If Nigeria had played the first leg at home…

[Robbynice]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

[Enugu II]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

Yes. If Ghana was ranked as high as Nigeria is today, of course. This was not a good result for SE.

[truetalk]

It is not that difficult.

An away victory would have been an excellent result. Most of us believe it was within our reach.

A tied game with some scoring today in Kumasi leaves us in a better position than a goalless draw.

I am confident we can beat Ghana in Abuja.

However, if by some chance the game ends in a 1-1 draw we are out.

The situation is one of facts, as it pertains to the away goal rule, not one of feelings and drawing up funny scenarios.

[furiously frank]

It is not that difficult.

An away victory would have been an excellent result. Most of us believe it was within our reach.

A tied game with some scoring today in Kumasi leaves us in a better position than a goalless draw.

I am confident we can beat Ghana in Abuja.

However, if by some chance the game ends in a 1-1 draw we are out.

The situation is one of facts, as it pertains to the away goal rule, not one of feelings and drawing up funny scenarios.

True.
What is more, our recent records at home has been awful. I am shaking \with this result. not a good result at all

[Lolly]

It is not that difficult.

An away victory would have been an excellent result. Most of us believe it was within our reach.

A tied game with some scoring today in Kumasi leaves us in a better position than a goalless draw.

I am confident we can beat Ghana in Abuja.

However, if by some chance the game ends in a 1-1 draw we are out.

The situation is one of facts, as it pertains to the away goal rule, not one of feelings and drawing up funny scenarios.

True.
What is more, our recent records at home has been awful. I am shaking \with this result. not a good result at all

We should pray that Ghana doe not score first.

My man concern is our coach. He has no clue.

[Aswani]

An away victory would have been an excellent result. Most of us believe it was within our reach.

truetalk,

I actually disagree, an away victory would make these boys head swell, give them both the impression that the job is done and consequently the wrong attitude (per Tunisia in AFCON), now they have to win a match at home to get to the world cup.

If they cannot do that and Ghana come and get a score draw in Abuja, they don't deserve to go anywhere and Black Stars get all my best wishes for the World cup.

[akamoke]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

A bloody good question

We are too quick to find faults in our own , I actually don’t mind the criticism but it’s the inconsistency as you point out now that is the head scratcher

[Robbynice]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

A bloody good question

We are too quick to find faults in our own , I actually don’t mind the criticism but it’s the inconsistency as you point out now that is the head scratcher

Baba it is a shame, a damn shame if you ask me.

I mean if this scenario was the case, nobody will be saying “If Nigeria score in Kumasi…” They will probably be saying that since we can’t score in Abuja, we should forget it in Kumasi. They will say Ghana was unlucky not to have beat us at home with 2 glorious chances and a PK that was over turned by VAR. Now all we hear is if Ghana score, if they do this do that, same Ghana that could not do jack at home. They didn’t even trouble our defense. Uzoho was comfortable all game long…Anyways it is what it is with my country people and it is very sad…smdh

[txj]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

A bloody good question

We are too quick to find faults in our own , I actually don’t mind the criticism but it’s the inconsistency as you point out now that is the head scratcher

Baba it is a shame, a damn shame if you ask me.

I mean if this scenario was the case, nobody will be saying “If Nigeria score in Kumasi…” They will probably be saying that since we can’t score in Abuja, we should forget it in Kumasi. They will say Ghana was unlucky not to have beat us at home with 2 glorious chances and a PK that was over turned by VAR. Now all we hear is if Ghana score, if they do this do that, same Ghana that could not do jack at home. They didn’t even trouble our defense. Uzoho was comfortable all game long…Anyways it is what it is with my country people and it is very sad…smdh

Let me explain it to you, slowly:

This is not 1970. Football has evolved and especially defensive tactics have evolved, re low block. This often means, AT LEAST IN THEORY, that an away team has more space to attack on the break and take advantage of the away goal rule.

So, you could expect that there will be less space for Nigeria to attack in the next game than in yesterday's, on the assumption that Ghana adopts a low block, as most inferior road teams would do. See CAR. Again in theory.

But theory doesn't play football. Plus this is not a good Ghana team. They just DO NOT have the players...

It was not a bad result. Neither was it a great result.

Among the four African teams that played yesterday, the ranking of the results is as follows:
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Egypt
Nigeria

[Eaglezbeak]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

Ghana are not going to sit down home or away as they also want to go to the World Cup so holding them to a 0-0 draw in Kumasi is a result that doesn’t exactly hurt Nigerias chance as the objective remains the same and that is to beat Ghana over 2 legs.

[Eaglezbeak]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

A bloody good question

We are too quick to find faults in our own , I actually don’t mind the criticism but it’s the inconsistency as you point out now that is the head scratcher

Baba it is a shame, a damn shame if you ask me.

I mean if this scenario was the case, nobody will be saying “If Nigeria score in Kumasi…” They will probably be saying that since we can’t score in Abuja, we should forget it in Kumasi. They will say Ghana was unlucky not to have beat us at home with 2 glorious chances and a PK that was over turned by VAR. Now all we hear is if Ghana score, if they do this do that, same Ghana that could not do jack at home. They didn’t even trouble our defense. Uzoho was comfortable all game long…Anyways it is what it is with my country people and it is very sad…smdh

True.

[Robbynice]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

A bloody good question

We are too quick to find faults in our own , I actually don’t mind the criticism but it’s the inconsistency as you point out now that is the head scratcher

Baba it is a shame, a damn shame if you ask me.

I mean if this scenario was the case, nobody will be saying “If Nigeria score in Kumasi…” They will probably be saying that since we can’t score in Abuja, we should forget it in Kumasi. They will say Ghana was unlucky not to have beat us at home with 2 glorious chances and a PK that was over turned by VAR. Now all we hear is if Ghana score, if they do this do that, same Ghana that could not do jack at home. They didn’t even trouble our defense. Uzoho was comfortable all game long…Anyways it is what it is with my country people and it is very sad…smdh

Let me explain it to you, slowly:

This is not 1970. Football has evolved and especially defensive tactics have evolved, re low block. This often means, AT LEAST IN THEORY, that an away team has more space to attack on the break and take advantage of the away goal rule.

So, you could expect that there will be less space for Nigeria to attack in the next game than in yesterday's, on the assumption that Ghana adopts a low block, as most inferior road teams would do. See CAR. Again in theory.

But theory doesn't play football. Plus this is not a good Ghana team. They just DO NOT have the players...

It was not a bad result. Neither was it a great result.

Among the four African teams that played yesterday, the ranking of the results is as follows:
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Egypt
Nigeria

Thanks for explaining it to me slowly. I appreciate you baba. Chop knuckle!

[greg]

Among the four African teams that played yesterday, the ranking of the results is as follows:
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Egypt
Nigeria

How is Morocco's result better than that of Egypt?
But wow looking at the odds here if Egypt prevails in the second leg we could have 4 North African teams in Qatar. They could all enjoy bigger support since the World Cup is in the Middle East. Hopefully that means they do better this time.

[bushboy]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

A bloody good question

We are too quick to find faults in our own , I actually don’t mind the criticism but it’s the inconsistency as you point out now that is the head scratcher

Baba it is a shame, a damn shame if you ask me.

I mean if this scenario was the case, nobody will be saying “If Nigeria score in Kumasi…” They will probably be saying that since we can’t score in Abuja, we should forget it in Kumasi. They will say Ghana was unlucky not to have beat us at home with 2 glorious chances and a PK that was over turned by VAR. Now all we hear is if Ghana score, if they do this do that, same Ghana that could not do jack at home. They didn’t even trouble our defense. Uzoho was comfortable all game long…Anyways it is what it is with my country people and it is very sad…smdh

Let me explain it to you, slowly:

This is not 1970. Football has evolved and especially defensive tactics have evolved, re low block. This often means, AT LEAST IN THEORY, that an away team has more space to attack on the break and take advantage of the away goal rule.

So, you could expect that there will be less space for Nigeria to attack in the next game than in yesterday's, on the assumption that Ghana adopts a low block, as most inferior road teams would do. See CAR. Again in theory.

But theory doesn't play football. Plus this is not a good Ghana team. They just DO NOT have the players...

It was not a bad result. Neither was it a great result.

Among the four African teams that played yesterday, the ranking of the results is as follows:
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Egypt
Nigeria

So you think sitting back in a "low block" is a modern tactic? Lol. Please sir, tell us how inferior teams defended in 1970.

[txj]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

A bloody good question

We are too quick to find faults in our own , I actually don’t mind the criticism but it’s the inconsistency as you point out now that is the head scratcher

Baba it is a shame, a damn shame if you ask me.

I mean if this scenario was the case, nobody will be saying “If Nigeria score in Kumasi…” They will probably be saying that since we can’t score in Abuja, we should forget it in Kumasi. They will say Ghana was unlucky not to have beat us at home with 2 glorious chances and a PK that was over turned by VAR. Now all we hear is if Ghana score, if they do this do that, same Ghana that could not do jack at home. They didn’t even trouble our defense. Uzoho was comfortable all game long…Anyways it is what it is with my country people and it is very sad…smdh

Let me explain it to you, slowly:

This is not 1970. Football has evolved and especially defensive tactics have evolved, re low block. This often means, AT LEAST IN THEORY, that an away team has more space to attack on the break and take advantage of the away goal rule.

So, you could expect that there will be less space for Nigeria to attack in the next game than in yesterday's, on the assumption that Ghana adopts a low block, as most inferior road teams would do. See CAR. Again in theory.

But theory doesn't play football. Plus this is not a good Ghana team. They just DO NOT have the players...

It was not a bad result. Neither was it a great result.

Among the four African teams that played yesterday, the ranking of the results is as follows:
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Egypt
Nigeria

So you think sitting back in a "low block" is a modern tactic? Lol. Please sir, tell us how inferior teams defended in 1970.

Yes it is. Its an adaptation from the old cattenacio...

[txj]

Among the four African teams that played yesterday, the ranking of the results is as follows:
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Egypt
Nigeria

How is Morocco's result better than that of Egypt?
But wow looking at the odds here if Egypt prevails in the second leg we could have 4 North African teams in Qatar. They could all enjoy bigger support since the World Cup is in the Middle East. Hopefully that means they do better this time.

Senegal is Africa champions, Mali is not...

[The YeyeMan]

It is not that difficult.

An away victory would have been an excellent result. Most of us believe it was within our reach.

A tied game with some scoring today in Kumasi leaves us in a better position than a goalless draw.

I am confident we can beat Ghana in Abuja.

However, if by some chance the game ends in a 1-1 draw we are out.

The situation is one of facts, as it pertains to the away goal rule, not one of feelings and drawing up funny scenarios.

Right. I don't know why Robby, E2 and a few others are struggling with this.

A great set of results
- Ghana 0-3 Nigeria
- Ghana 1-4 Nigeria

Very good
- Ghana 0-2 Nigeria
- Ghana 1-3 Nigeria

Good
- Ghana 0-1 Nigeria
- Ghana 1-2 Nigeria

OK
- Ghana 1-1 Nigeria
- Ghana 0-0 Nigeria

Bad
- Any defeat

[Synopsis]

It is not that difficult.

An away victory would have been an excellent result. Most of us believe it was within our reach.

A tied game with some scoring today in Kumasi leaves us in a better position than a goalless draw.

I am confident we can beat Ghana in Abuja.

However, if by some chance the game ends in a 1-1 draw we are out.

The situation is one of facts, as it pertains to the away goal rule, not one of feelings and drawing up funny scenarios.

Right. I don't know why Robby, E2 and a few others are struggling with this.

A great set of results
- Ghana 0-3 Nigeria
- Ghana 1-4 Nigeria

Very good
- Ghana 0-2 Nigeria
- Ghana 1-3 Nigeria

Good
- Ghana 0-1 Nigeria
- Ghana 1-2 Nigeria

OK
- Ghana 1-1 Nigeria
- Ghana 0-0 Nigeria

Bad
- Any defeat

1-1 is bad news for Nigeria.

[Enyi]

It is not that difficult.

An away victory would have been an excellent result. Most of us believe it was within our reach.

A tied game with some scoring today in Kumasi leaves us in a better position than a goalless draw.

I am confident we can beat Ghana in Abuja.

However, if by some chance the game ends in a 1-1 draw we are out.

The situation is one of facts, as it pertains to the away goal rule, not one of feelings and drawing up funny scenarios.

You are too old and sensible to be on this forum.....

The Mourinho method that made him what we was.....win or 0-0 draw at home, away as long as you don't concede, you have a chance, you score.....game over

Thats the only way to play a team better than you....go ask Italy...

[Enyi]

…and the game ended 0-0, would Nigeria have the “upper hand” going to Kumasi for the second leg? Would we be praising the result as a good result?

A bloody good question

We are too quick to find faults in our own , I actually don’t mind the criticism but it’s the inconsistency as you point out now that is the head scratcher

Baba it is a shame, a damn shame if you ask me.

I mean if this scenario was the case, nobody will be saying “If Nigeria score in Kumasi…” They will probably be saying that since we can’t score in Abuja, we should forget it in Kumasi. They will say Ghana was unlucky not to have beat us at home with 2 glorious chances and a PK that was over turned by VAR. Now all we hear is if Ghana score, if they do this do that, same Ghana that could not do jack at home. They didn’t even trouble our defense. Uzoho was comfortable all game long…Anyways it is what it is with my country people and it is very sad…smdh

or maybe they will say that since we dominated the game but failed to score....and all we need is an away goal.....

lets be pragmatic...., be conservative, nick a goal and defend like our lives depended on it.....if North Macedonia can do it against Italy......why cant we?

[Orion]

Among the four African teams that played yesterday, the ranking of the results is as follows:
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Egypt
Nigeria

This is not exactly accurate. We have to go by the teams in pot 1.

Among the teams in Pot 1 this is how their results ranked:
Algeria
Tunisia
Morocco
Nigeria
Senegal

[txj]

Among the four African teams that played yesterday, the ranking of the results is as follows:
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Egypt
Nigeria

This is not exactly accurate. We have to go by the teams in pot 1.

Among the teams in Pot 1 this is how their results ranked:
Algeria
Tunisia
Morocco
Nigeria
Senegal

We're not talking about the same thing