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TheSuperNerd:
The best player Mexico brought to this World Cup is on the bench and he is only 17yrs old. Gilberto Mora.

If he steps in, you go see ball.

Mora? That kid is good abeg

South Africa have exhausted all their attacks on foreigners.

minfelix:
I refuse to b emotional for SA😅😅…but their national anthem draws some kinda worldcup goosebumps for Africa…anyways after national anthem make mexico pound them like tiff🤣🤣🤣

That's the only thing I genuinely like about them, their national anthem is actually truly beautiful and sends chills down your body until you remember they are xenophobic losers

charlesemeka85:
⏳ Francis Onyeka is on the verge of joining SV Elversberg.

The 19 y/o forward is set to join the Bundesliga newcomers on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Talks between the clubs are in the final stages as per @berger_pj. 🇩🇪 🇳🇬

Na this kind players Chelle suppose to dey scout, catch them now before they become hot commodity.

My hate watching starts today, today I'm Mexican 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

yinkeys:
Super Eagles : a step behind Portugal
Chelle obviously knows he’s got work to do
I think it should have been 3 - 1
That ball crossed the line entirely

Nah it didn't, it was a close margin but pause your video from the point the ball struck the bar and landed on the goal line paint, it was just few inches away from crossing the line...we literally have goal line technology even in friendly games that would have decided if it were a goal.

forgiveness:
Ajayi washed? Which match you watch yesterday?

Go re-watch the game again, watch Ajayi's poor positioning in several of the chances Portugal got including the one where he froze in a daze as a ball that was crossed in his path somehow evaded him and found CR7 on a sitter (thank God the GOAT isn't the same anymore cause that was horrible defending by Ajayi).

Kog45:
Oga in a competitive match can you stake Nigeria beating Portugal?

YES, call me a delusional mad man but YES I would.

Kog45:
Oga in a competitive match can you stake Nigeria beating Portugal?

With a full Nigerian squad (taking out washed players like Simon, Zaidu and Ajayi etc) the odds of us losing to them are significantly slimmer so a draw would be high on the stakes, so yes I will stake my bet on a slim perhaps lucky Nigerian win in a competitive game. Note that only two teams in Africa can manage to beat this Portugal team right now...Morocco and maybe Ivory Coast (I don't trust Senegal).

Chuks4041:
I am a strong osimhen fan. Honestly the solution to this is to find a perfect replacement. His attitude is not pretty. This game actually needed him.

I don't blame him, if Nigeria didn't turn itself to Osimhen fc with all our talent pools and huge population, we wouldn't have to keep depending on Osimhen while recycling players like Moffi and Onuachu who are dedicated players (God bless their efforts) but are limited in the system we play. That's why Chelle shouldn't use this summer break to just relax, he should keep beaming his radar on young strikers like George Ilenikhena whom he has mentioned already, there are also several undiscovered Nigerian talents in the lower rungs of Europe especially the Czech league that seems to be the new talent factory for Nigeria.

lbrichman2:
We did well in that regard, yes
But truthfully, the respectable score line was majorly because Ronaldo missed like 3-4 clear cut opportunities he would usually score..
Make we no lie, the scoreline flattered us
But somehow we didn't fold, we kept trying to do something in the game, we stayed positive..
But the difference in quality was too much to overcome

Brosky we are saying the same thing, call it moral victory or self-consolation...but the scoreline at the end was 2:1, and it will go on the record books that Portugal with it's full complement of world class players failed to drub a considerably second string Nigerian side at their backyard. That's why it pains me the likes of Osimhen and Lookman (especially Osimhen) always find ways to avoid top draw games like this. I'll still insist and bet any amount that if we had Osimhen, Lookman, Benjamin, Azeez, Aina and Nwabali...this should have on any odds being a 2-2 type of scoreline. Remember Akor missed a good opportunity to score from a break and Dele Bashiru killed a counter that should have led to a goal, not forgetting Chukwueze's gaffe as well...put Osimhen, Lookman or Azeez at the end of those counters...we might have seen a different outcome.

At the end we were lucky, but we competed well...another team would have been annihilated by Portugal.

Bassey has finally grown into a proper senior man, he really showed LEVELS in this game and showed he belonged. Ajayi on the other hand just showed why he needs to be respectfully phased out, AFCON should be his send off tournament.. thanks for your services.

lbrichman2:
Baba that goal na clean goal

It wasn't a goal

lbrichman2:
That's good enough
You no see their midfield yesterday?
On another day, we for don chop 5 goals for first half

That high line pressing game we played was really a bad idea, but honestly if we had Osimhen, Lookman, Femi Azeez, and Benjamin/Nwaiwu partnering Bassey...we should have drawn this match, the backline save for Bassey was as bad as any makeshift backline can get so we did well to hold arguably the best team in the world to a 2-1 game.

Ajayi
Zaidu
Simon Moses

All need to go, even Onyedika and FDB are too average so they can go as well, let's stick to the midfield we used at the unity cup under the leadership of Ndidi and Iwobi till they retire after the next AFCON.

My main worry now is that there is no certainty NFF have any plans to renew Chelle's contract, after the September games for the AFCON qualifiers, it won't be far above NFF to pull a shocker and frustrate Chelle out of the job...those idiots are very predictable.

CR7 is done, those misses were shocking.. Maduka had a good game all things considered.

Iwobi isn't fit, don't know why Chelle started him except it's for his 100th cap.

See camp vibes like a true family, imagine this team with Chelle at the world cup, we would have made headlines everyday lol

One thing truly unique about Éric Sékou Chelle and this group of players is the unity and brotherhood he has built within the team. Beyond the tactics, there’s a clear bond, togetherness, and fighting spirit among the boys.

I also love the transformation in Samuel Chukwueze ;… pic.twitter.com/yGKRZ5XR6l

— Ojora Babatunde (@ojbsports) June 10, 2026

TheSuperNerd:
🗣️“I'm 27 now, in the next World Cup I'll be 31, and most of the squad will be in their 30's as well. It's almost impossible for us to be there if we're being totally honest…

“For some of us, we might have to watch from home. How do we tell our children that we had two chances to be at the World Cup and we didn't take it?

“It's horrible to think about.”

via AySuga YT Channel below...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbsSs-CZuNM?si=cNLmEoHXym4rr-v_



NB: In the end, Elyte, they know they messed up. And they will live with it for the rest of their lives. The next WC will see the likes of Benjamin Frederick, Zadok Yohanna, Fernandez and Nnadi leading a younger and hungrier generation with only a handful of experienced men like Osimhen, Iwobi and a few more tagging along as the Effective Team Elders

Winning the next AFCON will be the best and most poetic type of parting gift these generation of players can use to pacify us, only few of them will likely stick around after the next two AFCONs to provide that experience and leadership for the next generation and retire after the next world cup. Those are the mainstays like Osimhen, Iwobi, Ndidi, Lookman, Aina and Nwabali.

The next generation will be defined by the likes of Bassey, Arthur Okonkwo, Benjamin Fredrick, Nwaiwu, Fernandez, Bewene, Samuel Isife, Zadok, Femi Azeez, Nnadi, Tijani, Suleiman Sani, David Moses etc.

Osimhen has to win an AFCON title and see at least one world cup in his playing career before he retires.

TheSuperNerd:
Friendly today....

DR Congo 1-2 Chile.

The only time I'll never forgive Chelle for failing to beat this boring DRC team is from that playoff, the tactical mistakes he made down to the bad selection of his PK takers still lingered in my mind for a long time...we had this qualification on a platter after FIFA gave us some ojoro points to squeeze us in, and we still bleeped it up after all that hard work against Benin republic and Gabon.

No wahala sha, many of us are already used to heartbreak as Nigerians.

charlesemeka85:
👀 OM is interested in Akor Adams! 🔵⚪

According to the Andalusian press, the Marseille club is closely following the Sevilla FC striker.

🔥 Grégory Lorenzi is even considering an offer including Neal Maupay + a financial indemnity to convince the Spanish club.

#TeamOM #MercatOM

Big move for Akor, OM are champions league regulars as well.

Omo... I hope Christian Eriksen is doing alright sha, that was scary.

Unlimited22:
Is Zadok Yohanna potential SE material?

Well there's only one way to find out, right?

mostob:
With Kelechi Nwakali giving them sexy penetrating passes from midfield. France, be scared. Spain, be scared. In fact the football world should be scared

Kelechi who? 🤣

zuchyblink:
Nigerian academy players are winning more than NPFL players.

Because academy is where true football is harnessed, and they use their real ages.

Imagine a potential attacking trio of Zadok, Osimhen, Lookman/Femi Azeez running at your defence...walahi AFCON will Kickstart a Nigeria with purposeful fury

TheSuperNerd:
He chose Brighton! Nice.

AIK won't believe how they just bagged such huge transfer bargain, must be one of if not their best transfer deals ever.

There seems to be a conveyor belt of very exciting talents emerging from the Middle belt/Northern part of Nigeria lately, and lots of them are hitherto unknown names balling in the so called less fancied leagues across Europe. And maybe the Czech league might be the new talent factory for the next generation of Naija ballers.

AndSunGorilla:
Last time, dem use us mop floor. I hope it doesn't happen again.

Peseiro ball no be Chelle ball, una too dey fear!

Watching Tunisia vs Belgium right now and my God, Tunisia look just awful...it's obvious their template at this world cup will be park the bus and insha Allah, just a utterly diabolical team to watch.

charlesemeka85:
🚨 Exclusive: ZTE have rejected two offers from Basel for Akpe Victory.

Gulf in valuation between clubs. The Hungarian side is waiting for a higher proposal.

In addition to Rangers and Benfica, there have now been approaches from teams in Spain, France, Germany and Italy for the 19-year-old Nigerian.

ZTE want around €5m.🇳🇬

In an odd way I'm kinda glad we didn't qualify for the world cup, with all this plethora of exciting young talents emerging, I strongly believe it will all finally come together for Nigeria after this world cup when the next AFCON commences with all the new players finally peaking for us as we start a new lease of life with a budding generation.