₦airaland Forum

AndSunGorilla:
Even if he dived, I don't think he's saving that.

that balll wasn't far end, easy save. If Maduka concede this goal, Nigerians will come for his head

joelsteron:
Observations

1. George actually shouted for lookman to leave that ball. Anyone who knows look man won't argue this.

2. Moses Usor goal exposes super eagles disjointed and lack of unity as a team. Damn, a debutant was all alone for couples of minutes and no support insight.

Were they tired, was it big boysness, or lets see whats he's gonna do? or don't they like him?

3. Akor Adams is at risks of losing his spot cos Chelle I know will definitely pair Moses Usor and Osimhen. I can bet this.

How do you guys come up with all this (agenda) observations 🤦‍♂️. How he won keep mouth shout for Lookman.

Papi85:
I think Iwobi isn’t leaving the super eagles anytime soon bro as long as he remains active in Fulham

And midfielders tend to last longer in football, with the way Iwobi is playing, less running and more on ball distribution, I see him staying longer beyond the next Afcon. Couple with his very good injury record.

Philosopher1979:
Mali na normal thing. Great underachievers if African football. They have had players in real Madrid before. It's no big deal getting players in big teams is not a big deal for africa. It's has happened and will keep happening

But why does it seems like a big deal getting Nigerian players to big club. And we should be among the top football countries in Africa.

TheSuperNerd:
Chidera Ejuke's Goal

Put it over World cup -winning Unai Simon

🚨🇪🇸 | GOAL: SENSATIONAL FINISH BY CHIDERA EJUKE! FANTASTIC!

Athletic Club 0-2 Sevilla. pic.twitter.com/lVnojZY5Fx

— TheGoalsZone (@TheGoalsZone) August 22, 2026

they should not think of inviting Ejuke to the SE again, this guy will raise your hope to the sky and crash it the next minute.

Kog45:
Obafemi Martins was called,played against Kenya or Ethiopia and that was his worst outing for eagles....Haruna Lukmam replaced Mikel in 2010 and his performance was abysmal so no way in 2014...Keshi picked Osaze over Imoh... injury dealt with Obasi...Ajagun was with under 20 team then....prior to 2013 Afcon there was disciplinary issue between Keshi and Taye similar to that of IK Uche.

Always having disciplinary issues with several players, seems like a good reason to bring in guys like oduamadi, Gabriel, ucheibe, Gambo etc

Goke7:
Argentines are just an upgrade of North Africans, sore losers and masters of dark arts

You just perfectly describe the Argentines. Can't see myself supporting Argentina, from the days of Maradona.

Papi85:
very disgusting and annoying pple. The reason I hate anything Argentine

Exactly why I can't support Argentina, the always play dirty. North Africa of world football ⚽

DrYa:
Goat was cooked and fried...

the missing Goat 😂

Spain una do this one

Goke7:
No goal attempt from the Argentines

omo this is a scam 😂

They can only scam their way to the finals but not to the trophy 🏆

DeloitteNG:
It's not over sha
Argentina go score

With zero attempt at goal. 😂

At long long last

How was that not a goal 🤦‍♂️

elyte89:
When we talk ,we know what we are saying …look at the mentality of the players u want to bank on , to qualify us to the World Cup

Even if one critically look at this team,you will
Know some of these players are not even bothered or will I say destined to go to the World Cup

Oga look up for the full statement from iwobi, not headlines to get attention. If you can't bank on the best midfielder currently in the SE, then the whole team be disbanded and start building from scratch.

Napoleon55:
People are just blaming Tuchel,if he had succeeded with all his players turning into defenders,they would be hailing him now as a tactical genius.

I knew Argentina would score the moment England started packing bus against Messi.

no way he would have succeeded with the way Argentina kept coming and creating clear cut chances. Even the English players were confused about their role in the pitch.

TheGoodJoe:
It just does not make sense. Tuchel is known for possession play. How he abandoned it at this moment is baffling.

Even a football novice will see those changes and know it was disaster waiting to happen we were all expecting bring in those sharp wingers.

How did Tuchel become a coach

elyte89:
Even if he has one thousand caps ..and so

To get someone better Dan iwobi is easier Dan cin someone better Dan osimhen

Besides dis iwobi and ndidi (including Simon and chukwueze) must not be part of our fulcrum of the squad going forward.we can’t afford to bank on this 4 players if we re serious about qualifying for 2030 World Cup .thank God we re already having an alternative option to chukwueze (Femi azeez and zadok;we hope Dey perform better in the national team.)

I'm talking about Iwobi here, forget the other names you try to attach, show me that midfield currently that can topple iwobi and make him a bench player. With yrs of watching football, I've come to find out that midfielder peak around the 30yrs mark, which is around same age attacker begins to drop. When we can count the numbers of top attacking midfielders we have produced over the yrs and you feel it's easier replacing iwobi. In the last 20yrs it's okocha-Mikel-Iwobi

elyte89:
What we need most now is a better player Dan iwobi (iwobi shld be a back up plan)

A dependable striker even if the player is not good Dan osimhen;at least something close (while akor and odas we taught were good can fight 4 SS)


And a good left winger dt can permanently replace or place Moses Simon to bench ..limit his role completely in the team

why not look for someone also better than Osimhen, so Osimhen can be a backup plan. A player with 100caps your backup plan 🙄

ChrisKels:
Chelle will be tempted to break it if Benji plays regularly for Brentford because it doesn't look like Chelle rates Buike that highly. Remember it took a withdrawal before he could give him a call up.

That was in trasanspor, not when he move to the epl and balling regularly.

ChrisKels:
Oh please spare me this crap. Kwara United did not sign Moses Simon, he did not say it was because he was not a yoruba but when Rangers did not sign him , Moses Simon went to a podcast to say he was not signed because he is not Igbo. If you watch the interview carefully, you'll notice that he never said anyone at Rangers told him he was rejected because of his ethnicity. Instead, he simply assumed that was the reason.

For someone of his status, a professional footballer and captain of the Nigerian national team, that is a disappointing conclusion to draw without evidence. It is even more worrying that many people have accepted the claim as fact.

Before I address the Rangers squad of the 2013/2014 season, let's remember that football trials work the same way all over the world. Pedri had a trial at Real Madrid but was not signed. Today, he is one of Barcelona's biggest stars. Kylian Mbappé also had a trial at Chelsea, yet the club didn't sign him.

Players are rejected during trials every single day, not because they are from a particular tribe or nationality, but because clubs have specific qualities they are looking for at that moment.

Two goalkeepers can attend the same trial, and only one gets selected. It doesn't automatically mean the other goalkeeper isn't talented. The chosen one may simply fit the coach's style better, perhaps because of his ball distribution, communication, or ability to organize the defense.

In Moses Simon's case, no Rangers official publicly told him that he wasn't selected because he is not Igbo. That appears to be his personal assumption. Such a sensitive claim should not come from the captain of the Super Eagles, especially in a country like Nigeria, where tribal tensions already exist.

Professional athletes are role models. Their words carry weight and can easily influence public opinion. That is why they must be careful before making statements that could deepen ethnic divisions.

More importantly, the facts do not support the claim.

The Rangers squad of the 2013/2014 season included players from different ethnic backgrounds: a Ghanaian, four Northern players, four Yoruba players, one Urhobo player, and one Ibibio player. Even Itodo Ikor, who is from the Idoma ethnic group, the same ethnic background as Moses Simon, was signed by Rangers during that same period.

These facts clearly show that Rangers were not exclusively signing Igbo players.

Instead of accepting that he may simply not have met the club's requirements at the time, Moses Simon chose to attribute the decision to tribalism without presenting any evidence.

As captain of the Super Eagles, he should know better. His comments have the potential to create unnecessary division and cast unfair accusations against a club with a long history of signing players from different parts of Nigeria and beyond.

Simon isn't just dumb in the pitch, he is roundly a dumb human for making this silly statement.

"Someone told(assumed) him he wasn't signed because he was not Igbo". So who was that so called "someone"? Our club official? Maybe he was not also given a minute in the U20s because he wasn't Igbo right? Was he also rejected by Kwara because he wasn't Yoruba?

Dude was simply not good enough at that time, and I personally don't rate him till date.

On point, when I saw the news I just laugh cos even presently I don't rate him as a winger, and I might go for a less known player, if I'm in a position to sign him. It all about what the club is looking for at that time.

Napoleon55:
France owe me one goal,
but it's ok,they make up by putting Morocco in their place,
what Nigeria should have done at the AFCON

Is Nigeria 🇳🇬 on same level with France 🇫🇷, abi are we better than the Moroccan team. We should stop deceiving ourselves.

Mujtahida:
The pleasure no be here. My bad belly no even make me know which stage dem dey for this world cup. Once I see an African country playing, I start praying to God for them to be knocked out.

I ain't got no joy for any African country. I don't waste my emotions except on my country Nigeria.

in as much as I don't like seeing other African countries progress in sports if not Nigeria, but you see Argentina, I detest their football since the days of Maradona and with what Nigeria have been thru in their hands

Mujtahida:
I say we lack warrior mentality.

Small thing we don fold. I hate that thing about SE

Exactly, I think that exactly what is lacking in the current SE. Can't remember any world cup game we held Argentina to a draw in 90mins.

Sugarboyy:
Formidable opponent Ke.
Yeah, Cape Verde played well but if they were playing a country like France or even England do you think they will be able to dominate these countries for 3 mins the way they did to Argentina today?

Even when they drew with Spain, Spain dominated them from start to finish

Guy give this guys their credit, playing against the number 1 rank country in the world and you are calling England. Not losing a game in 90mins after 4 games. Comon

COOL10:
Best game of the tournament so far. What a game!!!! Wowwww!!!! 😮😮😮


Argentina go through to the round of 16. As for Cape Verde, this is how you leave a tournament with your heads held high, unlike other African Nations.

Actually the best game I have watched in this tournament.

COOL10:
Cape Verde, stay down nah. Stay down!!!

they have tasted blood.

2 - 2 let's go

Goal of the tournament, incredible

AndSunGorilla:
Shouldn't the goal have been disallowed? There was a defender going for the ball who was obstructed by someone offisde.

i saw that.

After 4 games, Cape Verde yet to lose a game in 90mins, facing Spain, Uruguay and Argentina. 3 World Cup champions. Incredible.

If Cape varde win Argentina, just give vozinha goalkeeper of the tournament already.