hehe super chickens !
i felt bad_{not cos the toothless chickens lost} but cos the ivoriens yesterday were crying for nigeria.they were expecting the chickens to win Mali easily and probably meet them again but the chickens ofcos lived up to their name,toothless chickens.
lets wait for the final showdown with benin

Sad for them

ifyalways:

hehe super chickens !
i felt bad_{not because the toothless chickens lost} but because the ivoriens yesterday were crying for nigeria.they were expecting the chickens to win Mali easily and probably meet them again but the chickens ofcos lived up to their name,toothless chickens.
lets wait for the final showdown with benin

calling us super chickens is an affront to chickens. At least chickens have got a beak to peck . . . we shld be called beakless chickens.

what's the fuss about?

I earlier said it on this thread that the eagles will not make it anywhere in the competition. u don't expct to have a careless attitude to work an expct to perform.

even the bet coaach n the worl can't make ense with such a team.

pls let them get through his week so that mikel will come back 2 chelsea

Seems like Angola is the future of African football. They have certainly slayed the so called giants.

Niger! na wa oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

I'm a Nigerian a true patriot. I'm supporting them all the way. We will qualify for the next round just watch and see.

We have to Win, Benin has to lose. Whats the big deal? Does it sound impossible? to me it doesn't. And I know that U Nigerians that have lost hope will be the ones sitting nervously in front of ur tv sets come tomorrow hoping for the best.
Unnecessary Hypocrisy.

the fifa highest rated in the country has gone 180 minutes without scoring and not up to 15 shots on target.

it will be unfair 4 d eagles to qualify. we need only quality teams in the next round.

what do you expect from the super eagles except they can beat Benin republic (4goals - 0) or else they are out of the squad nigeria go for it

It's so sad Nigeria have relly on other results to qualify for mere quarter-final of Nations Cup

NIGERIA ON THE BRINK

Nigeria head into their final group match at the African Nations Cup on Tuesday knowing they have to beat Benin to have any chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals.Berti Vogts' team have struggled so far in the competition, failing to score in their opening two games, and even a win may not be enough for the Super Eagles in Sekondi.The German must pray Ivory Coast overcome Mali by a big margin in the other game and his side see off the Squirrels and is already hoping for divine intervention.



"I know it's not enough to have just one point from two games," said Vogts, whose side lost 1-0 to the Ivorians, before a goalless draw with Mali."We now have only one hope and that is the Ivory Coast and God."Along with Sudan, Nigeria are also only one of two sides not to have yet found the back of the net and the coach admits it is a major worry.He added: "The team have played well but we lack that final pass. To win we have to score. Our players tried but our final ball was poor."And Vogts believes the continued absence on Nwankwo Kanu, who has a knee injury, is a concern."I've said before the absence of Nwankwo Kanu is a big blow to the side. We missed his vision and control of the game," he said.The lack of goals is also troubling captain Mikel John Obi.The Chelsea star said: "We've just been unlucky and the goals haven't been coming. That's something we'll have to work on. We're still in the tournament so we'll have to see what happens."Benin go into the game on the back of two straight defeats which have already dashed their hopes of progressing.They went down 1-0 to Mali in the first game before a 4-1 hiding by Ivory Coast, but their coach Reinhard Fabisch is nevertheless looking to end the competition on a high.He said: "We played well against Mali. In Ivory Coast we played future African champions with motivated World Cup players like Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou."You can not compare a Mercedes Benz to a bike. You saw the difference between second tier professionals and world class players.
"We will try again to play a good game against Nigeria."

Source: http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/other/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/08/01/28/SOCCER_Afr-African_Nigeria_Previe.html&TEAMHD=foreign

I thought Vogts said he doesn't want any prayers for his team to win

The guys is confused

Well let have hope in today match and to not surpised us when they win or loss all is in the game of Ivory coast and Mali if Ivorians can survive all is Good , Today match is the only Hope

Long Live Benin Republic! How fantastic it will be if they pull off a draw

Kojeiwa/

Take it cooooooool

11 is completed

10x.

I thought it should be 11 players. But you only have 10.


Quote from: ife-eco-06 on January 14, 2008, 05:52 PM
Emotionally speaking, I would have also criticised the exclusion of Ayila but the fact is that Ayila is not in form. He was ineffective in the friendly matches he played for Nigeria. No doubt,on his day,I believe he is our best combative midfielder.Very hardworking and serious on pitch. In fact if I were in Vogts shoe, despite loss of form,I would have still included him ahead of Olofinjana, who knows, he may pick form in Ghana.I have confident in him more than any other defensive MF of ours. But I don't have any strong, provable point to justify his incusion inspite of aglaring loss of form.

My team:
------------------------------------------ENYEAMA------------------------------------------------------------

APAM------------------------YOBO--------------------SHITTU-----------------------------------TAIWO----


-----------------------------------------------ETUHU-----------------------------------------------------------




---------------------------------------------MIKEL--------------------------------------------------------------


UTAKA--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------OSAZE


----------------------------------YAKUBU----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MARTINS---------------------------------------------------


SUB:
KANU FOR YAK
UCHE FOR OSAZE



GO EAGLES, GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CIV MUST NOT BEAT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great vchance for Ivory,

why havent we scored a single goal, c.iv has done us good by scoring. i just pray this super chiken sc ores

At this moment, we have C-I leading mali by 2-0, and Naija being 1-0 up. If these scores remain, we'll go through, though God knows we don't deserve it.

why the jubilation and why were the carrying vogts up? why did we have to depend on c.i.v to do us a favour. to me, c.i.v will win this tournament, 3 goals against mali aint no joke

yakubu is just a useless striker, osaze is just my man of the match, he was every where.

my fear is that if we play like this against ghana, we r just coming home for good

Hmmmm. . . . . The eagles played well, much better i must confess. Have they truely raised their game or is it just the opposition. . . . . Only time can & will tell. Sit back & enjoy for there's g'onna be a MASSIVE SHOCKA coming up on the next episode of Africa's MOST WATCHED DRAMA SERIES!

@ camegirl,
buzz me. . . . . . I think we've got smthng in common - PÉYÍ, Bamenda, Ngaoundere, Mamfe, Buea. . . . . . . . . . U dig?

The ivorians obviously do not read the scripts of all the legendary, infamous mafiosos & c-baronés of criminal folklore. . . . . . The most vital being "take out ur most dangerous opposition @ first opportunity, 4 they can come back & haunt u @ a later time. . . . . "

We have to improve

We are only lucky. The team can fumble and wobble to the final with a little luck, who knows

Ruudie, it was a risk for C-i as well. If they played for a draw, Mali could snatch a win and then lead the group, leaving CI to play Ghana. And NOBODY wants to play Ghana.

Thank God we defeated Benin but the game played yesterday was not impressive. I got irritated when Berti Vogts was lifted yesterday. Has he not done anything spectacular. I wonder whether he is scared of Yakubu. Pls somebody help me beg Vogts to keep Yakubu on the bench. He is not a creative striker. We need a striker who can dance with the ball into the opponents box. A striker who can frustrate defenders and cause penalty. Yakubu is a cheap opportunist who fluks his goals. I rerfuse to accept he plays differently in Everton. Check out his goals in his club, they are all the same. We need a fire-power attacker to defeat Ghana