches. Such luck cant take u far in competitions that is why Super Eagles rarely win any major competition.

foleskay:
Abeg go sit down. U know football but giving vague analysis here. If u really know football u won't write off Nigeria in this tournament. No loss from the boys still u still gnashin teeth here condemning d boys. U think its easy to win a host team at home not to talk of a string team like ivory coast. Getatt

U are speaking from pure sentiment. I dont have ur time. Super eagles is not favourite to win the cup. We are here. We go see am. Host nation? Ivory Coast that has been very poor for years now. lol
Na una type dey always support nonsense. Na so Nigerian missed out on last world cup. E go clear for una eyes. Make Morocco catch Nigeria first. Lol, this one super eagles dey play? No be wetin I dey see?
Poor set piece, poor corner kicks, poor free kick. How u want to win a competition when u lack in all of these?
Becus u manage to get one lucky penalty? Ur type will always hype Nigeria even if it is collapsing. I know ur type.
Super Eagles for now is poor and terrible. South Africa eliminated Egypt as host nation. Cameron was host nation and was eliminated too by a team. E no mean bro.

Ddonoflife:
What's d essence of entertaining your fans without winning your match. Naso okocha entertain us yet em no win Africa d best...y not entertain and win.at least 9ja don win one match .

It is funny u mention Nigeria. Oga, super eagles for now is a useless team. Just know this. The Egypt u talk about has 8 times. Abeg calm down. Nigeria no be Egypt mate. Nigeria is in a very easy group

Easybet1:
This is more entertaining than Nigeria match, great team work, different skill, excellent goals etc ... This is far better than the kick and follow football I watch this evening

Dont mind the guy. I know his type. lol
They are the ones who support Nigeria even if it is falling apart, they call it patriotism. They dont know that patriotism is actually saying the truth that can help ur country. Lol

Goke7:
If Nigeria made those errors you will say this abi

I am not your regular person here. I know football. But super eagles arent good for now. It is just the fact. No need to lie. And they cant win the cup. That is for sure.

Goke7:
This a more useless game, Ghana had no business conceding those goals while the Egypt keeper is an Egyptian version of uzoho what a yeye match

In football, errors are part of the game. And that Egyptian keeper is one of the best keepers in Africa. Best footvallers in the world make mistakes.
back passes are part of the game and they happen globally. The striker was fast enough to catch the player off guard. This is a fantastic game. I dont know what u are watching