Nigeria vs Egypt 1-0

[Dammy]

I feel our own squad is significantly underestimated by even Nigerians and by even Rohr. I have watched African football long enough by now to know that it will take more than Salah to neutralise us.
Salah is still a deadly beast and he may very well still score, but the other players around him will have to create the space for him.

And players like Chukwueze and Simon are going to be a handful for any team in this competition. So the idea that we are somehow an easy team to play in this competition is laughable. I pity the team that underestimate us.

Yes we fire our coach, but now we have no pressure on how shoulders.

we have no players playing for Liverpool and united or Chelsea....how can we compete....

Mr Rohr....This is how we can compete.....

Do you know that Rohr said it again today in an interview analysing the game. It's obvious he was the one who held the team back. His lack of faith in his own players is so glaring and that translated into the team's play.

[Tbite]

EII Rohr spent his entire tenure telling people why the squad was not good enough, it started right from his first game. So I think that is what we are seeing here today. For the first time a manager that will not blame the players. They are oozing liveliness.

[Tbite]

Double post. I have a faulty mouse.

[Damunk]

Men that was a good first half. Simon has them really shook.

And Chukwueze never wake up yet.
Let everybody focus on Simon for now....until Samu explodes and decides to show them small peppeh.

[txj]

Will be interesting to see how we respond to any sustained Egyptian pressure.

We have the advantage. 2hf has to be about control and the counter, STILL keeping those wide players wide...

[theYemster]

Its a long time we have played this well against what should be a tough match. Well done to Egu and the boys.

I've always been a fan of Eguavoen as a coach (even though I wished he'd coached more in the years after coaching the SE). I liked his 06 AFCON team so I welcomed his hiring. That said, it's still early days. It's too early to tell how much of this is down to Nigeria plain well or Egypt sucking.

[naijaguy]

we still have Iwobi, Onyekuru, sadiq and Ejuke to unleash later in the game. Wow.

[Shadams]

People are reminding us it's a 90-mins game and we should temper the excitement. Fair enough, but I think it's reasonable to be excited about the intensity and hunger we have seen so far. Bring the same intelligent and tactical pressing in the second half, and we will be fine. Rohr was constantly pleased to infantilize this team, but these guys are showing they are capable of much more obviously. Even if you lose, you want to do that with dignity, knowing you gave your all.

[Goldleaf]

Finally a coach that knows our DNA. Our strength is in the wings. Egu took time recently in a video to explain the core of our DNA. The spine, the wingers and the finishers. That 1st half was a classical display of what he spoke about. Chukwueze seems to be the missing link at the moment because rather than drag the right back away like Odegbami, Finidi and Babangida, he keeps cutting into a crowd. If he carries on like that, Egu better replace him.

[Odas]

NFF please keep Eguavoen, he is OUR OWN.

Haven’t you heard of the wowo brigade?

Bros one step at a time. It is a 90 minute game and a long completion. Make we hopefully bury the Pharaohs first, take care of business in this AFCON.

Then we go aim to start to make that necessary noise.

But it has been a great joy watching Nigeria play with swagger. All of a sudden players who cant string passes are doing the beautiful. I wonder what changed.

Just keep it intelligent Ego and the boys.

Exactly! Thx, bro

[oscar52]

Who knew naija footy can be entertaining, pass eye test, and effective. I hope naija finally have the self belief to stop sourcing all these journeymen foreign coaches that damage their football brand.

[Cellular]

Good half.

Hope we score another goal early enough.

I see Egypt rejigging their formation and strategy.

[Lolly]

Aribo is da bomb! What a player.

[Abbey]

Second half is going to be a game of adjustment for the coaches. Obviously, Egypt will adjust probably to a different formation. What will Nigeria do in that case? Adjust or stay in the same formation?

[Cellular]

Finally a coach that knows our DNA. Our strength is in the wings. Egu took time recently in a video to explain the core of our DNA. The spine, the wingers and the finishers. That 1st half was a classical display of what he spoke about. Chukwueze seems to be the missing link at the moment because rather than drag the right back away like Odegbami, Finidi and Babangida, he keeps cutting into a crowd. If he carries on like that, Egu better replace him.

Well, we have been saying that we have a football playing style but some here wouldn't agree.

This is more like how we like the game to be played.

Same set of players but playing totally differently.

I hope it continues in the second half.

[Benedict Iroha]

Good to see Iheanacho and Ayoniyi playing together again since that run in the u-17 WC in 2013.

[kawawa]

Aribo is da bomb! What a player.

[Lolly]

People are reminding us it's a 90-mins game and we should temper the excitement. Fair enough, but I think it's reasonable to be excited about the intensity and hunger we have seen so far. Bring the same intelligent and tactical pressing in the second half, and we will be fine. Rohr was constantly pleased to infantilize this team, but these guys are showing they are capable of much more obviously. Even if you lose, you want to do that with dignity, knowing you gave your all.

[Synopsis]

we still have Iwobi, Onyekuru, sadiq and Ejuke to unleash later in the game. Wow.

Don’t forget Musa. He will get his trademarked 10 mins.

[Goldleaf]

In all his years, Gernot Rohr never took his time to study our tradition. Rather, he kept trying a european style of putting defence above attack. Our strength is in our attack and Egu has 5 competent goal scorers in that attack line today; Kele, Chukwueze, Awoniyi, Daddy and Aribo. That is what we used to do and what brought us success.

[Cellular]

Men that was a good first half. Simon has them really shook.

And Chukwueze never wake up yet.
Let everybody focus on Simon for now....until Samu explodes and decides to show them small peppeh.

Chukwueze is pinching inside to condense space... we are yet to use his wing to attack.
Wish he was the one who had the runs that Simon has had so far.

[Tbite]

I really hope we win this game. I will never forget all the pepper Egypt showed us in the mid toe late 2000s.

This is more than just this competition. We need payback!

[Lolly]

In all his years, Gernot Rohr never took his time to study our tradition. Rather, he kept trying a european style of putting defence above attack. Our strength is in our attack and Egu has 5 competent goal scorers in that attack line today; Kele, Chukwueze, Awoniyi, Daddy and Aribo. That is what we used to do and what brought us success.

Not true guys. Rohr's team up until the World Cup in Russia played some very good football beating Cameroon and Algeria in Nigeria. And even 2 years ago at AFCON until we lost to Algeria.