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BankyGee:Not exactly a response to your question but they don't need any. As we have chosen to be tactically static they only need to watch our games against Guinea Bissau to know how they need to line up. 4 in defence, 5 in midfield with 2 holding players and a fast forward. Our super stars will be sweating at 0-0 after 70 mins. At that point the game can go either way as we have witnessed several times recently, with no opposition big name in sight. Normal thing. |
typicalgamer:Exactly! I have seen Divine Nwachukwu play this season and I can tell you a fact. If he was to line up for Sierra Leone against our current squad he will cause them endless problems. The other Bendel Insurance player that can be looked at is Deputy Echeta. Like they say, dawg! ![]() |
komekn:Sergio Aguero Diego Costa Alexis Sanchez Even Michu!! |
Considering all, this is a terrible terrible squad. Nigeria as a country is near unsalvageable. My Squad of 23 for these games would've been. Goal Keepers Aniagboso Obasogie (Bendel insurance) Uzoho Defenders Ebuehi Osayi Samuel Zaidu Aina Akpoguma Ekong Bassey Midfield Onyedika Iwobi Alhassan Onyeka Nnadi Nwakali Attack Simon Moses Lookman Chukwueze Moffi Osimhen Orban Iwuala Remember this is my squad. Feel free to pick yours and leave mine alone ![]() |
Toylove:Thank you. |
N3TRAL:Why wouldn't they if the petitions are upheld by the court? Do you know something no one else does? |
It seems the Nigerian team went into this game with the intention of keeping and winning back possession in the Korean half and trying to prize open gaps in the final third. In other words, they envisaged dominating the game. They soon realised that the Koreans were very compact, fully overcrowding the middle of the park. They were also more than capable of doing damage with route one passing from the back starting a counterattack. Add that to their very tidy footwork and link up play in attack and they showed it could be dangerous for us camping in their half like we planned to. After about 30 mins Bosso's men started to adopt a similar tactic to the Koreans which meant that the whole game became stifled. There was no space to operate through the middle and both fullbacks from both teams were not really adept with their crossing ability so even when you used them as an outlet it didn't lead to much. There were hardly any chances created with the ball on the deck by either side in the entire game. Typically these sort of games end I'm Penalty shootouts. If Haliru Sarki was available he might have created something from nothing or produced more end product from some of the early moves down the right like he had done in previous games. The most significant issue was yet again there was just too much bone head decision making when our attackers had the ball, just like in the Dominican game. Shooting when passing would have been a wiser option, taking one touch too many before attempting a pass etc. In games where openings are few and far between those dumb decisions become more damaging to the team! Like I had commented after the previous game, the personnel in this team is suited to counter attacking football and in games where they have the upper hand in midfield the attack seriously lack the inventiveness and intelligence to do much with the ball. On the bright side a good number of the players have had a good tournament. In my opinion the brightest prospects are Haliru Sarki, Benjamin Frederick and Daniel Daga. I don't think Agbalaka has a very high potential ceiling but may carve out a career of sorts due to his discipline and concentration. Good luck to them. |
Italy U20 scored early with header from corner Vs Colombia U20 1- 0: 31 mins played |
You guys keep answering him sha. Una get pawa |
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wayodude:Bosso has proven he is now a tactician, his confidence going into the game also must have rubbed off on his players. |
Dominating possession is not the same as dominating a game. If the team you are playing against came prepared to play most of the game without the ball, celebrating that you have the lion share of the ball is a fools gold. Possession on its own is the most useless statistic in football. |
TheGoodJoe:Okay you can watch and critique as a fan. When you watch with a tactical eye what you see is different. No wahala. |
The best performers on the night were their left back (can't remember his name), Redondo, Daga and Emmanuel. |
TheGoodJoe:Haha that's not the argument, of course they created chances. The point is that the chances they seemed to create were what we were more prepared to deal with i.e. crosses or long range shots/deflections. You cannot just simply cage a team! Especially when they're the hosts and favourites playing in front of a boisterous even hostile crowd. Come on you know tactical football much better than this, I know. |
TheGoodJoe:I don't understand what you mean. I am saying that they couldn't successfully play triangular passes in our final third to create anything. Once they got there they had to go wide! How many through passes did you count that they made following their build-ups? Compare that to how many crosses they attempted, even after it became so obvious they they were not winning enough of those crosses they had to continue that approach because there wasn't another way. How many free kicks did they win at the edge of our box? |
TheGoodJoe:They didn't. They barley managed to maintain possession once they got to the edge of our box. |
TheGoodJoe:A team cannot have a tactic of let's hope they don't score. Lol The game plan today was clearly to stop the Argentine players playing triangles at the edge of the box so they can resort to crosses and shots from long range! As they attacked, our defensive positioning was to show them there was an easier route to progress the ball through the flanks, but doing that meant they had to cross the ball (which is exactly what we wanted) or recycle play by passing back to the halfway line. They did not win a single free kick on the edge of our box and that's what they thrive on when playing against physical teams like us. Whilst executing that tactic we also had excellent holdup play by both players who played as no.9 following delivery from the keeper. This helped the team move up the pitch easier and with less risk than always trying to pass from the back. The personnel in this team is perfectly suited to counter attacking football and I think that explains why they were a bit rubbish against Dominican Republic. |
When it comes to football seeing Argentina players and fans cry is always lovely! When that plain is inflicted by Nigeria, that's ecstasy!! This team is made for counter attacking football. If they try a different approach it may not be as successful. |
Dafresh:You misunderstood the ruling. The family home, the home she had contributed to looking after is not the same as other properties. |
The systemic damage to the educational sector in Nigeria has indeed fully come home to roost. The percentage of 'educated illiterates' in Nigeria is mindbogglingly high. Thank you Nairaland. ![]() |
Where is/are the runway(s)? Seems quite some way from the terminal building. |
I remember the debate about Leicester being a bigger club than Shakhtar Donetsk..... |
They played okay. If Brazil's No. 5 Kaiki and No. 8 Marcos Leonardo were from Africa the world would have been using their pictures as memes for age cheating. No wahala sha. |
David makes a good point. It is true that airlines lease aircraft, no news there. The question mark here is the timing of the lease and the announcement. When you factor that in with the fact that this aircraft flew commercially as recently as last week for Ethiopian airlines then it does make you wonder what kind of deal is in place between Nigeria Air and Ethiopia Airlines. Mind you the aircraft tail number still suggests that it remains registered to Ethiopian airlines. If it is a case of Ethiopian airlines being the main stakeholder and responsible for the management of Nigeria air, it does beg the question of what is the said achievement being announced. It also begs this question, is this current administration more or less corrupt than the one Bubu overthrew in 1983? |
Good luck to him. Dele Alli will be watching.
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Curtisaxel10: ![]() |
Papi85:I remember Brown. The guy was like a bull! That team played a good brand of football albeit against kids 10 years younger ![]() |
quickberry:That was by far the oldest 'u-17' team in the history of these world cups! I can never forget. Karimu Shuaibu with red boots had played a couple of seasons for Bendel Insurance before that tournament, he was a senior player in the naija league ![]() |
Truidstar:I did. If you did, then I think you should watch a replay or at least the highlights. They controlled the game, true....and then produced precious little with all the ball they had in the final third. What a travesty. If I was Bosso I will not be a happy man. This is my truth |
So in all the time these U-20s have been in camp they still cannot even attempt a pass to a better positioned teammate in the final third? Proper bone head football. Their athleticism and brute strength got them through today but against a team with a bit more physical presence of they play as stupidly as this they will be properly embarrassed. Both Brazil and Italy will better this win against Dominican Republic so Bosso should know now he has to beat either one of them. God speed. |


