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IMO this was Nigeria's toughest game. Yes, I know the hosts are next but it should be easier. And Ireland while no pushover lack Nigeria's quality. Good result.

Nwakali won't likely become a superstar, but their is a solid first team player for a top team in there. And a type of player we drastically need.

He's a gamechanger and wildfire. Add a bit of crazy to an Osimhen led team. This guy needs to be fasttracked into the SE.

The fuq? Did anyone see the Tunisia draw? They practically got the weakest team of each pot (apart from pot 6, but each team in that pot is piss poor).

Their luck of the draw is beyond ridiculous. When was the last time Tunisia had a poor draw?

Cameroonian goalkeeping is not a new thing. It's a tradition. No country in Africa can say they have had consistently class goalkeepers. They have had world class goalkeepers since the 70s. Thomas N'kono first manned the posts for 20 odd years and the great Joseph-Antoine Bell was the reserve keeper...

I don't think it's about quality of player. Rather it's about the length of time the team has played together under one coach. The team has been through the trenches with each other so that cohesiveness is there. Other than one upgrade in CD where Niakhate took the place of Diallo, Mane and Habib D...

Scipio Africanus wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:38 pm A big pity that Mane missed the World Cup. We could have seen another Senegal-France classic at the big dance last year.

Obviously missed him. He was a major loss.

But I must say that Habib Diallo was great. Massive improvement over anything Senegal fielded up front in Qatar.

Would love to see him today. He could be out Ounahi.

I have no idea, but at this point Moses Simon and Ahmed Musa, both of which have had their moments for the Super Eagles, need to be dropped and replaced by Moffi/Boniface/Orban.

Especially Orban is a head scratcher...

Daga, Fredricks, Ogwuche, Eletu players to remember. Maybe Sarki.

The entire forward line... kai!

EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:04 pm

marutimon wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:01 pm I still like the central defenders and midfielders, but when was the last time we had such terrible forwards?

I warned u yesterday on the Bra v Isreal thread. Which semi final u dey go now?

What did you warn me? Reread thread...

I still like the central defenders and midfielders, but when was the last time we had such terrible forwards?

3:1!

Could we have a repeat of the Italy - Brasil group game?

Oh well, Italy looking great again.
A rematch possible?
South Korea is really good as well, so first need to take care of that.

Brasilians have a passion of losing in 1/4 finals. Sometimes brutally.

mcal wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:19 pm...teams tend to regroup, not a given we can beat the a second time. In '94 we beat Bulgaria they ended up going further, 3rd place, than SE in that tournament.

In this scenario though we are Bulgaria and Brasil is Nigeria.

If Brasil go out, this is now everyones tournament. Nigeria will not have a better chance to win the U20 World Cup. If we beat SK. We need to beat three teams. Just saying that there is no better chance with Brasil out. The only top tier team left is Italy, which we beat already. ...teams tend to r...

If Brasil go out, this is now everyones tournament. Nigeria will not have a better chance to win the U20 World Cup. If we beat SK. We need to beat three teams. Just saying that there is no better chance with Brasil out. The only top tier team left is Italy, which we beat already. 1 game at a time. ...

mcal wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:14 pm ...the pk taker must have watch the FA cup pk stuttering and hopping.

Israel must be praying the game don't go to penalties, because they are bound to lose!

EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:12 pm

marutimon wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:08 pm If Brasil go out, this is now everyones tournament. Nigeria will not have a better chance to win the U20 World Cup.

If we beat SK.

We need to beat three teams. Just saying that there is no better chance with Brasil out. The only top tier team left is Italy, which we beat already.

Double penalty miss to put the game to bed.

If Brasil go out, this is now everyones tournament. Nigeria will not have a better chance to win the U20 World Cup.

Nigeria will be favorite in 1/4 final: Ecuador or South Korea.