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Osimhen and Inshallah, nice one

Akwaibom needs a senator who is not a sexual abuser

Iwobi is running so much in this match, this is not his role

Goke7:
that was intentional mhen

It's all they have, this is Africa

minfelix:
whats going on wey all of them dey slide for this fiel

Artificial turf

I'll take Chukwueze off For Onyedika now, no need to wait till half time

Very good goal, they will now go into plan b

I hate 4-4-2 gosh, our 'wingers' are so back into midfield that they can't even press their fullbacks

Shoulder dislocation?

Iwobi defensive shift again

I can't catch a break

minfelix:
its it oo

Who plays in midfield?

If Ndidi is going to play advanced midfield then he has to crash into the box with Osimhen to contest aerial balls from our wings and we have to try and score in the first 15 mins to destroy any confidence of the Rwandans

deltafly:
We played four matches , drew 3 and lost 1. All these matches Osihmen did not play . Today he is playing I believe we are winning . The coach should start looking for clinical strikers . Against Lesotho and Zimbabwe we wasted so many chances . If Osihmen is injured who replaces him in the qualifiers? Boniface or Umar ? Hmm 🤔

The drop off from Osimhen to the next guy is so huge

MetalJigsaw:
Please name me a list of our LBs

Bruno, Aina, Zaidu, Bassey, Osayi Samuel these guys can play LB to a high level

ChrisKels:
Felix Agu will be a good addition to our squad, alongside Justin Njinmah. Agu already said that he and Justin have discussed it several times. Agu can hold his own in that Left Back position.


Not a bad interview or podcast from Oma. 👍

We are stacked at left back, not a position of need at all

Samueltemi337:
Raphael Onyedika Get Pivotal Role In New Super Eagles Midfield Ahead Of World Cup Qualifiers


Club Brugge midfielder Raphael Onyedika has been handed a key role for the Super Eagles when they take on Rwanda on Friday in the 2026 world cup qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
New coach of the Nigerian team Eric Chelle will be in charge of the team for the first time in Friday’s game, and has already mapped out how the team will play as they go in search of their first win after four games in the qualifiers.




Part of the idea of the new man is to have the team play a possession based football with high pressing from two midfielders higher up the pitch , while a lone defensive midfielder sits and dictate play from deep. That role is said to be for Onyedika.


Chelle watched him interpret the role to perfection playing in the UEFA Champions League for Club Brugge, and he has decided to hand him the same responsibility against Rwanda.


It looks like the duo of Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi will be the left sided and right sided midfielders respectively, playing very close to the wingers in Moses Simon and Ademola Lookman. They are expected to create an overload with top striker Osimhen in the box when the team attacks.


In defence, a back four of Ola Aina, Bruno Onyemaechi, William Troost-Ekong and Calvin Bassey will sit just in front of Stanley Nwabali who is expected to keep his spot as first choice goalkeeper.

Source: Owngoalnigeria

How comfortable is Onyedika as a lone DM

Tchinaidi:
We do in the person of Onyeka but his on the ball qualities are just not impressive for a defensive midfielder.I think that is where Alhassan should come in

Onyeka and Alhassan don't have the defensive discipline of prime Ndidi and Alhassan is just a carpenter in midfield, I don't rate him one bit

mekabuachi:
Afcon qualifiers
Assisted the goal osihmen scored against Benin republic at uyo

We were here for his shaky moments too, let's not rewrite history

Clint02:
Ndidi will give you assists and create more chances now.

When was his last assist, the main point is that Ndidi cannot shield the defence like he used to and his dwindling explosiveness have highlighted his lack of composure on the ball even more

BankyGee:
Omo 😂😂
All these GBA takes today ehn... Hope no be Rwanda pressure dey cause this thing?

Gba takes for saying my opinion on a player, I believe your own are the correct takes then

semid4lyfe:
You dey yarn opata.

If to say you talk am before the last AFCON, I fit gree.

But

Na false because Bassey was a rock at the last AFCON in CoteD'voire

I clarified that Bassey was good at the Afcon but was shaky before and after that, what is there not to understand

Samueltemi337:
He didn't impress at the last Afcon?

He did well at the Afcon but he was shaky before and after that, I wouldn't consider top 4 SE performers over the years

MetalJigsaw:
Strongest lineup against RWA:

(4-2-1-3)

Nwabali

Aina_ Ekong_ Bassey_ Bruno

Ndidi_ Onyedika

Iwobi

Simon_ Osimhen_ Lookman

Though, Simon plays best on the left wing but Lookman a more dangerous player occupies the spot.

Chkwueze should have been best for the right for his impressive left foot but too unreliable and inconsistent. So Simon- a far better option.

Ndidi is no longer the player that he used to be, sadly we have no alternative at the moment

victornoah:
Chelle can win all the remaining matches only if he does one thing:

Leave Boniface out of the squad!

Boniface is so lackluster when it comes to the National assignment. Always feeling himself and after self-glory.

If all our players can borrow a leaf from Osimhen's determination, we can beat any team.

Watch Osimhen, Simon, Ekong, and even Bassey; these guys are just too committed when playing for the National team. Same can't be said for most of our players.

I trust Chelle will get us the World Cup Ticket.

I like Bassey but he has not really impressed in the national team

ChrisKels:
Even if SA is coached by Guadiola and Mourinho combined, I will never be worried about them, especially when playing against them in their home ground.

Lol

comodo:
But wait oh. Did even loose any match with Ezenwa in goal. I don't think. Even as Enyimba no 2. The guy get big heart for big games. Has more confidence than Akpeyi even

That name just sent shivers through my spine

TheSuperNerd:
Extract from Osimhen's OBI ONE Podcast interview about Eric Chelle and the Super Eagles

Osimhen revealed his conversation with the Super Eagles coach on the Obi One Podcast.

“We spoke, he called me along with his assistant,” Osimhen began.

“Form the last AFCON with Mali, he’s a coach who loves to play, he really loves to fight.

“This is a snippet to my teammates in the national team, according to what he told me, he’s going to be very, very demanding

“He said ‘I want to guys to come hand-in-hand with me to achieve amazing things for Nigeria.

“’You guys have the quality to achieve this, but the one who doesn’t fight for every ball, the one who doesn’t run for every ball, will not play’.

“He was really clear with me.”

Osimhen continued: “He said he can be a father, an uncle, a big brother to everyone, but on the pitch this is business.

“’I might scream at you guys, don’t take it badly.

“’You Victor, Ekong and the rest come hand-in-hand with me, if the players see you guys running so crazy, they will do it also. It starts from you guys.

“I totally agree with him.”


Culled from ScoreNigeria reports.

The last Nigerian coach that did this sort of thing was Rohr, I'm 100% behind Chelle

Is it only me that's happy with the call ups, all the people that will play 180 mins (with the exception of Onyeka) are already invited, the people you guys are arguing is who will replace who on the bench

daveP:
Someone is injured and instead of bringing in Dessers, na Jordan? 😂


Dessers don deserve all this disrespect. Naaah.

What disrespect, he's a squad member in the Scottish league he's lucky to be called up

Mujtahida:
Another person I don't just like seeing on SE color is that Sadiq. He's not a SE player! He does not have the DNA. No matter how high chicken flies, it cannot be an eagle. And as Kog45 will bear witness, there are many attackers who score loads of goals for their clubs but were perennial flops in GWG.

It even irks me whenever he scores and the info is posted here. He creates confusion. He should just go.

Sadiq, Onuachu even if they score 100 goals I'm not inviting them personally

charlesemeka85:
Abeg this Chelle of a coach get Twitter handle?

Wetin una wan do, abuse a coach that has not even played his first match nawa o

BankyGee:
My rating:
Goalkeepers: 8/10
Defence: 8/10
Midfield: 6.5/10
Attack: 9/10

Full list: 7.8/10... Let's see how it translates on the pitch.

One injury to one of our defenders and we are in serious trouble, Chukwueze should have been replaced with a defender