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

[bunda]

would an indigenous coach not have recognised that we were being swamped in midfield
this was obvious from early in the first half -there Is playing defensive footbvalll and there is asking for danger
our coach gets an F9 for this performance

[tolahs]

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.

Messi didn't win with Argentina for a long time cos of how the team was set up; You forget how long the Drogba & Yaya generation took to win the AFCON.
Victor was doing too much work - as Ekoku said, if you keep launching balls to him, he'll get fatigued fast.
Go watch the tape of this game where we were back in our box permanently defending with 8-9 men - Victor was left alone with 3-4 defenders - our midfielders & wide forwards 40 metres away. No striker looks good in those conditions.

[Bigpokey24]

Well done CIV, it was meant to be. The stars aligned for them

you back door enter 2nd round ..chei

[Scipio Africanus]

The costly players that lost it for Nigeria today

Aina
Bassey
Zaidu
Iwobi

One more time!

[bushboy]

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…

I'm glad you saw that too. A goal down, and APOY is expecting to be subbed. When he was subbed at Napoli, he threw a tantrum. In the final of AFCON, he was delighted to come off. Terrible mentality.

[ojafranpa]

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Once he faced Premier League level competition he was shown to be wanting, I was hoping he would have been replaced by bright who has more speed to match Adingra…Why he was let go by Chelsea he’s just a notch below that level…

A defender that thinks he is Maradona... i have been saying it to my guys he can never play for me.

[Odas]

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.

No, you are stuck with it!

South Africa should take out silver, it means far more to them than to us. Far more.

Abeg let them have it.

Please do you have their phone number? I will like to call - on behalf of Nigeria - and offer the Silver to them

[bunda]

3 in CM to match them he refused…Kai them go kill us well well today, Boniface better close his account

THANK YOU!! WE NEEDED TO MATCH THEM IN MIDFIELD TODAY!!!

[bunda]

3 in CM to match them he refused…Kai them go kill us well well today, Boniface better close his account

THANK YOU!! WE NEEDED TO MATCH THEM IN MIDFIELD TODAY!!!

[ojafranpa]

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…

I'm glad you saw that too. A goal down, and APOY is expecting to be subbed. When he was subbed at Napoli, he threw a tantrum. In the final of AFCON, he was delighted to come off. Terrible mentality.

Guy is just an average professional footballer. Haba! He only ask for long and high balls.

[gosh]

Adingra made the difference today because he did something that no one was able to do all the tournament, which is really test Ola Aina. I guess there is a reason why he is doing so well at Brighton

Adingra was a thorn in the side of the Naija defense from minute 1 to the end. He was just persistent and it paid off. Hats off to him. Man of the match in my humble opinion.

[cchinukw]

All in all, the organisation was great and level of competition high.

Certainly one of the best I have seen in a while.

[Bigpokey24]

[Bigpokey24]

see that fine CIV babe for stand

[Odas]

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…

I'm glad you saw that too. A goal down, and APOY is expecting to be subbed. When he was subbed at Napoli, he threw a tantrum. In the final of AFCON, he was delighted to come off. Terrible mentality.

How many times have I told you people to slow down about this Osimhen guy? In all our games, I didn't really see anything from him to say he can carry us through a game, or can take over a game for us. He is good, but, elm, no-ooooooo!

[Kabalega]

The costly players that lost it for Nigeria today

Aina
Bassey
Zaidu
Iwobi

He was completely out of his depth. Even when Adingra was not breathing down his neck, he made the wrong decisions.

[ohsee]

Adingra made the difference today because he did something that no one was able to do all the tournament, which is really test Ola Aina. I guess there is a reason why he is doing so well at Brighton

Adingra is the next Sadio Mane. In time. He burned Ola Aina all day, everyday. Why the coach did not do something about it is beyond me. Ola Aina himself was lacking concentration at key moments.

[Kabalega]

What is Adebayor doing with the AFCON trophy?

[maceo4]

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.

You dey crase for nyash.

If that's his all, little wonder we lost. Poor touches, passes and turnovers.

He sucked, Adingra made mince meat of him and we shouldn’t talk, like wtf? I blame the coach, home is getting skinned all game, replace him or get him help…

[tolahs]

We'll be lucky to win with this showing. We're restricted to our box - they don't have Xavi & Iniesta - playing very scared.

Just STFU already

This ain't a N.korea forum - you don't censor no one here - really childish post.

[Odas]

see that fine CIV babe for stand

Oldboy, this is NOT the time to talk about babes, carry that crap comot here, abeg

[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.

Our luck started with Angola. We suppose done go house since that game. We just don't show up and play with confidence.

The level of regression is disturbing. For years any Nigerian player even the tactically naive ones had good technique - so much of what i've seen here is got me baffled.

[cchinukw]

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…

I'm glad you saw that too. A goal down, and APOY is expecting to be subbed. When he was subbed at Napoli, he threw a tantrum. In the final of AFCON, he was delighted to come off. Terrible mentality.

Have you considered he wasn't 100 percent match fit?