minfelix:
Teranga Lions
Atlas Lions
Indomitable Lions (God of soccer come and help them biko)

God of soccer is smiling at Ghana and not Cameroon

TheSuperNerd:


Bia elfy.... abeg abeg abeg...no jinx my Maroc boys with your prediction abeg.

All your predictions no dey enter. One never enter. Haba!!! Abeg no carry that bad luck knack my boys oooo abeg.

Predict against Morocco abeg.

Loll

TheSuperNerd:
Rodri completed more passes (204) than the entire Japanese team (153) today.

Spain as a whole completed 968 passes. Bossed possession 82% vs Japan's 18% but Japan had the better xG and took home the 3 pts.

Football.



Next up for Spain is My Fearless Atlas Lions of Morocco.

Chai

I wish my boys will be facing croatia than this super Moroccan team

Odunayaw:
The Japan that beat Spain today nko

There's no fear factor in the Spanish side

Na so e Dey be till time for business come

Na so Saudi beat Argentina ,dem say no fear factor

Kudos to Japan ,but beating Costa Rica 7-0 is not for everyone ,take note

By the time laporte alba carvajal torres/assensio returns to the starting 11 then you will know it’s time for business

Not writing off Morocco ,it’s a 50/50 game

Samueltemi337:
If Morocco can beat Spain they can go on to lift the cup


well just hope don't predict make you nor go jinx am for them

Lollll

How does my prediction affect them. Does it affect their tactics or preparedness? Do the Moroccans even know I exist?

KINGinVAHALA:

You are just fooling yourself on this thread.
I doubt if you are above 20 years because you behave like a kid. Men knows when to stop, only kids continues when they are supposed to stop

Okay 90yrs old man. I have heard you

Truidstar:
If Japanese fans were negative like you… dem for don give up since. This same Japan lost to Oman at home during the qualifiers.. heaven no fall. Abeg rest Oga.

I'm well rested. Focus on your National team

Odunayaw:
You rose before the sun to make a fool of yourself

Wise man...I have heard you

Now tun along
.

andrewbaba44:


Na so e Dey be till time for business come

Na so Saudi beat Argentina ,dem say no fear factor

Kudos to Japan ,but beating Costa Rica 7-0 is not for everyone ,take note

By the time laporte alba carvajal torres/assensio returns to the starting 11 then you will know it’s time for business

Not writing off Morocco ,it’s a 50/50 game

Spain needed to win or draw yesterday. Imagine the headlines if Costa Rica had gotten through yesterday and it was Spain and Germany going home

Who 7-0 epp

It's a 50/50 game

Blueelf:


Wise man...I have heard you

Now tun along
.

Sotey you misspell

My Maroc boys are good, I no go lie but I still have dreadful respect for Spain's intricately piercing passing game especially when Pedri, Busquets and Gavi get in the mood in midfield.

It would be a tough game but I stand with Morocco. I hope we enter the Quarters.

andrewbaba44:


Chai

I wish my boys will be facing croatia than this super Moroccan team

Odunayaw:
Sotey you misspell

run along .

Abi, I dey owe you??

Odunayaw:
Spain needed to win or draw yesterday. Imagine the headlines if Costa Rica had gotten through yesterday and it was Spain and Germany going home

Who 7-0 epp

It's a 50/50 game

Japan stunned them normally

E Dey happen

TheSuperNerd:
My Maroc boys are good, I no go lie but I still have dreadful respect for Spain's intricately piercing passing game especially when Pedri, Busquets and Gavi get in the mood in midfield.

It would be a tough game but I stand with Morocco. I hope we enter the Quarters.

Busquets will get it hot from amallah and amrabat

We Dey watch sha

Sofyan Amrabat is arguably Africa's finest CDM at this WC and definitely a Top 2 CDM in African football but some aren't ready for that conversation.

andrewbaba44:


Busquets will get it hot from amallah and amrabat

We Dey watch sha

andrewbaba44:


You have been crying since del bosque days and they didn’t abandon it

They have qualifed for the next round ,if Morocco wins then they deserves to win ,if Spain wins then they deserves it also ,you cannot change their style of play ,anytime they are playing you should switch off the tv or tune to somewhere else

All your teams that doesn’t use tiki taka what have they won

You are wrong that I have been complaining since Del Bosque days.

E be like wetin I talk touch you for bone ooo but then you chose to hit your head against a comment that was not directed at you. Try and avoid taking things like this personal. It's football. I say mine, say yours without getting personal.

It's not me that will change their style. It is reality that will change it.

Guy you cannot hide for long.
You Joebie and Blueelf are the same person.
If you lie thunder fire your generation.
You are one depressed human being.
Andrewbaba had the same suspicion but was not really sure.

Joebie:
Hahaha which moniker?

Marjoribanks:
Guy you cannot hide for long.
You Joebie and Blueelf are the same person.
If you lie thunder fire your generation.
You are one depressed human being.

Joebie is not Blueelf

He is! I am damn sure! Check their posts! You will see the pattern and mindset.

Mujtahida:

Joebie is not Blueelf

Mujtahida:

You are wrong that I have been complaining since Del Bosque days.

E be like wetin I talk touch you for bone ooo but then you chose to hit your head against a comment that was not directed at you. Try and avoid taking things like this personal. It's football. I say mine, say yours without getting personal.

It's not me that will change their style. It is reality that will change it.

You take me serious then na you sabi

They where kicked out at the group stage at 2014 World Cup ,that reality should have made them changed their style and they didn’t

So which reality wan pass that one ?

Give us this day, ohh Lord! Ghana must looooooossseeee! Banku must cryyyyy!

andrewbaba44:




You take me serious then na you sabi

They where kicked out at the group stage at 2014 World Cup ,that reality should have made them changed their style .

Obviously they are hard headed but trust me when I say that they will abandon it or at the least modify it. National teams abandon their styles of play. The Dutch team of the 70's did so, Brazil too did so.

“I hate tiki-taka. Tiki-taka means passing the ball for the sake of it, with no clear intention. And it's pointless.” - Pep Gaurdiola

Mujtahida:

Obviously they are hard headed but trust me when I say that they will abandon it or at the least modify it. National teams abandon their styles of play. The Dutch team of the 70's did so, Brazil too did so.

“I hate tiki-taka. Tiki-taka means passing the ball for the sake of it, with no clear intention. And it's pointless.” - Pep Gaurdiola

Let’s see sha

What time is the match? I wan see as dem Ghanaian tears go dey flow wotoporously.

Mujtahida:

But they stand a better chance than Uruguay. A draw will see them through. Uruguay needs an outright win to be in contention.

Lol bro those midgets will be out gunning for a revenge while the Uruguans will easily pick them apart.

ChrisKels:
What time is the match? I wan see as dem Ghanaian tears go dey flow wotoporously.

They are winning bro ,at worst a draw

Mujtahida:

Obviously they are hard headed but trust me when I say that they will abandon it or at the least modify it. National teams abandon their styles of play. The Dutch team of the 70's did so, Brazil too did so.

“I hate tiki-taka. Tiki-taka means passing the ball for the sake of it, with no clear intention. And it's pointless.” - Pep Gaurdiola

Lol, I think you're misunderstanding what he meant. The aim of the Spanish style of play isn't to pass the ball for fun. It's to overload one side of the pitch in order to end up attacking the other side which must now be free.

Move the defense by moving the ball. That's the goal. This is why you find the wingers more or less hugging the sidelines. It's all about space, timing and precision.

What he meant was that he hates pointless passing i.e passing just for the sake of it. He made that statement when he just got appointed as Bayern's new manager and his new players were trying to impress him by doing multiple passes.

If you read the whole statement, you must have seen where he said that Barca never played tiki-taka i.e they never passed aimlessly. You pass with a purpose, constantly moving the defense until you notice a hole in the defensive setup, then you attack.

It took Alidu Seidu,Salisu Mohammed and Abdul Samed less than 2 years to jump from Ghana to top 5 leagues in Europe.

andrewbaba44:


They are winning bro ,at worst a draw

Lol you and dem are going home today to continue una banku eating in the Volta region and greater Accra.

TheSuperNerd:
Nigeria's WC Legacy is built strongly in the foundations and achievements of the Super Eagles of the 90s (our first and only true Golden Generation so far), part of which crept into the early 2000s. There is no breaking away yet from references to them.



And it is 17.7% ball possession. Approximately 18%. Similar possession count between Spain and Costa Rica.

And that pass map you dropped belongs to Rodri alone. 204 passes. Japan made just 153 passes yesterday but still bagged 3 pts coz their Pass volume/Attack transition ratio was lethal. They made good use of the little they had of the ball and their attack overload in quick transtion plays helped especially for the second goal. They had 6 men in or close to the box.

Nerdie i go wipe you oraimo o. Ahan. Of course i know it's Rodri's own alone. I have others but posted his to show that if his is like that, imagine the others? Plus the concentration in that segment of the pitch. Hope you understand now? As for Japan, na you sabi.


As for the boldened, until something happens in two consecutive WC with a sportitician at the helm of the Nff, all of us here go celebrate Kids graduating uni.
Na Amateurs dey that place. Bitter and true pill.

Morocco on track
Cameroon wants to start
Senegal house in order
Nigeria still dey tour Shege Central Park.

Uruguay is winning 2 goals to nil.
Place this bet, now!

Mujtahida:

Possession for possession sake. I trust oyibo people. They always introspect. The world has moved on from tiki taka. Spain is the only one holding on to it because it delivered trophies to them but they will inevitably be compelled to abandon it.

I like teams that play like Pelligrini's Man City or Jupp Heynckes champion's league winning Bayern Munich side. Direct flowing football not the crab dance called tiki taka.

This particular set at the least lethal with the system even if they scored 7 vs Ricans. Abeg we get Football Science university for Africa yet?