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[Slow death]

In 2 days the AFCON games start, honestly I'm very worried about my country's national team, with so many weak teams, my country's national team fell into the group of very strong teams, I can't stop thinking that we will be very humiliated on the 14th when we play against Egypt, I start to think that we could concede a lot of goals in the game against Egypt and as if that wasn't bad enough, we will still have to play against Ghana which we will definitely lose, I saw Ghana and egypt the way they play, they are good teams with a good squad. although Ghana when I watched them play, they were having a hard time beating a weak team



but the difference in the squad was visible, so when I look at my country's national team, I only see that we will leave AFCON too early and with a bad image. Unfortunately, the majority of players from my country don't play in the big teams in Europe, we only have 2 players who play in prominent teams in Europe, which means that the difference in the squad in my country compared to Egypt is quite big. We definitely have no chance of going through to another stage, I'm thinking about betting on Egypt to beat my country. This and those cases in which a person needs to bet rationally while at the same time rooting for the team they love to win  

[Oluwa-btc]

@bering for me personally I feel that Egypt will win because of the Salah factor and currently he’s playing very well hence I feel that he can single handedly help Egypt win.

Mo' Salah has been really remarkable this season for Liverpool, but his success in Liverpool this season has not just been from his own effort, but the general effort of his club members. If Egyptian team and other players can provide same kind of support that is being provided to Salah in Liverpool, he will be able to provide same remarkable performance for his National side. On his own without support, Mo' Salah will not always be able to carry his team.

We(Nigeria) have the best strikers in the competition, and If enough chances are able to be created for them, we have a great chance to win the competition.

Having Victor Oshime, Saddens me to see Victor Boniface out Injured,. Having the explosive Ahmed Musa, Simon Moses and lastly Both Kelechi Iheanacho and Samuel Chukwueze gives us that edge when attacking any side.

Not impressed with the midfielder's truthfully, but we'll see how it goes most definitely. They're not what I feel like would supply and link the attackers with the defenders.
Mo Salah doesn't have same caliber of players he has with the club level at the National level, I don't expect too much from the magicians.

[letteredhub]

In 2 days the AFCON games start, honestly I'm very worried about my country's national team, with so many weak teams, my country's national team fell into the group of very strong teams, I can't stop thinking that we will be very humiliated on the 14th when we play against Egypt, I start to think that we could concede a lot of goals in the game against Egypt and as if that wasn't bad enough, we will still have to play against Ghana which we will definitely lose, I saw Ghana and egypt the way they play, they are good teams with a good squad. although Ghana when I watched them play, they were having a hard time beating a weak team

I share in your fears as it's clear for all eyes to see from the group but this is football and it comes with loads of surprises which makes the sport never a dulling moment for fans and viewers. You may be shocked that the most favorite teams end up not getting a favourable results which then kills their chances of qualifying to the next round from the group stage while the weaker team as we think them to be turn out to qualify by luck. Just keep your fingers cross while we wait for the events to unfold and just wish your country's team all the best hoping they will deliver to the best of their talents.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Having Victor Oshime, Saddens me to see Victor Boniface out Injured,. Having the explosive Ahmed Musa, Simon Moses and lastly Both Kelechi Iheanacho and Samuel Chukwueze gives us that edge when attacking any side.

Not impressed with the midfielder's truthfully, but we'll see how it goes most definitely. They're not what I feel like would supply and link the attackers with the defenders.
Mo Salah doesn't have same caliber of players he has with the club level at the National level, I don't expect too much from the magicians.

One player I'd love to see is Boniface and is really bad to always not see him partner with V. Osimhen. Their combination would have been bloody but injury have a way of keeping some of the best players off the game of football.
Now the work load would be on V. Osimhen alone, what if (God forbid) something happens to him just like it happened to Boniface how would the Eagles manage the striking department? I just hope they get things easy with him since he's the only number 9 we have.

[Nheer]

One player I'd love to see is Boniface and is really bad to always not see him partner with V. Osimhen. Their combination would have been bloody but injury have a way of keeping some of the best players off the game of football.
Now the work load would be on V. Osimhen alone, what if (God forbid) something happens to him just like it happened to Boniface how would the Eagles manage the striking department? I just hope they get things easy with him since he's the only number 9 we have.

With Victor Boniface’s current form in Leverkursen every is anticipating to see how would combine with Osimhen but sadly injury didn’t make it happen. He would have been a good contributor to the squad and would have lessenn the work load on Osimhen’s head. We still have several options in the attacking department but i am not so convinced with the Midfield and defense and it must have been the reason why Nigeria have not been performing to standards. They aalso have problems in the coaching department as well and i hope they find a way to go round it if they really want to go far in the competition because recent stats shows that Nigeria have failed to win a match in their lalst 3 fixtures and only managed a single win in their last 5 matches against countries they should have won easily.

Nigeria need to redeem themselves and claim the African Giant title once again by showing us what they can offer in this competition. We have enough quality players to compete but i just hope the coach is able to figure out the best way to utilize them.

[bering]

I hope we are not going to Ivory Coast to mess up in this AFCON, I just hope that our group shouldn't make we the supporter to start using our calculators at the end of the group stage. The Super Eagles have what it takes to qualify from that group and I'm not talking about winning the AFCON yet because we need to take it one step at a time if not is going to hurt us badly.
I wonder the kind of formation we're going to use because it seems we don't have any formation that favors us, today we use 4-4-2 tomorrow we use 3-4-3, like what is José Peseiro planning for we the supporters? Are we even sure the Super Eagles are ready?🤔

Ivory Coast was into group A because they are as a host so they will starting first match in this competition and at their squad Ivory Coast has Ousmane Diomande, Franck Kessie, Jonathan Bamba,Jeremy Boga and Jean Thierry Lazare and mostly these players is important player at their club actually Ivory Coast under Jean-Louis Gasset has impressive performance because from 9 latest matches in all tournaments Ivory Coast only lose once and on the paper at group A Ivory Coast should be able to qualified to the next round because only Nigeria is the strongest opponent on that group

Guinea-Bissau will be first opponent for Ivory Coast and as a host first match will not be so easy for them because the fans hoping Ivory Coast can able to overcomes Guinea-Bissau and if they can able to do that Ivory Coast journey to this competition will be more easy and if i am not mistaken this is their first met at big tournament because previously whether Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast was never met however Guinea-Bissau actually is not in the good shape because they had just lose with big scores from Mali so there is a chances for Ivory Coast to collect 3 points from this match even if possible win with big scores and for betting options Ivory Coast has low odds @1.23

[Sexylizzy2813]

One player I'd love to see is Boniface and is really bad to always not see him partner with V. Osimhen. Their combination would have been bloody but injury have a way of keeping some of the best players off the game of football.
Now the work load would be on V. Osimhen alone, what if (God forbid) something happens to him just like it happened to Boniface how would the Eagles manage the striking department? I just hope they get things easy with him since he's the only number 9 we have.

With Victor Boniface’s current form in Leverkursen every is anticipating to see how would combine with Osimhen but sadly injury didn’t make it happen. He would have been a good contributor to the squad and would have lessenn the work load on Osimhen’s head. We still have several options in the attacking department but i am not so convinced with the Midfield and defense and it must have been the reason why Nigeria have not been performing to standards. They aalso have problems in the coaching department as well and i hope they find a way to go round it if they really want to go far in the competition because recent stats shows that Nigeria have failed to win a match in their lalst 3 fixtures and only managed a single win in their last 5 matches against countries they should have won easily.

Nigeria need to redeem themselves and claim the African Giant title once again by showing us what they can offer in this competition. We have enough quality players to compete but i just hope the coach is able to figure out the best way to utilize them.

I agree with you but you missed one position that's so crucial to the team, which is the goalkeeper department. If it's all those departments you made mentioned that are the problem in our team then I don't think we have a problem, you see that goalkeeper position, that's the biggest problem we have currently. I think we need someone who can do better than Francis Uzoho. I don't see him as anything good in that Super Eagles team and I pray he doesn't go their and give us another dream like last time.

[PokerBetting]

I hope we are not going to Ivory Coast to mess up in this AFCON, I just hope that our group shouldn't make we the supporter to start using our calculators at the end of the group stage. The Super Eagles have what it takes to qualify from that group and I'm not talking about winning the AFCON yet because we need to take it one step at a time if not is going to hurt us badly.
I wonder the kind of formation we're going to use because it seems we don't have any formation that favors us, today we use 4-4-2 tomorrow we use 3-4-3, like what is José Peseiro planning for we the supporters? Are we even sure the Super Eagles are ready?🤔

I think in this group nigeria and ivory coast. it will be very easy to qualify from the group to advance to the knockout phase. because both teams have good quality compared to the other 2 teams in this group. even nigeria and ivory coast are also strong candidates to become champions. unfortunately they have to be in the same group. although both will also be sure to qualify from this group.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I hope we are not going to Ivory Coast to mess up in this AFCON, I just hope that our group shouldn't make we the supporter to start using our calculators at the end of the group stage. The Super Eagles have what it takes to qualify from that group and I'm not talking about winning the AFCON yet because we need to take it one step at a time if not is going to hurt us badly.
I wonder the kind of formation we're going to use because it seems we don't have any formation that favors us, today we use 4-4-2 tomorrow we use 3-4-3, like what is José Peseiro planning for we the supporters? Are we even sure the Super Eagles are ready?🤔

I think in this group nigeria and ivory coast. it will be very easy to qualify from the group to advance to the knockout phase. because both teams have good quality compared to the other 2 teams in this group. even nigeria and ivory coast are also strong candidates to become champions. unfortunately they have to be in the same group. although both will also be sure to qualify from this group.

Let's forget about becoming the champions and focus on qualifying and even doing better. This is about the Eagles, haven't you noticed that whenever a group or team is easy for the Super Eagles to beat or qualify from that's when it becomes very difficult for the Eagles?
Now we're saying is only the host nation and Super Eagles that can come out easily but I know how they (Eagles) struggle with smaller nations, is so annoying. I just hope they take every game very serious and finish as group winnings, the round of 16 should also be a game they have to take more serious because if you lose you'd be eliminated not like last time the won the group in an excellent fashion and lost in the round of 16, that experience was awful.

[QueenVera]

Ivory Coast was into group A because they are as a host so they will starting first match in this competition and at their squad Ivory Coast has Ousmane Diomande, Franck Kessie, Jonathan Bamba,Jeremy Boga and Jean Thierry Lazare and mostly these players is important player at their club actually Ivory Coast under Jean-Louis Gasset has impressive performance because from 9 latest matches in all tournaments Ivory Coast only lose once and on the paper at group A Ivory Coast should be able to qualified to the next round because only Nigeria is the strongest opponent on that group

Guinea-Bissau will be first opponent for Ivory Coast and as a host first match will not be so easy for them because the fans hoping Ivory Coast can able to overcomes Guinea-Bissau and if they can able to do that Ivory Coast journey to this competition will be more easy and if i am not mistaken this is their first met at big tournament because previously whether Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast was never met however Guinea-Bissau actually is not in the good shape because they had just lose with big scores from Mali so there is a chances for Ivory Coast to collect 3 points from this match even if possible win with big scores and for betting options Ivory Coast has low odds @1.23

Ivory Coast the host of tournament are in group A of the competition. They’ve got a good squad who are quite quality in their respective clubs. Now they’re in same group with Nigeria and where we see Nigeria as the only strongest team in that group. With Ivory Coast’s quality, I think they’ll be joining Nigeria past the group stage of this competition.

 Guinea-Bissau who’ll be Ivory Coast’s first opponent aren’t in a good shape, and it’ll be quite difficult for them to defeat the host team especially in a match opener. So this will be an easy one for Ivory Coast cause if Guinea-Bissau could lose with a big defeat to Mali then I doubt if they'll be able to stand a chance against Ivory Coast that's been one of the strongest contenders of this tournament over the years. They got better players with experience that are in top European clubs compared to Mali.

[letteredhub]

I hope we are not going to Ivory Coast to mess up in this AFCON, I just hope that our group shouldn't make we the supporter to start using our calculators at the end of the group stage. The Super Eagles have what it takes to qualify from that group and I'm not talking about winning the AFCON yet because we need to take it one step at a time if not is going to hurt us badly.
I wonder the kind of formation we're going to use because it seems we don't have any formation that favors us, today we use 4-4-2 tomorrow we use 3-4-3, like what is José Peseiro planning for we the supporters? Are we even sure the Super Eagles are ready?🤔

I think in this group nigeria and ivory coast. it will be very easy to qualify from the group to advance to the knockout phase. because both teams have good quality compared to the other 2 teams in this group. even nigeria and ivory coast are also strong candidates to become champions. unfortunately they have to be in the same group. although both will also be sure to qualify from this group.

Looking at Ivory coast in contrast to Nigeria the Ivory's team are a more better team than that of Nigeria, checking at the three tiers in term of defence, midfield and attackers/strikers you will find out that without bias Ivory coast has it better. Nigeria has good strikers with a good manageable defence nevertheless their midfield is what many fans are all worried about as they have not been up and doing in distribution of  the ball to the attackers in creating goals chances. In my personal opinion, Ivory are favourable to qualify with Nigeria just of a little advantage above other teams in there group.

[gabbie2010]

I hope we are not going to Ivory Coast to mess up in this AFCON, I just hope that our group shouldn't make we the supporter to start using our calculators at the end of the group stage. The Super Eagles have what it takes to qualify from that group and I'm not talking about winning the AFCON yet because we need to take it one step at a time if not is going to hurt us badly.
I wonder the kind of formation we're going to use because it seems we don't have any formation that favors us, today we use 4-4-2 tomorrow we use 3-4-3, like what is José Peseiro planning for we the supporters? Are we even sure the Super Eagles are ready?🤔

I think in this group nigeria and ivory coast. it will be very easy to qualify from the group to advance to the knockout phase. because both teams have good quality compared to the other 2 teams in this group. even nigeria and ivory coast are also strong candidates to become champions. unfortunately they have to be in the same group. although both will also be sure to qualify from this group.

Equatorial Guinea is another country that shouldn't be underated in the group, of course soccer pundits and analyst had predicted Ivory coast and Nigeria as the two team that would qualify from the group, however from my own point of view the Super Eagle do fumble when you expected the team to fly high though my mind is telling me that playing against Equatorial Guinea would tough for both Nigeria and Ivory coast though Guinea-Bissau who is also the group is not too formidable to pose any threat to the other three countries, however the goals scored against them by those three countries would determine how they would be placed on the table above all there isn't going to be any easy match in the group.

[Justbillywitt]

@bering for me personally I feel that Egypt will win because of the Salah factor and currently he’s playing very well hence I feel that he can single handedly help Egypt win.

Mo' Salah has been really remarkable this season for Liverpool, but his success in Liverpool this season has not just been from his own effort, but the general effort of his club members. If Egyptian team and other players can provide same kind of support that is being provided to Salah in Liverpool, he will be able to provide same remarkable performance for his National side. On his own without support, Mo' Salah will not always be able to carry his team.

We(Nigeria) have the best strikers in the competition, and If enough chances are able to be created for them, we have a great chance to win the competition.

Having Victor Oshime, Saddens me to see Victor Boniface out Injured,. Having the explosive Ahmed Musa, Simon Moses and lastly Both Kelechi Iheanacho and Samuel Chukwueze gives us that edge when attacking any side.

Not impressed with the midfielder's truthfully, but we'll see how it goes most definitely. They're not what I feel like would supply and link the attackers with the defenders.
Mo Salah doesn't have same caliber of players he has with the club level at the National level, I don't expect too much from the magicians.

You are forgetting that same Salah that doesn't has the same caliber of players he has at club side played at the last Afcon final with Senegal. Egypt has good quality players who can still deliver when it matters.

[Marykeller]

In 2 days the AFCON games start, honestly I'm very worried about my country's national team, with so many weak teams, my country's national team fell into the group of very strong teams, I can't stop thinking that we will be very humiliated on the 14th when we play against Egypt, I start to think that we could concede a lot of goals in the game against Egypt and as if that wasn't bad enough, we will still have to play against Ghana which we will definitely lose, I saw Ghana and egypt the way they play, they are good teams with a good squad. although Ghana when I watched them play, they were having a hard time beating a weak team

I share in your fears as it's clear for all eyes to see from the group but this is football and it comes with loads of surprises which makes the sport never a dulling moment for fans and viewers. You may be shocked that the most favorite teams end up not getting a favourable results which then kills their chances of qualifying to the next round from the group stage while the weaker team as we think them to be turn out to qualify by luck. Just keep your fingers cross while we wait for the events to unfold and just wish your country's team all the best hoping they will deliver the best of their talents.

Football comes with loads of surprises as we all know but not in the case of, Egypt and Ghana not qualifying for the group stage they fall into. I see it in no way, that Cape Verde or Mozambique would qualify ahead of Egypt or Ghana in the Group B stage.

Egypt and Ghana are among the countries that we hope or believe have the chance of becoming the African champions this year, expecting them to be kicked out of the group stage by weak countries is way beyond imagination.
No need to think about the impossible. The Group B-qualified countries are to be Egypt and Ghana. Mozambique and Cape Verde should try their luck again in the next AFCON if only they qualify for it. Till then we hope that they fall into a group that has weak performance as a country.

[GxSTxV]

Ivory Coast against Guinea Bissau
Is the pre tournament match between the host Ivory Coast who never lost an opener match since 1992, so surely they will have a bit of pressure undergoing tonight because of their fans and how they should perform. But other than than Guinea Bissau is a very humble team with much local players and lack of experience that would make their mission very hard to pass this group with top strong teams and today is their first hard test.
Well, let’s not forget that they did chocked the Gabon back in 2017 when they played again the host and managed to draw 1-1, I won’t be very surprised if they did it once again this year.

For the betting in this AFCON we starting today’s game with very low odds for the host as usual since they are very favorable to win with @1.2 for Ivory Coast to win against @21.00 for Guinea Bissau, it’s only good for high stakes to take some profits.

[QueenVera]

Ivory Coast against Guinea Bissau
Is the pre tournament match between the host Ivory Coast who never lost an opener match since 1992, so surely they will have a bit of pressure undergoing tonight because of their fans and how they should perform. But other than than Guinea Bissau is a very humble team with much local players and lack of experience that would make their mission very hard to pass this group with top strong teams and today is their first hard test.
Well, let’s not forget that they did chocked the Gabon back in 2017 when they played again the host and managed to draw 1-1, I won’t be very surprised if they did it once again this year.

For the betting in this AFCON we starting today’s game with very low odds for the host as usual since they are very favorable to win with @1.2 for Ivory Coast to win against @21.00 for Guinea Bissau, it’s only good for high stakes to take some profits.

Well if you ask me, I'll say that Ivory Coast are my favourites for this game, my reason is based on your statement that they've not lost an opener match since 1992, that's a pretty good record and I believe they'll want to maintain it against Bissau, which have less experienced players compared to Ivory Coast, and the hosting team won't want to take chances cause if you check their group you'll see they've got other top teams like the Super Eagles of Nigeria, therefore they'll want to start the tournament with a victory to top their group.

 Well according to my findings, Ivory Coast is a team with a very good record in the Afcon and I believe they won't let what Bissau did to Gabon happen to them. Even the bookies favours them and that's why they gave Ivory Coast @1.2 odd and more than 20 odds for Guinea Bissau, however let's watch and see how the game plays, if Ivory Coast would start their opener with above 1.5 scoreline.

[Rruchi man]

Ivory Coast against Guinea Bissau
Is the pre tournament match between the host Ivory Coast who never lost an opener match since 1992, so surely they will have a bit of pressure undergoing tonight because of their fans and how they should perform. But other than than Guinea Bissau is a very humble team with much local players and lack of experience that would make their mission very hard to pass this group with top strong teams and today is their first hard test.

Ivory Coast started well with a good opening goal from Seko Fofana who will have his name in history for scoring the first goal in this opener. Guinea Bissau have Encada to blame, his first two errors out Guinea Bisua in a bad position from which they conceded from one. It will mean a lot if the host country can secure a win in this their opening game.

[snipie]

Ivory Coast against Guinea Bissau
Is the pre tournament match between the host Ivory Coast who never lost an opener match since 1992, so surely they will have a bit of pressure undergoing tonight because of their fans and how they should perform. But other than than Guinea Bissau is a very humble team with much local players and lack of experience that would make their mission very hard to pass this group with top strong teams and today is their first hard test.

Ivory Coast started well with a good opening goal from Seko Fofana who will have his name in history for scoring the first goal in this opener. Guinea Bissau have Encada to blame, his first two errors out Guinea Bisua in a bad position from which they conceded from one. It will mean a lot if the host country can secure a win in this their opening game.

Guinea Bissau are already down by two goals versus Ivory Coast. The early goal was fast and surprising for Guinea Bissau and with the second goal and the dominance of Ivory Coast, things are getting harder for them.
Tomorrow Nigeria will face Equatorial Guinea, we will see how good they will play and how much goals they will score
Otherwise Egypt seems to have an easier game against Mozambique and they should win without difficulties.

[Docnaster]

Ivory Coast against Guinea Bissau
Is the pre tournament match between the host Ivory Coast who never lost an opener match since 1992, so surely they will have a bit of pressure undergoing tonight because of their fans and how they should perform. But other than than Guinea Bissau is a very humble team with much local players and lack of experience that would make their mission very hard to pass this group with top strong teams and today is their first hard test.

Ivory Coast started well with a good opening goal from Seko Fofana who will have his name in history for scoring the first goal in this opener. Guinea Bissau have Encada to blame, his first two errors out Guinea Bisua in a bad position from which they conceded from one. It will mean a lot if the host country can secure a win in this their opening game.

Guinea Bissau are already down by two goals versus Ivory Coast. The early goal was fast and surprising for Guinea Bissau and with the second goal and the dominance of Ivory Coast, things are getting harder for them.
Tomorrow Nigeria will face Equatorial Guinea, we will see how good they will play and how much goals they will score
Otherwise Egypt seems to have an easier game against Mozambique and they should win without difficulties.

We in the final 10 minutes of normal time in the first game of this year's CAF African Cup Of Nations tournament and the host nation Ivory Coast are leading by two goals to nil. Fofana's goal in the 4th minute of the game and Krasso second half goal have put the host nation in full control and from the performance of both teams, I don't think there's any way Guinea Bissau are gonna come back in to the game.

[Oluwa-btc]

Having Victor Oshime, Saddens me to see Victor Boniface out Injured,. Having the explosive Ahmed Musa, Simon Moses and lastly Both Kelechi Iheanacho and Samuel Chukwueze gives us that edge when attacking any side.

Not impressed with the midfielder's truthfully, but we'll see how it goes most definitely. They're not what I feel like would supply and link the attackers with the defenders.
Mo Salah doesn't have same caliber of players he has with the club level at the National level, I don't expect too much from the magicians.

One player I'd love to see is Boniface and is really bad to always not see him partner with V. Osimhen. Their combination would have been bloody but injury have a way of keeping some of the best players off the game of football.
Now the work load would be on V. Osimhen alone, what if (God forbid) something happens to him just like it happened to Boniface how would the Eagles manage the striking department? I just hope they get things easy with him since he's the only number 9 we have.

My dream three man leading the attack already failed due to his Injury.

I wanted a Victor Boniface, Victor Oshime and Samuel Chukwueze leading the attack since they're all Ina top form for them various leagues.
Not sure how them midfielder's would be, I'm not convinced they'll do well. Alex Iwobi and who else? Joe Aribo? No! No! He's not in a good form he shouldn't be started. This Portuguese coach can also be very demanding and at same time stubborn. Let's see what he achieves with the Super Eagles.

If it's the defenders for Nigeria, I can verify already it'll be solid, they only lack midfielder's.