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[Spaceman1000$]

Hope am not late for any action here as I was catching up with the Asian games and game is in extra time with Australia almost winning that one but unfortunately South Korea got an equaliser to push for extra time..

Now locked in for the Nigeria-Angola game, and so far Nigeria has just taken the lead thanks to a lookman thunderbolt goal which looks like it could be what's sending them to the Semis and it's well deserved with the amount of possession they have enjoyed!!

And this being the AFCON, I wouldn't be surprised if the match ends as is (1-0) but to be on the safe side these guys need an insurance goal.

Nigeria showed a high level of seriousness in this match and they held their ground by not giving Angola any opportunity to create chances that will enable them to score the super eagles of Nigeria. It was a good game work from the front liners of the super Eagles for them to be able to break through Angola's defense and break the deadlock to take the lead.

Nigeria took possession of the game and they lost some good opportunities of finding the back of the post. Angola players tried their best, but it wasn't good enough to outperform the Super Eagles who are desperate of finding the by of the net by all means. Nigeria is very strong on their defense, and that might make it difficult for Angola to score them because Angola strikers are not that active to find a means of penetrating their opponent defense.

Nigeria are playing to expectation with a very high spirit in this game unlike how we have seen Angola held other teams they had played against in this AFCON to a stand still it is different with in this game against Nigeria. Like you said, the Nigeria defence is good nothing giving the Angola's forwards to see a space to trouble the goal post with shots. Right now Nigeria is leading with a one goal and we hope they be able to secure or get more goals as they come back to the second half.

Yeah Nigeria is playing with so much high intensity, though at the first instance of the game the angolans were really trying to make some difference. one unique thing about the Nigerian team is that they always close the gap and their defence is really solid.
Moses Simon has been one man with a lot of surprises, from his pace and  his body movement, and to cap it all, he gave the assist for lookman to score. looking at the Nigerian team every focus is majorly on victor osimhen but the angolans are forgetting that osimhen might just be a distraction, while lookman and moses simon are doing the job.

[Onyeeze]

Nigeria vs Angola

Few moments before the start of this match, I took some time to read the latest posts here about this event to have an idea about who the favorite team who is going to have more chances to win the match.
Both teams have two different styles of playing and players, even with these odds which are preferable for Nigeria with a bigger difference, I believe these odds doesn’t matter much in this competition where most expected teams got eliminated like Senegal, Egypt, Morocco.

Beside that, I see a big community of Nigerian fans here and most of them are predicting that their national team is going to win the match easily against Angola even that their last encounters are not favoring anyone.

The scoreline is 1:0 as Nigeria graps the lead in the first half of the game,Angola has been so solid defensively,and wouldn't want to concede further goals because if they do,it's over for them,Nigeria have the best defence in the tournament,and therefore I'm not even sure if Angola will be able to get even a goal in this game,It might either end 2:0 in favour of Nigeria,or it might end like that.This is a game Nigeria players have really prepaid for,and for them to draw this game, especially now that they they have taken the lead,it will be a big  dissappointment to them.But I'm very confident on them winning this one to the semi final.

If nigeria don't take their time this match will end 1:1 because Angola team are performing very well and Victor Osimhen is the hope we have because they interest in Osimhen why look man  is one side calculating how it will score another goal before our mind will rest, because Angola is ready to do anything to score us being Nigeria, because if this match entered penalty Nigeria might lose the match, the match is remaining almost 30 minutes and if Nigeria can continue to protect or defend the one goal the will win the match

[tsaroz]

Nigeria vs Angola

Few moments before the start of this match, I took some time to read the latest posts here about this event to have an idea about who the favorite team who is going to have more chances to win the match.
Both teams have two different styles of playing and players, even with these odds which are preferable for Nigeria with a bigger difference, I believe these odds doesn’t matter much in this competition where most expected teams got eliminated like Senegal, Egypt, Morocco.

Beside that, I see a big community of Nigerian fans here and most of them are predicting that their national team is going to win the match easily against Angola even that their last encounters are not favoring anyone.

The scoreline is 1:0 as Nigeria graps the lead in the first half of the game,Angola has been so solid defensively,and wouldn't want to concede further goals because if they do,it's over for them,Nigeria have the best defence in the tournament,and therefore I'm not even sure if Angola will be able to get even a goal in this game,It might either end 2:0 in favour of Nigeria,or it might end like that.This is a game Nigeria players have really prepaid for,and for them to draw this game, especially now that they they have taken the lead,it will be a big  dissappointment to them.But I'm very confident on them winning this one to the semi final.

The first quaterfinal game is going to be an interesting one. Both of these team undefeated till date on the tournament and today of the team would head home. Even though Nigerian team would miss Victor Boniface, it's playing 11 still are all stars team as compared to that of Angola. And they deserve the place in semi.
76 minutes into the game and Nigeria are already 1-0 in lead. A good steal and carry by simon mosses who gave a wonderful assist to Lookman to score the first goal at 47th minute.
And Victor Oshimhen did celebrated for scoring at 75th minute but the VAR ruled out the goal. The competition is still on.

[SATWAT]

Nigeria are playing to expectation with a very high spirit in this game unlike how we have seen Angola held other teams they had played against in this AFCON to a stand still it is different with in this game against Nigeria. Like you said, the Nigeria defence is good nothing giving the Angola's forwards to see a space to trouble the goal post with shots. Right now Nigeria is leading with a one goal and we hope they be able to secure or get more goals as they come back to the second half.

Both sides have been good but, Nigeria has been exceptional in this particular fixtures compared to all the games they’ve played in the AFCON so far. It’s not just entertaining but, seeing how both sides keeps going forward and how the Nigerian defense intercept the ball at every given advance at goal shows the level of determination they came with in this square fixture of the tournament.
Alex Iwobi have been maned the mid field so dominantly and what a great pass he delivered to Moses Simone who made the move to create that goal opportunity for Lookman, Nigeria has just best there game in this quarter finals, no question.

Now we are in 73rd minute of the game with Nigeria is still leading by 1–0 and their defense is doing impressive job even Angolan players are trying their best but sadly not able to have anything from Nigerian defense which is giving their best for this event as they are playing most chances now after few minutes we will have them into last four.
While I am writing this we have second goal from Victor Osimhen for the Nigeria what a goal by this champion player with this goal now all hopes ended for the Angola to have anything positive, and their journey is also going to end from here in this season with this performance most chances we will have Nigeria into final.

Edit: Goal disallowed due to offside of the Osimhen Nigeria is still on course for going into semifinal.

[Justbillywitt]

Nigeria vs Angola

Few moments before the start of this match, I took some time to read the latest posts here about this event to have an idea about who the favorite team who is going to have more chances to win the match.
Both teams have two different styles of playing and players, even with these odds which are preferable for Nigeria with a bigger difference, I believe these odds doesn’t matter much in this competition where most expected teams got eliminated like Senegal, Egypt, Morocco.

Beside that, I see a big community of Nigerian fans here and most of them are predicting that their national team is going to win the match easily against Angola even that their last encounters are not favoring anyone.

The scoreline is 1:0 as Nigeria graps the lead in the first half of the game,Angola has been so solid defensively,and wouldn't want to concede further goals because if they do,it's over for them,Nigeria have the best defence in the tournament,and therefore I'm not even sure if Angola will be able to get even a goal in this game,It might either end 2:0 in favour of Nigeria,or it might end like that.This is a game Nigeria players have really prepaid for,and for them to draw this game, especially now that they they have taken the lead,it will be a big  dissappointment to them.But I'm very confident on them winning this one to the semi final.

If nigeria don't take their time this match will end 1:1 because Angola team are performing very well and Victor Osimhen is the hope we have because they interest in Osimhen why look man  is one side calculating how it will score another goal before our mind will rest, because Angola is ready to do anything to score us being Nigeria, because if this match entered penalty Nigeria might lose the match, the match is remaining almost 30 minutes and if Nigeria can continue to protect or defend the one goal the will win the match

The Nigerian team has shown a great level of resilience so far. The defense and and Midfield is very solid so I don't think the Angola team has any chance of coming back in this game. If you look at this Nigeria team they hardly let goals go into their net. I am confident that the game will end in super eagles favour.

[Wiwo]

Nigeria vs Angola

Few moments before the start of this match, I took some time to read the latest posts here about this event to have an idea about who the favorite team who is going to have more chances to win the match.
Both teams have two different styles of playing and players, even with these odds which are preferable for Nigeria with a bigger difference, I believe these odds doesn’t matter much in this competition where most expected teams got eliminated like Senegal, Egypt, Morocco.

Beside that, I see a big community of Nigerian fans here and most of them are predicting that their national team is going to win the match easily against Angola even that their last encounters are not favoring anyone.

The scoreline is 1:0 as Nigeria graps the lead in the first half of the game,Angola has been so solid defensively,and wouldn't want to concede further goals because if they do,it's over for them,Nigeria have the best defence in the tournament,and therefore I'm not even sure if Angola will be able to get even a goal in this game,It might either end 2:0 in favour of Nigeria,or it might end like that.This is a game Nigeria players have really prepaid for,and for them to draw this game, especially now that they they have taken the lead,it will be a big  dissappointment to them.But I'm very confident on them winning this one to the semi final.

If nigeria don't take their time this match will end 1:1 because Angola team are performing very well and Victor Osimhen is the hope we have because they are interest in Osimhen why look man  is one side calculating how it will score another goal before our mind will est, because Angola is ready to do anything to score us being Nigeria because if this match entered penalty Nigeria might lose the match, the match is remaining almost 30 minutes and if Nigeria can continue to protect or defend the one goal they will win the match

The Nigeria team are top in the Match and the Angola boys can't match up to them at this moment and haven't added another goal making the goal score 2:0 with a lot of pressure from the Angolians this will,  oh no the second goal from the Nigeria team was cancelled and at the moment,  the goal score remains 1:0.

Let's see what the next 10 minutes remaining this match will come out with and how best both teams make good use of the time.

[Rruchi man]

Moses Simon has been one man with a lot of surprises, from his pace and  his body movement, and to cap it all, he gave the assist for lookman to score. looking at the Nigerian team every focus is majorly on victor osimhen but the angolans are forgetting that osimhen might just be a distraction, while lookman and moses simon are doing the job.

Simon have been the most active player for Nigeria, he has really played his role. I am disappointed with Zaidu and Iwobi who I see as the weakest links in this Nigerian team. Nigeria lead by just a goal which is not safe, we need another goal in this game to feel safe because Angola are still in the game and can change things in a split second. Osimhen playing well but not as active as he was against Cameroon. Lookman remains our best finisher so far. It will be big if Nigeria make it through.

[Jegileman]

If nigeria don't take their time this match will end 1:1 because Angola team are performing very well and Victor Osimhen is the hope we have because they interest in Osimhen why look man  is one side calculating how it will score another goal before our mind will rest, because Angola is ready to do anything to score us being Nigeria, because if this match entered penalty Nigeria might lose the match, the match is remaining almost 30 minutes and if Nigeria can continue to protect or defend the one goal the will win the match

Less than 10 minutes left to the end of the match and Nigeria is still ahead with one goal. Osimehn the Nigerian striker was able to score a goal to have them leading with two goals but was cancelled after a VAR check for offside. Nigerians are having a lot of opportunities to double the lead but have not been converting them well and as well, Angola keeps pressuring Nigerians in order to have a goal and make the game extend to extra minutes, but the Nigerian defense are keeping to their defense to not allow any ball into the net. Nigerians have the possession but it is not enough for them to win the match. A goal from any of the sides will make the match take a new dimension and we’ll be in for a more interesting football or the conclusion of the game.

[Sim_card]

If nigeria don't take their time this match will end 1:1 because Angola team are performing very well and Victor Osimhen is the hope we have because they interest in Osimhen why look man  is one side calculating how it will score another goal before our mind will rest, because Angola is ready to do anything to score us being Nigeria, because if this match entered penalty Nigeria might lose the match, the match is remaining almost 30 minutes and if Nigeria can continue to protect or defend the one goal the will win the match

Less than 10 minutes left to the end of the match and Nigeria is still ahead with one goal. Osimehn the Nigerian striker was able to score a goal to have them leading with two goals but was cancelled after a VAR check for offside. Nigerians are having a lot of opportunities to double the lead but have not been converting them well and as well, Angola keeps pressuring Nigerians in order to have a goal and make the game extend to extra minutes, but the Nigerian defense are keeping to their defense to not allow any ball into the net. Nigerians have the possession but it is not enough for them to win the match. A goal from any of the sides will make the match take a new dimension and we’ll be in for a more interesting football or the conclusion of the game.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria continue to fly, as they have flown higher and qualified to the semifinals, while Angola goes home. Nigeria was able to keep a clean sheet in this match, even though in the last 20mins of the game Angola mounted pressure on them. Luck was really on the super Eagles side because Angola only chance of scoring, was denied as the ball hit the goal post. It is a good achievement for the super Eagles as they have only conceded one goal in all their matches in this competition. Lookman was the man behind this success a d he has  been contributing tirelessly to the victory of the Super Eagles. Osimhen tried today but he was unable to find the back of the net, and when he managed to do that, it was an offside and his goal was ruled out by VAR.

[nelson4lov]

Through to the semi-finals!

Despite starting slowly, Nigeria clutched the game with that Lookman goal. Prior to the match, I was weary of Angola's attack seeing that they aced past Namibia effortlessly even when they were down a man down early on in that game. But Nigeria completely controlled this game and we got the crucial win.

1-0 win but it could have been more. Lookman, Oshimen and Simon firey.

As for Zaidu, Nigeria's coach has to do something about him.

[Smartvirus]

Simon have been the most active player for Nigeria, he has really played his role. I am disappointed with Zaidu and Iwobi who I see as the weakest links in this Nigerian team. Nigeria lead by just a goal which is not safe, we need another goal in this game to feel safe because Angola are still in the game and can change things in a split second. Osimhen playing well but not as active as he was against Cameroon. Lookman remains our best finisher so far. It will be big if Nigeria make it through.

Zaidu could be said to have disappointed most of us and I say that because, he had a good head start in a ball, similar to what Moses Simon had with Osimhen well positioned to receive a pass and take the shot on goal but, Zaidu rather chose to be selfish and played the ball off target.
Iwobi on the other hand, I can’t say I have been impressed by him in other games but today, with the way he managed the midfield, distributing passes, I enjoyed his game play. Very little mistakes came from him in today’s fixtures.
Osimhen is someone that I remain hopeful to always create something spectacular but, it’s often amazes me how a striker of his quality isn’t getting goals on a regular run this fixture. He ought to be netting these balls. I get the fact that, he’s got defenses built about him but, he also gets those chances too and isn’t making good use of them.

[Mr.suevie]

Moses Simon has been one man with a lot of surprises, from his pace and  his body movement, and to cap it all, he gave the assist for lookman to score. looking at the Nigerian team every focus is majorly on victor osimhen but the angolans are forgetting that osimhen might just be a distraction, while lookman and moses simon are doing the job.

Simon have been the most active player for Nigeria, he has really played his role. I am disappointed with Zaidu and Iwobi who I see as the weakest links in this Nigerian team. Nigeria lead by just a goal which is not safe, we need another goal in this game to feel safe because Angola are still in the game and can change things in a split second. Osimhen playing well but not as active as he was against Cameroon. Lookman remains our best finisher so far. It will be big if Nigeria make it through.

Nigeria has finally made it through and it was a good one also for them they played very well and score when necessary and I have also come to notice that this competition is really something else because the numbers of goals that have been disallowed is really alarming and I don't know what is the actual reason maybe the referee are really doing a good job or things are just mixed up. The reason am happy for Nigeria is that most treat of the competition are all gone with the likes of Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia, and Cameron all out of the picture I think Nigeria stands a great chance at Winning this.

[QueenVera]

Before the last match, so many analysts came up with strategies that would give the supper Eagles a great win against the Cameroonian side with talk about the cameroonian being to strong and that if the super eagles expected a win from that match they should calm the tempo of the game as it it certain that they are not as energetic as the cameroonian players and would be at a serious disadvantage if they attempt running like them.

The reverse was the case when he match started because the eagles didn't give them any breathing space unlike what so many analyst speculated and at the end of the day winning was secured.

What we need now is just a win and regardless of how they go about achieving that, it's not all that necessary. African football hasn't gotten to the stage were you play fancy football and expect to use it to win matches. To win a match in his afcon you just need to score more goals than your opponent and that's just it. Senegal and most big team's that have been sent out of the tournament played very well but they are all spectators that are just watching and monitoring the match from a distance at the moment so we don't want to be like them. We want to go to the field, play our thing the way we know how to do it and get a win for our country. Shikina. 

Well AFCON isn’t a tournament to come and display your best talents as What’s needed is to get the goal and then you can enjoy your game. Well i think the Super Eagles understands this phenomenon and they’re working according to it, and have  developed better to get this far, if they continue with this good form, they could lead their way to the finals.

 You can see how compatible the defense of the Super Eagles are and you can see them always forcing the ball and giving long balls to the attackers to get the luck. Well for the match against Angola they’re playing real good as they got their goal in the first half and are now trying to control the game’s tempo. The match has ended and the Super Eagles had gotten victory and are now semi finalists. They’re doing greatly and now I see Nigeria as title contenders in this tournament and they’re a team to watch out for.

[GxSTxV]

The scoreline is 1:0 as Nigeria graps the lead in the first half of the game,Angola has been so solid defensively,and wouldn't want to concede further goals because if they do,it's over for them,Nigeria have the best defence in the tournament,and therefore I'm not even sure if Angola will be able to get even a goal in this game,It might either end 2:0 in favour of Nigeria,or it might end like that.This is a game Nigeria players have really prepaid for,and for them to draw this game, especially now that they they have taken the lead,it will be a big  dissappointment to them.But I'm very confident on them winning this one to the semi final.

Indeed, one of the scenarios you mentioned here did happen and Nigeria could hold their defensive lines strong and prevented to receive any goals from Angola just after scoring 1:0, even with many chances and tries from the Angolan attackers but they don’t have a good finish to draw the game. Nigeria player on counter attacks to secure their win managing to score another goal, but unfortunately Victor Osimhen was outside.

Angola will leave AFCON with a good work and performance achieving this level for the first time in their history which is something impressive. Meanwhile Nigeria is aiming for the trophy as they perform well and knowing how dominate every match in this competition.

[Kliss]

Simon have been the most active player for Nigeria, he has really played his role. I am disappointed with Zaidu and Iwobi who I see as the weakest links in this Nigerian team. Nigeria lead by just a goal which is not safe, we need another goal in this game to feel safe because Angola are still in the game and can change things in a split second. Osimhen playing well but not as active as he was against Cameroon. Lookman remains our best finisher so far. It will be big if Nigeria make it through.

Zaidu could be said to have disappointed most of us and I say that because, he had a good head start in a ball, similar to what Moses Simon had with Osimhen well positioned to receive a pass and take the shot on goal but, Zaidu rather chose to be selfish and played the ball off target.
Iwobi on the other hand, I can’t say I have been impressed by him in other games but today, with the way he managed the midfield, distributing passes, I enjoyed his game play. Very little mistakes came from him in today’s fixtures.
Osimhen is someone that I remain hopeful to always create something spectacular but, it’s often amazes me how a striker of his quality isn’t getting goals on a regular run this fixture. He ought to be netting these balls. I get the fact that, he’s got defenses built about him but, he also gets those chances too and isn’t making good use of them.

Zaidu needs to step up his game, he was not impressive Nigeria would have scored more goals through his counter attacks.Ola Aina has been impressive but needs to be releasing ball fast to our midfielders or  attacks on time.
Nigeria played good football defence was solid, midfield tried and attack was biting seriously from both wingers. I think there is a big  chance for Nigeria to lift the Afcon in this year edition with the quality they have at their disposal.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

The scoreline is 1:0 as Nigeria graps the lead in the first half of the game,Angola has been so solid defensively,and wouldn't want to concede further goals because if they do,it's over for them,Nigeria have the best defence in the tournament,and therefore I'm not even sure if Angola will be able to get even a goal in this game,It might either end 2:0 in favour of Nigeria,or it might end like that.This is a game Nigeria players have really prepaid for,and for them to draw this game, especially now that they they have taken the lead,it will be a big  dissappointment to them.But I'm very confident on them winning this one to the semi final.

Indeed, one of the scenarios you mentioned here did happen and Nigeria could hold their defensive lines strong and prevented to receive any goals from Angola just after scoring 1:0, even with many chances and tries from the Angolan attackers but they don’t have a good finish to draw the game. Nigeria player on counter attacks to secure their win managing to score another goal, but unfortunately Victor Osimhen was outside.

Angola will leave AFCON with a good work and performance achieving this level for the first time in their history which is something impressive. Meanwhile Nigeria is aiming for the trophy as they perform well and knowing how dominate every match in this competition.

Nigeria put our an outstanding performance today against Angola, There were speculations before the match started that Nigeria was destined to lose, even one online prediction Lord was heightening the pressure against Nigeria team, but The Super eagles proved themselves unsurmountable tonight. Something in me validated the fact that Nigeria could lift the trophy once again if they  remain consistent with performances like this, but they need to improve their goal scoring abilities because that's where they really need improvement, I celebrate their progress and achievements tonight.

[KTChampions]

As a result, the quarterfinal pairings turned out to be as random as possible:

Nigeria - Angola                  1.69 - 3.53 - 5.19

Congo - Guinea                   2.35 - 2.84 - 3.38

Mali - Ivory coast                3.68 - 2.88 - 2.21

Cape Verde - South Africa    2.69 - 2.86 - 2.84

We literally have one favorite, and the rest of the teams have a ~40% chance of winning at best. I think it makes sense to bet on a draw in all games except the first, the team, exhausted in the 1/8 finals, is unlikely to take much risk in games with equal opponents, especially when there are two steps left to the title. It might even be worth betting on the exact score 0-0 and 1-1.

This odds have a lot to say, and they were given to the team that is most likely to get out of this stage with a good chance of qualifying, which is Nigeria. The odds for the other teams are unclear, and it is impossible to determine which team has a better chance of winning than the others. However, these are all speculations based on what each team has demonstrated in this competition thus far. For the competition, every team that wants to advance to the next round must put in the effort to defeat their opponents in the quarterfinals. Tomorrow, the quarterfinals will begin, and the competition has been very unpredictable, with lower teams eliminating bigger teams which we least expected in the competition.

Damn Nigeria, I was hoping they would win at least 2-0. Moreover, it cannot be said that the game was boring; judging by the statistics, both teams tried:

Shots - 13:9
Shots on target - 3:2
Corners - 4:7

In addition, Osimhen scored a goal from offside, and Angola hit the post. In general, this game also turned out to be equal and Nigeria was lucky that they finished it in normal time. I think before the semi-finals they would not be happy to waste their energy in extra time or even penalty shootouts.

[Chilwell]

Nigeria vs Angola

Few moments before the start of this match, I took some time to read the latest posts here about this event to have an idea about who the favorite team who is going to have more chances to win the match.
Both teams have two different styles of playing and players, even with these odds which are preferable for Nigeria with a bigger difference, I believe these odds doesn’t matter much in this competition where most expected teams got eliminated like Senegal, Egypt, Morocco.

Beside that, I see a big community of Nigerian fans here and most of them are predicting that their national team is going to win the match easily against Angola even that their last encounters are not favoring anyone.

The scoreline is 1:0 as Nigeria graps the lead in the first half of the game,Angola has been so solid defensively,and wouldn't want to concede further goals because if they do,it's over for them,Nigeria have the best defence in the tournament,and therefore I'm not even sure if Angola will be able to get even a goal in this game,It might either end 2:0 in favour of Nigeria,or it might end like that.This is a game Nigeria players have really prepaid for,and for them to draw this game, especially now that they they have taken the lead,it will be a big  dissappointment to them.But I'm very confident on them winning this one to the semi final.

If nigeria don't take their time this match will end 1:1 because Angola team are performing very well and Victor Osimhen is the hope we have because they interest in Osimhen why look man  is one side calculating how it will score another goal before our mind will rest, because Angola is ready to do anything to score us being Nigeria, because if this match entered penalty Nigeria might lose the match, the match is remaining almost 30 minutes and if Nigeria can continue to protect or defend the one goal the will win the match

Finally Nigeria have make it to the next stage, am really happy to see this wonderful achievement, Nigeria winning Angola was not a surprise to me because Nigeria are stronger than Angola and again Angola are distracted with the gift and promises, if really they allowed them to play with out making all such of noises at least they can perform better than this, I knew they will say they are motivating them which is good one but what if the opponent are stronger then you are forcing them to die, those promiser were thinking they want to motivate them but not knowing that they are pushing them to their easily grave, No matter what Angola can't win Nigeria with their current squad against Nigeria squad, I really salute the coach for trying his efforts to bring out best in them.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria continue to fly, as they have flown higher and qualified to the semifinals, while Angola goes home. Nigeria was able to keep a clean sheet in this match,

Yes, it was indeed an awesome game played tonight by the Super Eagles, as with our defeat against Angola, we have just qualified for the Semi-finals to play either against "Congo or Guinea" (i.e since the game just started and we are yet to have a winner), but before the next 2hours, I'm sure we should know who we to play against come 7th of February. And it will really be of more added advantage if I could see the Super Eagles of Nigeria keep on playing the good game just as they have began, because everybody believe Super Eagles can't play to the final, and it will be a great surprise if they can proof everybody wrong.

[Egii Nna]

Before the last match, so many analysts came up with strategies that would give the supper Eagles a great win against the Cameroonian side with talk about the cameroonian being to strong and that if the super eagles expected a win from that match they should calm the tempo of the game as it it certain that they are not as energetic as the cameroonian players and would be at a serious disadvantage if they attempt running like them.

The reverse was the case when he match started because the eagles didn't give them any breathing space unlike what so many analyst speculated and at the end of the day winning was secured.

What we need now is just a win and regardless of how they go about achieving that, it's not all that necessary. African football hasn't gotten to the stage were you play fancy football and expect to use it to win matches. To win a match in his afcon you just need to score more goals than your opponent and that's just it. Senegal and most big team's that have been sent out of the tournament played very well but they are all spectators that are just watching and monitoring the match from a distance at the moment so we don't want to be like them. We want to go to the field, play our thing the way we know how to do it and get a win for our country. Shikina. 

Well AFCON isn’t a tournament to come and display your best talents as What’s needed is to get the goal and then you can enjoy your game. Well i think the Super Eagles understands this phenomenon and they’re working according to it, and have  developed better to get this far, if they continue with this good form, they could lead their way to the finals.

 You can see how compatible the defense of the Super Eagles are and you can see them always forcing the ball and giving long balls to the attackers to get the luck. Well for the match against Angola they’re playing real good as they got their goal in the first half and are now trying to control the game’s tempo. The match has ended and the Super Eagles had gotten victory and are now semi finalists. They’re doing greatly and now I see Nigeria as title contenders in this tournament and they’re a team to watch out for.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have shown a great performance today that makes everyone happy for their success, even though we know that Angola tried their possible best to see if they could throw a goal in the net, which was so hard for them (Angola). Although many people will say, Angola, we’re trying to win just to get the funds and items there were promised, but all efforts went in vain. The Super Eagles really play well, especially in defence and striking, which shows the good form of the team.

Again, a big congratulations to the Super Eagles and us, Nigerians, that we have made it to the semifinals, even though all the countries that are strong end up going home. The Super Eagles were still present in the game. I know now all hope will be put on Nigeria to win the trophy, which many people will also think the same way, but we pray for more success and luck for the Super Eagles, and they should try their possible best to maintain their performance till they can win the trophy back home.