How did we fail to qualify in 2006 when banging in goals

BAP · Post by **BAP** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:45 am

How did we fail to qualify in 2006

We were banging in goals left right and center

2006 World Cup Qualifying

Nigeria 2-0 Rwanda
Angola 1-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-0 Algeria
Zimbabwe 0-3 Nigeria
Gabon 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Gabon
Rwanda 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-1 Angola
Algeria 2-5 Nigeria
Nigeria 5-1 Zimbabwe

2010 WC

Mozambique 0-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 3-0 Kenya
Tunisia 0-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-2 Tunisia
Nigeria 1-0 Mozambique
Kenya 2-3 Nigeria
Nigeria 2 - 0 South Africa
Sierra Leone 0 - 1 Nigeria Equatorial
Guinea 0 - 1 Nigeria
Nigeria 2 - 0 Equatorial Guinea
South Africa 0 - 1 Nigeria
Nigeria 4 - 1 Sierra Leone

2014 World Cup Qualifying

Ethiopia 1-2 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Ethiopia
Nigeria 1-0 Namibia
Malawi 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-1 Kenya
Kenya 0-1 Nigeria
Namibia 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Malawi

2018 World Cup Qualifying

Swaziland 0-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Swaziland
Zambia 1-2 Nigeria
Nigeria 3-1 Algeria
Nigeria 4-0 Cameroon
Cameroon 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-0 Zambia

pajimoh · Post by **pajimoh** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:28 am

Head to head rule did us in. Our goal difference was superior and our points tally was the same.

walesvilla · Post by **walesvilla** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:50 am

BAP wrote:How did we fail to qualify in 2006

We were banging in goals left right and center

2006 World Cup Qualifying

Nigeria 2-0 Rwanda
Angola 1-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-0 Algeria
Zimbabwe 0-3 Nigeria
Gabon 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Gabon
Rwanda 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-1 Angola
Algeria 2-5 Nigeria
Nigeria 5-1 Zimbabwe

2010 WC

Mozambique 0-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 3-0 Kenya
Tunisia 0-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-2 Tunisia
Nigeria 1-0 Mozambique
Kenya 2-3 Nigeria
Nigeria 2 - 0 South Africa
Sierra Leone 0 - 1 Nigeria Equatorial
Guinea 0 - 1 Nigeria
Nigeria 2 - 0 Equatorial Guinea
South Africa 0 - 1 Nigeria
Nigeria 4 - 1 Sierra Leone

2014 World Cup Qualifying

Ethiopia 1-2 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Ethiopia
Nigeria 1-0 Namibia
Malawi 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-1 Kenya
Kenya 0-1 Nigeria
Namibia 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Malawi

2018 World Cup Qualifying

Swaziland 0-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Swaziland
Zambia 1-2 Nigeria
Nigeria 3-1 Algeria
Nigeria 4-0 Cameroon
Cameroon 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-0 Zambia

that was the key game that cost us in 2006. crucial home game played in hot Kano.

Post by **truetalk** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:55 am

That was when the term Angolized came from.

That 96 team was good enough for the WC Semis.

A couple of factors, including the odd choice of Kano. It proved more favourable to Angola and worked a bit against us with our Europe based pros

Angola came prepared, & played well, but we should have buried them.

Vince also let in a soft goal. Falied to gather a FK that trickled in.

I do not recall the exact details of the loss away to Angola, but I remember the Kano one very well.

KOC was all giving us confidence all over the forum that the boys were ready to do the business.

On top of it all Ghana now qualified and were trolling us all over the place, until PaJ dropped a nuclear bomb on them with Ghana go hear Wien!! (Jos bcos dem beat Cape Verde and Bafana Bafana

. Kai PaJane wicked O!)

mapet · Post by **mapet** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:56 am

We simply blew games we should have taken

Gabon 1-1 Nigeria
Rwanda 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-1 Angola

An away win in any of the first 2 should have done it, not to talk the unecessary concession Enyeama did in Kano ("toros") for the third

walesvilla · Post by **walesvilla** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:01 pm

truetalk wrote:That was when the term Angolized came from.

That 96 team was good enough for the WC Semis.

A couple of factors, including the odd choice of Kano. It proved more favourable to Angola and worked a bit against us with our Europe based pros

Angola came prepared, & played well, but we should have buried them.

Vince also let in a soft goal. Falied to gather a FK that trickled in.

I do not recall the exact details of the loss away to Angola, but I remember the Kano one very well.

KOC was all giving us confidence all over the forum that the boys were ready to do the business.

On top of it all Ghana now qualified and were trolling us all over the place, until PaJ dropped a nuclear bomb on them with Ghana go hear Wien!! (Jos bcos dem beat Cape Verde and Bafana Bafana . Kai PaJane wicked O!)

half of team either reported injured or did not show up. day to game we only had about 14 players in camp for the away leg in Angola

theYemster · Post by **theYemster** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:42 pm

walesvilla wrote:
BAP wrote:How did we fail to qualify in 2006

We were banging in goals left right and center

2006 World Cup Qualifying

Nigeria 2-0 Rwanda
Angola 1-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-0 Algeria
Zimbabwe 0-3 Nigeria
Gabon 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Gabon
Rwanda 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-1 Angola
Algeria 2-5 Nigeria
Nigeria 5-1 Zimbabwe

2010 WC

Mozambique 0-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 3-0 Kenya
Tunisia 0-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-2 Tunisia
Nigeria 1-0 Mozambique
Kenya 2-3 Nigeria
Nigeria 2 - 0 South Africa
Sierra Leone 0 - 1 Nigeria Equatorial
Guinea 0 - 1 Nigeria
Nigeria 2 - 0 Equatorial Guinea
South Africa 0 - 1 Nigeria
Nigeria 4 - 1 Sierra Leone

2014 World Cup Qualifying

Ethiopia 1-2 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Ethiopia
Nigeria 1-0 Namibia
Malawi 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-1 Kenya
Kenya 0-1 Nigeria
Namibia 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Malawi

2018 World Cup Qualifying

Swaziland 0-0 Nigeria
Nigeria 2-0 Swaziland
Zambia 1-2 Nigeria
Nigeria 3-1 Algeria
Nigeria 4-0 Cameroon
Cameroon 1-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 1-0 Zambia
that was the key game that cost us in 2006. crucial home game played in hot Kano.

Yes it was the match that finally did us in but by no means was it what cost us. Had we beaten either Rwanda or Gabon on the road, then the draw with Angola would've been irrelevant. So each one of those three drawn matches cost us.

Sir V · Post by **Sir V** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 1:00 pm

I will blame Chukwu. Go check our line-up against Angola in Kano.

Robotnik · Post by **Robotnik** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 2:53 pm

Only 14 players showed up in the away game against Angola

Gotti · Post by **Gotti** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 3:13 pm

Sir V wrote:I will blame Chukwu. Go check our line-up against Angola in Kano.

Prof, the NFF gave ‘rookie’ Oba Martins a pass to play for his club instead - over Chukwu’s objections...
Otherwise, all of our ‘best’ players played - JJ, Yakubu, Kanu, Yobo, Osaze, Udeze, Olofinjana (even Makinwa).

Tbite · Post by **Tbite** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 3:18 pm

They blew it. Our 2005 team was better than our 2009 team!

And Angola was not more difficult than Tunisia!

We simply threw away points we had no business throwing away! If I was a mathematician from a different planet, I would predict that Nigeria would have been more likely to have qualified for the 2006 WC than the 2010 WC!

Robotnik · Post by **Robotnik** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 5:34 pm

Tbite wrote:They blew it. Our 2005 team was better than our 2009 team!

And Angola was not more difficult than Tunisia!

We simply threw away points we had no business throwing away! If I was a mathematician from a different planet, I would predict that Nigeria would have been more likely to have qualified for the 2006 WC than the 2010 WC!

I wonder how the team would have performed at that world cup. SE took Ghana, Senegal, Zimbabwe to the cleaners in the AFCON that year. We got to the semi final while playing decent attractive football. This was good team for sure. We lost the opportunity to solidify it going forward.

Sir V · Post by **Sir V** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 5:51 pm

Gotti wrote:
Sir V wrote:I will blame Chukwu. Go check our line-up against Angola in Kano.
Prof, the NFF gave ‘rookie’ Oba Martins a pass to play for his club instead - over Chukwu’s objections...
Otherwise, all of our ‘best’ players played - JJ, Yakubu, Kanu, Yobo, Osaze, Udeze, Olofinjana (even Makinwa).

..and Kevin Amunike.

Eaglezbeak · Post by **Eaglezbeak** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 5:51 pm

Should never have played in the aptly named Sunni Abacha stadium at home to Angola!

Tobi17 · Post by **Tobi17** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 5:53 pm

That Angolan player called "Akwa" really showed us pepper in that game, there was another Rwandan player that destroyed us when we faced Rwanda as well... Can't remember his name.

Dammy · Post by **Dammy** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 6:43 pm

Tobi17 wrote:That Angolan player called "Akwa" really showed us pepper in that game, there was another Rwandan player that destroyed us when we faced Rwanda as well... Can't remember his name.

Jimmy Matete?

Gotti · Post by **Gotti** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 6:51 pm

Sir V wrote:
Gotti wrote:
Sir V wrote:I will blame Chukwu. Go check our line-up against Angola in Kano.
Prof, the NFF gave ‘rookie’ Oba Martins a pass to play for his club instead - over Chukwu’s objections...
Otherwise, all of our ‘best’ players played - JJ, Yakubu, Kanu, Yobo, Osaze, Udeze, Olofinjana (even Makinwa).
..and Kevin Amunike.

And Chidi Odiah and Chris Obodo and Vince Enyeama...
Kevin Amunike was a midway 2H sub and NOT the reason we drew that game.

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