Nigeria vs CIV (1-2) Ekong , Kessie, Haller FT

[Rawlings]

naija do well

[marutimon]

(Minor quibble but ref should have added one more minute due to the time wasting.)

Nwabali, Onyeka and Ekong stood out. Simon did good with the time he had. The rest? Not their day.

[damekadon]

Guess we ran outta luck cause honestly our game has not been so good. We may not even qualify for the world cup if we dont make major changes.

[bushboy]

Osimhen no be am. 7 games. 1 goal. Smh.

[theDunamis]

Nigeria deserved to lose that big time.

Played like cowards.

Yup, the team was set up for failure by the coach and they delivered.

[metalalloy]

E no go better for anyone on this site that speaks ill of Ola Aina or any of these kids that gave their all. They balled out all tournament and just fell short. There can only be one winner. Kudos to the boys.

[Odas]

In my Secondary school playing days, one of the things I learned was: in attack, attack; and in defense, attack. No room to give to the opponent to push you around.

[Synopsis]

Bad tactics. We let Ivory Coast control the midfield.

[Gotti]

WELL DONE TO THE LADS ANYWAY…
We can revisit the issues with the team on another day.

[2drama]

We need midfielders ASAP . That should be our mission nothing less

[Tbite]

Disgraceful. I'm not angry because we lost but because we didn't even try.

Absolutely disgraceful. It is so bad that in a way I'm not even sad.

How can I regret a loss that we fully deserved?

If we had won this, it would have born s robbery.

Absolutely disgraceful. When the journalist asked iwobi if he plays with fear, one would think it was picking on him, but thr guy really.does play with fear, and the others as well to a lesser extent.

Only Osimhen, Simon, nwabali, ekong had balls today. The rest of them were just asleep and hoping for some luck.

Old Aina also.didnt have any balls today. The final.got to him. Just pathetic.

It's so bad that I don't even want to think about it. I'm out.

[cchinukw]

Reality they are all average players including so call Osimhen.

This. Yes very correct.

Ivory Coast had a clear enough strategy.

A good advert for local African coaches.

[bunda]

this loss is 100 on the coach
not proactive enough
we were given a lifeline by the lucky Goal -still he did not make any tactical subsitutions
the south africa game predicted this result - we should have learnt from that lucky escape

[Tobi17]

Osimhen no be am. 7 games. 1 goal. Smh.

When conversations are held for the true GOATs of Nigerian football, Osimhen will have quotation marks to his inclusion...for a supposed world class striker he sure ain't no Drogba whom he idolized, very weak mentality and just poor all around.

[tolahs]

We were lucky to beat S.Africa - our mediocrity caught up with us. Most of our players don't play for top clubs & cannot handle
pressure. no creativity & our general level of technique has regressed - poor 1st touch all over. Passing is a joke. I now understand why i stopped following the SE for a long time. You end up depressed.

[maceo4]

Please no one should come and mention Ola Aina here anymore. Terrible player.

Once he faced Premier League level competition he was shown to be wanting, I was hoping he would have been replaced by bright who has more speed to match Adingra…Why he was let go by Chelsea he’s just a notch below that level…

[Odas]

Bad tactics. We let Ivory Coast control the midfield.

We keep playing the same formation, even when every other team has mastered our system

[Tbite]

That silver is meaningless for us..what are we going to do with silver? Don't we have enough?

Abeg if another country wants it, they can have our silver. We don't need it. Gold or nothing.

[ANC]

Coach had no ideas. You took off Lookman, exactly for what reason?

[Synopsis]

Bad tactics. We let Ivory Coast control the midfield.

[Enyi]

Coach had no clue…

The problem was not Iwobi it was the coach….

Taking off Lookman was a disaster, Aina had no cover that led to the goal….

Why was Chukwueze in the team? Lazy coaching…. Use the team that beat them before…. Did u think they were dummies?

We lost purely on the coach….

[maceo4]

Osimhen no be am. 7 games. 1 goal. Smh.

When conversations are held for the true GOATs of Nigerian football, Osimhen will have quotation marks to his inclusion...for a supposed world class striker he sure ain't no Drogba whom he idolized, very weak mentality and just poor all around.

He was already running to be subbed when we needed goal, you can’t win with these kids with weak mentality…

[Naija fan]

Congratulations to CIV. They came to play and we came to park the bus in a final game. The best team on the day won. They clearly deserved to win the game.