African Football Discussion Thread Current Topic: 👉 World Cup Qualifiers.

[Agbe]

Nice one for Nigeria as they are playing a 1:1 draw against South Africa in this world cup qualifiers it was an interesting first half as both teams struggled to get possession of the game, let see how the game will be in the second half of this game Nigeria must win this game to have any hopes of qualifying for the world cup.

[Silikiem]

I think today's match would definitely going to determine where there fault is coming from, because they are playing with a very strong opponent. But one thing I normally like about supper eagles is that, they always perform well against big opponents, Which has always been there pattern for a while now. I hope they continue this trend, as this is a tough one for them.

It's almost time for kick-off so I will definitely witness everything live.

Talking about the super eagle's super performance against big team, i don't think you are right about that, they are already one goal down in the first half of the game with an unimaginable poor performance on today's game against ordinary south Africa that their squad can not be compared to that of Nigeria in terms of quality yet there is no good news they can retaliate on the game.
From the way the game is going I don't think they can equalise the game but my problem here is I have used my life time saving all because I just wanted to prove a point

With no disrespect to the South African team, I think they are not just ordinary team, this is a team that has been playing together in the same league for years now and almost half of the South African players plays for Mamelodi Sundowns, a very strong team in the South African league and also they have the current African best goal keeper in their team. It’s really a very intense match for the super eagles and if you’re watching the game you’ll notice that the pitch is bad unlike the pitch the super eagles players are used to playing in Europe, they are making so many mistakes and so many rebounds of the ball. It’s an own goal from the Nigerian side and if not that I don’t think the South African team are better than the Nigerian team and to add to it the Super Eagles have managed to pull one goal back before halftime time to keep the score level at 1:1, courtesy of Calvin Bassey header. The second half promises to be more exciting as the super eagles will be pushing to win the game in order to stand a better chance of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup next year.

[Sexylizzy2813]

The game is 1-1 but Nigeria i mean the Super Eagles lack ball control in this game and I don't see anything special that the South African players are playing for we to say they are doing better than Nigeria, why we can't dominate this game? We have to pressure these guys to make them fall back in their own half and we need to play like we are losing, 1 or 2 goals is not enough in this game and the coach of the Eagles need to bring in someone who can help Ndidi and Iwobi in that midfield, the attack also need someone like Uche the Getafe striker to add more pressure on the defense of the host country. And the coach of the Super Eagles need to shout on the players to be fast in everything they're doing because South Africa players are comfortable with a draw, Nigeria lacks urgency in this game, if the apply that it will help them to get more goals like Nnwabali is slowing the game as a goalkeeper that's losing.

[Cityhunter34]

I think today's match would definitely going to determine where there fault is coming from, because they are playing with a very strong opponent. But one thing I normally like about supper eagles is that, they always perform well against big opponents, Which has always been there pattern for a while now. I hope they continue this trend, as this is a tough one for them.

It's almost time for kick-off so I will definitely witness everything live.

Talking about the super eagle's super performance against big team, i don't think you are right about that, they are already one goal down in the first half of the game with an unimaginable poor performance on today's game against ordinary south Africa that their squad can not be compared to that of Nigeria in terms of quality yet there is no good news they can retaliate on the game.
From the way the game is going I don't think they can equalise the game but my problem here is I have used my life time saving all because I just wanted to prove a point

Dude are you serious? What trigger you to take such risk in super eagles match, noing fully well that they are not trustworthy. But never the less because super eagles have just level the scores not quite long now, so your life time savings might likely be secured if they still continue like this in the second half. However, I would advise you not to gamble above your limit because game of football is unpredictable as everything is quite possible to happen at any given time.

[Frankolala]

A very bad start for Nigeria to their match against south Africa, it was all south Africa at the beginning, they held the midfield strongly and were faster than Nigeria it paid off because they forced the super eagles captain to score and own Goal.
Nigeria were better in the closing end of the half and used their strength more than the Nigerian team which yielded fruit as they scored an equalizer, if Nigeria continue using their strength over the south Africans then they should win this game.

South Africa hasn't scored any goal yet because their goal was an own goal. I am happy that there's no VAR in this match if not, Nigeria goal would have been checked and if possible denied because the ball touched the header hands before entering into the goal post to give Nigeria the equalizer. The game is rough and both players are being rude to each other. The second half has just begun and the scoreline remains 1-1.

[Umulala-alala]

I think today's match would definitely going to determine where there fault is coming from, because they are playing with a very strong opponent. But one thing I normally like about supper eagles is that, they always perform well against big opponents, Which has always been there pattern for a while now. I hope they continue this trend, as this is a tough one for them.

It's almost time for kick-off so I will definitely witness everything live.

Talking about the super eagle's super performance against big team, i don't think you are right about that, they are already one goal down in the first half of the game with an unimaginable poor performance on today's game against ordinary south Africa that their squad can not be compared to that of Nigeria in terms of quality yet there is no good news they can retaliate on the game.
From the way the game is going I don't think they can equalise the game but my problem here is I have used my life time saving all because I just wanted to prove a point

With no disrespect to the South African team, I think they are not just ordinary team, this is a team that has been playing together in the same league for years now and almost half of the South African players plays for Mamelodi Sundowns, a very strong team in the South African league and also they have the current African best goal keeper in their team. It’s really a very intense match for the super eagles and if you’re watching the game you’ll notice that the pitch is bad unlike the pitch the super eagles players are used to playing in Europe, they are making so many mistakes and so many rebounds of the ball. It’s an own goal from the Nigerian side and if not that I don’t think the South African team are better than the Nigerian team and to add to it the Super Eagles have managed to pull one goal back before halftime time to keep the score level at 1:1, courtesy of Calvin Bassey header. The second half promises to be more exciting as the super eagles will be pushing to win the game in order to stand a better chance of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup next year.

The match between the super eagles of Nigeria and South Africa is currently still 50/50 from my perspective with the level of players the super eagles has winning south Africa shouldn't be so difficult for them this is world cup qualifier we are talking about here if they miss the opportunity of winning the Bafana Bafana of South Africa the chance of the qualifying in the FIFA World Cup next year won't be possible. The score is still 1-1 let's keep hope alive to see if we get 3 points from the Bafana Bafana of South Africa.

[Berry2d]

Dude are you serious? What trigger you to take such risk in super eagles match, noing fully well that they are not trustworthy. But never the less because super eagles have just level the scores not quite long now, so your life time savings might likely be secured if they still continue like this in the second half. However, I would advise you not to gamble above your limit because game of football is unpredictable as everything is quite possible to happen at any given time.

Its not an easy one for me now, I over rated the Nigerian team due to the quality of players in their squad without knowing they can't make it happen when they are needed most but let's watch maybe they could turn the table at last just the way Italy did in their game against Israel. Now I understand why it is clearly stated we should gamble with what we can afford to loss know matter the assurance one thinks he or she has on any game. Although I strongly believe the super eagles will win the game at last, that's what I know and am fully convinced it will happen.

[7juju]

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With no disrespect to the South African team, I think they are not just ordinary team, this is a team that has been playing together in the same league for years now and almost half of the South African players plays for Mamelodi Sundowns, a very strong team in the South African league and also they have the current African best goal keeper in their team. It’s really a very intense match for the super eagles and if you’re watching the game you’ll notice that the pitch is bad unlike the pitch the super eagles players are used to playing in Europe, they are making so many mistakes and so many rebounds of the ball. It’s an own goal from the Nigerian side and if not that I don’t think the South African team are better than the Nigerian team and to add to it the Super Eagles have managed to pull one goal back before halftime time to keep the score level at 1:1, courtesy of Calvin Bassey header. The second half promises to be more exciting as the super eagles will be pushing to win the game in order to stand a better chance of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup next year.

You that field South Africa chosed for that match was a deliberate decision by the South Africa FA. They knew that if they take the super eagles to a good field that they will struggle to play the eagles so they just want to frustrate the Nigerian side by taking them to a field that's not good. Imagine the way the super eagles managed to play them in that bad field. It was a tactical move from the Southie people but am proud of the super eagles for balling them and getting a draw for this match. The fight for the world cup place continues.

[Frankolala]

Dude are you serious? What trigger you to take such risk in super eagles match, noing fully well that they are not trustworthy. But never the less because super eagles have just level the scores not quite long now, so your life time savings might likely be secured if they still continue like this in the second half. However, I would advise you not to gamble above your limit because game of football is unpredictable as everything is quite possible to happen at any given time.

Its not an easy one for me now, I over rated the Nigerian team due to the quality of players in their squad without knowing they can't make it happen when they are needed most but let's watch maybe they could turn the table at last just the way Italy did in their game against Israel. Now I understand why it is clearly stated we should gamble with what we can afford to loss know matter the assurance one thinks he or she has on any game. Although I strongly believe the super eagles will win the game at last, that's what I know and am fully convinced it will happen.

Alas, the game ended up in a 1-1 draw. None of the teams were able to find the back of the net in the second half. I don't know why you placed a blind bet despite the unstable performance of the Super Eagles. South Africa is first on the table with 17 points and Nigeria only have 11 points, what did you think will be the fate of the Super Eagles qualifying to the world cup.

[Agbamoni]

Nice one for Nigeria as they are playing a 1:1 draw against South Africa in this world cup qualifiers it was an interesting first half as both teams struggled to get possession of the game, let see how the game will be in the second half of this game Nigeria must win this game to have any hopes of qualifying for the world cup.

This is a not nice one bro. Little mistake has caused the team a lot. Nigeria would have been leading in this game if not for the OG caused by the Nigerian captain. Well, its all over now, South Africa now have automatic qualification to play in the 2026 World Cup.

Even if we qualify to the play off round. I doubt we can win while qualifying for the World Cup through that means.

[MainIbem]

With no disrespect to the South African team, I think they are not just ordinary team, this is a team that has been playing together in the same league for years now and almost half of the South African players plays for Mamelodi Sundowns, a very strong team in the South African league and also they have the current African best goal keeper in their team. It’s really a very intense match for the super eagles and if you’re watching the game you’ll notice that the pitch is bad unlike the pitch the super eagles players are used to playing in Europe, they are making so many mistakes and so many rebounds of the ball. It’s an own goal from the Nigerian side and if not that I don’t think the South African team are better than the Nigerian team and to add to it the Super Eagles have managed to pull one goal back before halftime time to keep the score level at 1:1, courtesy of Calvin Bassey header. The second half promises to be more exciting as the super eagles will be pushing to win the game in order to stand a better chance of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup next year.

You that field South Africa chosed for that match was a deliberate decision by the South Africa FA. They knew that if they take the super eagles to a good field that they will struggle to play the eagles so they just want to frustrate the Nigerian side by taking them to a field that's not good. Imagine the way the super eagles managed to play them in that bad field. It was a tactical move from the Southie people but am proud of the super eagles for balling them and getting a draw for this match. The fight for the world cup place continues.

That's not an excuse, the Super Eagles had all it takes to beat the South Africa team regardless of the poor condition of the field, it wasn't very poor as you're describing moreover since they were able to score a goal it shows that they could done more if they gave their best, remember that South African's goal was an error by Ekong which is an own goal, which means that if he wasn't careless with his defense South Africa wouldn't had got a point in that match. I see people celebrating the draw but I won't cause I'm not pleased that the Super Eagles didn't do their best to claim all points and be in a better position to qualify for the World Cup.

[Accardo]

I see people celebrating the draw but I won't cause I'm not pleased that the Super Eagles didn't do their best to claim all points and be in a better position to qualify for the World Cup.

On a serious note did you spot the super eagle's supporters club in this match? the atmosphere was as if they didn't make it to south Africa, I weren't able to spot any chanting Nigerian group in the stadium. However the game is over and the Super Eagles barely made accurate passes.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Nigeria na wa... everything is about struggle, from school, getting a job even supporting our national team is the biggest, I have been shouting my voice out even when I told myself I'm not supporting them or taking this game to heart.
We don't deserve to play in the world cup because our performance is too poor to win a ticket, 5 draws can not take any team to the world cup and Nigeria never showed any form of seriousness in this qualifiers, you'd agree with me that SA are better than the Super Eagles. Let's wait and see how Benin will play against Lesotho, this will be a donor die affair for the host nation because they need a win or a draw to take over the Super Eagles.

[BIT-BENDER]

It is now very slim for Nigeria to qualify for the next year world cup. It is embarrassing that a nation with the type of players that Nigeria has can't make it through to the world cup. Today's performance wasn't encouraging at all and even if Nigeria qualifies to the world cup playing like this will get them kicked out quickly.
What Nigeria needs now is a fresh start, this present coach has shown he has not tactics and has not improved the team at all, I will suggest he get sacked and a new coach replace him.

[Fiatless]

The pitch looks like it was deliberately selected so that Nigeria could not be able to perform well as we all know that Bloemfontein is not a place that the Super Eagles are familiar with. Out of the 13 times these two have met, it's only once that South Africa has won and would be looking to upset the balance.
What I noticed in this game really got me angry because it seemed like Nigeria didn't understand what was at stake in this game. Often making mistakes to the point that the first goal for SA came as a result of a mistake from  William Troost Ekong thanks to the fact that they kept mounting pressure on the Nigerians.
 Even though they are at a stalemate at halftime, what would determine that Nigeria takes all three points is if they add the fire that they started coming out with towards the latter ends of the half.

There are rumours that the South African Football Association decided to move the game to Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein because they wanted the Nigerian supporters to be few. Bloemfontein has a low population of Nigerians, so they wanted the Super Eagles fan base to be small. But I don't think it's a valid reason because Nigerians can easily travel to the area.

The pitch was so bad that it was difficult to pass the ball without diversions.  I suspect that the South African players trained on that pitch for some time, enabling them to gain mastery of how to maneuver the impediments.

It was a sad end to our quest to feature in the World.  The attack was brunt and I began to feel the absence of Victor Osimhen.  There was no urgency or drive to score a goal. Éric Chelle's performance should be evaluated.

[Abu-Naim]

It is now very slim for Nigeria to qualify for the next year world cup. It is embarrassing that a nation with the type of players that Nigeria has can't make it through to the world cup. Today's performance wasn't encouraging at all and even if Nigeria qualifies to the world cup playing like this will get them kicked out quickly.
What Nigeria needs now is a fresh start, this present coach has shown he has not tactics and has not improved the team at all, I will suggest he get sacked and a new coach replace him.

On paper. The Super Eagles of Nigeria still have a slight chance, but based on what the players are doing in the field of play o don’t think we even deserve a chance to play in the World Cup next year because we don’t have good teamwork despite the numbers of players in our squad.

Today’s match wasn’t embarrassing as the matches we were supposed to win the past, because had it been the Super Eagles of Nigeria took their chances in the recent matches they were losing, they would have qualified by now because they are the best team in the group.

[Agbe]

The pitch looks like it was deliberately selected so that Nigeria could not be able to perform well as we all know that Bloemfontein is not a place that the Super Eagles are familiar with. Out of the 13 times these two have met, it's only once that South Africa has won and would be looking to upset the balance.
What I noticed in this game really got me angry because it seemed like Nigeria didn't understand what was at stake in this game. Often making mistakes to the point that the first goal for SA came as a result of a mistake from  William Troost Ekong thanks to the fact that they kept mounting pressure on the Nigerians.
 Even though they are at a stalemate at halftime, what would determine that Nigeria takes all three points is if they add the fire that they started coming out with towards the latter ends of the half.

There are rumours that the South African Football Association decided to move the game to Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein because they wanted the Nigerian supporters to be few. Bloemfontein has a low population of Nigerians, so they wanted the Super Eagles fan base to be small. But I don't think it's a valid reason because Nigerians can easily travel to the area.

The pitch was so bad that it was difficult to pass the ball without diversions.  I suspect that the South African players trained on that pitch for some time, enabling them to gain mastery of how to maneuver the impediments.

It was a sad end to our quest to feature in the World.  The attack was brunt and I began to feel the absence of Victor Osimhen.  There was no urgency or drive to score a goal. Éric Chelle's performance should be evaluated.

We should not use the pitch as an excuse because This performance was a very sabolic performance from the super eagles of Nigeria and what do you expect from this game in the part of the south Africans all they wanted was a draw and they got it, Nigeria short themselves in the foot bamy starting this world cup qualifiers on a very bad note as they were losing and drawing at home so this is what you get in return for unseriousness in the part of the NFF and even the players.

[Ndabagi01]

On paper. The Super Eagles of Nigeria still have a slight chance, but based on what the players are doing in the field of play o don’t think we even deserve a chance to play in the World Cup next year because we don’t have good teamwork despite the numbers of players in our squad.

Today’s match wasn’t embarrassing as the matches we were supposed to win the past, because had it been the Super Eagles of Nigeria took their chances in the recent matches they were losing, they would have qualified by now because they are the best team in the group.

It is not nice as our best hope to qualify for the World Cup has been given away today after drawing with South Africa. The match today was not a bad one as they played their best and South Africans was also on top of their best form to see them winning the match against them today. The draw is a fair score for me as to what both teams played in today’s game.

It was because of days like this that got Victor Osimehn angry with his teammates when they drew a match they were suppose to have won even after leading in the match during the last time they were on national break. Those are the matches that are to be easier for them to win than the ones they played today. After Nigeria, South Africans are one of the best teams in that group that you can’t easily defeat, Nigeria really find it hard today also and it’s a shame for them to not get a win despite their hype of having the best squad in Africa now.

[Donneski]

It is now very slim for Nigeria to qualify for the next year world cup. It is embarrassing that a nation with the type of players that Nigeria has can't make it through to the world cup. Today's performance wasn't encouraging at all and even if Nigeria qualifies to the world cup playing like this will get them kicked out quickly.
What Nigeria needs now is a fresh start, this present coach has shown he has not tactics and has not improved the team at all, I will suggest he get sacked and a new coach replace him.

I've never been a fan of the tactical approach of the Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle. He seems to be a coach ego only relies on the brilliance of his quality players to get results and that's why when the big names in the team are unfit to play, his team struggles to get a good result. Knowing what's at stake before going into the game against South Africa today, I was expecting the Nigeria team to be the more offensive team but that wasn't what happened in that game.
South Africa were the better team and would've gotten a win if they were clinical enough. Now the Super Eagles have a mountain to climb before they could qualify for the next edition of the FIFA World Cup. For an African team with the quality of players at the disposal of Eric Chelle, struggle to qualify for a place in the WC is very poor of the coach if you ask me.

[Btcdeybodi]

It is now very slim for Nigeria to qualify for the next year world cup. It is embarrassing that a nation with the type of players that Nigeria has can't make it through to the world cup. Today's performance wasn't encouraging at all and even if Nigeria qualifies to the world cup playing like this will get them kicked out quickly.
What Nigeria needs now is a fresh start, this present coach has shown he has not tactics and has not improved the team at all, I will suggest he get sacked and a new coach replace him.

I have already said it earlier that considering the circumstances that surrounds Nigeria's qualification for the world cup that i don't think it will be possible for them to qualify and even the match against South Africa today, i knew that the Super Eagles won't win so i don't know why people are even emphasizing on the nature of the stadium that the match was played.

I think that these players mentality needs to be awaken because i don't really think that it's a coach problem anymore, how long will they continue sacking and hiring coaches? the players should create a good understanding amongst themselves and know that they are representing a full country. It's painful not to qualify for the world cup even if they don't go far but the prestige of qualifying for the world cup gives a different feeling. Not qualifying for the world cup for 2 consecutive times is not really good for Nigeria because their FIFA ratings will surely be affected. Watching other countries in the world cup without Nigeria could be so boring.