FIFA World Cup™ 2018: Nigeria 1 -2 Argentina FT

[Nkume]

Not surprised. Not bothered. I said that Ighalo was a waste of space 4 years ago, and have maintained that stance. Him and Brown Ideye are the worst excuses for strikers ever to wear green. I would have taken the best striker in the NPFL rather than Ighalo. Rubbish.

[oloye]

Look no need for ifs and buts, the real argentina showed up and we came out 2nd best, that Rojo, a man united player scored when he should have no business scoring goals, bitter sweet since i am a unkted fan to the core

Some referee decisions, bizarre, i thought Rojo did not mean any malice when the ball riolled off his head to his hand, so that was the right call

Ighalo and Ihenacho, especially Ighalo sitter, all he had to do was have a bit of composure and that ball would have torn the net apart

You are one effed up somebody.

Club over country?

Have you been watching the games? They have given 3 PKs based on the hands not being in a normal position when the ball struck the person.

Ighalo chance was the same as a pk even closer and he missed it. We should focus on that as PK can also be missed too, the issue is the composure in such a position. We got our clear cut chance in that play and squandered it.

Also consider the defender’s hand could have changed the trajectory of the ball, thus affecting his shot preparation. Let’s give it up to these guys. They served us well.

Bros the defenders hand is what controlled the ball for an easy finish by Ighalo

I was too angry to reply as I might say something improper. The hand set it up for him perfectly so good that he balanced himself to score the goal of the tournament only to scoff the kick. The ball went to throw in for crying out loud,from half chance to thrown....where are the likes of Yekini , Ikpeba, Kanu when you need them.

[Waffiman]

Iran got that penalty given to them but against Argentina......he was never going to give it twice

That's the bottom line. The second while it's been given wasn't Stonewall. Besides what we needed was to be clinical in their box. Hindsight being 20/20 Iwobi should've entered at HT.

Bro, according to the rules of the game it was Stonewall. Rojo used his head and hand to control the ball. The ball did not strike him. I bet Ighalo is claiming he missed because his hand changed the flight of the ball. That is a clear penalty.

As for the other one, it is dangerous play. A Stonewall penalty too.

[marutimon]

Let's not lie Etebo sucked throughout. Because he runs and runs people thinks he is playing well. The guy never does anything but try to run with the ball. Several times he could have released Musa and Kelechi but he would run into a cul de sa. There's a reason he is in Stoke.

He defended well, but like you say he kept holding on to the ball for too long. There were at least two occasions when he could have put Musa clean through but he delayed the pass.

Iwobi would have made that pass. Just like Iheanacho would have buried Ighalo's chances.

[oloye]

Iran got that penalty given to them but against Argentina......he was never going to give it twice

That's the bottom line. The second while it's been given wasn't Stonewall. Besides what we needed was to be clinical in their box. Hindsight being 20/20 Iwobi should've entered at HT.

Bro, according to the rules of the game it was Stonewall. Rojo used his head and hand to control the ball. The ball did not strike him. I bet Ighalo is claiming he missed because his hand changed the flight of the ball. That is a clear penalty.

As for the other one, it is dangerous play. A Stonewall penalty too.

Let us just say that if it was the other side,that FIFA agent would be blowing a penalty without a VAR.

[akamoke]

Don't know how I feel about this loss, lots of emotions running so in order not to say things out of frustration, I'll just say that the boys tried their best but was not enough in the end

A prolific striker was needed in this game

[oloye]

Maybe Iheanacho would have buried that chance,but he was so bad destroying the attacking moves everyone would be angry if he was not yanked off at half time.

[marko]

Nothing can surpass my feeling after our game v Italy in 1994. This one is disappointing, but too, but I’m hopeful because I saw a glimpse of a bright future.

I'm so pissed and upset right now. We had this game in our hands and blew it!!

1994 still pains me when i watch highlights, today, we asked for it, Iceland did not give Messi a sniff of that goal for 90 minutes, there was heavy traffic in that area, they kept on attacking from Idowu side, maybe there should have been some help there, they bad some joy on that side

[niyi]

Let's not lie Etebo sucked throughout. Because he runs and runs people thinks he is playing well. The guy never does anything but try to run with the ball. Several times he could have released Musa and Kelechi but he would run into a cul de sa. There's a reason he is in Stoke.

He defended well, but like you say he kept holding on to the ball for too long. There were at least two occasions when he could have put Musa clean through but he delayed the pass.

Iwobi would have made that pass. Just like Iheanacho would have buried Ighalo's chances.

There's a place for midfielders who can run from deep though

[Schillachi]

Make we go beg Oliseh to come back?

[marutimon]

One more thing: You have a player that scored two on Argentina in November, yet you keep him on the bench for almost the entire game?

I understand the Ighalo - Iheanacho sub, albeit Ighalo is terrible (I would have preferred to risk Simy). But Iwobi needed to come on to be a counterattacking threat.

[kajifu]

Sad day,African don't need this European as their coach.Hope Sengeal can keep a light at the tunnel in this world cup

[green4life]

Iran got that penalty given to them but against Argentina......he was never going to give it twice

That's the bottom line. The second while it's been given wasn't Stonewall. Besides what we needed was to be clinical in their box. Hindsight being 20/20 Iwobi should've entered at HT.

Bro, according to the rules of the game it was Stonewall. Rojo used his head and hand to control the ball. The ball did not strike him. I bet Ighalo is claiming he missed because his hand changed the flight of the ball. That is a clear penalty.

As for the other one, it is dangerous play. A Stonewall penalty too.

His hand was in an unnatural position and that is the argument to give the pk but he did not use it to control the ball.

[felarey]

Look no need for ifs and buts, the real argentina showed up and we came out 2nd best, that Rojo, a man united player scored when he should have no business scoring goals, bitter sweet since i am a unkted fan to the core

Some referee decisions, bizarre, i thought Rojo did not mean any malice when the ball riolled off his head to his hand, so that was the right call

Ighalo and Ihenacho, especially Ighalo sitter, all he had to do was have a bit of composure and that ball would have torn the net apart

You are one effed up somebody.

Club over country?

Have you been watching the games? They have given 3 PKs based on the hands not being in a normal position when the ball struck the person.

Ighalo chance was the same as a pk even closer and he missed it. We should focus on that as PK can also be missed too, the issue is the composure in such a position. We got our clear cut chance in that play and squandered it.

Also consider the defender’s hand could have changed the trajectory of the ball, thus affecting his shot preparation. Let’s give it up to these guys. They served us well.

Bros the defenders hand is what controlled the ball for an easy finish by Ighalo

I was too angry to reply as I might say something improper. The hand set it up for him perfectly so good that he balanced himself to score the goal of the tournament only to scoff the kick. The ball went to throw in for crying out loud,from half chance to thrown....where are the likes of Yekini , Ikpeba, Kanu when you need them.

I don't know why we bother about Kelechi nor Ighalo. Neither one nor both of them together has goals in them. We need to go find a proper striker for the SE. Once upon a time we yabbed Yakubu, what I'll give to get a Yak today....ahem. Anyway it's all good, we'll try again.....

[osita]

I don't know if I can really blame Rohr for this bro.

SE just couldn't bring themselves to focus. I sensed stage fright.

The tension of this match was extremely high.

I don’t get your analysis, Igahlo has never been clinical, iwobi would have being able to hold possession better and initiate counters with etebo and musa. We lost this game because of Gohr. He has repeatedly mad mistakes with his subs. If iwobi had that chance , he would have buried it.

Igahlo is not a striker at all he is very average, we lost because of the lack of knowledge of the coach and understanding of his players.

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[ohsee]

The good news is I get to see France destroy Argentina.

Argentina will beat France.

[metalalloy]

Rohr claims iheanacho wasn’t fit. If I understand him correctly, he was saving subs to use at the end to burn the clock.

[marko]

We cannot keep on sacking cosches, we need prolific strikers and we need to look for them, our problem today was the finishing, Musa worked his socks off but his support cast were terrible, even if Ighalo started, dont think it would have made any difference

[akamoke]

We are simply no match for Argentina in tournaments, maybe one day we will get it right

[Coach]

In fairness to Rojo, eyes were on the ball and more ball to hand than hand to ball. As for the high foot, he had a right to go for it, dangerous play perhaps, but unless Iheanacho puts his head in the thick of it and makes it a fifty/fifty, as he should've done, he was never going to get the call.

Nigeria had no answer to Messi for the first 45, few do when he's in that mood. Fortunately, Sampaoli paired him with Higuain who is as Odion Ighalo as they come. Igwe was far from imperial second half, having over exerted himself in the first. Rather than bemoan decisions which were balanced, on another day the Mascherano penalty isn't given and Balogun is sent off, the buck rests with poor game management, the gap between attack and midfield stretched with each passing minute. .Where were Ndidi and Etebo? They didn't do enough in support.

In a group of Argentina and Croatia, it would be expected that the two that did, would be the two that would qualify. Nigeria still have a way to go, hopefully lessons will have be learnt and this brief holiday will have helped to establish a footballing identity.

[felarey]

Make we go beg Oliseh to come back?

Yup or Siasia. Oliseh has got to have better tactical acumen and not turned a spectator like Rohr. A Siasia coached team will bang in goals against this Argentine side. Pinnick should either stick with Rohr or get one or both of these two and give them the same support.

[airwolex]

I honestly don't see what VM's role is going forward. Hindsight is 50/50 but Moses Simon seems to be a more dynamic forward. He was awful in the first half and only marginally better afterwards. It was as if he was sulking.