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[Rruchi man]

Mo Salah on the other hand had a very quiet game. Egypt didn't plan this game well entirely because they were poor but kudus to the boys for the win, on to the next game.

Mo Salah is just one man out of 11 players, a tree cannot make a forest. The Egyptian midfield was no good and it showed as enough balls couldn't get through for Salah, he had only one clear opportunity to shoot. Also i think the Egyptians coach tactics didn't quite match his style of play. For me the only other player that had my attention was Ahmed Sayed Zizo, he threatened the Nigerian defence on the flanks. Against Guinea Bissau, the Egyptian side will need to fix all their shortcomings and go all out for the win to keep their AFCON dreams alive.

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[FlamingFingers]

We've not seen a match filled with lots of goals ever since the nations cup had started this year,, apart from Egypt and Nigeria match, Sudan and Guinea Bissau match was the only match that I've seen interesting so far, unlike other matches that they were just playing the ball through the air from goal post to goal post, hopefully the tournament gets more interesting as it goes way to the final

[BIT-BENDER]

Congratulations Nigeria, although I have problems with the nonchalant attitude of the African football sometimes but today's match was great, and it was even better when Nigeria came out winners, I think people are blaming Mo Salah too much there was nothing be could do the Nigerian defense was solid today and he is only but one person, once again congratulations to my country hope there repeat the same thing in the next match this Time with more goals

[Joca97]

We've not seen a match filled with lots of goals ever since the nations cup had started this year,, apart from Egypt and Nigeria match, Sudan and Guinea Bissau match was the only match that I've seen interesting so far, unlike other matches that they were just playing the ball through the air from goal post to goal post, hopefully the tournament gets more interesting as it goes way to the final

This tournament is so boring that we only saw 1 goal in 3 matches. All teams are just defending and are really poor in attack especially the weaker teams. I expected low amount of goals in this tournament but this is just really really low amount of goals and quality

[Welsh]

I think the problem with Egypt is; they aren't as solid as the other teams, yeah they've Mo Salah, but they aren't even using him in his best position. Seems to be played predominately as a center forward, which don't get me wrong he's suited to it, but playing on the right instead of the center suits him better, because he loves to cut in.

Seriously, take a look at his highlight I bet most of the highlight reels will show him cutting in, and taking a shot or passing with his left. He's been largely ineffective when Liverpool have played him as center forward, and we have better delivery than Egypt does.

[Gasty4]

Nigeria played better from first half to second half of the game.
Ndidi refusal to go off , when the medical team attended to him,was the number one moment for me 
Those are home based players, I wasn't expecting iwobi to be in the first 11.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Mo Salah on the other hand had a very quiet game. Egypt didn't plan this game well entirely because they were poor but kudus to the boys for the win, on to the next game.

Mo Salah is just one man out of 11 players, a tree cannot make a forest. The Egyptian midfield was no good and it showed as enough balls couldn't get through for Salah, he had only one clear opportunity to shoot. Also i think the Egyptians coach tactics didn't quite match his style of play. For me the only other player that had my attention was Ahmed Sayed Zizo, he threatened the Nigerian defence on the flanks. Against Guinea Bissau, the Egyptian side will need to fix all their shortcomings and go all out for the win to keep their AFCON dreams alive.

I really felt pity for Mo salah. The coach got his tactics wrong by playing salah false 9. He was absent and the reason behind is wrong placement. He isn't going to get that flair to move if you play him as a central striker. The coach should know better and use him as a winger, else nothing will get better for him he's got no chance because he had energetic and strong defenders that play a very combated and brutal way of football so they cut off all supply. Had the coach field salah on the wing, he would cause more havoc, because they would have shifted focus to him and that would have made them lose concentration and then he would have done his magics. Also the midfield was so poor, they could not feed him with passes.

[Davidvictorson]

Mo Salah on the other hand had a very quiet game. Egypt didn't plan this game well entirely because they were poor but kudus to the boys for the win, on to the next game.

Mo Salah is just one man out of 11 players, a tree cannot make a forest. The Egyptian midfield was no good and it showed as enough balls couldn't get through for Salah, he had only one clear opportunity to shoot. Also i think the Egyptians coach tactics didn't quite match his style of play. For me the only other player that had my attention was Ahmed Sayed Zizo, he threatened the Nigerian defence on the flanks. Against Guinea Bissau, the Egyptian side will need to fix all their shortcomings and go all out for the win to keep their AFCON dreams alive.

I really felt pity for Mo salah. The coach got his tactics wrong by playing salah false 9. He was absent and the reason behind is wrong placement. He isn't going to get that flair to move if you play him as a central striker. The coach should know better and use him as a winger, else nothing will get better for him he's got no chance because he had energetic and strong defenders that play a very combated and brutal way of football so they cut off all supply. Had the coach field salah on the wing, he would cause more havoc, because they would have shifted focus to him and that would have made them lose concentration and then he would have done his magics. Also the midfield was so poor, they could not feed him with passes.

This performance was outstanding., Nigeria ate Egypt. I can safely conclude that you can have the Best player in  the World in Salah but it's not quite enough if at least 2-3 more players on your team aren't half as good. The midfield with the duo Ndidi and Aribo, with a great Simon on the left side and total domination on the whole game, this Nigerian team were really no underdogs they are quite the serious threat indeed.

[Smartvirus]

I think the problem with Egypt is; they aren't as solid as the other teams, yeah they've Mo Salah, but they aren't even using him in his best position. Seems to be played predominately as a center forward, which don't get me wrong he's suited to it, but playing on the right instead of the center suits him better, because he loves to cut in.

This was just a tactics gone wrong. I'm sure the coach had te thought of him playing fron the center would enable him to coordinate other players and to drive a sense of focus from the wings and defenders to feed him @M. Salah with enough balls to cause some real damage but that was far from it wit the Nigerian team. They ensure the balls weren't coming neither was he given enough chance to express himself on the pitch. Its a good one for the Nigerian team and thanks to Kelechi Iheanacho for that early goal that sealed the game up. This was a much anticipated win.

[coco23]

This was just a tactics gone wrong. I'm sure the coach had te thought of him playing fron the center would enable him to coordinate other players and to drive a sense of focus from the wings and defenders to feed him @M. Salah with enough balls to cause some real damage but that was far from it wit the Nigerian team. They ensure the balls weren't coming neither was he given enough chance to express himself on the pitch. Its a good one for the Nigerian team and thanks to Kelechi Iheanacho for that early goal that sealed the game up. This was a much anticipated win.

Yea I think you are right. Nigeria has the quality to successfully execute such a plan and to leave as the victor from the game. They are now one of the favorites to win the cup.

Meanwhile the other game (Sudan - Guinea) also ended without any goal... I really hope for all the spectators that we will get to see some goals soon 

Today we see Ivory Coast for the first time. But "only" against Eq. Guinea. This looks like a sure win, but they will need to score at least a goal 
The other two matches of Group F are a bit more low-key but could turn out to be exciting as they are completely open (Tunisia vs Mali and Mauretania vs Gambia).

[snipie]

I think the problem with Egypt is; they aren't as solid as the other teams, yeah they've Mo Salah, but they aren't even using him in his best position. Seems to be played predominately as a center forward, which don't get me wrong he's suited to it, but playing on the right instead of the center suits him better, because he loves to cut in.

Seriously, take a look at his highlight I bet most of the highlight reels will show him cutting in, and taking a shot or passing with his left. He's been largely ineffective when Liverpool have played him as center forward, and we have better delivery than Egypt does.

One player can't do anything if the other players aren't helping, same as CR7 with Portugal, Halland and so on.. There was many critics on the coach of Egypt for his weak decisions and management.. Anyway, Nigeria deserved to win and Egypt still has a good chance to qualify.
Tunisia is playing poorly right now, they even missed a penalty and they are 1 goal behind Mali. The referee is doing a weird job, trying to end the game in the 85th minute

Edit: red card, 8 minutes at least time randomly wasted then the referee ended the game at the 89th minute. He insist to end the game prematurely apparently.. I sometimes regret watching African games!

[onecall123]

I think the problem with Egypt is; they aren't as solid as the other teams, yeah they've Mo Salah, but they aren't even using him in his best position. Seems to be played predominately as a center forward, which don't get me wrong he's suited to it, but playing on the right instead of the center suits him better, because he loves to cut in.

Seriously, take a look at his highlight I bet most of the highlight reels will show him cutting in, and taking a shot or passing with his left. He's been largely ineffective when Liverpool have played him as center forward, and we have better delivery than Egypt does.

One player can't do anything if the other players aren't helping, same as CR7 with Portugal, Halland and so on.. There was many critics on the coach of Egypt for his weak decisions and management.. Anyway, Nigeria deserved to win and Egypt still has a good chance to qualify.
Tunisia is playing poorly right now, they even missed a penalty and they are 1 goal behind Mali. The referee is doing a weird job, trying to end the game in the 85th minute

Edit: red card, 8 minutes at least time randomly wasted then the referee ended the game at the 89th minute. He insist to end the game prematurely apparently.. I sometimes regret watching African games!

Dramatic, and obviously regretful of wasting valuable time watching African games!

90 minutes had not been played when the referee blew the whistle. He ends the game twice before the 90th minute. A red card should be a yellow. There is no stoppage time but a VAR check is conducted. This has been ridiculously poor refereeing. Corrupt officials and match fixing like this are why the AFCON does not receive the respect it deserves. I regret to say, but this is typical of Africa.

[KTChampions]

One player can't do anything if the other players aren't helping, same as CR7 with Portugal, Halland and so on.. There was many critics on the coach of Egypt for his weak decisions and management.. Anyway, Nigeria deserved to win and Egypt still has a good chance to qualify.
Tunisia is playing poorly right now, they even missed a penalty and they are 1 goal behind Mali. The referee is doing a weird job, trying to end the game in the 85th minute

Edit: red card, 8 minutes at least time randomly wasted then the referee ended the game at the 89th minute. He insist to end the game prematurely apparently.. I sometimes regret watching African games!

I agree, in general, I am often surprised when, in a team sport, some claims are addressed to individual players, this is simply ridiculous (if you do not take cases with unaccounted penalties and obvious goalkeeping mistakes). Nigeria is a strong team and in this particular match they won, however, in any case, Nigeria + Egypt will advance from the group to the playoff round. This match means nothing.

[kro55]

It surprised me that Nigeria won against Egypt. I am not underestimating the Nigerian team. But I thought the Egyptian team was more stable. Because they have one of the best strikers, Salah. He is an aeome player. Having such a good player, Egypt has also been defeated. They made only 4 shots in this match.

I am enjoying the match of Mauritania vs the Gambia now. The Gambia is leading 1-0 at halftime. I bet on the Gambia. Because I have never seen Mauritania's team's gameplay before. They are doing very well against today's Gambia.

[_act_]

It surprised me that Nigeria won against Egypt. I am not underestimating the Nigerian team. But I thought the Egyptian team was more stable. Because they have one of the best strikers, Salah. He is an aeome player. Having such a good player, Egypt has also been defeated. They made only 4 shots in this match.

What do you want to say about Manchester United having one of the best sticker in the world which Ronaldo but Manchester United is not performing very well. You can not belittle Nigeria, they have one of the best team in Africa. In a match like that, no one know if Nigeria will be the one to win or Egypt or if the match will end draw. But Nigerian won it.

[Slow death]

We've not seen a match filled with lots of goals ever since the nations cup had started this year,, apart from Egypt and Nigeria match, Sudan and Guinea Bissau match was the only match that I've seen interesting so far, unlike other matches that they were just playing the ball through the air from goal post to goal post, hopefully the tournament gets more interesting as it goes way to the final

don't expect much from this tournament, when I said at the beginning that African soccer is in decline and has reached an extremely low level I was serious, this type of soccer without quality where there are not many goals, where there are many flaws in Var, where there are few opportunities to score and the worst part is the ball is always in the air than on the ground, it looks like they are playing tennis this is what Africa has in soccer quality, don't expect more than that

PS: the corrupt leaders of africa killed soccer in africa

[poldanmig]

It surprised me that Nigeria won against Egypt. I am not underestimating the Nigerian team. But I thought the Egyptian team was more stable. Because they have one of the best strikers, Salah. He is an aeome player. Having such a good player, Egypt has also been defeated. They made only 4 shots in this match.

I am enjoying the match of Mauritania vs the Gambia now. The Gambia is leading 1-0 at halftime. I bet on the Gambia. Because I have never seen Mauritania's team's gameplay before. They are doing very well against today's Gambia.

Salah performance in that match was really quite bad, even he was not able to do as he did with Liverpool, but I think it's a natural thing, because Salah certainly hasn't been compact enough with some other Egyptian players because they have little time to practice together, The appearance of a player will certainly have a difference when playing for a club or national team so that Egyptian fans cannot fully blame Salah for the Egyptian defeat, I think maybe in the next few matches Salah will show his greatness with the national team.

[Coyster]

It surprised me that Nigeria won against Egypt. I am not underestimating the Nigerian team. But I thought the Egyptian team was more stable. Because they have one of the best strikers, Salah. He is an aeome player. Having such a good player, Egypt has also been defeated. They made only 4 shots in this match.

Of course, Salah is a very brilliant player when he plays for Liverpool, he stands out as one of the best players in the world in that respect, but the same cannot be said of him when he plays for Egypt, and one can easily understand why, the quality in the Liverpool side is by far better than that of the Egyptian national side, and thus there's always bound to be disparity in his respective performances for the two sides.

Having said that, I believe the Nigerian national team has a better collective squad than the Egyptian team, they have more players in top teams in Europe than players of the Egyptian team, thus I wasn't surprised they got the victory, they were the better team overall in yesterday's encounter and are now in pole position to qualify from that group.

[Oshosondy]

I was unable to watch Tunisia vs Mali and also I was unable to check the livescore during in-play until the match ended with Mali that won Tunisia 1 goal scored by Ibrahima Kone at 48th minute.

The match was in Cameron and there was panic as gunshots rock the Cameroon city hosting Mali, Tunisia and others. Maybe because of this, the match Tunisia versus Mali ended at 89th minutes but won by Mali. I hope there won't be a replay.

Gambia won Mauritania with 1 goal to nothing.

[Slow death]

Gambia won Mauritania with 1 goal to nothing.

it seems that the lack of many goals is something normal in this tournament, there are already 12 games and we have less than 13 goals, this is very sad and regrettable, the quality level of the teams is very low, the way they play is irritating, I particularly can't watch the games completely because I get annoyed with this low quality of game