CaptainStephen:
Not surprised, i was in Pakistan for a training course and decided to see outside our training area only to hear some guys blasting Osita Osadebay music one Sunday morning.
They even told me they have many Nigerians in Afghanistan who come to buy goods.

zicky:
i think the assistants selected were spot on, away from the usual Amokaches and yobos people with no coaching pedigree.

lbrichman2:


Omo
Our people are everywhere
Lol!!
As long as money go come out, nothing do us

SamueItem337:
Maduka Okoye should start the Rwanda match

lbrichman2:


Wow that's true
I wasn't even thinking of our qualifiers
Thanks for the reminders
But I really want to see okoye

Maybe we should pound Rwanda 3:0 first half, then bring in Okoye for Nwabili second half
Abi how you see am?

TheSuperNerd:


5 yrs interim contract??!!!!! Interim for 5 yrs!!!

TheSuperNerd:


Fidelis Ilechukwu. Reigning NPFL Champion Coach. A bright coaching mind from the local scenes since his MFM days. He coached Stephen Odey when the lad took the NPFL by storm before the boy went to Europe and even featured in the UCL at some point scoring against Liverpool in the colors of Genk back in 2019.

lexyman:



see description , i think say na @elyte89 you want talk about......our future SE coach

Meliforme:


He has never played in the manner he did against Benin.
How is this difficult to see.

How are you even arguing this.

Nomyth:
This win is a huge psychological victory for the Eagles, they have learnt how to win again.

Hopefully, this will help get the WCQ back on track.

mekabuachi:
I don't know why South Africa keep trolling us on Facebook with our current stand on the wcq table

These people sef🤦

Mujtahida:
My full respect to Frank the Tank. That guy is an untamed horse.

Why do I say this? See ehn, you guys saw Ndidi panting yesterday calling to be subbed but this was the role and burden Frank carried stoutly throughout AFCON without gassing out.

I hail Ndidi but shout out to Frank the armoured Tank.

Goke7:


He’s not called the tank for nothing, person wey paseiro wan sub for Afcon but insisted to continue to play, that guy na jet engine

7demons:
Can Nigeria still qualify for World Cup 2026? 

Yes, Nigeria can still reach the finals to be staged across the United States, Canada and Mexico. All is not lost just yet, although there is a fast-closing window of opportunity.

The Super Eagles lie fifth in the six-team Group C on three points. On the face of it, that's a dismal state of affairs, but they are only four points behind second-place South Africa. In turn, Bafana Bafana are only behind leaders Rwanda on goal difference.

Nigeria have six games remaining to turn the ship around, with teams playing one another home and away during the group phase.

The winners of CAF's nine groups qualify automatically for the World Cup, with the four best runners-up entering the playoff route.

7demons:


Super Eagles schedule

Date Competition Match. September7. AFCON QualifyingNigeria vs. Benin.

September10 AFCON Qualifying Rwanda vs Nigeria.

AFCON Qualifying Nigeria vs. Libya October6.

Return Leg: AFCON Qualifying Libya vs. Nigeria October14.

November10 AFCON Qualifying Benin vs Nigeria.

November18 AFCON QualifyingNigeria vs Rwanda.
..........................................................................
March17, 2025 World Cup Qualifying Rwanda vs Nigeria

March,24 2025 World Cup Qualifying Nigeria vs Zimbabwe

September,1 2025 World Cup Qualifying Nigeria vs Rwanda

September, 8 2025 World Cup Qualifying South Africa vs Nigeria

October, 6 2025 World Cup Qualifying Lesotho vs Nigeria.

October, 13 2025 World Cup Qualifying Nigeria vs. Benin.

Danielnino00:


It won't be bad if Okoye starts.... Nwabali is amazing and all that, but Okoye's form at Udinese as shown that he can also man the post for us again... he needs to be blooded back into the team as soon as possible...

SamueItem337:
Maduka Okoye should start the Rwanda match

TheGoodJoe:


There is no need dropping Nwabali after a clean sheet. He only gets dropped if he fumbles.

TheGoodJoe:


There is no ground to drop Nwabali, after such save he pulled for us in the last game.

Mujtahida:

The clip that humility33 provided showing Eguavoen saying that he asked the players to remember that just January here, they almost won the AFCON, that what happened to them is like telling to remember who they are.

Sometimes it's not just formation. It's mentality. That's the magic that does it for Real Madrid in the Champion's league. They approach each final with the mentality that the cup belongs to them. Even if you are winning them, they fight until that mentality prevails.

Our Eagles must believe and know that they are champions. Ademola is on that wave now. Osimhen has always been on that wave. The rest of the team must get on board that mentality. The mentality of seeing, believing and knowing that they are champions will make them invincible. It will give them an aura that will strike fear into our opponents.

TheSuperNerd:
He only gets dropped if he fumbles "repeatedly". That's the key word.

Okoye is doing well at Udinese and we are happy but Nwabali remains #1 especially after his Afcon performance and continued good form in the SA PSL.

Nwabali has established great synergy with the Backline and is more adaptable and this is something Okoye hasn't achieved just yet despite being #1 at Afcon 2021.

Also, while both GKs are mentally strong, Nwabali edges mentally for now. He has the confidence and trust of his NT defenders.

Nwabali's Mentality profile and confidence spills over into Penalties as well. He has a way of getting into the opponents' heads in spotkick situations. Seen him do it in the SA PSL and we saw it at the Afcon too. Okoye can't top that for the time being.

Key words = "time being"

TheSuperNerd:

The way the team came together to celebrate Osimhen's goal was quite the statement. A true show of love and support for their #1 Striker in the face of the transfer debacle with Napoli this past summer. They are a team indeed.

This Benin win may just be the catalyst that changes things going forward. Beat Rwanda on Tuesday and the direction and flow of this team will be much positively different by the time the WCQs resume next year from March 2025.

The Mentality level that saw the team soar at the Afcon against the odds is returning.

MetalJigsaw:
But Ndidi was well known to be of very good stamina if I'm not mistaken. What could be the cause.