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This is a competition for home grown (based) players, Which means the international stars aren't welcome in this competition. It was created to highlight the talents of players playing in our different domestic leagues.

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Next fixtures:
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Introduction: Don't you just hate it when the international break comes and as an African, you feel left out because there isn't a discussion thread for we Africans to discuss international Sport/football tournaments like our counterparts. Well that feeling should be a thing of the past as this thread will serve as a dedicated hangout joint for discussion by all forum users (both Africans and foreigners) interested in Africans in sport.

This thread will be updated with everything Africa Sport/football worth discussing, each tournaments, round fixtures, table standing etc. Feel free to drop your prediction on table toppers, match winners and discussion as any tournament progresses etc.

Ps: Previous Discussion  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5507543.0)

Good to know that we have a new African football competition discussion thread, that will keep us busy with discussions after wnd of each international competition, with focuse to local player's, this definitely will boost our discussions on African football and team's, after the just concluded woman CAF competition with Nigeria winning the tournament, this increased my zeal to follow up with current discussions, this thread came at the right time.

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This is the groups c match table i got interested in group D because my home country Nigeria is fixture on that groups, and it will be interesting to know how their will be performing in the up coming groups stage competition, since the supper Eagles have not really been impressive with their performance compared to their supper falcons counterparts who have been consistent in victory over other African teams

The recent happenings in the African games has been very compelling and has made many of us who have not been fans of this local tournaments to start developing interests. The ongoing African Championship tournament is really thrilling and the young lads are full of talent. Yesterday saw the Senegal game against Nigeria which I personally felt was supposed to end in draw before the ruthless mistake from the Nigerian Keeper which led to their defeat by 1 goal.

This would be a good place to run to and stay busy before the season kicks off. No more dull moments and I can say that CAF is doing a good job in organising these tournaments.

I still believe that Nigeria has a chance to win this tournament even though their defeat yesterday has placed them in a tight corner of qualification. Senegal is a tough team in the tournament and they might also meet in the finals if care is not taken.

Nigeria cuts my betting slip by loosing to Senegal. I predicted the game as a full time draw until Senegal scored Nigeria in the 2nd half of the game. I was hoping Nigeria would score an equalizing goal but they couldn't and the game finally ended with Senegal defeating Nigeria. Nigeria had better ball possessions and goals opportunity but lacks finishing, I was disappointed with the outcome because they had more quality players present in that match than Senegal and yet they couldn't score a single goal before the match ended. I wasn't happy that they didn't qualify for the world cup and now they have started messing things up. I think the Nigeria coach should come up a better strategy and also talk sense to his players.

i cant tell of the qualities in each of the Nigerian or Senegalese side but from what i watched in that game, any of the two side could have won that match because the transitioning of pressure happened at both ends with both teams being completely physical against themselves. a one nil defeat that happened due to mistake can happen in any game be it in the first super eagles team or this particular squad that plays this game. 

the core take away from the game is that both team gave an impressive performance which shows that there are a lot of stars in our leagues that if giving an opportunity to play in the first team will do really well. it is the first league of the fixtures with more games to come. Congo and Sudan has already drawn sharing one point apart giving the group a neutral ground for anything to come from.

This is a very good competition it will help a lot of players to grow and I believe the completion will be tough because every player we put on his best in order to make foreign coach see them, this is an opportunity given to upcoming players to showcase there talent to the world, I believe Nigerian players will do very well because those players are very talented and I hope that the best players in different Nigerian league team will play this competition because they usually neglect them and pick random people in Nigeria so long they have money to pay which is not supposed to be so, those Nigerian League players deserve to be shown over the world because they are really talented sometimes they should even pick them for world cup if that is done I believe Nigerian national team will do more better because those ones that has not been given those opportunity before when giving we play their best and perform very well.

I laugh at your last statement, that Nigeria have more quality player's than Senegal.

Bit their lost 1:0 to Senegal this shows that you have over rated the Nigeria team since you should know that what calculate quality is the winning, and in this game Nigeria could not equalised the goal not to even talk of possible winning the games.

Anyways we may still have hope that the Nigerian team improved from the current lack of technical know how to score goals and also lack of cooperation between the player's, if that is solved we can expect more goals from the player's.

You must have heard of this African slang "You go explain tire, no evidence". Its exactly what you are doing.
After all the strong performance put in by both Senegal and Nigeria, the Senegalese went home with the victory at the end of the day. The one goal is the evidence, so the Super eagles should do better next time, and stop giving unnecessary excuse or say things that will justify their loss.

It's disgusting watching our men squad play against their men of other countries in any organise tournament. I don't who's responsible for the team selection but it was purely based on partiality because almost all the squad players are Remo stars players. Imagine how the supposed defender left the ball for goal keeper from the midfield when there was opponent players immediately behind. Lol
It's not a curse but I don't think these our guys can go far in this competition with the kind of performance we saw that yesterday. No concentration, no chance created, every player was just making one error to another until they conceded a goal for being sluggish.

I was not really expecting Senegal to win yesterday match.  Though played even more than Nigeria Eagles but I was still having the hope that The Super Eagles would win but ironically Senegal won it game. Well this is the beginning of the tournament so they still have chanced to do well but if they behave like the way they did in the World Cup Qualify.
If Nigeria didn't qualify in this group stage of the African Nations Cup then they lost it all. They are already out in the world cup and if they lost in the stage group in this tournament then players need to be restructuring.

I hope the Super Eagles of Nigeria will sustain the latest trend set by Nigerians in the area of sports in general. Now Nigeria is dominating in female sports, football and basket ball have all been won by Nigeria and other sports will follow. We need to revamp the male sports especially football because we have the quality of players to do that. Vincent Nwabali, Victor Osimhen,  Lukeman Ademola, Ekong and many other players of the Super Eagles are in their prime, nothing stop us from dominating.

I thought since the goal came in 75 minutes super eagles will also endeavor to score there own one before 85 minutes but I began to see players whom there hope was not strong equalizing, they could have also do like other clubs on there group instead of being the only one who doesn't have a single point, that was there first match of the African nation championship, Congo and Sudan played 1:1 and also having 1:1 point but Senegal after winning super eagles became the first club on the group to have 3 points, so actually they need to win Sudan to have 3 points because another draw shouldn't be an option for them.

It is better you didn't watch the tournament most specifically Nigerians games but you can choose another Country to watch their games most specifically Morocco. I was really surprised to see that Nigeria loss that game. I watched the match in a local TV [NDTV] and I also regret of watching that game.
Since Nigeria didn't win their first game then I don't think there is any hope on them again.

The Super Eagles may have a new player from a top Premier League team who is going to be joining them to play and pledging his allegiance to the Super Eagles.

I am talking about Tosin Adarabioyo from Chelsea.
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Who else has seen this news? It could be a good thing for the Super Eagles, a defensive boost to add to the likes of Ola Aina, Calvin Bassey, etc.

The only time I had enjoyed watching the super Eagles of Nigeria 🇳🇬  were in the 90s and early 2000 during the time of Jajay Okocha, Kanu Nwankwo, Sunday Olisa , Finidi George and Teribo west Era, and that was when you see the players play with patriotic,  But these set of players are not putting enough work ,well I blame because of they the other past players were not taking much care of which lead to some of even hanging boot earlier than they should. I lost interest in watching these set of players, the other time I picked up interest was in the time of Keshi.

I saw Odumodublvck made a post talking about how he walked up to Tosin to play for Nigeria. I know the politics behind all these movements  and how much he must have pressed on the table of NFF for him to play for Nigeria. Congratulations to him on having that slot but my own opinion remains that, players who had no such plans to play for Nigeria during their early stages shouldn't be allowed to do so now. Godspeed to him yet again.

I don't know about others for me, the Super Eagles have not played good football after 1996. The 1993-4 team that won the African Cup of Nations and played quality football in the USA '94 World Cup. They beat Bulgaria, Greece and lost painfully to Italy in the second round. The Atlanta 96 Squad made up of some senior players, took the World by storm in the Olympic Games.

The coaches who achieved these feats were not world-class. But Clemens Westerhof and Jo Bonfrère were lucky to be surrounded by players who were desperate for glory. The current crop of Nigerian players don't have that drive.      

That has always been the flaws of Nigeria team, they can win possession, dominate the match but lack a good finisher to put the ball at the back of the net. They are just like Manchester United. I hope that they improve from this state of playing pretty good but can't score any goal.

Senegal is not a week side when it comes to football, so don't expect them to easily give up on Nigeria to equalize the goal and win the match. Nigeria should make sure that they win their next match.

As usual, he may want to take the praise, acting like he really had a stake in the players decision. If Tosin is choosing Nigeria, it is because he wants to and not because of what any celebrity told him to do.

Maybe he did not actually need to offer the NFF any amount of money, but he was given the preference considering that he has foreign experience.

I was not around in the year of 1996 but I believed the Super Eagles did well in the year 2013 which they won the AFCON Champion but after that period, they play games that have nothing to discuss about again. I started watching Nigeria team football (Super Eagles) from the year 2005 which they played with Tunisia and which Super Eagles did well. here (https://women.volleybox.net/nigeria-tunisia-c246044).
Super Eagles players now is for "guys" and not to foe the country. From what we have seen yesterday match, super has nothing to offer and it is better we leave the tournament in the group stage.

This is the first match of the tournament, two more matches to go. The Nigerian team has to perform better when they face Sudan and Congo next. I believe 6 points will be achieved at the end of group matches as Senegal currently has 3 points, Sudan and Congo have 1 point, and Nigeria has 0 points.

If the Nigeria team wins Sudan and Congo next, in their upcoming matches, I believe we will be looking at them qualifying from the Group D table, to face the other "African team" for the AFCON's Championship

Finally. Hope this thread doesn't fill with the garbage of the past ones -- offence meant to those who do that haha. Always like this tourney if I'm honest, it's made for good betting markets on some of the emerging forces, and I won the last AFCON pool so hope to see some of the regular posters also cough up some cash to participate ;)

Come on people this is a gambling sub, so let's see some bets!

First of all, i like the way you take your time in explaining down the difference, because some may truly be convinced in them without knowing the difference, as one id solely for the local national team players within Africa, while the other as you have mentioned include both other players coming form other past of the continent, one thing id like about football is the way it unit people together from across the world, which is something worth to appreciate, when we all gather to play, watch and enjoy sports activities without having any geographical discriminations, in addition, knowing the various leagues is as important as how we could place value in our teams and players both locally and in the internationally settings.

You forgot about the year 2000 nations cup which was hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, where the Super team made it through the final with Cameroon, that team played a fantastic football that tournament that they reached final but the luck were not on their side after the game ended on a 2-2 draw, That resulted in a penalty shootout, Cameron defeated Nigeria by 4-3 on a penalty shootout.
Okocha, Kanu Nwankwo,  Daniel Amokachi, Forward, Finidi George, Sunday Oliseh, Rashidi Yekini, Joseph Yono, Austin Eguavoen and just to mention a few who played a vital role in that competition, Is were not only the 1994- 1996 that did well.

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I am just getting to know this player now, I don’t see him that much playing in the European football or maybe I might just have missed him playing and not actually him be new. If he’s a great player, he’ll definitely find him way to play for the super eagles. Then I’m surprised why you made mention of him finding his way to play for the Nigerian super eagles. I thought since he’s an international player and he’s a good player, he doesn’t need to pay or bribe some top officials in the NFF before he can book a slot in the Nigerian Super Eagles team. Not showing interest initially could be as him not seeing the chances of him making it to the top of the team, but when an opportunity arises, they can make it there without any stress or principles prolonging it from happening that time.

Actually what people are wishing is for us to win but if we are considering the early stage then we could missed something very important or maybe we might not get those who are qualified to get there. Of course who knows how much he might pressed for having a slot knowing too well it gives them chances to display themselves globally.

Sincerely speaking I don't know what is really happening with our super eagles this time around they are no longer playing good and interesting football anymore, and they really need wake up and make us proud this time around, just as our super falcons did in the WAFCON. I know that when it comes to the national team the super eagles players are not been treated the same wey they are been treated in there various clubs, but even as that they should put in their best when playing in the national team, because they representing their country Nigeria, and it will make no sense that will have good and quality players in super eagles and still can secure the AFCOM trophy.

sorry about your bet this is gambling for you Nigeria was truly poor yesterday in their game against Senegal if they continue playing this way they may not qualify to the next phase of the competition because their performance yesterday was not most Nigerians sports fans expected from them as they lacked composure and tactics yesterday

There is always problem with our men side of the team, how did they lose to Senegal. Our women gave us an applauding victory and brought the title home, meanwhile our men are not doing the same. I don't know much about African Nation Championship as it may not be captivating my time since major leagues are soon to begin, i will have to reschedule watching each highlights, until we get knocked out or remain to the end part of the competition.

If they can't beat Senegal today that means they do not deserve to play in the first team, i just hope this guys realize that whenever they are playing against any country they automatically are playing against South Africa and Ghana because they always find pleasure seeing us lose in games. At least they should give us results to brag with.

The truth is that most of the super eagles players are not even putting much interest in the game, they give their All to their respective clubs because of the interest to be signed in bigger clubs.

If you always watch their games in the national team you would see it is always boring because they have no interest. Another reason why I feel the is not putting their best to come up with best performance is because of poor Management.  Changing of coach often also plays a role for the performance of the team. I don't see reason why the teams performance shouldn't be impressive when their are good players .

There are many factors that could play a role in that series of disappointments they record during their outings with the national team which could include fear of sustaining injury to avoid being benched by their clubs. Prior to the coming of the present leader, they are not always rewarded they way they feel they deserve after every of their outings in any tournaments with accumulated arrears of benefits. So yo be on the safe side, they avoid falling into injuries for their country's sake to avoid loosing their place in their well paying clubs in the Europes and diaspora. Someone like Victor Boniface would never take the national team games for anything and has never scored for them even when he is a fire in the German league with several goals. I believe that with the recent payments winners of various tournaments are getting, they will get back to their winning ways.The games of the African Nations championship has been thrilling and I'm loving it. The Nigerian side gambled their opportunity to beat Senegal and crowned it all will a fatal mistake that handed Senegal the 1-0 win. Watching the game I began to wonder if they really play to win. But the AFCON championship players are only drawn from the domestic leagues which means no foreign players is allowed. This is a stage set to sell off our African young talents who don't have the opportunity for a place in the international clubs. This stage opens them to foreign scouts who would probably come for the best among them.

In the game between Mauritania and Tanzania which ended in 1-0 win in favour of Tanzania, you see passion in the face of the Tanzanian players. They play like who love to win even after being pressed by the Mauritanian team, they still pushed until Kapombe scored that tremendous finish. Looking at such game, you feel pushed to watch more and more of the AFCON championship games. Nigeria still has a tiny opportunity to qualify but it will take them more strength this time around because of their mistakes against Senegal.

It is actually funny how Nigerians on this thread always have a problem against the NFF. It is either they are blaming the NFF whenever Nigeria loses a match, or making unfounded claims like the one in the quote above. Please give the NFF a break, they are not worse than other corrupt footballing bodies, for example: FIFA.
And why is that, i absolutely do not see anything wrong in this. It is not like players can just change national teams at will, there are certain restrictions. If a players passes all these, and wishes to play for Nigeria, they should be welcome.

Possibly the 6 point will definitely be theirs because it might not be too difficult after all, perhaps if super eagles was use to Senegal I believe they might have understand them more than this because they have not played any matches with Senegal for couple of years now and that was the first after those years but however there catch up is not impossible because they will definitely do that but the only thing is that they might not be the first on the group but as for Congo they would win to have a 3 point while they wait to meet Sudan and have another 3 point because Sudan is always very easy to beat by the super eagles.

You may be surprised that they are lol ;D They may not just have had the chance to really show it on the world stage.

I also do not see anything wrong with any player suddenly deciding to want to play for Nigeria or any other country; sometimes the decision is not out of a place of pity but sometimes a place of patriotism, so I really support you on this.

Some of these players are just getting to really know their roots, some even making visits and falling in love with the culture. Not all of them are playing for Nigeria because they are uncertain of having a place in the other teams that they were in.

I totally understand how it feels to lose, especially when there's so much hope that the outcome of your prediction would be great but then you don't have to be very emotional about that lose especially if you bet with your spare money, except maybe you did it the other way round, anyways that's gambling, you win some and lose some life goes on.

 However if you're a Nigerian it's okay to be very disappointed at their performance, I know that Senegal has one of the best squad in Africa but with the level of players filled in the Nigerian squad they should be able to match Senegal's strength, the male football team should emulate the Falcons and try do better, they're very capable of doing so, I wonder why they don't.

Our very own, Chiamaka has been nominated for the Yachine award. Let's support her and write history, she did well to deserve the nomination and which is enough reason for she to get the award, stat don't lie: https://x.com/ESPNAfrica/status/1953429199433142459?t=ys7L62806VJfoRjUak5Jsw&s=19

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If  he is actually a good player enough, all of the pressing and stuff shouldn't even come in for he to get s slot in the Super eagles because his talent will make way for him, you will not tell me the likes of boniface  and Osimhen will pay to play for the eagles, they will rather be on invitation because their impact isn't even negotiable at all so I think all of that had to happen for some reasons anyway I wish him the very best and pray he's worth the whole process that has brought him there where he is now.

The thing is, a player cannot even wake up one morning and change national teams. If you have played more than three competitive matches for a particular country's senior team (not the Youth team), you can no longer change your national team, and you ought to have played those games before you are 21 years old.

You see how steep the criteria is. Some of these players switching to the Nigerian national team have only played for the youth team of their second country. So it isn't like they are "old men" switching to the Super Eagles; if that was the case and someone had a problem with it, then it is understandable.

The coach needs to understand that finishing line shouldnt be messed up, that match was full of some craps, Nigeria had some opportunities to upturn the match even to their favour but lack of finishing sense messed everything up for us, so what next, where are we, what have we achieved with all those ball possession and overall good statistics, has those been able to help us out in any way, the answer should be know I guess, hey I felt for you when you said your bet tickets was tored by Nigeria, I laugh because you have mind man, I don't bet it Nigeria for any reason to enable me be a free man beside I don't normally watch their matches is just recently I started watching their match but you need to grab something, don't get too emotional when betting, move on very quick when you lose a bet so that you won't continue hurting your feelings.

I was really frustrated to see the team's inability to capitalise on scoring opportunities due to poor finishing.point about not getting too attached to a particular outcome, especially when it comes to betting, is well taken. I must say it is essential to maintain a level head and not let emotions dictate future decisions, which got me thinking that our players really need to work on their finishing skills specifically, or I believe there are some areas they should focus on to improve their overall performances. By taking these bold steps in hard training, it could help them a lot.

First off,do you think the coaching staff or the players' mentality is more crucial in addressing this issue? I think our Super Eagles really need some inspiration plus improvement, which could include players from and players' fitness playing a very important role, and also having mental preparation and being more focused, tactical cohesion and some little bit of chemistry between themselves.It's really disheartening to see them underperform, especially given their talent. I think the Super Falcons' success in WAFCON is indeed inspiring, and we'd love to see similar excellence from the men's team. Well, I think they should have a renewed focus on teamwork; strategy and national pride could help them regain their form and bring glory to Nigeria.

While I'm happy she's getting the attention she deserves but I'm not happy others aren't getting the same attention, our ladies did very well and they should be dominating the list of ballon d'Or but I don't think any of our ladies made that list. You can't tell me we don't have some ladies that did well in their clubs and also perform from the national side. Our baller Asisat Oshoala hasn't being fortunate to receive the prestigious award despite all her efforts in carrying the nation high, to me though it just doesn't make any sense. She has an incredible club career and also a big national career yet she's always being ignored and that's just frustrating if you ask me.

Is a big award that would give any player who earned it a large portfolio, this award is like the type we saw on the AFCON during the time of Ademola Lookman that they got nominated, usually I think the players they use to nominate is four players and what they nominate here is five players, perhaps they don't usually have a specific number however I support Chiamaka because she earned it by hardworking and not by consideration because she performed more than every other person on the list, was Nigeria the one that won the last one? Because I no that nigeria has win this before for winning ten times.

I'm psyched for the afcon later this year. I feel like the timing is awesome and will be very benefitting. I would also love Nigeria to with the afcon this time. We came close last time and lost the finals despite being the best team on paper. It would be interesting to see all new progress that the African football industry has made since the last afcon.

Exciting times are ahead!

I just checked the list to see that no Nigerian player made that list, I can only see two African players which are Melchie Dumornay from Haiti who plays for Lyon and Temwa Chawinga from Malawi that plays for Kansas City, it's not easy to make the nomination list for the Ballon d'Or and if those girls made it means they had a very impressive performance despite not playing for bigger clubs in the female league we should show support for them even though they won't win it. Well our Nigerian girls are trying and I believe that After this performance in the Afcon many big clubs in the female leagues would come after them which could give them opportunities to be nominated in future if they keep doing better, I support your statement concerning Asisat Oshoala I'm hoping she wins it before she retires cause she's had a fantastic career so far.

Congratulations to Chiamaka for the nomination, but I will also express my dissatisfaction with the way and manner in which other players, such as Asisat Oshoala, were ignored. Asisat has a good and credible profile to start with, and she has a good career, and she is well recognised globally as a playmaker on the pitch. Why will she be ignored? She has been on the team list that won the past years' WAFCON trophy, and that alone should have paved the way for her to clinch a Ballon d'Or award. I just feel they are beginning to get biased with the process.

Yeah she deserves it, our Nigerian female footballers are really try they always put a smile om our faces, as for Asisat I get why people are dissatisfied because she really deserved to be it, Asisat Oshoala has been the star girl in the Nigerian female team and she's been very brilliant both home and abroad.

I am generally proud of the African teams they are doing well. That being said, the Super Eagles have a problem and that problem is not even about the players or the coach. It is not about the formation or the tactics, it is about our leadership. This is one thing that I continue to say over and over again. Once you can fix the leadership of the NFF, even our team B will rise to the occasion. We are blessed with many talents but management and leadership are key issues. Until then, we will continue to struggle and have mediocre results.

TBH, the AFCON gets better each time it is played, the last time was a spectacle and i am sure the 2025 AFCON would even be better. Talking about the timing, yes, this is the first time the tournament would start in December and be played in the Christmas and New Year season, it should be lovely, enjoying the tournament during the holidays.

Morocco is the host nation. Last time, the host nation Ivory Coast won it, of course i want Nigeria to win it, maybe even sweeter if we beat the host nation in the final this time around.

Not only Assisat, but Rasheedat Ajibade is another brilliant player who should have made the list. We have brilliant and well-talented players who have clean records at their club side, and these girls have been up and doing in the national team. So far, the Falcons are rated the best and leading female football team in Africa, and what I am yet to understand is the world ranking in which the Falcons were rated. The latest world female football team ranking shows Falcons at  36th position (https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women), which I don't really get clear even with the recent victory and back-to-back matches they have won.

FIFA Women's Football Team Ranking (https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women)

This is it, they don't often respect the AFCON or the WAFCON but at least things are getting better. Now we can make them see our Nations competitions as not being subpar when Chiamaka wins the Yachine award. We just have to show our support by voting for her because she deserves it and the path way Asisat Oshoala has opened won't be closed like this, the women will do a lot better and the men will be motivated to do well and give their all.

This is the sort of tourney I might enjoy, too bad it's just impossible to find good streams. Not that I will be missing much, just really curious about how far domestic continental football has come here, and if it's any different from what I seem to remember.

Mamelodi did all right in the CWC but yeah it's a good question for me, what happens without all the imports?

Yes, things are getting much better than they used to be in the past. Our ladies are really making us proud and seeing one of them being nominated for ballon d'Or awards, it shows that the world is beginning to look into African football. If the women can gain such attraction, then the men can also do much better, but looking at the men now, I do not think they are ready for anything as they are not showing any sign of enthusiasm for their call up. The other day one of the super eagles player said things about the team not being serious with national call up when he was being interviewed. He said that his colleagues do not take matches serious compared to their club side as they do. He said lots that made me question the authenticity of the super eagles players  because so far I have not really seen the team spirit as it used to be back then, but I could see the team spirit in the Falcons whenever they play.

I thoroughly checked through the list and noticed that no Nigerian player was on the list. I saw two African names there which was Melchie Dumornay from Haiti who plays for Lyon and Temwa. Apparently, it feels like Ballon d'Or has something fishy going on with what I've noticed because, I mean this girls did well in their respective leagues and still didn't get their accolade.

I feel they are other things to put into consideration before you get nominated for the Falcon, I believe if the Nigerian women could consistently keep the form on, one of them will definitely emerge as a winner. You could see the nominees listed have done an incredible work no doubt in their respective leagues. That being said, I loved the way they managed through the game during the just concluded Wafcon. With such a satisfying performance, I believe many clubs in their pro leagues would come looking for them and that will give them the momentum of going higher in their profession.

One of the challenges i see that Nigerians also have to put into consideration is by placing the females with top priorities, ad it been the ladies were not able to made it to the finals, non of us would have been talking and celebrating them the way we are doing today, this shows that they lack much anticipation required to pitch their value and most Nigerians don't see them the same way the super eagles are performing, we all know how the internet can be flooded by any sparking reaction/discussions about the super eagles, while that of the women is less talked about, and all these matters at long, but i also expect that they should be able to identify some outstanding player in the like of Asisat for the award and recognition needed.

The African Nations Championship is a good tournament, it is a great opportunity to give the spotlight to the players playing domestically. That said, i don't think it has gained so much traction, i don't hear friends or people around me talking about it, i for one have not watched any game since the tournament started.

Instead we cannot wait for the AFCON that would start in December, that is what i discuss with my friends in real life, that is the tournament i am eagerly anticipating.

This tournament has exposed players that are playing in the various domestic leagues across Africa to the rest of the world as some of them don't get the chance to play when the main afcon starts looking at the tournament so far am really impressed with the level of competition and quality of play especially with the tactical brilliance of the various teams

I can agree with the notion that our major challenges are management and leadership because if there is proper management and leadership, they will be able to draft out proper incentives to keep these players motivated, set up proper training facilities for these players to keep their spirit high, and build a system such that there is always availability of logistics whenever these players are on international duty.

If there is a system that these players can trust, a system that these players know values them, they will give their all on international duty as they do in their clubs, and our team performances will improve.

Of course, the leadership of the Super Eagles is the major problem of the team, and because of this issue, it is affecting everything about the team. One thing that is so concerning about this problem is that the Super Eagles' leadership is not even doing anything for the good transformation of the team, which I know they are not. When the management of a team is not doing well, it is impossible for the team to perform well, and this problem is not a result of the players or the coach.

I think you have pointed some disparity in recognition and the support between Nigeria men's and women's football teams, while the women's team has achieved notable success, they often receive less attention and celebration compared to their male counterparts, just take look at this outstanding players like Asisat Oshaola can help raise thier profile and advocate for greater recognition and support for women's footballin Nigeria.

If you follow Women football well you’ll know they’re still far in their racial preferences and sensitivity. I’m not bothered that Asisat Oshoala isn’t on the list, the times she would have won it or come close atleast to top 3 or 5 she wasn’t recognised, her exploits at Barcelona and the National team in her prime. Even while she was top scorer at Barcelona sometimes she still comes from the bench.


Talking about this African Nations Championship, Uganda seems to be in top form firing in all cylinders, the South Africans is also a team known for having good home based players but they had a tough start hoping to see how they progress. The Nigerian Team needs to unlock their goal scoring form and win their remaining games if they are to go further in this competition.

If you are not bothered, we are bothered about the indiscriminate attitude towards the African Championship cup and players. As a matter of fact, if we do not speak out loud, our voices would not be heard and our grievances will not be acknowledged to be resolved. Our females are good and best at their games even at club level, they are doing perfectly well. The likes of  Asisat Oshoala is a well known and recognized player and she has won the Best African Female Player back to back for some years is this not something to show for her attributes? Why then will she be ignored. Our girls performed excellently well from the beginning of the just concluded WAFCON and it was visibly clear to everyone their performance. It is just  obvious that Africa is always silent when it comes to matter like this otherwise the African nations should have questioned the genuineness of that list.

Asisat Oshoala actually didn't really deserve being in the top 30 this year. She didn't do exceptionally well as before both in the National team and at her club in the US.

Although, thus doesn't mean she has been treated fairly in past Ballon d'Or nominations or awards. While she was carried by the team in the WAFCON triumph we can remember when she was the main hero for the team success but as one gets older they require help from their team, even the great like Ronaldo and Messi are no exception.

Now we can do better support Chiamaka and if she lift the Yachine award then we're writing history and this will be a motivation/inspiration for others and African competition will be more recognised and respected.

Nigeria really need to win Sudan today in the African Nations Championship. We lost to Senegal last on the 5th of this month, so we need to win today. I think Senegal is the only country that is strong in group D aside Nigeria. To qualify should not be of any problem to us at all.

We are expecting the Nigerian team to win Sudan in this match that is live now, since they perform poorly in their last game against Senegal, i hope similar thing should not happen against Sudan because right now Nigeria is at the bottom of group D table so if they lose this match it then means that their chances of advancing to the next stages will be slimmed down. Though Sudan not an easy team and considering the fact that they played draw against Congo in their first group stage match, they might win if Nigeria is not careful. Looking at the group it appears as though Senegal is only the tough team but Nigeria need to take the other teams serious to avoid an early exit from the tournament.

We will support our very own as it is not an easy fit to have achieved such height so fast, it took her time, effort and preparations to clinch to such or to have been nominated for the wards. In as much as Asisat Oshoala did show much this WAFCON, she has been robbed off her own time  when she was still very much radiating and shining back then, although she has won the African Best Female Player Award but not even a mention at the world level. It is not easy to win a continent best player of the year and also club side awards if I am correct. Maybe it is time we start  to speak up so that the African voice would be heard and recognised in the world football body.

Nigeria are loosing 25 minutes inside the first half. The starting won't determine the end but getting scored first while leading possession, Nigeria needs to wake up. I believe our brothers can perform a come back, just 1 goal will equalize the scores why the second goal gives us victory.

Nigeria losing this game is the end of our journey to the next round, we haven't won any of the match, loosing 2 in a row, i except the scores to change in the second as we almost concluded the first half.

It's 41 minutes gone and Nigeria is loosing by 1 goal through an own goal scored by Ngenge. Nigeria remains the only team in the group D with zero points so far. Two teams on top with 4 points, so even if they eventually win today, they will be occupying the third place in the table. I feel that the team is not concentrating enough and they really need to sort them selves out in the remaining minutes to turn the game around. Leaving this competition with no point should not be allowed and if they loose to Sudan today, that means Congo might also beat them next. The giant of Africa must behave like their name implies today.

So far, every goal Nigeria has conceded has been self induced, their keeper caused it against Senegal, now is Ngenge. I wish them luck in the remaining 49 minutes or more.

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Sudan I already winning Nigeria with 1:0, I really don't know what is happening but I was thinking that Nigeria will win the match because from statistic it shows that Nigeria is more informed than Sudan so saying that Nigeria is losing to Sudan is still a shocking thing to me and if Sudan eventually wins Nigeria today it means that Nigeria can no longer qualify because the chances will be more slim however I'm expecting Nigeria to come back and win this match because they are in a position of winning the match, however like they say anything can happen in football so let's keep watching and see how it will end but I still believe Nigeria have a chance to come back and then win the match especially in the second half so my hope is still up but if Sudan scores another goal then I don't think it will be possible for Nigeria to come back and win the match.

The game is currently in the additional minutes of the first half with Sudan currently winning with a 2:0 scoreline. Nigeria will have to put up an extraordinary performance in the second half of the game if the match if the first half finishes with the current scoreline to stand any chance of getting anything out of this game.
But from what I'm currently seeing on my screen, I think the Nigerian players lack the winning mentality and confidence that's required to turn the tie around. The coach of the Nigeria side will have a lot to do in the dressing room to force the team to improve their performance. At the moment, I don't think the Nigeria side stand a good chance of winning the game.

Just hoping that Nigeria will come back in the second half with the zeal to equalize this game and at least a win would have been better for the home based Super Eagles but since we are already two goals down let's pray for a draw. One point will keep our hope alive and we might luckily win the next game which will take us to four points.

It's just sad that the our male national teams are not making us proud. They will have themselves to blame if the come back without the trophy. A national award, house in Abuja and $100k will elude them.

This match is known to be an intense one between the two teams. I am really surprised to see the current score. This has got to do with the Nigerians' past performance. While Sudan's lead does make Nigeria's qualification chances slimmer, it is really impossible for them to turn things around. Most times football is really unpredictable, and Nigeria might still come back stronger in the second half; just having hope to see them come back stronger.

Very poor this evening.

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I am tired

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Who bet on this match are now losing.

It's indeed a a sad day for the Home based Super Eagles. This might another indication that the Nigerian Football Federation didn't choose the right coach. Coach Eric Chelle have now been impressive since he resumed as the national team coach. Nigeria is technically out of the African Nations Championship, a sad realty indeed.

My cousin was complain to me that the home based Nigerian players are disappointing and the foreign based Nigerian players are not different when they are representing Nigeria. Recently the good news from Nigeria sport was brought in by the girls. The super falcon delivered the WAFCON and also the female Nigerian basketball team D’Tigeress also made us proud. I think when it comes to female sports the government lets the coach to do what they want and select players that are qualified but with the male teams there are some back door connections being made in the selection of players.

From the process that brought this coach in as head coach of the Nigerian national team there was allot of questions and talks because allot of people were not comfortable with the process truth be told this coach is not technical sound and we can see it with even the nation team and now the home based eagles, this is a result of what you get when you play politics with everything because a home based coach is better than this coach

This is really poor and I never expected that Nigeria will lose to this team. They have been playing not a good football since the championship commenced but I thought they were going to do better in this game since it involves a mediocre team like Sudan, little did I know that I shouldn’t have underrated them and given them a benefit of doubt. Such a shambles from the super eagles this night.


I don’t even know how he came to be the head coach of the team but with this performance he has displayed, he is certainly not the best person for that position. When selecting a manager in such a delicate position, politics should not be involved but competency should be the main concern to look into before approving their selection into that position.

when you see a four nile defeat in a game as this, do you just put the blame on the coach and single the players out who have on there own failed to put up a good play that would have at least made things better for us? look at what the super falcons are doing, even with there second team, you still see result and you are excited that the next generation is in a safe hand. but look at this; the super eagles main team are struggling and this ones are equally struggling and even had to lose two games at a strech with a margine that is as big as this? it is completly embarassing. and the we will still complain that they are not being feartured in most of our games? will you see this kind of performance and still prefer them above forign players when it comes to doing player selection for our first team?

our players need to step up there games and not continue to play desaster while giving excuses of bad coaching. two games and they can not boast of a single win, how bad can things get to?

When you see results like this coupled with the result against Senegal, you just wonder how the players who went to represent us were selected. Were they the best home players that we had, or did they pay their way to the spot? It paints a poor image of the quality of our local league and homebased players.

Very shameful, Eric Chelle should not continue.

I don't think the fault lies solely with the coach, because the players poor performances are also to be blame. The selection process seems flawed, and it's embarrassing for Nigeria to have conceded 4 goals against Sudan. We have talented players in Nigeria, and even in a local team from one state they may have a strong lineup of players who can represent us effectively.  I am not trying to condemn them, but I always anticipate Nigeria to win over any African teams, and based on head-to-head records Nigeria outperformed Sudan. and as it is today, I don't think they have any possibility of qualifying for this African Nations Championship again because they are the last in the table.

The Nigerian team qualifying from the group stage has become a big problem for us. I don't think you and I would have the hope of seeing them making it out of the group stage with a disgraceful 4-0 loss match against Sudan.

This is the second loss match they have had in the AFCON Championship. The first loss match was against Senegal (1-0), now they have a disgraceful loss to Sudan by 4-0, after everyone was confident in them winning Sudan next.

The next match is against Congo. Are we to be confident in the Nigerian team to win against Congo? Even if they win against Congo, the win is taking them nowhere with 3 points.

If we should do the logic, you are very right. Among the four clubs that are in the group D, only Nigeria has lost two matches, the remaining three clubs have neither lost nor won themselves but they all drew.

I doubt if Nigeria can win Congo because of the matches that have been played. Nigeria played so bad and performed woefully.

It's so disappointing to see how the super Eagles team have performed so poorly in that group D,  Their stands in that group is almost like known, and it will be a surprising thing if they finally managed to qualify, which I doubt. But that would be a terrible thing if they failed to win Congo in this encounter, making them 3 consecutive loses, it obviously will drop their ratings on both the continent and international level.

I am not even disappointed. Rather I would say that I am disappointment-proof because I start any of the super-eagles games without any expectations. In fact to make me more indifferent, I expect that the Super-Eagles will lose to their opponents before the start of the match, that way my blood pressure doesn't go high why the match is on. But on a more serious note, the implications of a drop in ratings for the team doesn't look to me like a motivating factor for them to do better. We must find something that deeply motives us from within that should make us strive for the championship. With our past outing which has not been encouraging, I don't know if there is still any hope for this to happen.

Jay-Jay C. Said he didn't blamed the Coach Eric but the players. The efforts of the players were very poor that they can possessed ball from their opponents unless the ball rolled to them. And he was emphasing on the defense. He said the defense was nothing but a scrap.
And a player in the Match  said they didn't do well in the Match and nobody should blamed Eric Chelle for their downfall.
Super Eagles Team B (Home Base Team). Eric Chelle assistant coach is the head coach of Remo Stars and he brought in 6 Remo Stars players in the first game with Senegal and they loss the game and in the second game again he brought 7 Remo Stars players and loss the game with 4-0. And those players were the best in the Remo Stars. 1 goal they could not score.

One of the major problems that the coach has faced is the selection problem, trust me if a proper selection had been done, we wouldn't have lost to Sudan with those numbers of goals. An indigenous coach would have done a better selection by reflecting on the performance of each player from the domestic league, though he might have technical assistance from Nigeria but it would have been different if he was a Nigerian, at least nobody will tell him or recommend to him who to use, he would have selected based on his own assesment.

I couldn't return back to this thread after thinking our National team can possibly do a comeback being down with 1 goal during the first half as of the first 25 minutes of the match. Nigerians are disappointed, streak losses in our Group D stage, the atmosphere created by Eric Chelle looks to be unfavorable, our Men side are failing both when we use international players and local players for competitions, the federation needs to look into this, it now seem like a coach problem.

How are you not disappointed? Also what reason did you think that Super Eagles would lose?

Thank goodness that I did not take the match because I prefer betting on clubs. Although, if I staked on the match, I would have used small amount to bet on the match. Those that bet on the match might be confident somehow, but our players absolutely disappointed us flawlessly.

You are right that the selection is one of the reasons. Although, I do not against foreign coaches.

The super Eagles current performance has indeed been disappointed, with the teams struggling to find consistency in the both international and local competitions, Eric Chelles appointment as head coach in January 2025 brought high hopes, but the teams recent results haven't met expectation

Just as you have made mentioned i think the coaching selection process has been a major issue, and the a Nigeria coach might still have made different choices, potentially leading to better results, i think having a coach familiar with the domestic league and players could provide valuable insight, which would allow for more informed decisions.

He is right, if the players have given their best in the game, the result would have been more presentable even if the Nigerian team lose, it shouldn’t be this embarrassing result. Now if they said that home base players are not doing the job right, some of us will be saying that they are good and can do better for the team, how they were used and they disgraced our team by losing to Sudan.

The coach too should have come up with a better tactics to avoid such embarrassed because it is his responsibility as a coach to get the best squad for the nation.

You can't blame the players because it's said that when the head is spoilt there is nothing the tail can do he was the one that selected these players and looking at the team there is no technical input no intelligent play and even no tactics this is just to show that the coach is deficient when it comes to tactics because we can see it in his players

So who do you think selected these players?

Because either the players were forced on the coach to use in the competition by the people who made the selections, or the coach did not take the selection process seriously enough to screen these players.

Shows the quality in players playing abroad and shows how poor the local league is. Our main super egales squad, although at time they disappoint us but they won't disagree us like this. I didn't plan to watch this game but was unfortunate to see the game at the bar I was at during the time this game was played. Their defence was horrible and there was a particular defender that was killing me inside watching him defend that bad and I think he was the cause of atleast two goals in that game. I don't know how this players in this team can break into the super egales team. We really need to up the quality in the local leagues.

I knew that the quality of our local is poor, because any of the players that did well just for a season or two, are mostly transfered the next season to Europe or any other well organized league around the world, so I know that they are not that good enough to compete with the south African or the north Africans team that their leagues is very good and well organized, but to be frank here, I never thought that it's this bad, our main super eagles team can never disgrace us like this as you have rightfully said already, but in a situation like this, the only good lesson to take home is that our government and football federation will pay more attention to our league after this because in the history of our local league, their is no point in time we were this bad, so more measures needs to be put in place to improve the league because this is what we should make sure never happens again.

I know that the Super Eagles are playing with home-based players in the ongoing African Nations Championship, but the Super Eagles were supposed to defeat Senegal and Sudan. The performance of the Super Eagles in the ongoing African Nations Championship is terrible, and it has put them in a difficult situation to qualify for the knockout phase of the tournament. The Super Eagles failing to get a point after playing two matches in the ongoing African Nations Championship is already terrible for us, and I will not be surprised if they fail to win against Congo in their next match.

I don't think the result of the last game will matter a lot because even if they win, I don't think they will also qualify for the next stage of the competition. I'm probably thinking that maybe these players underestimated these other teams and expected that they were going to dominate this competition, so they did not put in the extra effort against the first two teams they've played. It'll be a shame because winning this competition would have been a very good opportunity to earn for themselves some good amount of money, considering that our president is being generous to sportspeople this period.

I think Nigeria's problem in their last two matches was underestimating their opponents. It's surprising that Sudan defeated them 4-0, which was a huge margin. And the team inside their group I expected Nigeria to have an easy win there, especially against Congo and Sudan, which they have already played with because they are the lesser team, and Nigeria has already lost to them. Their third match will be against Senegal, which I believe will be a strong opponent. Given Nigeria's performance in this tournament so far, I don't think they'll win against Senegal. Unfortunately, they've already missed their chances to qualify, which were against Congo and Sudan.

Sudan national football team played very excellent in the last match as that team did excellent in last match and did 4 goals in this match. No player of opponent team could do any goal in this match and match was ended with one sided result. Raouf was a dominant person in this match because he did 2 goals in this match and he did his  first goal at 55 minutes and no person could could oppose the goals of Sudan national football team because their goals were accurate. Ngenge was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 25 minutes when it was requirement of team and we saw back to back goals by that team and Nigeria national football team stats was good in this match but they could not win this match.

If you're very familiar with the NFF terrain, you will know that some of these players come from various recommendations from the hierarchy of the Nigerian football federation, even recently an interview was conducted on Brown ideye, he confirmed that his name was removed from the 2014 World Cup squad, because he had some disagreement with certain individual that was so powerful and had connections with the Nigerian football federation. So for me, i believe this players that were selected for this competition came under serious recommendation to the coach and the coach being a non-indigene who hasn't really taken his time to go through the league and various club to select players, he wouldn't have any choice than to obey the instructor given to him by those that hired him.

No, it does not put them in a difficult situation, it puts them out of the competition. Nigeria have been eliminated. Two games, two loses, zero goals scored, five goals conceded, - 5 goal difference, bottom of the group.

I think our performance in this tournament is testament to how poor the quality of football is in our local league. This is a tournament for players playing domestically, so if we were playing great football in the NPFL, we wouldn't be eliminated in the group stage of this competition.

I haven't been following the African Nations Championship, but after I read your post, I immediately checked the group of the Super Eagles, and I was so disappointed when I saw the Super Eagles at the bottom of the Group D table with zero points. Now I see the reason why you said that the Super Eagles' performance put them out of the tournament because even though they beat Congo, they will still not qualify for the knockout phase of the tournament.

It's very disappointing to see that in a group that has the likes of Susan with all due respect to them is a very appaulling situation that we have here this is a reflection of how low our league has become now I understand why most of our players in the Nigerian league move to place like Sudan, Rwanda , Tanzania etc to play

this ones have learnt back things from the super eagles first team na. playing two games without a singke point and being beaten by teams that should not stand in their way in the first place, is that not enough disgrace to start with? we are all from different states and can at least give a litle analysis on the investment our state government are putting into the development of their state teams na, is that what is going to make us contend against teams that have invested a lot in thier league and players welfair?

while i still put an aspect of the blame on our sports federation for not doing the needful, i will still blame the local players that have an oportunity of at least showing that they are good in their own way and they have failed worefull in that little task. the numbers of goals they have conceeded even makes the matter worse because it shows that they are not even ready for the turnament.

That is what you get when there is little or no motivation from the government, honestly these players and even the coaching staff can do much better if they are properly motivated, they performed very badly, I watched the match for a while and left because they were beating our team all round and feeding them goals like babies. Nigerian government has to do better in overseeing the welfare of these players, FR how do you expect these players to give their best when the $100,000 each that was promised Super Falcons who won the Women AFCON is yet to be remitted to them?

We shouldn't blame the government for every bad sporting outing. This might be a tactical fault, selection problems or the boys were not patriotic. The government might not have redeemed the $100,000 pledge but it will still be fulfilled, hopefully. Remember that during the past administration, players who brought glory to Nigeria got only presidential handshakes. The truth is that Nigeria presented a weak and tactically deficient squad.   

While I identify with your points on tactical deficiency. I know very well what motivation can do in football even in a local level. Back then in 2020 or thereabout, The then governor of Enugu State, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi made promises to the Rangers team of a big reward if they win the cup and increased their salaries throughout the competition. That way the never do wells were motivated and they took it serious and beat almost all opponents to win the trophy. After then, he never gave such support again and the trophy never came home no more up until today.

When players are motivated, they give more than their best. I play football too and I know the kind of internal desire to excel present when there is adequate motivation.

I think the frustration is real! You are really right motivation really plays a significant role in performance, the super Falcons recent outing have  indeed raised concerns about their welfare and government support, this is why there is a big need for better oversight of players welfare, impacting thier welfare, the truth be told this could lead to another way to the player's having to see that our government had not take to their words as promised. It really essential for the Nigeria government to address these concerns and provide the necessary support for the super Falcons to excel

You will think not blaming the government when it comes to sports matters is okay until you see how much the government has frustrated the efforts of some Individuals and even cooperate bodies who wanted to key in sponsorship then you will understand why the government has got a very fair share of blame in all of the experiences we see in the sports Industries.

If till now the government have not redeemed the promises, you think they will eventually? When a new government will be in power and claim they weren't the ones who made the promises and ares so not obliged to keep it, you know how gullible and opportunistic these politicians can be, so government has got s very vital tole to play in all of this and that even interfere with the tactical fault you mentioned because if the right persons are hired, not always will we have to suffer such.

The same government that play politics with the sports, i don't expect much from them, if government begins to oversee the fare ware of the league in a way, there will be a different problem of ethnicity and favoritism no longer finding the best player for that position. It is either coach fault, players fault or both because Group D isn't a competitive one that we get to be at the bottom.

First national team are struggling to qualify for next World Cup, last qualification we didn't make it there, this time around our chances is slim once again. Football federation is messed up honestly, settling for the least why we have the best.

I do not understand what you mean about the same government that plays politics with sports. What do you mean by that?

When talking about sport, I do not think we should involve our government, but we can blame ourselves for having huge population like this but not having local players that can make use qualify for the world cup.

The coach is even from Ivory Coast and not a Nigerian which can make manipulation to be avoided or at least be reduced.

Mate we will keep seeing or will I say experiencing all this thing as far as the government aren't ready to do things right, obviously there are good players that could gives us what we want but you know the problem, I think you have mentioned one, politics is affecting everything in Nigeria and to me that's the real problem that has to be tackled, the right selection isn't made, we keep getting things in a messy condition, it is really bad, that's one of the reason why I don't get myself worked up for this whole thing about our country football, for a very long time we have not been able to hear good news, who knows if the government were able to fulfill the promise they made to our Lady that won a trophy recently for us, I won't be surprised if those statements were to be fallacy.

We can't be so certain that the Super Eagles' poor performance in the ongoing African Nations Championship was because of how low our league has become; there are other factors that could influence the Super Eagles' poor performance, such as the Super Eagles coach selecting the wrong players for the African Nations Championship and using wrong tactics that don't fit in the style of play of the Super Eagles.

This is now becoming a major interest as our national team is beginning to get interests from Nigerians abroad who are born to foreign mother's. I think Ashley Asumptre openned the doors for others to begin the journey back home to their national team.  Ashley was amongst the team that won the last concluded  WAFCON as the key defender, she supported the team so much.

Here is another player who about joining the list, he is  Jonathan Spiff Asuzu born to a Nigeria father and his mother a Brazilian. He was born and brought up in Brazil and willing to switch allegiance for the national under 29 20 team. Is this the beginning of a shift in the national team?

Read here (https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=56720)

No matter where they were born, even if they are born outside of this world if possible, as long as their father is from Nigeria, he is our blood. It is part of our culture. Ashley Asumptre really looks like White (unlike her sister) but she is our blood. I even like the fact that she wants to know more about her home (Nigeria). If they think they can do the work, please they should apply. I really like this yoruba and Nigerian address called Adunni Ade.

It is good to see the interest coming in for the national team. I believe these set's of players switching allegiance for Nigeria are coming in with good and clean thought but I fear that the attitude of the NFF and the federal government should not scare or get them scared away because that is the only thing I think would discourage them to continue with the national team.

So far, these players coming in are very committed and are ready to cooperate to do much better. I saw that in Ashley Asumptre and she did perfectly well, her support was a very good one to say.

The poor performance of the Super Eagles cannot be totally blamed on the league but the league can be dragged into this in a way, if we had a very good league where good players are natured, it wouldn't be a challenge getting players to fit in and get super Eagles to perform better against their African counterpart in the championship.

If not for the international based players who regularly come back home for national assignment, we would not be talking of have a squad that will be doing fine at the continental level because at the international level they they perform average as super eagles.

How possible that our national coach is from Ivory Coast while we have both local and other better foreign options. Eric Chelle coached Mali for two years and he won nothing with the team, his only achievement was reaching quarter final in the AFCON, if this was a trial obviously it didn't go as they planned.

It's hard to believe, such manipulation can even be worse with a foreign coach, because he has to agree with terms before giving the role as the head coach.

When the Super Falcons play better to win the Africa Cup of Nations trophy, with enough money to be given as a reward, we Nigerians complain about why they should be rewarded that way. But when the people(men) we thought could do better, we see them disappointing.

It is a sad reality that our men are not making us proud regarding football. I can't remember the last time our men came back home with a trophy. It's always a disappointing scenario they always have us on, to watch out for

Why should a coach of a football nation team come from another nation is not right at all especially since that coach is still a citizen of the other nation and is not even a citizen of the nation his coaching by birth or by nationalization, for me I think FIFA should do something about this matter of a nation signing a coach from another nation to coach in their national team in terms of prayers you cannot play for another two different nation that rules should also be implemented in the coaches you cannot coach more than two nation that is how it is supposed to be because sometimes I imagine how it will look like if for example Nigeria is now playing with Ivory Coast, is somehow knowing fully well that the coach is from Ivory Coast.
For me I want a Nigerian coach that is from Nigeria however there is some advantage that also comes with signing a coach from another nation.

What we saw in the African Nations championship competition from the super eagles is an effect of the flaws that has been taken to be normal in the grassroot football in terms of scouting and picking thr best skillful players to make the national team at all levels of international competitions. The best are ignored while mediocres are giving opportunity to represent. What an embarrassing stat

I don't think any of the Nigerian players who will move to countries like Rwanda, Sudan or even Tanzania wouldn't have compared the current situation and challenges they are facing to where they can see as the next alternative for them to be able to explore for further opportunities in their career, it is important that we know challenges could come from any angle in the football sections and the politics there could be this high level of annoyance.

My own fear concerning the move is that the NFF do not go ahead to reduce their scouting activity locally. There are many local players in local areas in our countries who are really very talented in football and are just looking for an opportunity to play for the national team, as the NFF are accepting players who are born outside the country and switching allegiance to the Nigerian team, they should also consider locally based players and create an opportunity and a space for them in the team as well because truthfully if we are to talk about this, we know that some of these international players only switched allegiance to the Nigerian team simply because they know that they can't get a place in the national team of that other country.

I disagree with you a little on this even though we know that the grassroots football is our major setback. The selection process of the apex team couldn't have been influenced by the grassroots selection since the national team coach is at liberty to choose any Nigerian player from any league all Iver the world. His decision at that level is not influenced by any factor such as tribe and ethnicity but pure based on what he feels is best for his squad.

Now let's look at it from the coach's point of view. Every coach wants to win and in Nigeria, everyone knows that NFF has refused to provide basic enabling conditions to allow purely local players to improve in all round. In the outside nations, great players or will I say almost everyone that flourish in football or other games were born into it, meaning they were assigned clubs and coaches from childhood. This is what is lacking in the Nigerian system, no basic amenities, that mindset of "Go to school" and bad leadership. This delays the time that a young Star could have risen.

The poverty alleviation mentality of many locally raised football affects almost all their attitudes. In Nigeria, many got into football because there's no job and they need to get rid of poverty. This is not so abroad. Most of these people scouted from outside the country into the national team came from a well to do homes and they were allowed to choose their careers earlier in life and have played from childhood in various clubs. Take a look at the super falcons, which coach would not love to have Plumptre in his defense line? Seasoned and experienced. So I think it's better to face improving the local policy and create an enabling environment so that people can go into football as a hubby not for poverty's sake.

The coach that coach super falcons Players to win the title caused Nigerian heavy celebrations, for the players to receive gifts from Nigerian government and other people,  this is Nigerian coach that coach the female team to bring good news to the country, the moment they declear that foreign coach to be super eagle coach, I knew it will not bring any improvement to super eagle team which everybody is seeing what is happening to super players that use to be the giant of African struggling in group D to be the weak group in African national champion League,  I don't see this coach like someone that will rescue super eagle to win any African cup, because the senior super eagle team and junior super eagle team is experiencing poor performance from this coach tenure.

Obviously, since the selection of players becomes a political selection, that was exactly the time when things went south with our national team football success, Though I can't vividly recall this scenario back then during the time of "Odewinge" a certain player who was selected because his uncle or a relation is holding a political post in the NFF then, and leaving the player who truly qualified and talented to go to that world cup, which left the social media bursted into arguments.

It's ok to disagree. You and I  wouldn't have a clue of what's happening behind closed doors that may have influenced the decision of the national coach to have made such selections that wouldn't give him stunning results. The issue of national team coaches to have total  independence in selection of his team players has always been an issue of contention and I wouldn't want to argue that any further.

There Was alot of dust that were raised when the list of this present chan eagles were released it's clear that politics were played in the selection process because the list were dominated by only players from one team which is not a true reflection of what the reality on ground in the Nigerian professional football league

What you said is true. I also observed the same thing, the list is not transparent at all because they now make it  appear as if other teams don't have good players . It is a known fact that others team have good players that is so supposed to be in the list. Nigeria politics is really something else, I wonder how they can be able to get a good squad. This is going to affect the eagles performance since some of the names that is on the list is not supposed to appear there.

They have been very lucky with all the coaches they have been given to them because they have been wining trophies, however I think the coach that led them last season wasn't the same with this season coach, there current coach is Justin Madugu who joined them this season and he has done the same as other coaches have, is actually very easy for any of the coach in the club because all the players are very experience especially when it comes to this African women league, i wonder why coaching super falcons are very easy than coaching the super eagles because they always think that foreign coaches are the best.

Till date i will say this that the Super Falcons Nigeria women's national football team, have indeed been successful under various coaches, how tye current coach, justin Madugu took over as interim coach after Randy waldrums departure and really led the team to victories over Algeria and Cameroon. Madugu determination to restore Nigeria dominance in African women's football is evident in his recent performance. I most really say the it worthy nothings that coaching a national team is never easy, and both the super Eagles and tye super Falcons face unique challenges, however the super Falcons recent success suggests that they have a strong foundation to buipd on

This isn't a news, that's how things has always been done in the country, qualified players are being ignored because of the connections the non qualified ones have. A typical example is with players like Iwobi who has been getting regular calls to play for the national team even when he hasn't had a good season. Although Iwobi is a decent player and has contributed his best to the national side but he isn't that good to be getting called up always. Until we start to differentiate between players with connection and players with quality, our national side will still be unbalanced. This is also why we go for coaches that we can control and not those that'll do their jobs well. The Nigerian system is affecting everything including the sports.

Not all the players that are switching allegiance, you think have no place in their national team, the likes of Asleigh Asumptre made her decision to come play for Nigeria before the NFF initiated the move to write to FIFA and after much delibration and all the procedures being met, she was allowed to play for Nigeria and mind you she is playing for a big team out there which means she can not be ignored by the english national team because she is a playmaker as well.

As for the scouting of foreign-based players, I do not see it as bad, though because it would help to further strengthen the team as they are coming with their own experience, coupled with the local players' experience, to have a formidable team. Already the team is filled with local Nigerian players except for the players who were born and brought up in Nigeria but were lucky to get a good club outside, they play for, and it looks like they are a foreign-based players but it is not true, they are fully Nigerians but luck found them.

We all know that NFF's attitude at times is not welcoming. Most time, people would want to exhibit some kind of funny character without thinking of the outcome of their actions just to benefit themselves, and this is what is happening in the NFF as a body. Corruption, favoritism, ethnic sentiment, and  lackadaisical approach to urgent matters as it concerns the national team as a whole. One thing I will say is that the team or NFF should have or allocate a certain percentage to the mix-up so that it  would not look like they are only concentrating on scouting for foreign-based players, let there be a percentage for quota filling so that there would be an equilibrium to not allow room for complaints from Nigerians as that is another issue facing the sports body in Nigeria.

Nevertheless, another goodnews as  chelsea striker Chizzy Ezenwata  swtiches allegiance to play for the under 20 Flying Eagles (https://bsnsports.com.ng/post/Chelsea-Striker-Snubs-England-For-Nigeria--Set-To-Lead-Flying-Eagles-Attack#:~:text=The%20Nigeria%20Football%20Federation%20(NFF,BSNSports.com.ng%20reports.). He would be joining the team next week as reported. I am happy that Nigerians abroad are willing and eager to play for their national team and it shows patriotism and the love for our national team but I pray things changes for better with the NFF  because their approach and concern to the various teams at all level would show the continuous input from the players to making sure they perform and put effort to make sure they do perfectly out there.

If you ever think scouting will be done fairly in Nigeria or most African countries then you are wrong. Even in top leagues like the European leagues some coaches focus on signing a specific players from certain countries. I do not know their connections to those countries. For example, Edu the previous Arsenal sporting manager was interested in singing Brazilian players more in the club. He goes over to the Brazilian league and bring them over to Arsenal. We see more of this in several clubs too in the Spanish league.

Randy waldrum won alot of trophies before he passed, I could remember when he came and every season there is always a trophy to record I think because of that he got a year added to his contract and that was during 2024 and from the year he passed it was actually on the contract extension everything happened however for Justin Madugu to have won this season he needs to be the falcons coach if possible four to five years because what he achieve this season will definitely be a continues event from him. The build up is actually were you will see a possible lasting of performance and the falcons has this build up.

The Nigeria I know will not give the Super Eagles head coach the liberty to select the players that will represent us at national and international levels, and since we don't know what is written in the Super Eagles head coach's contract and what is happening behind the scenes, you can't be too certain that the Super Eagles head coach has the liberty to select the players he wants.

It's as simple as that, we can't keep on covering these corrupt officials behaviours with their insistent interference with how the national team squad is been shaped and their selections, not letting the technical team and the head coach to do their job freely. I won't be surprised that the contract penned by the coach comes with certain clauses that doesn't put him in position to make final decisions without their ratification.

It is normal that any coach who takes on a team from the beginning of training to lifting of trophy needs to be retained or  there will be an extension of contract for that coach because he or she has all it takes to nurture a team to victory. In the case of the Falcons coach, surely I believe he would be retained with a contract extension of service as he has proven himself worth of the position as the head coach of Falcons. He has already built the team to the current level they are now and it really shows that he is capable of doing much better while being consistent in achieving success in tournaments.

If he was a coach that got signed without knowing much about the falcons his results might not be this good, alot of coaches today who are serving his club remarkably started somewhere in the club, either was a formal player of the team or was under there main coach working and learning knowing fully well some day they might be promoted to the main coach of the clubs so actually I believe that was how the falcon new coach started because he was there assistance head of coach before but now after all that has understood about the players it wasn't a difficult thing for him again.

I guess think it really a great idea to be optimistic about the super  Falcons coach futures with the teams, from what i saw i  thier recent success i think it kimda of likely that the coach will be retained or have thier contract extended, the coach ability to build and nurture the team has yielded positive results and consistency is the key in achieving success in tournament. I think in addition to i think him was also been friendly and familiar with the teams just as you have made mentioned the coach had long time know the player   staffers, and other teams, pulse i think the coach has established relationships with the player.

What really killed the Super Eagles recent matches were the coach fault because he selected those players so we should not blame others and the next persons to blame are the players. They would have using this opportunity to do well so they can be used in other games and like this I don't think those players can be used in any other international games but in local games.
The coach was not having much experience on the players and that is why the technical crew is with him to direct and select the players because they know who is who.

You are kinda of right the coach decisions can really have a significant impact on the team performance, which it's also important to consider the players perspective and the technical crew's expertise in the players selection, this is why may have views on international matches as opportunities to showcase their skills and learn physically and also showcase their skills and potentially earn more playing time.

There is no other person to blame than the head coach of the super eagles which the NFf made to take the chan eagles to this tournament my main concern is if this coach can't even perform in this kind of tournament how can we make any progress with this coach Nigeria super eagles is not heading towards the right direction with coach

Everything works interwoven for the benefits of the team to grow and achieve altogether, because if the coach make the selections of players to use and they all failed to deliver by working not been coordinated, in football, the decision and pattern right from the top down to the players must be in the suitability of the progress of them all, because if they win a match, the entire team will feel the pride and it can also creates more opportunities for them to arrive early on other achievements in their career, so I don't blame anyone on this regard, except that they all have to work in line.

We are having another match today

Nigeria vs Congo
Sudan vs Senegal

I am just afraid of how today would be again. Nigeria has shown itself to be the poorest team on group D despite that the group supposed to be easy for us for qualification.

Time: 6 Pm.

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This is going to be like a deciding game for nigeria in this chan games. loosing two games from the start of the campaign is something that is going to be demoralising but then, the only hope that they will push further on this campaign is to at least get a win from this game. the congo team will try to get every form of positives fromm the fact that we are at the bottom and the tension to at least make an impact in this gaem will also affect out players. it is going to be a very tricky one to look out for but we hope our boys can at least redeem themselves from the disgrace of going down zero point after three consecutive games. eveyone suppose fear for this game on a normal because what looks like what is going to hapen is a possibility of getting another bad result from this encounter.

It still surprises me to see that with the list of well exposed and experienced players we have in our senior team, they can not be able to do anything to further project the name and image of the Super Eagles. It is unfortunate that it now looks like it is the Falcons and Flying Eagles are the only names bringing good encomium to Nigeria. Few days ago, the flying Eagles won their match, last month, the Falcons won the trophy and lately d' Tigress also won their title. What is wrong with the Super Eagles?

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The Nigerian side is currently wining the game in their last group match. Congo need to win this game to have hope of qualifying. The Nigerian team is just playing for pride since they are already out the competition. If the game ends this way, Sudan and Senegal will move to the next round. The NFF will have to evaluate the performance of our new coach because he has not lived up to expectations.

Left for me I would say there's nothing to evaluate about that coach, he has to go. Winning this game will do no favour since they have never scored a goal before and has never got one point so far. Even though they're leading by 1 goal I still don't think they can hold it till the end. They missed their opportunities and are paying for it. Maybe the next batch of players to go for the championship would be more serious than what we're seeing this year. Senegal and Sudan are still at goalless and on top of the group.  Win or loose, Nigeria is out and that Coach would leave peacefully.

I wonder how the Nigerian players feel in this type of situation when they know that even if they win, they are still out of the competition. Do the fans even enjoy the game and cheering anymore?
;D I love this statement. They are indeed playing for pride. What are they proud of?
This is not even the coach's fault. The NFF needs to evaluate their own performance and being to ask themselves if they are living up to expectations of Nigerians. Because they are not.

Is really disappointing to see the Nigeria side getting a win in this encounter, like what were they waiting for in the first and second leg of the competition? This was suppose to be the kind of display they are expected to bring not now that a win or draw even a lose doesn't change the fact that they are out already, they are winning to return back to Nigeria, this is a sign that we are not ready and I won't blame the coach at all, we lack coordinations. Let them win and eat their pride since is what they're fighting for all these while.

It would have been a big shame for the Home based Super Eagles to lose all their three groups games. At least they can be proud that they won a game and also didn't finish at the bottom of Group D.
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The match has ended and the scoreline is 2-0. Sadly they will not get $100,000, national award and flats in Abuja like the Super Falcons and D' Tigress.

They took this match very serious and perhaps they wouldn't have been on the bottom of the group if this was implored from the beginning, this was the eagle last match from the stage and it's was only one country that came out the best in the mist of Senegal, Congo and Nigeria which is Sudan, they are first, while Algeria was also the country that came out second from there group after the draw that took place between them and Niger. Meanwhile Sudan and Algeria is having an upcoming finals of the International and Sudan is possible of winning Algeria.

Even though we may want to deny it but the truth still remains that the reason every other coach is failing in the Super Eagles is because they are not given free hands to choose their squad; there is always various political interest within the ranks of the NFF that always want to interfere with players selection for the Eagles. This may be what Sunday Olise saw that made him to resign and even foreign coaches are not free from these tendencies. When players are not selected based on fair competition, you should not expect them to deliver as expected.

It would have even been better if they had lost all 3 games and bury their head in shame and disgrace than winning the third game when they obviously knew that it won't change the fact that they are out of the tournament. The most disgraceful defeat they faced was in their last match against Sudan; they really broke the heart of Nigerians.

Were they promised a national award by the federal government? because am not aware they were promised $100,000 if they win the tournament.

Even now they are covering their heads in shame because this is a very poor tournament that they went to the coach should be more careful when it comes to selection of teams because from what I can see Nigeria poor performance has something to do with the quality of players that executed this tournament

I agree with you. Politics has eaten up every sector in the country. They are no longer after the best candidate that can deliver the job. How do you expect the growth of the National team. The only place where this is not happening is in the female football, because the management doesn't have females who are footballers and you don't collect money from females, rather you give them money.

It is a shame though because they were better off getting out of this group with a better point but they blew it all up to finish in this position. This shows the level of poor talents the home super eagles are breeding, they can’t do well with this players when used for international tournaments, I just hope a change is made for them. Sadly, no $100,000 for them and a flat in Abuja like the super falcons. As if they won, they would get one like them, I am sure they won’t get as much even if they win the trophy.


If there are other good players and they chose to use this set of players, then it is a big shame to them for not being able to execute well the opportunity given to them to represent the country. It is also something of shame for the coach not to go for the best players that would have done better due to reasons known to him. We all know how this selections are made, they’re not really based on merit but based on connection. I just hope a new leaf will come when all this kind of practices will end for the success of the Super Eagles in the future.

I really doubt about that choosing you said. If a coach is been sign to the national team, there are assistants that are Nigerians that are there for years and knows better to put the new coach through but the coach is going to make his decisions if he likes. I believe he must have gone through history of recent sqaud past games to make his own decisions. Who cares about selection if a particular team is ready to bring the trophy for the country, just win that's what matter.

The only thing is that Nigeria system is so corrupt, this is why many international players don't want to play for us, this isn't about Nigerians alone. It's something we do as Africa and it's very bad. If you go to some of our premier league players, the amount of over qualified players stars that can win matches are very much but nepotism, tribalism has failed us and blind is to do what's right, everybody want to be there when they don't have what they can use to be there at the top.

It is a great victory to Nigeria for dominating the match to a victorious winner although the match seems to be very tough one in the first half of the game before Yusuf A. score the first goal of the match in favor of Nigeria and at 90+3 Sikiru A. score the winning which gave Nigeria over Congo which they played their best to win Nigeria but they hold the second half of the game to a draw as they did in the first half of the game.

The Super Eagles has always been like this. There is never a time when they did perform to impress Nigerians not even goals or match that is worth celebrating about them.  Always poor outing and funds are being spent on them without anything to show for.

I miss the era of Jay Okocha, Obafemi Martins, Wilson Oruma, Agahowa, Sunday Oliseh, Peter Rufai and the list too numerous to mention. These were the days when Nigeria had a good and formidable Super Eagles even if they do not qualify for their matches, they really play good football that entertained the people not what the current squad is playing. These were the Glory days of the Super Eagles.

The whole fun ended when Nigeria lost the two matches, everything was decided just after losing 3 points each with total of 6 points in Group stage of the tournament. Nigeria was down with 0 points but the two countries advancing already had 4 points on record, i least expected any good to come out from todays match against Congo, either winning or losing won't bring back the other points that was missed.

Nigeria isn't meant to be fighting not to end in last position, our target has always been finishing and advancing from first position or at our lowest second place, our progress to the next round of the tournament should have been a well deserved entry but we failed.

It's discouraging to always spare out 90 mins of your time to watch a team you called your national team but end up with annoyance over poor performances and lack of coordination. The performance this guy's displayed in this AFCON was below average and it's the reason why they were send parking back home. I saw the players celebrating the two goals and the thing was quite annoying and discomforting when you know they could have done better if they were more organised. I think what is killing most of our squads for long is the recruitment and selection process.

They allow politics and favouritism to enter the process of forming the squad there by causing the lack of strong synergy between the team players. I watched the match and they did well by scoring two goals especially Alimi's goal which was a swift heading which led to the second goal and his first heading which assisted Anas Yusuf in netting the first goal.

Eric Chelle made a blunder in his starting eleven squad selection which I will want to straighten it out,  Anas Yusuf who scored can be said to be Nigeria's first goal in this CHAN tournament has been kept on the bench in all the matches Nigeria has lost to their opponents, and Eric Chelle did not find it necessary to start Yusuf who has the record for the top scorer in the NPFL, until this last game that all hopes has been lost.  He came in scored the goal for Nigeria and he would have done exceptionally well if he was played in the first games of the tournament but no, Eric Chelle did not find him worthy at first.

My problem is not about how well the other countries played but for the Nigeria team, they went into this competition with the mindset of getting an easy win in every game they played as what, giant of Africa? No, that's just a title that expired years ago, same thing with the Super Eagles because that idea they have as giant is making them underrate their opponent amd is making the country lose games I mean important games, this is something I never thought would happen for Nigeria to go to a competition and get only one win and the 3pt wasn't valid at all, a humiliating performance throughout the competition and I don't see this game as part of the competition but as a friendly game because I don't see why they'd but this energy only when they know they're out, too bad and congratulations to the other serious countries.

Football doesn't entertain title because is not what can get the trophy for them so actually if they were thinking that for them to have been the giant of Africa means there wouldn't be any country they wouldn't win even without putting efforts is obvious they were getting the whole title of a thing wrong because what makes a country team the giant is unrelenting efforts and the determination to succeed and maintain the title but on this case they do not have any determination because this group would have been very small for them because there isn't any country they cannot win but instead they have become the second to the lowest country on that group.

The day Nigeria lost their second match against Sudan, i knew it was over for Nigeria because if Nigeria won against Congo in their last match, Nigeria would not qualify for the next round of the competition because Nigeria would finish in 3rd position in their group, and it is only the countries that finish in 1st and 2nd positions are eligible to qualify for the next round of the competition. After Nigeria played two matches without collecting a point, and they were at the bottom of their group, i wanted to place a single bet option against Nigeria, but after Nigeria won against Congo, i thanked my star for not placing the bet.

Upon this 2 0 victory to the Congo home-based team, it's still a big shame for the Super Eagles home-based players that they didn't qualify out of the group stage.

I wonder what the atmosphere of their welcome would be when they return home, whether Nigerians would welcome them for a job well done of defeating one of the three teams they played against in the AFCON Championship.

I trust Nigerians and its government, to give the Super Eagles home based players nothing or presidential treatment for participating in AFCON Championship. I dare not think of reward from the FG

It's really a shame thing that super eagles didn't qualify in the group stage, and I think super eagles need a good manager who can be able to work on that team, because  the Super eagles poor performance is not really from the players if you ask me, check out the performance of super eagles players in there various clubs and then compare it to what they are playing in the national team you will notice that the result of this super eagles poor performance is because of the bad and poor management of team.

Well, we shouldn't take it to Heart, let's just embrace the spirit of sportsmanship as it's one those tournament we couldn't advance beyond the group stage, at least crashing out at this point will make them prepare better next time, which involves selecting the right players by going for the best the local league has. It's really disappointing for a football nation like Nigeria to witness this kind of awful performance from our home based guys, when some of us are making a case for the coach that he should create space for home based players in the Super Eagles, and this is what the home base guys could perform.

I really can not tell what the issue with the players is, but one thing I know is that these players do perfectly well at their various club sides, but when it comes to national affairs, they just do not give that full momentum like they do at clubside. Look at the likes of Osimhen; he is the most sought-after striker with big clubs contending for him. However, his national team performance cannot be compared to his club side performance. The NFF should step up its game and make sure the players are well taken care of so that they can be able to put in their best to make sure they perform with their utmost commitment.

What more could we say to the players? They tired and they should try again next time and without a better preparation I still see them playing the same way and this should be a lesson to the NFF to have a better structure but the way they handle things doesn't show why we the supporters would see a well improved team in any competition and very soon the Super Eagles will start struggling to qualify for the world cup and we might see same behavior.
While they were interviewing one of the players, he was really pleased with how they played after a disappointing run in the group stage, like the smile on his face while answering the question pissed me off, they could not book a spot in the next round and he was ok with it, we need serious players who would say they are not ok with this result and their facial expressions will say it all, not the one who's happy for coming to the competition and being player of the match but the next thing is going back home, that's no way to be champions.

That award was given to the main team of the super falcons and not the team B which are the people playing here. I'm not saying the team A are any better because I expect the same shame from them or aren't they the same people that have been putting shame on us for so long now. I'm glad all this is over so now we can focus attention on the main super eagles because we have lots of important games coming up. I didn't see the need of winning this game if they won't qualify as it's just wasted effort. Games they should have won or drawn, they were busy losing and when it comes to the one that isn't important, they're now winning. Anyways our girls are always making us proud so for now they're our pride.

It's painful and embarrassing for Nigeria to be eliminated from the group stage, so we just have to accept the defeat. If not, I don't think their efforts in this match matter because we already knew that Nigeria was disqualified since we lost the two matches against Senegal and Sudan. Even if they win 10-0 in this match, it wouldn't add anything. I'm wondering if the government made similar promises to the men's team as they did to the Super Falcons. Perhaps the men's team performance suffered because their focus shifted from the league to the promised rewards. It might have been better for the government to let them finish the league before announcing any promises, just like they did with the Super Falcons.

That is what we should tell them because it will give us more confidence in them to see that they are always trying, when all the first squad are mostly Yong players it gives the country an elastic standard in field because whichever length you want they are willing to reach without any limitation of performance and for couple of years ahead they will always still be young to defend the country on the female league, although even some other players on the bench are also reliable players so actually our blessings and well wishes will always be on them as they set to start any new season because what deserves to be appreciated should be appreciated.

would've been more embarrassing if Nigeria got eliminated from the tournament without winning any team in their group so maybe we'll just use the win against Congo to console ourselves, I really don't understand why this set of under 21 players were not serious enough I know that Senegal is a country with good football history in Africa but we should've beaten Sundan.

 I disagree with you cause such promises should encourage them to do better knowing fully well that there's something at stake so it's not about the government promises, I think they were not motivated or determined enough to win that's why.

 

I wonder when there would be improvement and  we being free of this embarrassment from the Super Eagles, since the beginning of the CHAN its been a mess all through and the coach seems to be lousy over it. Like I said, the Super Eagles needs restructuring and also the NFF so that there would be a revival in the sports body of the federation. As it is now, we no longer hope on the Eagles to lift trophy but rather the Falcons and the Flying Eagles are the teams doing us proud. The senior team just needs to improve on their performances to show their seriousness because it would get to a stage the government might begin to ignore them and concentrate on the female team and the under 20 because they are the ones doing us proud of them.

I'm not impressed at all with the performance of the under 21 players as we are not supposed to settle for the less at this AFCON, the match against Congo was just one of the worse. Honestly, I am not impressed and it seemed like the offer by the federal government was not just wort it because if they know the value of the bigger picture ahead of winning the AFCON, they would have buckled up and worked harder. They looked disorganised, disoriented and unmotivated and this squad really played like players who were still at the Academy.

Yea it would've not been good but what sense does this make now, we can see that they have won, whats the winning for although i agree that it is a consolation wining but thats not funny at all, they weren't serious but if you look inwardly you will also understand that something is behind it, is either they were selected based on the usual know man know man or they were selected based on other things that could reflect on the requirements needed, hey lady, I don't think we should defeated sudan as you said, I reserve the reason what I made such statement.
When a team is not in good shape, what can Promise do, I think promises has nothing to do here, no matter how motivated a team is, if they aren't good, there's wouldn't be anything they can offer so that's it.

If you watched the match you would agree with me that the eagles did not really improve much, they only got luckier and scored the two goals, but these goals did not make any difference since they are already off the competition even before the game even started. I don't know, but for me it is better they crashed out now than somehow miraculously advanced to the next stages and make a mockery of themselves when the intensity of the competition heightens.

I don't always get the Idea behind still allowing players to play games that have no meaning to the tournament. Probably if the two teams or one team had a chance of progressing then that's when the game should go ahead but when both teams are eliminated from the tournament, don't we think it's a waste of resources to continue with the game. They're going to get low turnout of spectators and viewership which takes alot out of the budget to organized the match. If I were the players, I won't bother giving my best and I believe that's what the opponents did here as I don't believe the boys could play this well then lost both previous legs of the competition.

Is watching the match not a waste of time, losing the first two games already put us where we can't qualify from our group. I agree not to see any improvement, winning one out of three games isn't encouraging, what happened to making corrections when we lost the first game, atleast if we had won match 2 and match 3 that will be six points with a chance of qualifying.

You're right anyone who watched yesterday's match was a waste of time because there was nothing special about the game as there was nothing to play for in the part of the Nigerian team I personally didn't watch it I only saw and the results this tournament was one of the worst I have seen a Nigerian team perform this low in a long while

Congo still had a chance of qualifying because they had two points. If they had won Nigeria and any team between Sudan and Senegal had lost, the Congolese side would have progressed to the next round.

Poor selection affected our performance.  Players like Ngenge and Mustapha Lawal shouldn't have been in the first two games. The introduction of players like Harcourt Ebenezer and the defensive partnership between Junior Nduka and Stephen Manyo gave Nigeria its first win in the competition.

This tournament was for home based African players, so this was not the "main" Super Eagles as we all know it. I also disagree with you that the Super Eagles never impress in tournaments, that is completely wrong, we have always been a competitive team in African football and even finished as runner-up in the last African Cup of Nations.

That said, i understand that we have had our own fair share of heartbreaks from the Super Eagles, but i still think it is unfair to describe them the way you just did.

When we expected of them to give us this kind of win was during their first and last game they disappointed us, now it made it seems like this victoy looks like they did not impress anyone with the performances.

It's the rule of the game, be it that you have what you're playing for or not, that your winning the match will matter or not  is no reason not to make the most of it. It's just unfortunate that the Nigeria team had to wake up when it's already late after losing those points in the earlier matches to opponents we are supposed to beat to the points. It's just for us to come back and be well prepared for next tournament and learn from the mistakes of this year's CHAN tournament

We watched match of African Nations Championship and we saw one sided match between these two teams as one team did 2 goals in this match and opponent team could not do any goal in this match. Yusuf was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 56 minutes and we saw no goal in the first half of the match. Congo national football team could not do any goal in this match and shots of that team were less in this match which were only 10 in this match and no shot was on target. The possession percentage of Congo national football team was very low in this match which was 42 percent and passes of that team were also less in number and these were only 264 .The pass accuracy of Nigeria national football team was brilliant in this match which was 71 percent.

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The Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle has selected his 31 man squad for his next two games in the world cup qualifiers. Just to refresh our memory, Nigeria draw their last game at home against Zimbabwe.

With the Super Eagles performance on their own soil against Zimbabwe, I don't want to raise optimism about them winning their next two games  next month against South Africa and, Rwanda.

Right from the onset, I've never believed in this coach, drawing to Zimbabwe at home made my disbelief for him stronger, although the list of players I'm seeing is impressive but it's not about the players but who's leading them, can this coach led the Super Eagles to the World Cup? If you ask me that the doubt in me would say a big NO, don't get me wrong cause I wish the Super Eagles well but I don't trust Eric Chelle.

 The only reason why I'll see a reason to trust him is if he can beat South Africa and Rwanda and then lead the Super Eagles to the next world Cup, even though they don't go far in the tournament atleast taking them there is enough reason to trust the process with him.

The problem is not the coach I really don't know why you people like blaming coach when the team is not doing well the only time you should blame a coach is when he does not use a good formation or when he does not use good players but in a case where he's using a very good formation and he carries good players I don't think he should be blamed for any loss anymore the players are the ones to be blame I really don't know why Nigeria players are not performing well anymore during the time of JJ okocha and Kano Nwakwo the coach was never blamed for anything because the players are very good and they delivered, the players we have in Nigeria now I really don't know what the problem is the play very well for their clubs but when it comes to Nigeria they don't perform well I really can't explain cause of it.
Well I believe that one day Nigeria super eagles will not just struggle to qualify for a world cup but we struggle to lift the world up.

This is the best we have now and it's nice seeing that the coach is given free hands to make his selection and also very early. If the players will be humble enough and submit to the leadership of the coach, I'm sure we will be able to build a formidable team ahead of the world cup qualifiers. It will be very bad if the Super Eagles fails to qualify for the world cup next year because we have all it takes to qualify in terms of the players. Management have always been our problem and I hope that Eric Chelle will be able to get it right this time.

It's not about the you people kind of thing, it's something in everywhere in the world. When a team isn't giving a superb performance the coach is the first point where blame is directed to be responsible for his team's inefficiency.  As a coach you don't want to be blamed when your players are underperforming you can resign your position or fix the team by selecting those players that can bring you the expected results.  What else that disturbs me is how these players do successfully in their European clubs but flops in the national shirt.

No much difference on the players he selected. Most of the players were still the players that played against Zimbabwe. Unless for the few players he added to the squad.

What the team needs now is a good attacking midfielder an aggressive one for that matter. I think we've been too soft in our attack. As for the defense its okay for now. We can work with that.

I believe Nigeria didn't earn the nickname "giants of Africa" in football, but if it was because of how good Nigeria was in football that made them to earn that nickname, i believe that was in the days of Austin Jay Jay Okocha. If the present day Nigeria footballers didn't play like giants of Africa, you should not blame them because favouritism in Nigeria will not allow the players that can play very well and defend Nigeria badge to represent Nigeria in football.

Super Eagles recent performance, its reasonable to be caution about thier chances of winning the next two game against south Africa and Rwanda, from what i could check Nigeria is currently fourth in the groups C with 7 points, talling behind south Africa with 13 point, and Rwanda and Benin Republic tied at 8  point each, and Also to qualify for the world Cup, Nigeria needs to wins all thier remaining games and hope for south Africa to lose points. The upcoming matches against south Africa are crucial.

It's going to take absolute miracle to have Nigeria qualify in that Group C, the Super Eagles messed things up for themselves and they would need to do more to see that they get passed South Africa and Rwanda because these are not two easy nations to beat particularly now that Nigeria squad strength is not as strong as they use to be back then it makes any confidence on the team hard to come by.

South Africa and Rwanda are tough nations to play against but it's not something different for the Super Eagles, take a look at that squad and tell me if it looms like one thats incapable of qualifying but then it's not about the squad but the team spirit and their strong desire for victory that would make them qualify in that Group.

 Chelle has lot of worn to do, you know, when a team is not performing well the coach has almost all the blames and even if he's doing his best people would blame him more for their failure so Chelle needs to motivate his players with the mindset of winning both South Africa and Rwanda.

Bruh I have taken a good look at this Super Eagles team, assessed their performances in previous games in the group before making my opinion on what I think can only help them qualify, which is some kind of miracle. It is same team's spirit they couldn't give in the first games they had played in the group that they would be giving it now? Or, are we expecting to see different players in those two games when the Super Eagles play against South Africa and Rwanda? I would be realistic to say it's not a much chance for the Super Eagles here.

Right from time the Nigeria Super Eagles has always liked things the hard way that's why you could see them dropping points in some matches that you expect them to win with ease and when it gets to the injury period you would see them praying asking their supporters to help them pray so that other teams will lose for them to win and qualify ahead of the other teams. They are in a very tight corner in the group C and if they can't defeat South Africa and Rwanda to stay ahead of the group then they shouldn't have the hope of qualification because they failed to win against weak opponents when they had the opportunity.

Yes it is tough for us, but we have to keep believing until we either make it or when we are completely out, for now there is still a slim chance of making it to the World Cup next year. Nigeria has to win her next four qualifying games for a chance to top the group and qualify automatically, but i know it is hard to bank on this happening.

That said, even if we cannot finish top and qualify automatically, the boys should try and finish as one of the four best runners-up. So we can stand another chance of qualifying through the second round and then the FIFA Play-off tournament. It is not the route we would have loved to take from the beginning, but this is the reality now and we'd take anything to play in the World Cup next year.

What is the decision regarding South Africa's use of an ineligible player in a match? We are all praying that Bafana Bafana will be punished with a three point deduction. This would have given the Super Eagles a greater chance of fighting for qualification. Based on the performance of the Home-based Nigerian team in CHAN, I have begun to doubt the capacity of Éric Chelle.
   

You're praying for the Super Eagles to qualify in the World but also pray that they should not qualify because definitely they give us heart attack. So preferably they should just stay at home. The selection of the recent two matches by Eric Chelle was  not good. He would have used the normal players and only bring in like 2 or 3 of the home base players.
But some of the ex players said they didn't blame the coach but the players. All that is not the issue now, Nigeria should just forget about the tournament this time and prepare themselves in the next tournament. They can't do anything again. Finidi came and sidelined some of the good players and suffered defeat. Eric came abandoned the current players and use home base which was hand picked by the assistant coach from his National Team, Remo Stars boys.

I have checked the group standings and South Africa are still sitting on top with 13 points, so no deduction has been made. And since no decision has been reached since then, i don't think they would face any punishment, even though they ought to.
You know you cannot judge our manager based on the performance of our home-based players in CHAN. This is the World Cup qualifiers and he will have our international superstars at his disposal, so the story ought to be different, hopefully.

South Africa is likely to face a three point deduction and three goal penalty for fielding an ineligible players, Teboho Mokoena had accumulated two yellow cards in separate matches, making him inevitable to play, According to FIFA regulations, a player who receives two yellow cards in separate matches must serve a one match suspension.

I think this decision would significantly impact the standing in Groups C

Even if this tournament is for home based African players, the super eagles should have played well like the other African home based teams, and they should have at least qualified for the next round of this tournament, but the super eagles performance wasn't impressive, and they were eliminated in the group stage of this tournament. Despite the super eagles finishing as runner-up in the last African Cup of Nations, i wasn't impressed with their performance because they struggled to qualify for the final and they couldn't beat Ivory Coast in the final.

This tournament has been very competitive. Today will be seeing the Semi finals and this is the game no one would want to miss. Madagascar playing against Sudan and Senegal against Morocco. This Senegal against Morocco is the draw I never wished for, it would have been better met in the finals because the cup winner is definitely going to come from who so ever wins between Senegal and Morocco. I hope Senegal wins today but if they do, it's going to be a tiny margin or even a penalty shootout.

Nigeria was disgraced out of the tournament even when the hope was on them. Being local players is not an excuse, every other opponent is also a local player. This result could have a lot to say about the position of Nigeria league among other African leagues. An improvement would definitely need to be made at the local club levels.

Did you just said, the hard way? Bruh I actually doubt that vie, it's like excusing them for their none exceptional performance which they owe to the national shirt they wear. The Nigeria male senior national team which I knew while growing up wouldn't play this way this current Super Eagles team are playing in the green jersey where Nigeria is struggling against smaller countries in football, hoping and wishing that an opponent lose or draw their game in order that they could qualify. Funny enough we get to see this happening in every qualification tournaments.

The home based super eagles didn't perform to expectation, we expected them to proof to us that they are worthy to be called up when the complete team wants to play. This will put to rest the agitation by some analysts that home based players should be given more chance to play in the super eagles, clearly the foreign based are preferable. Let us not forget that other national teams in Africa, also fielded their home based players so it's quite unfortunate that the super eagles home based is not a team to be reckoned with in Africa. Let us hope that they can get their acts together before the next tournament and make us proud.

What do you mean by they struggled to qualify for the final, it is a tournament for God's sake, so you expect them to ride on other teams and win every match 5-0. African football has developed so much, there are very few pushovers right now.

They made it to the final and you complain about how they got there, that is very funny to say the least. It is obvious that for some Nigerians in this thread, the Super Eagles and the NFF can do nothing right. Even if they win the 2025 AFCON starting in December, you might still complain that you don't like how they won it and they should have scored more goals.

How I wish the two finalists will be Senegal vs. Morocco because it will look tougher than how it will look now because neither Madagascar nor Sudan istoo good in football, and it will not bring much attention to the final because many people will just have it in mind that any team that qualifies between Senegal and Morocco will just win the title.

Nevertheless, let’s not underestimate any of these teams because for them to play well to this extent of qualifying for the semifinals, they are also very good and should be given that respect, because we can end up seeing one of them winning the final at the end of the tournament.

There is nothing like disgrace in football; sometimes, it does happen like this.
Despite the fact that we were expecting the players to win the competition, they couldn’t because their teamwork isn’t very good; that was why they got eliminated.
We can’t say more than this because even big teams do lose games.

The both team is unlucky to have arrived at were they have to face each other and not in a final but the last to the finals and they're Left for only one side to win and go to the finals, compare to other country who would also be qualifying to the finals Morocco and Senegal are the highest in the field than any of them but unfortunately either Morocco or Senegal will not see the final but one thing I feel is sure is that any of them that wins has won the final because non of those other countries can give there best and it amounts for good results against Morocco or Senegal.

Apart from the onset when that matter about the South Africa midfielder Teboho Makoena that was featured in the match against Lesotho was raised there hasn't being any recent news about what FIFA verdict as sanction to South Africa action. A point reduction as sanction would definitely go in favour of Nigeria but then Nigeria would still need to win their next two games. I heard the NFF are currently planning on sacking Eric Chelle.

We shouldn't be condemning our country like that and even if they haven't been doing well in international competitions that is no reason to pray they don't qualify. It will be bad if in Africa Nigeria that produces good players don't participate in this Tournament. Regardless of how they make us feel it's still a good thing to see our own people participate, sometimes a team that struggles to qualify end up surprising people. Nigeria is our country and you should always have their back no matter how they keep disappointing and pray one day things will get better for them because I believe they will get better one day.
If they don't qualify this time no worries they should work harder and qualify next time. The mistake was not using the players abroad, you can't compare the qualities and exposure with that of home boys but I believe he saw what he wanted to see.

As for me oh. There is no need for them to participate and they should prepare themselves in the next world Cup. If they qualify and participate, what happened in the AFCON Championship will still repeat itself again so there is no need. Super Eagles I know in 2000 to 2014 were good though they used to disappoint us but when Kanu, Jaja were in the team, they were doing good. Even they didn't win a cup they can play to the semi final or to the final but now it is on the group stage of the first two matches that knocking them out from the field, or the tournament.

Dude the guy that said he he pray they dont qualify might be doing such prayer for his mental health, i want you to understand that, there no way that they will qualify without him being tempted to watch them and likely they might be messing up after the high hopes, I didn't say such prayer is nice but I want you to know that such prayer was for a reason but that's by the way, lets now face reality, mate you said something about surprise, when last did you get a good surprise from this people, I think that statement is funny, let's not have such confidence because it will do us good to stay healthy for ourself and our family.
They should do there thing, I don't get tensed about them anymore because am use to what they do and advise people to do same to be safe.

Don't blame the home based guys too much, a monkey doesn't give birth to an Elephant. Let us look at the league where this home based guys are playing and you will agree with me that they don't have to be blamed too much, our local League at the moment might not even be ranking among the top five in Africa, this might be as a result of poor sponsorships and renumeration for players which at the end the players might likely not give in their all, so you don't expect a local league that is not performing to an average level to give you the best result in terms of players.

I do not think it is even near tenth position, but back then our local clubs did lift african clubside league title but now i don't think that is the case anymore. One of the major problems I would say attributes to our local league not being that popular is the fact that they lack publicity, I have     not for one day see our own government station show or televise our local league for once not at all so how do you want investors to come in how do you want foreign coach to have a good look at the local players and sign them up for bigger teams overseas? When there is visibility in sports, their is definitely growth and development and that has been the case but in Nigeria even the football body does not care about the football clubs not to talk of listening to their plight to further develop or join in developing the local leagues and clubs.

You have watched their recent games and seen how they have been underperforming whenever they are representing their nation Nigeria, are you going to compare the performance you saw while growing up to the performance of the current Super Eagle players? If we are being very honest, I think by now we would not be expecting anything good from the team because the guys are not playing with their mind, politics has taking over the national team they will keep struggling until the right thing is done so until then I see the team not qualifying because the two national team they will be facing can't bow down to them in their next games. Gone are the days we should be hoping and praying for other teams to lose so we can win to qualify personally I prefer watching the ladies because they are doing better than the male team.

Spot on. And i think i pointed this out in this thread some days ago, the NPFL has not developed to a good level, the quality of football played there and the way the league is run still below par, so that is definitely going to affect our performance in a tournament like CHAN. Though it is not like the countries that beat us all have a better league than ours, but it is a factor that contributed to our dismal outing in that tournament.

P.S. Guys we can do better with how we quote in this thread, so the topic looks easy on the eye.

Well i think the AFCON match between Morocco vs Senegal, and how the winner will likely have a strong chance of reaching the final, i think comparing them to other teams in the competition which i will say Morocco and Senegal are among the strongest contenders, it will be really interesting to see how the match between this two unfolds and which teams comes outs on tops.

But in the last Afcon they made it to the final even though they failed to win it. I am not disputing your fact that they always fumble, I know they always disappoint but still seeing them qualify for Tournaments is good else their FIFA rating will drop so badly. I think what we need to do is to raise our hopes high that they will win or play as we expect. I seriously miss The Old Super Eagles because they really made us proud even when they don't win the trophy.

Exactly the point, we shouldn't raise our hopes high for them because we already know how they play. That way we wouldn't feel heart broken whenever they mess up. I also don't expect anything from them so he should do the same that way he will not feel disappointed.

Same too, I so much like it when I see the ladies play their ball, the unity, the passion to play for their nation and to win, the cooperation, and their relationship is something I still can not find in the Super Eagles till this moment. The ladies are doing us prouder than the Eagles, irrespective of the big teams they all belong to.  I was thinking that with the level of experience and the club side they belong to, they can come together to form a formidable team bring their expertise together to make sure they bring out their best in matches but nothing always below standard and disappointment.

No doubt when it comes to football in Nigeria the female team is the most successful when compared to their male counterpart the female team just completed their mission x winning a historic 10th women's nations cup and that is a history for you the men has been struggling even to qualify for major tournaments

You wouldn't blame the ladies when they act that way playing for their nation, for most of them, it's about the honour and the call to serv but this is quite different with the male folks, the male are mostly after the lucrative part of the game, and if at any point they find it not lucrative enough, they want to withdraw or show less interest because for them they are not doing that which they find beneficial enough.

Apart from that the male sometimes face more challenges that discourages them, such as there have been times where an individual from the male team had to shoulder the burden of a major part of their traveling logistics which I don't think is ever same with the females but anyways I appreciate what they are doing.

I wish the the Super Eagles of those days was the Super Eagles of today without winning, they play a good and entertaining football that is very much commendable even if they loss the match.
The female team players are not heard that much even at their club side, but they are playmakers and they also replicate that in the national female team but the Eagles that we hear their names everyday being signed by big teams does not even replicate their expertise at national level. Still wondering if the issue is coming from the team management or the NFF because if it is NFF, the female too will be affected and be messing up as well but  the both team are being funded by the NFF and nothing to complain about during their outings but the female perform much better than the male. the female being managed by a local coach and the male managed by a foreign coach so what do we say here?

In the last African Cup of Nations tournament, the performance of the super eagles was so bad that all the countries they played against in the tournament were better than them when it comes to ball possession. The super eagles were lucky to score goals against their opponents in the tournament. Ivory Coast couldn't beat their opponents in the group stage of the African of Cup Nations tournament, but they qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament as best losers. I expected the super eagles to beat Ivory Coast easily in the African Cup of Nations finals, but what did the super eagles do? They gave up their one goal lead against Ivory Coast, and Ivory Coast came from behind and beat the super eagles in the finals.

You can hear about each player from our men division in their respective clubs but when it comes to National team, their performance begins to shatter automatically. Aside from our captain and goalkeeper, probably with few players at the front the rest are bringing average performance to the national level, our defensive build are worse especially from the fullbacks, it will be difficult to get pass Bassey for Fulham and Aina at Nottingham Forest when they play individual positions for club.

Our women side are the pride of national team, their historic victory raised our standards in the midst of other African countries.

The problem of the super eagles has been that of proper management until we have a technical crew that is sound technical and with the right tactics the super eagles will be a dominant force in Africa and even in the world cup but for now some people who call themselves football administrators in the country is bent on doing what ever that they like by appointing any coach that they like

As a gambler I have lost a lot of money to my sports bets cultivating my thoughts in this manner about underestimating any small time when playing against a big side especially in-between semifinals and finals. For the underdog to have gone through the compet to have reached the finals then there should be something we have got to scared about them.

They get more dangerous in the finals than they do in the starting of the tournament. Be it Senegal or Morocco against any of these two underdogs I still believe it's going to be a rough game and an interesting one not to miss because surprises happen.

You're are absolutely right on this, we have very poor management, we just have politicians managing the affairs of super eagle of Nigeria, they are only there for their pockets, they decide for the coach himself not the other way round, it is even funny when I hear or see people talk about expecting some real stuff from the team at this moment, personally I don't expect thing presently from them until I begin to see the change that many of us expect, you talk about the right tactics when their nothing put in place for us to get that right tactics so how then is that achievable, football is a practical thing, super eagles has to show working with help of the entire technical advisers, crew membera and the coach himself then we can talk about other things, aside this, we shouldn't expect nothing mate.

Well, it's a pity we find it this way that our men are not making us proud in football, it is our women that is doing so. That occurrence makes me think at times, what has gone wrong in the Super Eagles we boast of, many years back in 2010 downwards, when in each African tournament we see our men coming top of the tournament. This time around, everything just changed, as our men are the ones appearing weaker in the eyes of other African teams, while our women are appearing stronger, conquering the world of football and making history in Africa and the whole world at large

You didn't say the part were Nigerians were cheated. I think African cup of nation tournament need to be reevaluate by the FIFA. In the last African cup of nation, in the final Nigerians weren't even allow to go in, just few people and Ivory coast were filled up to the brim and were making the game harder for Nigeria to concentrate. Anytime they have a kick off to play, they shout to make confusion, honestly we weren't that good but Nigerian players deserves some praise.

Look at what the Moroccans did to our female players that went to the final, they were shinning LED light on Nigerian female players so they couldn't see. This wasn't talk about after the game, they were busy crying with manipulated faces saying the referee was paid and all sort of talks that weren't meaningful. They didn't complain when they were leading, it was later they started all the talk but Nigeria won the cup already, we will be there again by next year.

See. Nigeria is not so serious with this soccer game thing else they will have done more to support our players. I usually wonder why is it our players play excellently when they are in the club side but when the players come back to play for their home country, they begin to fumble. Why does it the energy that this players can't work together as good as they work separately in their club sides? I think it is more of the support system which is poor than the players themselves. I wish Nigeria can invest in bringing a world class manager as the head coach for the Super Eagles it will help to bring our Eagles back to their feet. But the big question is, will the country's sports be able to allocate much funds to make such decisions a reality?

This is not a Nigerian thing, it happens to most footballers, but somehow you guys make every problem peculiar to Nigeria. Footballers spend more time with their football clubs, so there is better synergy in their clubs, that is why Foden plays better at City than he does for England, or why Vini Jr is great for Real Madrid, but cannot perform for Brazil. I could give you a thousand examples of this.

Most countries have good players but still don't do well when it comes to international duties, blaming the players  is not right because at times game pattern plays a vital role in players performance,  the coach in charge and condition of service also should be considered especially for African players that there nations never capture there welfare
 Emerging, a player playing under Amorim's 3 - 4 - 2-1 formation going to play under slot's 4-2-3-1, how do you think his performance will be knowing fully well they don't have much time to practice together and understand each other when it comes to international duties, so drawing conclusion on there individual performance should be after putting all this factors into consideration.

I wonder if the management really thinks about this because if they do, they would ask themselves questions about why the team under them is not  performing well, because they have everything under their control to make sure they get a positive result, but yet nothing to show for the inputs, rather  the Falcons with the local coach is the one really doing us proud when it comes to bringing home trophy and the Super Eagles are just trohpyless.

It is important that the Nigeria super eagles qualifies to participate in the next World Cup. With each world cup tournament attended it increases a country's rate in world football rate. Do a quick research you'll observe that Nigeria rating both in African football and the world dropped from their failure to qualify in the 2022 world cup.

They may not have a  torrential performance in contrast to the set of players you make reference to it it will the bad enough that they in a row failed to qualify for this tournament in the country's history that will be a negative record.

Exactly, most times, that’s the only opportunity they had to have gone this far in the tournament for the first time in some years, so they have to do their best to use the opportunity to make history for themselves and their country as well; so they will never take it likely with their opponents especially in the finals because opportunity come few times in a lifetime, and this can be the opportunity any of them that managed to qualify to the final might have to lift the title for the first time and to also make their country proud.

Morocco needs to play very serious, their performance in the semifinals was and enough to easily defeat Madagascar in the final because Madagascar will do their best to see themselves winning something for their country after a while; the players will like to make history that is why Morocco needs to be very serious; they can’t afford to lose another final after their female team lost to Nigeria in the finals.

True but we have players playing better for their national team than their clubs. Cucurella form picked up with spain before it started showing in his performance at club level. We have players giving the same energy to both club and country, I don't think it's bad if we ask our players to do the same for us. I don't see any player (apart from Osimhen) giving his best to the national team. I get the reason for this players not giving their best but they're doing it too much, at least others play for the pride of their nation. You won't see Moroccan players act the way our Nigerian players are acting same can be said about most nations in the continent.

Even when the right person is appointed the super Eagles head coach, we also have problems with him in choosing the right players to play for team without making biased selection and politicizing their choice of players. The system is rigged, and for we to get it right, we must start from the head to sanitize the whole system so it will be free from people taken biased decision and choosing the right management team that appoints the right manager, and then a good manager that will then choose the right players, that's the water flows down hill.

That's why they're professional, the formation is not an excuse cause most of them if not all have played for different clubs and with different coaches using different format so as professional they're supposed to adapt to any formation. I'll only blame a coach when he fails to know the rightful position that would be suitable for every player and the right substitutions to make and change the dynamic of the team when they're not doing well.

I watched the finals between the super eagles and Ivory Coast, and i didn't know that the super eagles were cheated by Ivory Coast in the last African cup of nations finals. I was thinking the cheating was that the referee disallowed the super eagles's goal, or the referee awarded Ivory Coast a penalty with a foul that's not supposed to be a foul, and it led to the super eagles losing to Ivory Coast in the finals. But if the cheating you are talking about is just about Ivory Coast having more fans than Nigeria in the stadium, it is not enough reason for the super eagles to lose to Ivory Coast in the last African cup of nations finals.

Yeah this is happening because of the "you owe us mentality. The coaches are getting appointments not based on merits but based on connections they have and people that can do what the cartels want. This is a playground for most of the politicians because they choose people that they have relationships with to get into the national team. They're using their influence to give their people visibility without caring about how it's affecting the team play. We have reduced from the footballing nation we used to be known for to a joke now and haven't won the AFCON tournament in like more than a decade.

Does Amorim uses only one formation? It will not be Yes, because he usually give different formation and there are other match we saw new things so actually if those other ones were also effective, having this other one by the players in different place shouldn't become something on understandable or hard for them so actually the formation you are thinking to be what is causing it is a problem of compatibility, the super eagles are not the only case study on this but every countries in the world but out of technically by the coach and players adhering to him, they surpasses a lot of bad formation so why not the eagles also adhere to it.

Most of the West African countries big footballing nations are in the rebuilding phases just like the Super eagles Although we are aware that the Super Eagles have not yet accomplished anything with this group of players, we must keep in mind that they are the current AFCON runner-up and have outperformed some of our West African football rivals, like Ghana and Cameron, during the past 5 years.

Even though the nations I named are in far worse shape than we are, we don't see their supporters scolding them the way we do our players.  We ought to focus on the long term and accept whatever we get now because it's a new project with younger players who have less experience.

Cucurella was always brilliant for Brighton and Hove Albion.
What i see in this thread is not people asking for better perfromance from the Super Eagles, it is endless criticism, even when it isn't necessary. One user was criticizing the Super Eagles for finishing runner-up in the last AFCON, of course i wanted us to win it, but it didn't happen, but how can someone say the team that finished second position had a terrible tournament. I don't know if some people who post in this thread actually watch football.
And what is special about the Moroccan national team, 1 AFCON win in their history, as far back as 1976, and one good World Cup outing and you sound like they are a bigger nation in African football than the team that has won three times and have been runner-up multiple times. That said, i know it is typical of Nigerians to bring down their own at every opportunity.

Thats the settings here and how will it change, it can only change when we have a system that believe in transparency and merit system of whether appointment, it has become very worrisome in our football settings to see politicians taking over everything, too bad, there dressing alone when we have football matches will tell you that those guys are not sports people, they are just their on appointment bases carrying out the instructions of their bosses not minding what what may may likely happen to our national team as far as they can syphone money meant for running of the team, I get pissed discussing things that has to do with Nigerian football because our leaders have made everything to look like a joke.

I can attest to that on Cucurrella he was a brilliant left-back all that time with Brighton he made an improvement on his brilliance on joining Chelsea.
A better performance will produce the expected results the fans are taxing from the super eagles and from all have seen the users in this thread asking for is that the super eagles should live up to expectations in the energy they give for their individual clubs. There is a level of team-effort the super eagles will give in this tournament qualifiers and the people will be satisfied that they tried their best, and not this average results.
Presently the Moroccan football players are more zealous with their national team than the Nigerian players are doing in theirs. You'll see Achraf Hakimi giving equal and even more energy when playing for his country as he does for PSG. We use to notice this in the super eagles of Jay-jay Okaocha, Kano Nwankwo, Babayaro etc times. The super eagles we have now are made of players who are more interested in making money than making names and making the country proud. It is not about bringing down of any one.

I think Allocating sufficient funds for sports development in Nigeria seems to be very challenging, which the government should be the many primary funders and administrators of sports in the country, however from i could say is that inadequate funding is a significant issue, honestly speaking many sports organization's and program lack support and suffering are from sufficient funding to provide necessities facilities, equipment and supplies.

Ivory Coast national football team played very well in the last match which they played against Nigeria national football team. They have won the match by doing 2 goals in this match and Kessié was a person who did important goal for the team when it was required and he did this goal at 62 because before this goal match was in the side of Nigeria  football team. Haller was a person who did last goal of the match and he did this goal at 81 minutes.The shots of Ivory Coast national football team were more in this match which were 18 and 8 shots were on target and possession percentage of that team was also brilliant in this match which was 63 percent in this match and passes of that team were also high in this match which were 410 .

Lol, the same Morocco were eliminated in the Round of 16 of the 2023 AFCON, losing 2-0 to South Africa. And the Super Eagles with players that are not "zealous" and do not want to play well for their country made it to the final of the tournament, and defeated South Africa in the Semifinal. You guys are trying so hard to make up a conspiracy theory that keeps failing to add up.

Nice win for Morocco as the came back from a goal down to win 2:3  this win is a statement that when it comes to African football Morocco is a leading force but the surprise package for me in this tournament was Madagascar

Checking past histories, we saw that Nigeria was the best team in Africa and anytime they represents Africa, they usually do well and their opponents were afraid of them. Nigeria performance and rating in the world ranking has drastically reduced even when we have good players representing us and playing outside the country, we don’t get to produce good results. The problem is from the coach in selecting the best players that best fit to be played but since politics is involved, we may never get to witness any progress from the super eagles now. Hopefully if this is rectified, we will see a better super eagles once again.

These are Nigerians most likely to make a possible switch to the Premier League before the transfer window comes to an end by 7pm today. Samuel Chukwueze is the most anticipated for me, the likes of Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi must have engineered his move over to the Premier League Competition. Regardless regardless, I want to see all three thrive and shine for their respective club. We need a ready sqaud ahead of the FIFA World Cup Competition.
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I love to see our players play in the premier league because I see this league as the best in the world and even though we don't what to accept the truth, I don't see other leagues as competitive as the premier league. The hype and attention is here so when you perform well, you'll be getting the recognition that you deserve. Chukwueze is now a Fulham player and I'm delighted with this switch. At Fulham he'll get lots of the spotlight that he needs for his career and with his week in and out performances from him and others coming in,to the league, we can get a stronger and more inform squad for the upcoming games for Nigeria.

I my self was really excited to see about the transfer especially involving talented Nigerian players like samuel Chukwueze, Calvin Bassey and Alex lwob, while there aren't any confirmed transfers for these player to the premier league at the moment,

Recent Premier League Transfers

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-Victor Moses Played for Chelsea, won multiple titles including the Premier League and Champions League

- Odion Ighalo Played for Watford and Manchester United, scored 53 goals in 159 Premier League appearances

Wilfred Ndidi Plays for Leicester City, helped the team win the FA Cup

-Alex Iwobi Currently plays for Fulham, has previously played for Arsenal and Everton

The premier league is the best league and the most competitive in the world, and anybody that doesn't agree that premier league is the best league and the most competitive league in the world is just being bias or the person is just starting to follow football recently. I didn't know Chukwueze is now a Fulham play maybe it is because haven't been following transfer window for the past 3 days. I am happy Chukwueze joined Fulham in the transfer deadline day because his move to Fulham will help him develop into a good player, and he and Alex Iwobe will understand each other very well, which will be a big bonus for us when they play for the super eagles.

Messi never tasted the best league in the world which is the English premier league, as a good player that has never played in the english premier league before going for retirement try and play in the English league, Chukwueze coming to Fulham is a nice move he is a good baller and he will be more known now that he is in the best league Chukwueze will be a great here if he remain consistent without getting injuries that will not keep his presence in the football pitch.

Nigerians are making waves globally and this Chukwueze's move to Fulham is another milestone and if he makes it to their first 11 which he would hopefully, it will mean that Fulham now fields 3 Nigerians in the first 11 including Iwobi and Calvin Basset. Asissat Oshoala is also heading to Al-hilal too. These are rare milestones and she's that Nigerians are doing great. Chukwueze will score enough goals in Fulham and I can bet he would score on his debut in front of the fans.

On Saturday, 6th of September, Nigeria would face Rwanda in our World Cup qualifying match. The first leg in Rwanda, ended in a 2-0 victory for the Super Eagles, that is sadly our only victory in the qualifiers so far.

That said, what are your score predictions for this match? The venue is the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, and i am sure the stadium will be filled to capacity, with fans cheering on the Super Eagles. It is a must-win game, if we fail to win, we can kiss our chances of playing in the 2026 WC goodbye. My prediction is a 2-0 victory for the Super Eagles, same result as the first leg away from home.

there is no doubt that back then super eagles was the best team in Africa other national teams hardly withstand super eagles back then, but now they are no longer the best team in Africa, because politics is now involve and politics is what is killing our national team, just imagine someone who is not suppose to be in the national team is now in national team Because he has connections, even in selecting coach for the super eagles politics is also plaid which is not making sense, i think is high time they stop this politics playing and allow people who are capable to partake in the national team, because super eagles is really lagging behind be time.

As usual, the gate will be wide open for fans to troop in and support the Super Eagles. If not for the free entry, I guess many Nigerians would not want to waste their resources to go and watch a team that has been disappointing us. As a Nigerian, I will give them full support, at least let them keep fighting till the end. But my expectations a low because the Nigerian side is not at its best. My predictions is 3-0 in favour of the Super Eagles.   

Joy- maker you are correct, I was watching a content when the content creator was trying to review what they are doing in Nigeria national team, in the content governors, senators, local government chairman, ministers, and other political appointments holders brought some boys and told the coach to include their names in the national team and when the coach refused they sacked him and brought in someone that can do what they want this is one of the reasons why our national team are not playing like before anymore, we have good players in Nigeria if you check the Nigerian League you will see different players that are very good and that should be included in the national team but because they don't have a politician to help them get into the national team they will not get in which is very bad, players should be selected based on how good they are and not because of her connected they are.
However I believe that one day everything will change people we take their integrity very serious.

You're right in your inputs, because politics today is what others have taken into football and it does not have to be like that, not even when we are considering the football aspect, because it goes a long way to see the effect to what they are doing manifest upon their performance in every matches, not that we don't have some qualifies players, but there is more need to understand why we should always be diligent enough by being considerable in football and it entire setup, and not allowing politics or injustice prevail, because it will later affect the performance of the players at long.

The Super Eagles arrived home for their world cup qualifier match against Rwanda. Hopefully, we pray they perform well to qualify for a place in the world cup because this match should be their last hope of qualification if I am not mistaken. The team needs more effort to making sure they get the ticket.

I know supporters base would not be a problem as the stadium would be filled with Nigerians and Rwandans who travelled down to witness their national team play the match live

However my score line prediction is 2:1 in favour of the Super Eagles.

However the case maybe, the Super Eagles are better under the leadership of a foreigner(a white coach) who can only make his selections based on merit and not tribal sentiments or due to pressure from those at the helm of affairs in the NFA, hence it is also very important that we acknowledge the fact the team has not been performing to the expectations of the fans especially after losing to Ivory coast in last AFCON finals despite taking the lead in the first half, but I think with the right coach we can have a good team that can withstand any opponents and win laurels for the nation.

Yes it's and I don't see any chance of us losing because although the super egales has being on a poor form but that of the Rwandans has being poorer. We also have a home advantage here and since we were able to defeated them at their own home, defeating them in Nigeria shouldn't be much of a challenge. Last game Osimhen score both goals of the game and I back him to be on the score sheet again. We need this win and I'm hoping the boys can deliver us. We need to be at the next world cup. We missed the last, missing this one also isn't going to be funny. We have a very decent squad and there isn't much controversy going on with the team so I expect everybody to bring their A game and get us this win. I'll be going with a prediction of 2:1 in favour of Nigeria.

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We have another game today, what are your predictions for this one?

Barcelona didn't want Messi to play for any other club when Messi was in his prime, so they tied Messi down with a big money deal which made Messi to remain faithful to Barcelona, but when Barcelona could no longer pay Messi, Messi left Barcelona to join PSG, and Barcelona ran into debt, which is affecting Barcelona till today. That is the reason Messi never played in the premier league. The premier league is the most difficult league and so many good players who were good in other leagues couldn't establish themselves in the premier league, so i hope Chukwueze  wouldn't find it hard to establish himself in the premier league.

You are very correct, i cannot imagine us missing out on back-to-back World Cup's, it is going to be too painful and disappointing. Our chances of qualifying is already very slim, but the thing is, there is still a chance. All the boys have to do is keeping getting three points and in the end we'll see what happens.
I think it is going to be a 4-0 victory for Gabon, Gabon beat Seychelles 3-0 in the first leg, so i think this time they will go one goal better. Gabon are doing very well in group F, and have won 5 out of the 6 games they have played so far, whilst Seychelles are the whipping boys in that group and have lost 6 out of 6 games played, lol.

Apart from experience and good skill of coaching this is another reason foreign coach are also good especially the football system that is based on high connection as determinants of the chance for the person to play even when the person do not matched better than others so actually that is what foreign coaches prevent on national clubs. Although I don't no if this was the case behind a foreigner coaching our national team but however the coach before him that was Nigerian didn't actually examine this players without selecting the merited ones. I wonder how many coach that would try their ability in super eagles before they would find a compatible coach.

The normal trend for the Super Eagles, something I expect not to happen this time, is that they win their first game against Rwanda, and then after people's hopes are high concerning how they'll perform, they then go on to lose the second game against South Africa.

As much as I like to see the Super Eagles in the World Cup, if we cannot win these two games convincingly, then I don't think we have any business in the World Cup at the moment; we should probably just focus on getting better as we used to once be.

... It is actually easy to get it right with the Super Eagles of Nigeria in our football competitions that we haven't really being doing great. The solution which we all know but not wanting to elaborate on is, that the NFF has to get their hands off from interfering into which player should be called or not to play, bring in a capable coach let him hit the ground running with his tactics and we are going to experience the advance Nigeria male national team we're expecting to see.

With the use of foreign coaches, i believe the level to being corrupt with our blacks will reduce, because they are going not going to flow the same pace the black coach could behave when it comes to relating to other prominent politicians and notable figures in the decision making process, so a foreign coach will not accept being corrupt or pervert justice in favour of one and as against the other for any reason.

I just laughed reading this. You would be very shocked that there is no difference between the foreign coach and the  home based or local grown coach. Corruption and corrupt practices have no respect for skin color or nationality, or level of experience. Corruption must be dealt with at the system and structural level. We must start dealing with corruption from the Nigerian football federation if we want to see any tangible change.

But I see reasons with what Doan9269 said. Yes, corruption is not a native of any country and has no respect for race, tribe, or religion. But you can agree that the level of corruption in our continent and country is high. A white coach, might have the courage to resign if this is not working based on the contract. But you can hardly see an African resign from his job if things are not done right.

What Nigeria needs is a good coach, its nationality is not a concern.  A coach that will courageously select the best players based on merit and not for favouritism or political patronage.

In 1 day my country's national team will play against Uganda, which in that group currently occupies position number 4 with 9 points, while my country currently occupies position number 2 with 12 points.

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It won't be an easy game because Uganda comes into this game with a win, so they'll be very motivated to come out with a win. Knowing that Uganda will be playing at home, things will be even more difficult for my country, Mozambique. I think a win for my country would be a very good thing if Algeria also lost in their game. But I very much doubt that things will go as I hope.

It's more likely that Algeria will win without any difficulty and my country will draw this game against Uganda. Since my country's football federation has already said that qualifying for the World Cup is not their main priority, that their main goal was the African Cup of Nations, which has already been achieved, I don't expect the players to put in much effort in the game against Uganda.

It seems some of us don't know how things are being run in the system. From day one, majority of the problems that affects the sport has always come from the NFF and their inability to put in effective work and also not giving the workers the freedom to do whatever they like.  I don't want to even go into the area of scouting because they can't even keep up with the available athletes. I heard an athlete recently changed her nationality to Turkiye after the NFF failed to do the needful several times.

Same thing goes on in the football as well, and I guess it was part of the reasons why we didn't make it to the previous world cup. A little competency is all we ask for, because it won't even make any sense if we don't appear in the next world cup.

I dont agree with you. This is what they have made us believe, but deep down there are better coaches in the NPL that can coach the Super Eagles but personal appointment, favoritism and man know man wont let them appoint the best man for the job. I wont forget Stephen Keshi, he was one of the best African coach at that time. The Super eagles won the 2013 AFCON competition under Steven Keshi and they also progressed far during the World Cup.

Thank you for this information and update. Nigeria home based that played in the African Nations Championship CHAN was not really well prepared for the tournament and they disgrace themselves in the international space. And I don't think any of those players would be chosen in any international team because I know that that is where good players are normally selected in the EPL European Leagues. And I didn't hear such from Nigeria side in this year.
AFCON in turn, well the international players in the team qualified the team to participate in the AFCON but we don't know what will happen in the main game. 

So far, all the NFF local coaches I have witnessed all did well, except for a few of them who tried their best but were frustrated by the political wing of NFF, and they all spoke up, letting Nigerians know what is going on in the NFF. As for the foreign coaches, none of them have done well compared to the era of  Johannes "Jo" Bonfrère and Clemens Westerhof, these two would never be forgotten in the history of Nigerian football so easily. We have good local coaches who could do perfectly well, but the NFF would never cherish their own instead, they would play politics with everything, messing up the system. Look at our Falcons, local coaches head the team, and they have been victorious in their tournaments, returning home with a trophy, but the reverse is always the way for the Super Eagles.

I so much love how they arrange this particular game between the Super Eagles of Nigeria vs Rwanda, making it free and we all know how many of these kind do end, always end in favor of Nigeria. But is painful to know that the 2nil against these guys Rwanda is the only win we have had in this qualifiers and now is going to be difficult for the Eagles because Rwanda are ready to hold on to a draw since they know that the Super Eagles are going to be under pressure and even the fans can't help in any way except the Eagles start making the game hard for the visitors by not allowing them hang on the ball for more than 30secs, instead let the pressure be on them [Rwanda], getting an early goal to shut the visitors up, that will help and is not about the fans crowding the stadium that will help this time around, the ball game have changed completely.

@CryptopreneurBrainboss, i was spot on with my prediction as the game actually ended 4-0 in favor of Gabon, maybe i should have gambled on the correct scores and won some money, lol. Gabon now sit top of group F, though having played one game more than Ivory Coast in second position, it is so tough in that group, can't wait to see who gets the ticket.
Glad to see another African national in this thread that's not a Nigerian. Your country Mozambique is doing very well in group G, you guys are on 12 points, only 3 behind Algeria. It would be hard to topple Algeria and take top spot, but anything is possible. Goodluck against Uganda tomorrow.
It would be great to qualify for both, but i understand what you mean. Mozambique is in a very tough group in the AFCON 2025, starting on the 21st of December. You guys are in the same group as Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Gabon, i am certain that is the group of death. Good Luck, but it'll be hard to make it to the knockout phase.

Is very good actually but is that really the way forward?,  as big as this country they cannot trust a coach who will not corrupt if they become one, we cannot always depend on foreign people when we can make it better with the same condition they would have giving in the club. However in terms of how a foreign coach will react on when some high speakers would want there decision to prevail, indeed a foreign coach who hold there career tight wouldn't compromise for anything but another problem he could face is gang up because if they have a way to cut shot his stay in the club they would do that to stop him from intercepting.

You are making a point here, if progress must be achieved in the Nigerian Football federation, corruption must be dealt with irrespective of who the coaches are. Be it a local or foreign coach, they must be independent on their decision and should not be influenced by the power's that be in the industry otherwise they would still be dragging feet everywhere and nothing to show forth for their stay as the head coach of the Super Eagles.

I have been wanting to ask this question because it is beginning to give me thoughts. The Super Eagles and the Super Falcons are under the NFF,  they get their full allocation and everything they would need to making sure they are okay and comfortable but the super  Falcons have won many trophies than the super eagles.

You don't compare the intensity and competition in men's football to that of women's football where the worst team in men's football can wholly overpower the best women's team. In the women's football tournaments there are many weak teams giving the team with an upper edge a leverage for complete dominance.

This gives no excuse for the super eagles in their poor place in Africa football presently cause this super eagles are a disappointment that they have played five matches won one and drawn 4. A poor record in the qualifiers. Imagine they having a hard time qualifying, what will happen when they get to the world cup tournament, it may be worse of what we have now.

On Saturday the Super Eagles will host Rwanda and some of the players if not all have arrived at the camp but there's one player I don't know if he can be up to speed was invited, Ademola Lookman. He hasn't been in action for quite sometime now with his club since he was to make a move to Inter who showed interest with other EPL clubs but the deal to make a move collapsed and I wonder if the coach of the Super Eagles will still include him, because we have some other guys who have been battling since the beginning of the season who can take his spot, is it wise to start Ademola Lookman ahead of the others who have been in action in the clash against Rwanda?

I think I came across a video clip showing the arrival of Iwobi, Calvin Bassey and our captain and today Victor Osimhen was seen going to the training ground but Ademola Lookman was not seen in all the videos which means he may be unavailable due to recent developments in his transfer saga but it the Super Eagles coach invited him and he arrives and train with the other players I doubt if his not being in action for his club this season will affect his performance in the team since he has been training with Atalanta despite not being included in the squad.

Dude you can attribute this to poor decisions that's has to do with poor management, just take a close look at our coach, do you think his decisions most times are not influenced, you should also consider something about our international player that comes anytime we have match to play hep the behave, the system is bulshit, everyone behave the way want to and that's because they management are made up of mainly politicians not real sports men, there's difference between being a business man and a sports person, so don't feel too bad about the whole drama, the more serious people have more trophy than big men in the football field, just get the point.

With all that have happened I believe he can't be as sharp as he was the last time they played as a team for the Super Eagles. All these things I mean the transfer saga has a way of killing the fighting spirit or should I say the mentality of a certain player, although not all who feels that way but Lookman has gone through a lot and this may affect him and again it all depends on how he choose to hand it.
If he wasn't seen in any of the videos you watched it maybe that he hasn't arrived yet but he was invited for sure. If that be the case I think he should start from the bench and let the other guys start the game, like we know...the coach has the final say on weather he'll start or not and he had to be 100% fit fornthis encounter.

I also didn't know that we have other Africans besides Nigerians in the forum. Glad to know that Slow death is an African. Mozambique has a solid team, but their lapses are in defense. Letting in ten goals in six matches shows some deficiency in the back line. Losing heavily against Algeria was a big blow but the Mambas still have the chance to qualify if they keep winning games and hope that Algeria drops points.

Except for the late coach Christian Chukwu and late Steven keshi whom I think were the only two indigenous coaches who have successfully led the Super Eagles without much controversies. I do not think there has been any other who has really done well with the Eagles, but whenever we acquire the services of a foreign coach we seem to be getting more results not because of the expertise of the coach but because everybody tends to play with much zeal putting in more than 100% effort because the foreign coach is no respecter of anybody.

Slow death has been with us for a very long time. I noticed him 2023 when he mentioned his country of origin in this defunct thread. But I have not heard from others and I strongly believed there are Ghanaians in this forum and they have had not revealed themselves, I don't know if other people know some other African personnels in the forum but I don't.
Mozambique is an another African team that suffering defeat. Algeria is a big team in Africa football games. And Mozambique can't withstand with them.

World Cup Qualifiers resumption.

Gabon  beat Seychelles 4-0 in Group F yesterday. And it was a good performance from Gabon side of the match. And they are on the top of the Group F Table.

This is a clash the super eagles needs to win if they want to keep their hopes of qualifying in the World Cup alive. Nigeria have always find it difficult in beating Rwanda, their last 4 fixtures have been 2 draw and each side win 1 each. The last time Rwanda visited Nigeria they won 1-2 so this time around the super eagles need to deliver on home soil.

I don’t think Ademola lookman will start or even be part of the match on Saturday, there are played who have been actively playing in the club side so they deserve to start ahead of someone who have not play in a competitive football for months. Lookman is a key player in the squad but i think it going to be difficult for the coach to make the decision to start him over others.

I’m really anticipating this fixture because Rwanda are a very tricky side and they really need at least a point to keep their qualifying hopes alive. Nigeria need nothing but 3 points so both countries have a lot to fight for.

Truely poor decisions and indecisions of the super eagles coach resonates to their poor performance, the choice of players been influenced by the NFF and others always have a side effect on the team, from the way the boys play sometimes I wonder if they do ha prep before they play because most times you see greed, selfishness and disunity in the play pattern everybody wants to score a goal let it be in their name but the female players are not like that, I  see love, unity, passion, zeal and team spirit and the way they play you could sense that they are very cooperative and I believe this has been the reasons they always emerge successful in any outting they go but the reverse is always the case for the super eagles.

We are saying the same thing now. I actually dragged your attention to coaches who did well with the Super Eagles and you agreed with me before you write them off since you previously said only the white coaches are qualified to manage the team. Well, you shouldn't be expecting that all the individual NPL coaches should do well, when they become the Super Eagle coach. Even the well known football countries dont usually perform that good. Only few and its because if the quality of players they have in the squad.

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Results from the CAF world cup qualifiers the biggest surprise for me is Ghana drawing a chad because a win would have qualified for the world cup and Ghana scored early in this game but failed to maintain their leads they conceided a late goal to level things up in Chad.

I also saw the videos of the team arriving, what about Boniface was he called?

We need Ademola Lookman in that squad, if he's been training that means he should be fit to play.

Ademola Lookman is the ideal winger in the national team, i don't think we can have a perfect replacement for him. We need to win the game against Rwanda, now is not a time to try other options, Lookman has been doing very well, according to the last article i read, they are expecting him in the camp before today ends.

Victor Boniface was not called up for this international break this is not unconnected to his present state as you know he is not too fit as he failed a medical in AC Milan even though he made a final minute move to weirder Bremen , I don't think that he is too fit for this crucial world cup qualifiers so the coach did the right thing by not calling him up for this games.

We need to understand that male football is more competitive than female football and from time the super falcons have always been top in Africa. This is not making excuse for our super eagles but the competition is much tougher. Many teams are as good as the super eagles some are even better. Remember that in the last AFCON super eagles performed well so they are not too bad. Although I understand that the NFF management and some players are not living up to expectations but they can get better.

I don't think Ademola Lookman is in a right state of mind to feature in this game, what ATALANTA is doing to him, will definitely demoralize him for the entire season. A player who has requested to leave, just the way the likes of Alexander isak did to Newcastle and they allowed him to go, why is Ademola's own turning to a bad rift between him and Atalanta. This was almost the same scenario Victor Osimhen faced we Napoli, were the club deliberately frustrated his moves to leave the club to another.

Boniface debunked the statement about him being unfit, don't forget that AC Milan didn't give out full information regarding the player failing medical. I don't know to believe, AC Milan medical teams or the player who owns his body and knows whether he is fit or unfit. The club he went for on loan also conducted medicals on the player and he passed, how do we explain this part.

So you actually believe the media that AC Milan decided to abandon the move for Boniface because he is not fit? Personally I don't; I feel it is just an excuse to blow off the deal. If they really wanted him, fitness is something that can be worked on and improved, but I think they had other plans.

Werder Bremen did not hesitate on the deal to get Boniface. Watch the interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8rKa5liEn4

You will see that that is a very confident Boniface.

You can figure out who's lying here, I think A.C Milan are the ones covering something up and didn't say the truth, how come he didn't pass medical with A.C Milan move but passed a medical on his loan move. Maybe they didn't want Boniface as an African player, especially Nigeria, seeing that Napoli and Victor Osimhen deal has been on loggerheads. They just remembered Osimhen-Napoli situation and changed their mind but isn't something they have to review.

Let's just say Ac Milan didn't see it has best for business but his spare at Werder Bremen will be the proof and his consistency will also show if they miss out on someone great.

Issues like this are somehow familiar in football, although the approach or manner they occur is what different them, like a club might rule out a player but in the end the player can become a hero and club legend for another club doing amazing things which these clubs may regret deep down letting go.

It's good to see threads about championships from other continents/countries. There's a lack of variety here on the forum; while some have more than one open discussion, others have none. Unfortunately, I know little about African championships and players due to the lack of publicity. However, I know there are some great players, as we see many in the most visible teams and championships. I'll learn more about them so I can actively participate in this thread.

The news don’t looks real because i hardly heard that a player failed medical because most of the player they are signing that do undergo medical are players that are playing from another team before joining any team, and they all did medical before joining the teams and I am sure every team have their own way of checking their players before every match to make sure they are all good before the commencement of matches.

However, AC Milan might have another reason for rejecting the player due to personal reason despite agreeing personal terms with the team. Now he has passed his medical and has joined Weder Bremen on loan. I wish him Boniface well in his career.

After the international break, we’ll be able to know who’s right and wrong about the failed move of Victor Boniface from Bayern Leverkusen to Ac Milan. I’m also sure by now training have started with Bonifaces new club weder Bremen for players who were not called up by their various countries for the World Cup qualifiers matches. So if Boniface is truly fit I believe he will participate fully in the team’s general training and also after the international break is over, league matches and other club competitions will resume and Boniface if truly fit is expected to make the match day squad and even feature in those games. It’s only a matter of time before we know the truth, and also Victor Boniface is time to prove to Ac Milan that they were wrong for not signing him, he should prove that on the pitch with Weder Bremen.

Well, my country's football leaders were more focused on the African Cup of Nations. The coach of my country's national team said that with my country's qualification for the African Cup of Nations, they had achieved their objectives and that now they are just playing but without much expectation of qualifying. Honestly, for me, I am somewhat suspect. I don't trust my country's leaders. They can even sell games because they love money and are very corrupt.

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I confess that I placed this game by mistake, but after I realized that I had already bet on it, I analyzed it and preferred not to cancel the bet because I didn't see any chance of losing, this game was in my parlay with many teams

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but I'm shocked by this draw, I watched the game and honestly I didn't expect this draw

You're most welcomed. I would like to ask whether you're from the Europe or Asia or America and to also welcome you to the African football discussion where a lot of interesting issues are raised as regards to the performance of players, teams and managers. We have very sound and hard working players if not the most, but what many of these guys face in the pitch and beyond is lack of proper organizational structure and support as well as the poor funding because you will always be surprised to see world class players from the club-side, short cakes strugglkng with making simple goals back home and still can't

The Nigerian home based super eagles performance in the African Nations Championship wasn't impressive and they couldn't leave to our expectations in the African Nations Championship Tournament. However, even if the super eagles home based players didn't performed well in the African Nations Championship, i disagree with you that they wouldn't be selected in any international team because it is likely the tactics the super eagles coach used in the African Nations Championship didn't suit the super eagles home based players, and it made them to perform very bad.

Ac Milan is the one who did not want to say what happened and why the deal of Boniface to Ac Milan collapsed. I don't know what happened, but Ac Milan just don't want Boniface to play for them again, which is why they have to lie about the medical test that he is not fit. Boniface has been playing with the signs of his injury for many years, and Leverkusen did not complain, Xabi Alonso has been using Boniface for many years and has never complained about his injury or fitness, but now AC Milan wants us to believe that he is unfit.

If Boniface is not fit, I don't think Werder Bremen will sign him, I believe AC Milan wants to sign someone else, which is why they lie about everything they say, I don’t think Nigerian players are lucky to play in Serie A league because of how they treated Osimhen and Lookman in the Serie A league, and it's even better that Boniface's deal with AC Milan collapsed.

Forget the media they want to sell headlines by making that news about Victor Boniface who have been very active and fit throughout the season and preseason games. AC Milan reasons for not completing the deal was that their doctors were afraid about Victor Boniface anterior cruciate ligament injuries to his knee, an injury he sustained sometime ago playing for Bodo/Glimtz. The fear was that the injury might slow down his performance in the future and that AC Milan shouldn't risk it. And no that Victor Boniface is not fit.

Right now Victor Boniface is in Uyo training with his Nigerian colleagues in preparation to their match with Rwanda. By the way, if Boniface was having fitness challenge that made A Milan not to sign him why did Werder Bremen had to sign him immediately Milan pulled out of the deal?

Do you think Victor Boniface will be called upon after he announced his retirement 12 weeks ago, following the Super Eagles' friendly match with Russia? We even talked about Victor Boniface's retirement from international football on this thread. It's like you weren't aware, for you to think that he will be called upon after making it known to the whole world that he is done with international football.

Link about the info: https://www.legit.ng/sports/football/1658644-victor-boniface-announces-international-retirement-poor-display-super-eagles/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=status&utm_campaign=legitng&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMnlsljbGNrAyeWp2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeVgV46KsdbmS3vtWoqewyDDyuql0kMYuy5ujRQ2n3XbAbKCsAeAIsgd-KIo_aem_HyQHl4fdD2BAmhaW7fXLew

Victor Boniface and AC Milan; AC Milan wasn't serious about signing Victor because if they were serious about signing him, not passing a medical test wouldn't be the only reason to reject him from Bayern. Thank God, Victor made his way to another within a short time of AC Milan's rejection

There is a lot of things that is currently going on in African football the moment most especially during international break as this when continental football usually happens. the world cup qualification is currently ongoing with so many interesting games already line up this weekend. at the moment, congo is already thrashing south Sudan with a three goals advantage just in their first half and other games are already lined up to take place in the remaining hours of the day, Nigeria will be making attempt of reviving their hope of qualification in their games tomorrow which are all important games from the African continent one can look out for. even the Nigerian premiership has kickstarted not too long and the best thing we can also do is to ensure that we promote it as much as we can so others know that we are also a footballing continent.

Unfortunately, Nigeria the giant of Africa have been performing so poorly in that competition knows as championship of African nations.(ChAN).This years tournament,they were eliminated at the group stages.
The most successful nation in the competition currently is morocco they  have won it three times.

Nobody can really tell what has transpared between Victor Boniface, BayernLeverkusen and AC Milan for that move not to work, AC Milan didn't come up with a full report saying it was the medical result that made them to call off the deal, because if they want to say it was the medical that he faild, what then did Werder Bremen use to ascertain his fitness for them to agree for a loan move. The national call for World cup qualification is entirely a different thing, not all players will be invited in some cases but I don't think it has to do with his medicals.

Victor Boniface hasn't really had much impact on the team's performance since his first national team call up, we all expected him Osimhen to take the team on their shoulders but Boniface didn't really do much for us and left Osimhen to take all the responsibility. Announcing his retirement so early is a bit weird to me, I don't see a reason why he would choose to leave so soon but whatever his reasons are I still think it's selfish and unserious of him. I don't think he has much respect for the country else he won't have done so. Osimhen had issues with the National team management once and still that didn't stop him from giving his best for the Nation. I think Osimhen is a true leader.

AC Milan have their reasons and it might not really be due to fitness. I just blame the player for not taking care of himself while playing actively. Imagine at his age he is moving forward Leverkusen to Werder Bremen with such quality. I think that's really poor but everyone has their different journey.

Now I have seen the reason why South Africa are on top of their group where we have Nigeria. The South Africa team are too good if you ask me and everything in their game today is something else that we can't see that happening with the Super Eagles and I'll have to choose SA over Nigeria even in the next qualifiers that's if both countries are in the same group. SA have a total of 10 shots and all are on target like how are they doing it that we can't? 3 nil and they are ready to settle are group leaders talking about South Africa, good team display.

Maybe AC Milan and Werder Bremen have different medical standards. The Italian side was concerned about his past injury history, which includes previous knee injuries and two cruciate ligament tears. This might also be a cover-up of their inability to afford the financial obligations or other reasons. The good part of the story is that Victor Boniface has gotten a deal with a top club. All he needs to do now is work hard to prove AC Milan wrong.  

Victor Boniface himself said it during an interview that his past knee injury was the reason why the news was circulating that he failed his medical test with AC Milan I don't think it has something to do with the finance and for Werder Bremen his new team they didn't look at the past record since Boniface wasn't having an current injury issues so I think both teams has different medical standards which is why the he was accepted by the German team. Victor Boniface is a big player he's good in front of goals he only needs to train well and avoid getting injured because if he has serious injuries again in that knee he may find it difficult to get a better offer after his loan deal at Werder Bremen.

South Africa still remains leader of Group C as they beat Lesotho away from home 0-3, they now have 16 points from 7 match to its just 3 matches left to play. In beer doubted them today, I expected them to win, I gambled on them to win and they delivered. This South African team have always find way to score goals, they make scoring looks easy that because they always create a lot of chance when they play.

This winning have now mount a lot of pressure on the super eagles of Nigerian if they want to keep their hope of qualifying for the World Cup Alive, they play tomorrow against Rwanda at home, they need all 3 points at this point as Benin beat Zimbabwe today 1-0. Well let see how the eagles play tomorrow against Rwanda.

Now why is it like that? We caused it, the Super Eagles likes to play under pressure which is not good for a national that have better players and sometimes I just see the Super Eagles as the 3 Lions of England, too much similarities, over hyped players who do better in their club side but perform poor as a national team. Well this game is in their hands, win all and qualify and maybe start using calculator, is now a tradition to do so.
What I think is, there are players who have already gotten a spot in the national team and it doesn't matter if you play in your club or not, you have that space to play in the national team. As long as Lookman is invited there's a possibility that he might play, now past events on what he has done can make him play and he can also deliver. My concern is for them to go out there and play like they are already losing by a goal to nil and if they score they should keep on pressing to get more goals, that will make there opponent fear to play a comfortable game.

In this regard I only assumed the AC Milan are not interested in him again but they don't know how to discard him that's why they use that tactics. Honestly i was feeling so bad after he was rejected because I don't want him to end as a free agent, is still have a lot to offer in the football life we have to be given opportunity. I applause him when he answered the question from his interview, when I saw the video, I was happy that he answered with confident because I don't really know why people are curious to know more about something that is even hidden. We should just thank god that he has been received by another club and by the way AC Milan did not bring out any statement regarding is medical failure. To me is fit and I wish him more success ahead.

This group is already done and dusted because I don't see South Africa dropping any point it's clear that south Africa is the best team in the group as they have maintained consistency through out the qualifier, even if FIFA decides to deduct points from them they will still remain on top of the table other teams on this group should plan for the next world cup qualifiers.

If Nigeria won't win this game then theirs is gone and I am not against the Super Eagles but I doubt if they will win the game because their performance in the qualification stage is not encouraging fans to believe them again. Rwanda is not a strong team for the Nigeria Super Eagles but if Benin Republic could beat Nigeria, then I don't have confidence on them again. But tomorrow the both teams will prove themselves.
I didn't watch today Benin Republic match against Zimbabwe but Benin Republic has proven that they can do average performance this tournament.

Good news for South Africans, bad news for Nigerians and the Super Eagles. I hope this result motivates the Super Eagles to give it their all against Rwanda tomorrow, it is either three points or forget about the 2026 World Cup. If we beat Rwanda, then we would know that we can move within three points of South Africa if we beat them on Tuesday.

All of these is not going to be easy, but it is what must be achieved if we are going stand a chance of going to North America for the World Cup in 2026.

The reason I prefer the white coaches is due to their ability to curb the excesses and indiscipline of the so-called big players in the squad unlike some of the indigenous coaches who seem to be licking the feet of the European based players because of their influence over the coaches.  Do you remember what played out between victor Osimhen and coach Finidi George?, all these and many more are the reasons why a white coach is always the much preferred choice for the Eagles.

I think the pressure is on the for the super Eagles as they face Rwanda tomorrow, i think a win is crucial for thier 2026 world cup hopes, and also the tirth be told this match is going to be a tough challenge for Nigeria's the super Eagles will really need to give in thier best on this match against the Rwandans will hope for favourable results in the others matches too, i most really say the world cup Qualification campaign is indeed a very intense, pulse every points really count to everyone's teams, best to our guy's

Your choice of preference is not bad, but what have we achieved with the white coaches ever since we began seeking their expertise, or is it this one called Chelles, or what do you call him again? When you are talking about foreign coaches who did well,  the likes of Westerhof, Bonfrere Jo are the names to mention, not these sets of coaches that are messing up with our national team and wasting taxpayers' money for nothing.

Rwanda is 3rd while Nigeria is 4th, this isn't going to be an easy game for the the super eagles but atleast they have the home advantage as the fans singing in the stadium is going to motivate the boys to come home with a victory.

Assuming we were playing this game in Rwanda, that's when I'll be sacred but we aren't doing that therefore, there's still some hope of going to the world cup. We haven't had things go smoothly against Rwanda because we win them they reciprocate the favour as they also win us.

The game is going to be an open one and the team that needs it the most will be going for all three points.