typicalgamer:
Everyone that keeps crying 😭 for osayi to be included hope say una eyes don clear

Aina is good at left back aina this aina that

You all have clearly seen while sanusi has his shortcomings upfront he’s an excellent defender


Bright doesn’t read games at all and he’s getting eaten alive out there my goodness

Guys let’s stop thinking with emotions now you all have to put some respect on sanusi name

You are watching the match keenly.

I'm not feeling good about this match

I am waiting patiently

GMBOFASIA:
we were lucky to escape this first half

Nwabali saved us, we may need luck to win today

Welcomme:
Thank you. You came to my rescue.

I am not impressed. Alhassan needs to be introduced to the midfield. The midfield has been disjointed and overrun by the South Africans.

They've been relying on long balls to create something.

Were Zaidu in the match with his defensive minded game, Bassey would have been free to go contest some of the balls.

The long balls usually have 2SA guys. One contests along with one of our defenders and that leaves just one person to close the other attacker

I hope everyone can see why Bassey can’t play LWB.

I think we should take off Simon for Yusuf. We need the ball to do the work. If you can’t hold ball, you’ll always be chasing the game and will tire quickly.

We really need to score first and ideally score two. This SA team has serious team chemistry.

Dannyxy:
This is the worse match I have seen Nigeria play in this competition, osimhen is not fit, see we are missing that his front markings and pressing, and that’s what has given South African an edge so far…

If osimhen is sick, he should be substituted, and I want the person they bring in to be marking from front.

Bright Osayi I don’t really like Hos performance.

Infact tbh the team is playing like they want to loose or they are tired .

Bright osayi Samuel is not built like a native defender he’s a wingback his main goal is to overlap and create chances

In the case of defending he’s a horrible defender i keep saying this right from our earlier games but hate for sanusi won’t make you guys see that

This is another real test for Peseiro after Angola.. I want to see how he can switch things tactically to go ahead not necessarily to hold.

typicalgamer:
Everyone that keeps crying 😭 for osayi to be included hope say una eyes don clear

Aina is good at left back aina this aina that

You all have clearly seen while sanusi has his shortcomings upfront he’s an excellent defender


Bright doesn’t read games at all and he’s getting eaten alive out there my goodness

Guys let’s stop thinking with emotions now you all have to put some respect on sanusi name

Thank you!

jihday:
scorer? No be when you see ball you go score? We can remove Bright too but that will mean a switch to a back 4

Switching to a back 4 will be madness.

It will leave space in central defense.

Remove Osayi and move Simon or Lookman there and let Simon and Lookman be inter-changing.

They started by overloading Iwobi. Once we cover that space up, they switched to accurate long balls to bye pass our midfield. Their strikers are timing their runs perfectly. Great coaching from Hugo Bross!

We need our wing backs to move up and use long balls to break them too.

Simon and Lookman needs to stop losing balls in vital areas!

What a game!!

The South Africans are better than I thought.

We have been lucky!!

South africa clearly came with a plan, overload the midfield areas, double mark our wingers since that's the source of creativity, then lastly quick long balls over the top for thier speedy attackers to chase..
Let's see how peseiro reacts to this in the 2nd half

Team "One leg of Osimhen is better than a healthy Moffi", how market?

Osimhen isn't able to press as usual, creating problems for the coach. But God forbid we allow a fully fit proven striker on the bench to play.

Even from a wheelchair, Osimhen must play.

Hard game
They want to Kill us with overhead balls that could catch our defense off guard
If we don’t set the high line or offside trap properly we are in trouble
Our players are playing like they’re tired and not full of energy
Probably time for Iheanacho to get on.
Ridiculous coach didn’t give some players on the bench game time earlier in the tournament
Lack of game time may affect the guys on the bench
This is the toughest game yet tactically I hope we don’t get to penalties
They have a penalty stopper o
Iwobi is poor defensively
South Africans are out passing and outpacing our boys

Stillwater10:
Zaidu was very important to the success of this tactic. Aside his final ball, he helps pushes our attack

Zaidu not being there changes nothing. The problem is not Zaidu being there or anything.

The problem is what I and a couple other monikers have been shouting since. This formation and style of play is not sustainable. Hugo Broos found the perfect antidote to it: since we refuse to press high, play out from the back and open up the pitch. Then, quickly play a long ball into the space between the back line and the goalkeeper, and trust your smaller but nimbler and faster forwards to get there first due to their superior acceleration (not necessarily speed).

Now, the coach has to change the formation/personnel to counter this threat. But without testing any substitutes or new formations so far, the coach has ensured that we really don't have a back up plan.

We have been figured out.

Oasis007:


You are watching the match keenly.

He’s positioning and awareness is just off today i don’t know what’s wrong

I need Aina back to his position, zaidu in..

Back 5 should maintain width, lookman and Simon should drift inward to the midfield to help iwobi and onyeka, if osimhen fit he should be pressing and disturbing the center back, get them out of the game. Then onyeka should watch out for the second runner pressing ekong when they play long balls..

two SA players have been following Simon everywhere he goes like mtn

Is something wrong with Iwobi's leg. Sometimes I feel he has a condition we dont know about in the leg

codemaniacs:


Switching to a back 4 will be madness.

It will leave space in central defense.

Remove Osayi and move Simon or Lookman there and let Simon and Lookman be inter-changing.

A back 4 with a stationary DM will deal with those spaces.

typicalgamer:
Everyone that keeps crying 😭 for osayi to be included hope say una eyes don clear

Aina is good at left back aina this aina that

You all have clearly seen while sanusi has his shortcomings upfront he’s an excellent defender


Bright doesn’t read games at all and he’s getting eaten alive out there my goodness

Guys let’s stop thinking with emotions now you all have to put some respect on sanusi name

Shebi fancy football coaches wey we get here dem eyes don clear.

Everybody na coach because una dey watch Premiership.

jihday:
yup, need to sacrifice either Lookman or Iwobi for Alhassan

Extra midfielder. Can't sacrifice Iwobi.

Would have been defender. But we can't switch to back 4 this game.

Has to be one of the forwards.

Curtisaxel17:
Team "One leg of Osimhen is better than a healthy Moffi", how market?

Osimhen isn't able to press as usual, creating problems for the coach. But God forbid we allow a fully fit proven striker on the bench to play.

Even from a wheelchair, Osimhen must play.

hahaha lol

Omanambala:
Is something wrong with Iwobi's leg. Sometimes I feel he has a condition we dont know about in the leg

He's surely our weakest link, that Ghananian analyst got his analysis right

gustav25:
I am waiting patiently

Guy, your act is very boring

Oasis007:


LOL......how do you know?!

It's simple physiology.

After injury it takes to 3 /4 games at least to get you to full match fitness.

He has not played any competitive football since 2nd December and he went straight from the treatment table to the AFCON.

In addition, his club manager said he is not fit.

Sanusi where are you ooo! We are sorry! lol!

SA wan wound Osayi and Aina can't use his left properly.

This is gonna be a long ride!

Welcomme:
Thank you. You came to my rescue.

I am not impressed. Alhassan needs to be introduced to the midfield. The midfield has been disjointed and overrun by the South Africans.

What will light weight do 😨

mrwilliams9:
I hope everyone can see why Bassey can’t play LWB.

I think we should take off Simon for Yusuf. We need the ball to do the work. If you can’t hold ball, you’ll always be chasing the game and will tire quickly.

We really need to score first and ideally score two. This SA team has serious team chemistry.

If you remove Simon then who will create assists

- Osayi struggling out there
- They are catching us on the back heels with the long balls
- Nwabali continues to show his class

Mujtahida:

Shebi fancy football coaches wey we get here dem eyes don clear.

Everybody na coach because una dey watch Premiership.

Bro this is not a fair game we’re being massacred here South Africa is playing our very own formation but with more precision and perfect execution

You noticed how they always double teams our forward players not giving them chance to breathe not to mention even create chances

Chemistry is shows South Africa are cool with the ball

We’re just running around waiting for that lucky ball to change the narrative