Angolans are quite good. I always rate Burkina Faso highly anytime and Angola beat them 2-0.

Their captain Fredy is their inspiration, the guy is quite smooth and set things rolling for them in the middle. (Onyeka should help destroy his rhythm)


We have a score to settle with Palancas Negras. That 2006 paro, we will revisit again.

After our first goal was disallowed
We refused to keep our head down
We kept coming at them
Big big kudos to Osimhen for pressing that Gonzalez guy, dispossessing him and laying on a beautiful assist for Lookman

Osimhen didn't score but was immense yesterday
A true monster machine!

After the match, the whole stadium, including the players were singing his name!
Even drogba came to greet him!

Victor Osimhen!
What a player!

chuks404:
I just dey salivate if to say ndidi dey fit
We are gradually solving and playing to our strength. One can actually play around with our midfielders. Ndidi, alhassan, onyeka, Iwobi, onyedika.
This is lovely. The good thing about the formation is that it sooths players like osihmen and Lookman that wants to express themselves and run.
One player that would have been lovely in this formation is boniface playing simon position. I can imagine what will be going on in peserio 's mind post afcon.

hmm Bonny playing on the right?

Again, JPes got his tactics spot on!
I was once a critic of his
But today, I give him his respect
Thank you JPes for such entertaining football
We played with urgency and purpose yesterday
Ekong pocketed Magry
Even their so called big names in midfield were neutralized
They couldn't play crosses
They Tried Zaidu's flank in first half, no joy
Switched to Aina's flank in second half, still nothing

Thank you JPes
Collect your flowers!

Neobulletzz:

The keeper is always the last man in football rules so if a player is behind the keeper, the player won’t be counted. The keeper is the last man

That has changed. If a player is behind the keeper, the player becomes the last man. And the keeper is seen as a player. You could see it didn't take the referee time to blow offside when he checked VAR..

Before the Nations cup, all were in awe of our attacking arsenal.

Funny thing is, we are the best defensive unit so far. 4 matches, 3 clean sheet. - 1goal(only)

We still create a number of chances going forward.

Nwabali might just win keeper of the tournament, by virtue of almost non existent goal conceded if we keep it up.

Great game everyone.

daveP:
Let's assess Iwobi's over performance pls. Leave Commentator aside fes.

Very good display. He got tired but still effective. He was able to contribute to the second goal. The bench team understands why they could not substitute him. I am beginning to think players who played early in European academies have a better technical understanding. Look at the second goal, all starting from Bassey winning a freekick, and then himself, lookman and Iwobi doing the job to score the second goal. That was beautiful.

joelsteron:
Ola Aina made a pass with back heel like Jay Jay does. I'm still looking for the clip. He is beautiful to watch.

Rabona not back heel...

daveP:
Let's assess Iwobi's over performance pls. Leave Commentator aside fes.

Football is all about good days and bad days.
His presence alone means alot regardless if the performance was great or not.
If you noticed Iwobi was defending and attacking

The opponents will always factor Iwobi as a threat so far he is on that pitch.

ChrisKels:
Dem tie Uzoho rope for leg abi why that guy no dey fit kick ball?

😂

Try sitting on the bench for that long after being Number 1 for so long and you would know why.

Nwabali happened to Uzoho.

ChrisKels:
Dem tie Uzoho rope for leg abi why that guy no dey fit kick ball?

TheSuperNerd:
Try sitting on the bench for that long after being Number 1 for so long and you would know why.

Nwabali happened to Uzoho.

No. He has always been like that.

I greet this house in the name of the Lord.

I am late and I am sorry. But I am here and what a weekend it is for Nigeria.

Peseiro, who I don't rate, has produced the best defensive setup I have ever seen the Super Eagles execute in the last couple of years. Kudos to him.

TheSuperNerd:
Try sitting on the bench for that long after being Number 1 for so long and you would know why.

Nwabali happened to Uzoho.

Welcome back

Where can I watch the full match again? Don't have access to DStv or it's likes. Is there any website I can watch the full match? Already searched on YouTube for the full upload,I couldn't find any.

He got worse. All 3 long balls, no one completed. In other words, all 3 passes out from goal kicks ended up reaching no one. This is worse than before.

ChrisKels:


No. He has always been like that.

TheSuperNerd:
Try sitting on the bench for that long after being Number 1 for so long and you would know why.

Nwabali happened to Uzoho.

Hwfa guy? I come dey wonder weda you still dey alive so. How you no go join this AfCon jolly? Nawa

Thank you. Never resumed to an Afcon party this late. So unlike me.

Samueltemi337:
Welcome back

Already explained through the GoodJoe who was kind enough to bring my reply here. I appreciate him for that. My schedule sef shock me.

When I saw us in the first game, I was like... Peseiro is doing something different. Finally listening. Finally playing a 3 man midfield.

Then when I saw the next game vs CIV with Alhassan out and JPes went 343, I knew that is the formation we would be using going forward.

The perfect formation to utilise the personnels of this team.

ChrisKels:


Hwfa guy? I come dey wonder weda you still dey alive so. How you no go join this AfCon jolly? Nawa

TheSuperNerd:
Already explained through the GoodJoe who was kind enough to bring my reply here. I appreciate him for that. My schedule sef shock me.

When I saw us in the first game, I was like... Peseiro is doing something different. Finally listening. Finally playing a 3 man midfield.

Then when I saw the next game vs CIV with Alhassan out and JPes went 343, I knew that is the formation we would be using going forward.

The perfect formation to utilise the personnels of this team.

You're back. How far😎

TheSuperNerd:
Rohr had Mikel, an inform Etebo, Iwobi and an Inform "EPL" Ndidi. That midfield wasn't as abysmal as this one. Rohr's SE in the WCQs leading to Russia 2018 saw our midfield contribute insanely to the best of football that we played.
At Afcon 2019, Iwobi, Ndidi, Etebo did their best despite certain limitations but most certainly wasn't as abysmal as the 2 man midfield setup Peseiro insists on for most games.


[I]But hey, it's the Afcon and Nigeria has a reputation at the Afcon. We almost always get past the group stages without much wahala and we go far. It didn't happen at the last Afcon. Let's hope this will be different especially if we have a Fit Osimhen back.[/I]

Osimhen is one of the key determinants to how far this team will go. Osimhen and the GK, Uzoho more than anyone else most likely. Not to say a few others aren't also key but I pick these two as the most key.

Time will tell.

Our defence has been our biggest influence on our clean sheets and turning opponents into clueless entities but Osimhen has been our biggest influence on the match outcomes.

Substitute Uzoho for Nwabali in that comment and you see it is true. Nwabali has also been immense to our buildup plays and defensive structure.


Finally, Without Osimhen, Nigeria would be playing penalties.

A true warrior 9.

My Monster Machine.

The Best Pressing Forward on Planet earth and in the entire universe.

TheSuperNerd:
Already explained through the GoodJoe who was kind enough to bring my reply here. I appreciate him for that. My schedule sef shock me.

When I saw us in the first game, I was like... Peseiro is doing something different. Finally listening. Finally playing a 3 man midfield.

Then when I saw the next game vs CIV with Alhassan out and JPes went 343, I knew that is the formation we would be using going forward.

The perfect formation to utilise the personnels of this team.

Yea you are right. Let's see how it goes with Angola on Friday

Good morning house
Hope you'll enjoyed the gift the super eagles gave yesterday?
Special appreciation to >
Osimhen, lookman, Aina, bassey,
Ekong, frank the tank, the coach,
The bench, and the fans at the
stadium for their undying support..
Congratulations to Nigeria, unto the next round. 😇😇

I'm good namesake.

Peseiro who I never rated going into the tournament is the same one giving me reasons to be excited.

What happened? He dropped that silly 442.

It was risky wating till this afcon to try a 3 man midfield for the first time but it worked. It was worth it. But trying the 343 is the true masterclass change I was waiting for. I suggested it much earlier that we should be going 3421 under JPes with the players we have on board and with Nwakali not in the picture.


3421 is 343 but with the wingers playing much closer to Osimhen.

So far, it is lookman who seems to understand the assignment of playing closer to his pointman.

daveP:
You're back. How far😎

Is samuel eto the problem of Cameroon football ?
I am 90% sure that he is the coach of that team

typicalgamer:


Never have i ever said that

My wish was to have

2 aina
2 Iwobi
2osimehn

And I’ll sleep well at night

Bassey? Ekong?

Shout out to Frank "The Tank" Onyeka for yesterday's performance. It is his best I have seen in a long while in the GWG.

He was waiting for a Cameroun to show what he finally brings to the team. His energy, his power, his never-say-die roaming and player tracking.

This Guy was tailor made for games like these. In games like these, I won't be needing an Nwakali. I would need a warrior CM who can hassle, roam, hack down and dominate duels easily.

Every player has games that suit them.

Onyeka was everywhere and damn... He even had a better MF showing than iwobi yesterday.

Iwobi was good. But he stayed too deep and hardly joined Lookman and Osimhen. The one big chance he had to join them up top finally, he fluffed it. But take nothing from him, he was the ying to Onyeka's yang. He worked hard in midfield and kept our passing sequences tidy in the middle albeit from his deep role.

Koboko99:
There’s a video where the fans were chanting Osimhen’s name and the other players came to celebrate with him and chant his name🥺🥺🥺 So heartwarming!

yeah,
lookman "the man of the match"
spare headed the celebration of osimhen, by jumping on him and rubbing his head before other players came.. the chemistry in the team is so so sweet, long may it last "Amen"

Angola has a much better attack than Cameroun. They have sharp shooters as well. But then they would be up against the absolute best defensive unit at this Afcon and would have to deal with the energy of our midfield and the Fear factor of Osimhen. It would be another tough game but we must take our chances.


And Nwabali must play. I don't want Uzoho in goal knowing Angola can shoot from any angle.

ChrisKels:



Yea you are right. Let's see how it goes with Angola on Friday

TheSuperNerd:
Angola has a much better attack than Cameroun. They have sharp shooters as well. But then they would be up against the absolute best defensive unit at this Afcon and would have to deal with the energy of our midfield and the Fear factor of Osimhen. It would be another tough game but we must take our chances.


And Nwabali must play. I don't want Uzoho in goal knowing Angola can shoot from any angle.

And if Uzoho ends up keeping, what do we do? That collision looked nasty