Ogiame:
Ranked ahead of Erling Haaland's Norway...

This kind of boastful and arrogant style of sports journalism is what I don't like.

Acknowledge and appreciate your accomplishments without putting others down.

santaclaws:
I knew our performance and the presence of young, promising footballers in the team would positively affect our rankings.

Now we're 3rd in Africa, so if we could win the next AFCON, there's no doubt we'd be the best team in Africa and possibly a top 15 in the world rankings...

Jayhome24:
Before nko Ivory won does not mean they played better football although I don't care about ranking nonsense but the truth is Ivory Coast played no football in this last tournament they are just lucky and their yeye superstition that mistakenly favoured them that is all.

Jayhome24:
Before nko Ivory won does not mean they played better football although I don't care about ranking nonsense but the truth is Ivory Coast played no football in this last tournament they are just lucky and their yeye superstition that mistakenly favoured them that is all.

judedwriter:
So upon all the gra-gra of both the ivory coast players and thousands of their fans last Sunday, we are higher than them and they are ranked 39th by fifa??

This cup was poised for Nigeria's taking but sadly we missed it.

robosky02:



We call Norway you dey vex
Ok

It's even above
Amapiano boys of South Africa
And
Akwaba stars of Ghana

Timoleon:


Go use your position collect cup from them.

Ogiame:
Ranked ahead of Erling Haaland's Norway...

This kind of boastful and arrogant style of sports journalism is what I don't like.

Acknowledge and appreciate your accomplishments without putting others down.

123yes:
Most of the time all these ranking are not right and does not translate to how well the country can play football.

BobbieZion:
South Africa 58.
Na Dem want try us.

judedwriter:


Rethink your sarcasm...

Ivory coast were lucky to be champions and it shows by their ranking.

MzansiCoolio:


Who was having heart attacks? It certainly wasn't SA🇳🇬👎🏾

arantess:

We were 5th worldwide in 1994....

So we are still way back, nothing to celebrate here for me

Timoleon:


It has been explained up. Before the nations cup, ivory coast was 8 in Africa now they are 3rd. Winning one tournament does not automatically put you on top. It takes consistent accumulation of points.

Talking about luck.vhiw can a team that dominated in every match except one in which they received a red card in the first half be considered lucky? Even in the match they lost by 4 goals you'd expect that they didn't play at all. Alas in that match they had a 68% ball possession. Their previous coach didn't know the right set of attackers to use that's why they weren't scoring. In the match Nigeria won them 1-0 they had a ball possession of around 63% Nigeria had one shot on target from the penalty spot and still won. (That's what the Nigerian coach even banked on in the final, using the same lineup and tactics, thinking by scoring 1 again he can run away with it). The difference however is that Haller Adingra and Gradel didn't play in the 1-0 loss. If a y team was lucky, it was Nigeria. The only time we dominated a game was against equatorial guinea when we used an actual midfield tri of yusuf, iwobi and Onyeka. Yet we didn't even win that game. Once Calvin basset replaced Yusuf we depended on long balls, find one goal and sit on it (except of course against Cameroon another terrible team in this competition where we manged 2 goals).

Look at the stats bellow and tell me how ivory coast was winning by luck. (I didn't put the Mali match because they were red carded in the 1st half).

robosky02:
FIFA Ranking: Nigeria ahead of Ivory Coast, Haaland’s Norway after biggest move in 11 years



Nigeria has moved 14 places in the latest FIFA Ranking, sitting well ahead of AFCON champions Cote d'Ivoire, and Erling Haaland's Norway.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles are flying high after being officially ranked as the third-best team in Africa in the recently released FIFA World Ranking.





Nigeria soars in FIFA Ranking
According to the latest release by FIFA, the Super Eagles are now ranked 28th in the world following the run in Cote d’Ivoire.

Nigeria finished runners-up after a painful 2-1 defeat to host nation Cote d’Ivoire in a widely watched final last Sunday.


But despite the heartbreak, the Jose Peseiro-led young side earned plenty of admirers as they soared through the tournament before missing out narrowly on a fourth title.

Nigeria’s move from 42nd in the world to 28th is the highest move for the Super Eagles in 11 years, with the team matching the May 9, 2013 position.



The Super Eagles are now ranked behind Morocco, who moved one spot to 12th and Senegal, who are ranked 17th after moving three places.

Elsewhere on the ranking
Nigeria is now ahead of Erling Haaland’s Norway, ranked 46th in the world, and African champions, Cote d’Ivoire, who moved 10 places to 39th.


https://www.pulsesports.ng/football/story/fifa-ranking-nigeria-ahead-of-ivory-coast-haalands-norway-after-biggest-move-in-11-years-2024021510001760518

Achor1111:

You like quarrel past fight

judedwriter:


The ivory coast were lucky last Sunday in the sense that the super eagles played a defensive game. Man to man the super eagles are more gifted than the CIV

robosky02:
FIFA Ranking: Nigeria ahead of Ivory Coast, Haaland’s Norway after biggest move in 11 years



Nigeria has moved 14 places in the latest FIFA Ranking, sitting well ahead of AFCON champions Cote d'Ivoire, and Erling Haaland's Norway.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles are flying high after being officially ranked as the third-best team in Africa in the recently released FIFA World Ranking.





Nigeria soars in FIFA Ranking
According to the latest release by FIFA, the Super Eagles are now ranked 28th in the world following the run in Cote d’Ivoire.

Nigeria finished runners-up after a painful 2-1 defeat to host nation Cote d’Ivoire in a widely watched final last Sunday.


But despite the heartbreak, the Jose Peseiro-led young side earned plenty of admirers as they soared through the tournament before missing out narrowly on a fourth title.

Nigeria’s move from 42nd in the world to 28th is the highest move for the Super Eagles in 11 years, with the team matching the May 9, 2013 position.



The Super Eagles are now ranked behind Morocco, who moved one spot to 12th and Senegal, who are ranked 17th after moving three places.

Elsewhere on the ranking
Nigeria is now ahead of Erling Haaland’s Norway, ranked 46th in the world, and African champions, Cote d’Ivoire, who moved 10 places to 39th.


https://www.pulsesports.ng/football/story/fifa-ranking-nigeria-ahead-of-ivory-coast-haalands-norway-after-biggest-move-in-11-years-2024021510001760518

Sonnobax15:

Y'all need to see the full speed wey our jollof rice brethren take run from this group chat

Timoleon:



Man. The stats show otherwise. Below are the stats from both matches we played. Ivory coast dominated in both games. We used the same lineup, formation and tactics, they changed their attacking line in the second game to favor people like Adingra Haller and Gradel that can turn their dominance to victory. In the first game, our only shot on target was from the penalty spot! To show it wasn't a fluke, in the final too, we only had one shot on target. The stats can do the telling...if they don't, shalom.