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King Mane pulls one back

TheSuperNerd:
USA taking Senegal apart... 2-0

Bara Ndiaye (18) in midfield and 3rd choice GK Mory Diaw are the only reserves faces in the Senegal Starting XI. The rest are starters/first team regulars.

First XI attack (Mane, Jackson, Iliman)✅️

Midfield (Lamine Camara and Habib Diarra)✅️

Defence (Jakobs, Seck, M.Sarr, Krepin)✅️

Senegal look very shaky in that defence

Hmmm Senegal

yinkeys:
Osimhen is injury prone
Let him concentrate on getting a new club
You can’t please humans
From why does he come to camp late to why’s he selecting games
Why should we rely solely on one player, let others have their shine
Surprised Chrisantus Uche isn’t even called, someone struggling to find his feet
Someone who needs game time, must Osimhen play every time
That boy gets injured unnecessarily when playing for Nigeria and you guys will still complain
Nawa o
Gift Orban dey there, many NPFL guys are praying to be called up and everything Nigerians can complain about is Osimhen this and that
It is a team game, not a one man show

Osimhen has played ONLY 6 friendly games for Nigeria in a span of 9 years, let that sink in. Surely he wasn't all "injury prone" in all those friendly games he missed over 9 years but no wahala. This is a learning curve for Nigeria anyway.

Odunayaw:
There is no grade A friendly bigger than playing Portugal.

Exactly, Portugal will roll out their heavyweights and they are easily a top 3 best national team in the world...a window like this would have been Chells's biggest game of his managerial career and a chance to test his best players against the very best in the world...but alas, his best players let him down. I could see the sinking disappointment on his face when he was asked about the Portugal and Poland games.

Are we going to finally address the elephant on the room? why does Osimhen get away with picking grade A friendly games to play? there's always a litany of excuses that crop up for this guy to justify his endless streak of absenteeism from international friendly duties...even better players and legends like Messi, CR7, Drogba etc never had this sort of record.

No wahala sha, I blame the unfortunate Nigerian situation for building an arc of hopeless dependency on Osimhen.

Chelle should play Lookman, Femi and Akor as a front 3...Osimhen's absence ( as usual) is a blessing sef, we need our test our attacking depth especially in this high profile games.

Meliforme:
Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi and Frank Onyeka retains their places in the starting lineup.

What Alhassan, Tijani, and Nnadi will achieve in five sequences of passes, Alex Iwobi can achieve in one stroke of a pass.
However, the only advantage that i saw in Alhassan, Tijani and Nnadi is in the cover they provide to the backline, their recovery rate is good, as well as their positioning during phases of defense.

Iwobi and Ndidi aren't getting any younger boss, come next world cup they will be in the twilight of their 30's if we make that one...so better start getting used to that word "phasing out" cause it's the inevitable part of football, just like life.

Please the likes of Ndidi, Iwobi, and Simon Moses, and Ajayi can play one more AFCON as send-off and be moved along for the likes of Femi, Nnadi, Tijani, Otele to take over...Alhassan, Onyeka and Onyedika can provide the experience from midfield. Attack is already blessed with Lookman, Akor, Moffi and Osimhen and Femi.

lbrichman2:
About 4-5 of their main players are absent

Makes no difference, we go still wire their triple A team regardless.

Azeez is our new weapon of destruction unleashed, what a gem!

Arsenal fans everywhere no go allow us hear word today, even the fuel attendant that attended to me today was bragging with his Arsenal jersey how they will do a double.

Abeg PSG do this for millions of us who want to enjoy the social media space and peace of mind 🙏🏿

BankyGee:
Them wan take him life 🤣

Benjamin Fredrick come go dey help am seff 😂

The werey cast no be small, I suspected him in that Ghana game when that Bonsu Baah kid terrorized him in the second half, and then he confirmed my disappointment against Jamaica.

BankyGee:
Last year Unity Cup final 🇳🇬⚔️🇯🇲

🎥🇳🇬🇯🇲 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛: The last time the Super Eagles of Nigeria faced the Reggae Boyz of Jamaica in the final of the Unity Cup! (3 Minutes Highlight).

What are your thoughts on this game? 🤔

🎥: [YT/MAX TV GHANA] https://t.co/0Wku3H7WIA pic.twitter.com/Tx0sgTGd7S

— Banky G 🎤⚽ (@BankyGee_) May 29, 2026

Sodiq was utterly rinsed in this particular game, na for here I confirm say the bobo no be am at all 😂

Seems Chelle has included Femi Azeez in the June squad, most likely as a replacement for Chukwueze who is grieving.

TheSuperNerd:
11 defenders in SA's final WC Squad... 11 Defenders!!

Na 5 man backline dem wan execute?

Anyway, Nigerian-South African, Ime Okon makes it.

Crazy they have only 4 midfielders and more defenders lmaoo, reminds me of those annoying days under Rohr and Peseiro when they listed only 4 midfielders and overload the defence and attack.

EElopa:
I will take my humble pie and say that I was very impressed with Femi Azeez's play today. I love it when a player is given an opportunity and he grabs it with both hands. He was fantastic today, and he will definitely be promoted to the Super Eagles' team list for the Poland and Portugal games. The left back, who I believe was a home base player, also did himself a whole bunch of good today with his performance. Tochukwu Nnadi was everywhere, and his quality was glaring to everyone. He has established his stay in the super eagles. I really wanted to see Akinsamiro and Nnadi playing together in the midfield today, and this is why I was very mad at Ebenezer Akinsamiro for not making the match day squad due to coming to camp late. Yusuf was fantastic today. This is the best I have seen him play for the Super Eagles in a very long time. Chibuike Nwaiwu was immense today; what a beast of a player. He is definitely leaving Trabzonspor in the summer. Fulham is really pushing for him this summer. Igor Ogbu is a very solid player that I will always have in the Super Eagles. All in all, a good performance for the Super Eagles, and you can see that Eric Chelle is building a deep Super Eagles team. If NFF doesn't Bleep shit up, we should be a formidable team in the coming years.

I heard Femi excused himself from the June friendlies to sort out his club transfer.

Papi85:
bros comot tijani abeg. Mk we slow down the hype

No hype bro, he was decent today.

Our CB and midfield depth might be the best we've had in years, a golden generation type of depth.
Imagine a line up of

CB:
Bassey
Bengy
Igoh
Nwaiwu
Fernandez
Ajayi (still has at least 5 years of quality football in him if he stays fit).
And there are other potentials like Vince Osuji etc

Midfield
Iwobi
Ndidi
Onyeka
Onyedika
Frank the Tank
Dele
Nnadi
Tijani
Akin
David Moses
Femi (I think he's best suited for the CAM role )
Even Tosin from the NPFL looks exciting.

lbrichman2:
Moffi did well today
He's no Osimhen, but can be a decent back up
He led the lines well today
Brought in other players well too
I vote he stays

Definitely behind Akor if he was ever considered

SolaFide:
Make una no forget say NFF dey play kalu kalu with Eric Chelle contract demand.
Eric Chelle may leave the NT set up after the Unity Cup.

Make una dey relax with all this agenda of Chelle leaving, all the body language and social media cues from Chelle suggests he really loves it here and wants to succeed with these players. NFF might be useless but they're not exceptionally stupid; they know Chelle is already a fans favorite among millions of Nigerians so they will definitely have private deals worked out for Chelle's contract that we're not privy to.

Chelle is staying, he has way more to gain staying with us and he knows it.

Kenneth Igboke looked particularly impressive, a NPFL fullback I'm willing to see more of in the NT

lbrichman2:
Going to sort club issues
Transfer

Makes sense!

TheSuperNerd:
Zimbabwe have had their moments mind you and even Arthur Okonkwo just made a fine stop.

The thing is this Nigerian side has done well to contain the Zim Pressure and limit their shots on target. Disciplined and efficient display by a third tier Super Eagles team.

I wonder why Femi wasn't included in the June match squad

Why exactly is Femi in the June friendlies? this guy is ready

Alhassan Yusuf doesn't get enough credit for how good and composed he is, Onyedika gets all the hype but I think Alhassan is the better player tbh

Nehruvia:
I want to know though: did Zimbabwe field their second 11? They're looking non-existent so far.

This is largely their main team.

Our C team come better pass our A team, and this is the same Zimbabwean team our senior players have struggled badly against.

Not a single link dey for this game? Na wa o

Kog45:
Well,not majorly education but securing stable finance for the future..I have a friend who moved from Europe to Iran league and guess what Iran money gave him that stability ....some of this European clubs pay are not that lucrative,reason why you see most players prefer England,league one pay good money than some division one clubs in Nethetland,Portugal and Belguim...Nwakali Barnsley wages tripple what he was earning in Estoril

Makes sense and I agree with you, if it's about financial stability over football legacy then I can't really blame these players for their decisions...a football career is a relatively short one and every football player is one bad injury away from having his career ruined for good.

ChrisKels:
Just one single poor decision and a once burgeoning career is already facing a nosedive.

How a sane person dumped Marseille for Nice remains unfathomable to me till date.

My theory about all of this weird decisions is that majority of this current Nigerian players are simply not educated enough to understand the dotted lines of whatever contracts thier agents bring for them, cause some of the decisions they make are borderline insane.

Damioduso1:
He is former arsenal academy product with Arthur okonkonwo is father is a Nigeria while is mum is from Uganda is currently on loan in mydtgland in Denmark


He also a young goalkeeper

Where's the source that he's in camp? there seems to be a media blackout on the camp activities, can't even find a picture of the boys.