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semid4lyfe:
Oyinbos are using Osimhen's performance yesterday to drag Gyokeres and Isak for failing to score against Kosovo. I don see like 3 videos on TikTok.

Meanwhile, the way Galatasaray supporters take love Osimhen ehn, e eclipse Napoli fans by far.

Osimhen, Onyeka, the entire squad and the technical crew, ese gan.

Thank you for keeping our hopes alive yesterday.

We await Gabon.

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E sweet me die, especially after all the drama early this year with the transfer window. People were hailing Gyokeres like he was the second coming of Christ.

I'm one of the people who wasn't enthusiastic about Osimhen going to Turkey, but like I said, it matters little as long as he can deliver in our international games.

Yekini never played in a top club, yet he remains arguably top 2 or 3 Nigerian footballers till this day.

lbrichman2:
He doesn't necessarily need to be replaced.
He just needs to have quality competition ready to step up if he continues fumbling..
That knowledge should do the trick

We need maduka back and another quality keeper, maybe Okonkwo

True. Well I should have clarified. I meant "tentatively", not necessarily absolute.

Like I said, he's actually really good and he earned the number 1 spot against SA last year. But he's let it all go to his head.

Elock1:
Nwabali pride fit cost us card and even goals
Uzoho own at least he no go cost us unnecessary card

I'm also in support of Nwabali's replacement, but God forbid that the replacement will be Uzoho. Lol.

We have myriad of other options.

Maduka Okoye (this one is the obvious and easiest replacement to make now that he's available)
Arthur Okonkwo
Noah Atubolu (I hear he's eligible)
Obasogie
Harcourt
etc.

Elock1:
As in ehn, so unprofessional ...I was really disgusted
At this rate I'll take Uzoho over him oh.

A player that doesn't listen to teammates let alone his senior teammates is a waiting disaster

Same way he shoved off Bassey, the Bobo come dey look am like;
"you sure say this our keeper head correct?"

God forbid! Uzoho keh? Francis "Onana" Uzoho? Might as well play without a goal keeper. 😭

Nwabali is actually good. Pride and overconfidence is his biggest problem.

ChrisKels:
This is clearly a fixed match.

Fiacre Ntwari should be ashamed of himself.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Cm86g5MN2/

Unfortunately these same teams turn into prime Bayern whenever they see Nigeria. Their eyes go red for people like Osimhen, but see the useless space they were giving Apollis.

This is why we can't afford to be complacent. Everyone (except our players sometimes) knows Nigeria is a world class threat that can run shoulders with the very best (Argentina, France etc) when they are on form. That's why these minnows don't take us lightly. Every match against us feels like a final for them.

Unfortunately, we on the other hand are always complacent with these small teams.

Our whooping of Benin last night just goes to show the kind of damage we can cause when we're playing to our full potential, or close to our full potential.

Here's a fun fact: Benin weren't actually terrible yesterday. They were quite decent. They actually created a lot of good chances against us, but they just weren't clinical or lethal enough. We were just too hot for them to handle.

Verytallman:
What exactly is stopping us from calling Arthur Okonkwo? He is eligible to play for us straight away. He has been cleared by FIFA to switch. He has made himself available. He has been putting in decent performances in the championship. Why he hasn't been called is still a surprise to me. I have personally seen his game on a few occasions. He's better than Nwabali.

^^^Mgbo, pundits in the house, what's the hold up on Arthur? Or has Chelle not taken notice of him yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrQE8lftfBo

I love ESPN abeg. South Africa qualified, but Nigeria's second round qualification na the main news worthy of coverage. Dem no send Mzansi papa. 🤣🤣🤣

If not for bad government in all sectors, we know who the real giant of Africa is. 😝

Osimhen and Chukwueze are a solid pair. I hope Chelle now realizes this moving forward.

CapitalCee:
If Costarica qualify to play offs we will avoid them due to fifa ranking

I guess I need to study the inter confederation playoffs more.

Emmy450:
And people here we're quick to criticize him and also blame him for the draw against Zimbabwe... I don't think Nigerians appreciate genuine act of service enough TBF.

We are our own biggest problem. The most annoying are those fans who don't even pay attention to Nigerian football unless Super Eagles are playing a major game on a major stage. There are many who aren't even paying attention to Nigeria's qualifying campaign. But watch them come and start mouthing off if Nigeria gets to the World Cup or the AFCON and don't play up their standards. They'll be calling for Chelle's head completely oblivious to the role that man has played in keeping our World Cup dreams alive.

CapitalCee:
Aubameyang will miss the match oo. Na true oooo. Jesus he was sent off in their last game. Wow nice observation.

Are you sure didn't Gabon play Burundi after that game?

CapitalCee:
Jamaica won today. Its Caracao thst will make. Jamaica will qualify directly

Curacao in the playoffs? 😃😃

Lol, if Nigeria don't start exhibiting bipolar tendencies again, this playoffs should be a breeze.

I predict Costa Rica as our deciding game in March. They're roughly on par with Jamaica. If we could put Jamaica away with our B team, I'm sure we can beat Costa Rica if we face off.

mekabuachi:
Since we would be playing Gabon in the playoffs
Is aubameyang available for the match on November after picking up that red card?
Abeg make start early now dey plan Gabon ooh😭

Unfortunately he served his sentence against Burundi 😭😭

Mybettingtips:

Look at this, the ref didn’t blow for foul initially, and Nwabali nonchalantly just dropped the ball. This is why Osimhen gets pissed at them. https://t.co/Y2QT9wI5rU pic.twitter.com/TOov1kleyk

— Ken (@K3N3_X) October 14, 2025

Watch our keeper

Nwabali needs to be talked to. Serious talk, his non chaplains attitude may cost us again. The ref didn’t blow his whistle yet he dropped the ball and the Benin guy scored a legit goal. Thank God the ref didn’t give the goal. That’s a big risk

Captain Ndidi went to talk to him, see the way he shuffled him away. At half time camera was on him and Ekong and they were seriously arguing. His ego may cost us big in future

A keeper that should ginger us by launching fast counters when we were in dire need of goals. He was busy wasting time sleeping on the ball. Thank God Frank the Tank got us the winning goal.

Will Maduka be available in November?

I believe the game with Gabon is very winnable if we start the right people in the right positions.

daveP:
The African playoffs will be harder than the Intercontinental one.

Exactly. That's why I said if we secure the African ticket, forget. We're going to USA.

CapitalCee:
The intercontinental play offs has very lowly teams, and due to our FIFA ranking we will only play one game

To be honest, our chances of emerging as winners of the inter confederation playoffs is above 80%. We are in a very good position. I'm calling it now, if we secure the Africa ticket, we're going to the World Cup.

minfelix:
cameroon dey jonz too jare…that game against Angola was very close game

Exactly. And Angola were so poor. If Angola had met this Benin side today, dem for collect at least 2.

daveP:
5 games to go. Omo!!!


Costa Rica
Bolivia
Jamaica
One from Asia
One from Africa
One other

6 teams to battle out for 2 final world cup slots.

I sha no like that 16 direct slots for Uefa sha.

Lol. In many ways Jamaica are our American rivals. It will be interesting to face off against them again.

Oga Seun, this block function is probably the best and only superb feature you've introduced into this dated forum for the past twenty years.

Maybe it's the euphoria of making the playoffs but I'm almost 100% confident that we'll be in the USA next year.

Rockyrascal:
Is Eric chelle the right man for the job?

100%

Cocony:
Somewhat wrong. If we had beaten Zimbabwe with all other results remaining as they were/are, we would have only needed a 1:0 win against Benin to top the group while South Africa would have gone for playoffs.
It would have been 19points for us.

You're missing the point and preaching to the choir. My point was more about the irony of how those disappointing games didn't completely sink the ship for us, like we expected.

I know our chances of qualifying directly would be higher if we won that game, but don't you guys think it's funny that the two disappointing draws against Zimbabwe somehow ended up keeping our World Cup qualifying dream alive? 😂

We don carry our calculators dash Burkina Faso. They're the ones in the hot seat now. 😂

Man it feels so good to be safe (for now at least).

Nehruvia:
Why is no one giving me my flowers 😒

Cocony gave us actual scores (4-0) 😒

Anyway sha, you try.

minfelix:
Guys wait ooo😂😂
Senegal 21pts
DRC 19pts

what if senegal loses and Drc win, wont that make senegal second and further pushing aside Nigeria?🤣🤣🤣 abeg n question i ask ooo

Wetin be this na? It never ends. 😭😭😭😭

Senior man Cocony 🫡

Cocony:
I am very much around Queenjazz. I must state an obvious observation with the moderators of this Sports section: LEARN TO CENSOR WRONG INFORMATION AND NOT SOMEONE THAT STATED WHAT IS RIGHT. SECONDLY , DO NOT GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A PREFERENCE FOR A PARTICULAR SET OR TRIBE TO BE HEARD MAKING CORRECT ANALYSIS
THIRDLY, KNOW THAT TWITTER IS AVAILABLE. AND AN ABOUT TO BE LAUNCHED SOCIAL MEDIA APP CALLED IN NIGERIA SO BE HONEST IN YOUR ACTIVITIES AS MODERATORS(AS I TRIED TO UNDERSTAND YOUR SHAMELESS RATIONALE FOR PUTTING SOME
MINUTES BAN ON ME.)

Hmmm. Na semid4lyfe go fit address this situation sha.

Goke7:
😂 e don reach that level?

Omo, we too yab that guy. He was so sure we were going to score 4 goals and we just laughed in his face. 😭

Where is Cocony my love? 🤧

It's funny how about a week ago, qualifying through the playoffs was looking like a camel passing through the eye of a needle. I never want to hear any stoopid Osimhen slander on this thread henceforth, or else me and you go get am hot.

Well, now that we are guaranteed for the playoffs, how's it looking for us against the non-African teams who will play in the playoffs at the Inter confederation stage?

Now we can watch the DR Congo game without permutations and combinations. 😁😁😁

Too bad for Burkina Faso. E go be like film for their eye. 😂