tbaba1234:
Sarenren-Bazee is back..

Who is he. is he musician? We don't know him here in Zagreb.



Just kidding

tbaba1234:
Sarenren-Bazee is back..

Who is he? is he musician? We don't know him here in Zagreb.



Just kidding

nelszx:


Whoever posted that under the guise of SuperEagles just sold us on a platter. Just exposed everything and made himself (Not us) a mockery and laughing stock

Its so sad.

safarigirl:
this title has been passed around at least three players in a space of two weeks

You guys need to stop

Hmm but I think he deserves to trend here. The guy is doing great

tbaba1234:


13 penalties, one week..

Every with indiscipline, is that not too high

skipped the part where I said it was reviewed on a sports show?. it was from that day I pocketed my skepticism

Its too high but its not cause of any ominous happening

tbaba1234:


Not true, there is just too much corruption that teams can't win away. Equally matched team can beat each other anywhere.

True

goldfish80:

Exactly @bolded. If I'm in shape and well motivated, I can do double figures in the Eredivisie.

And this statistically Implies that Ogbeche is better than the better hyped Dessers afterall. Judging by their goal tallies.

Dedebanky85:
He say "most expensive stadium". Hahaha. I laugh. Have you seen the grass lately? They just had some commonwealth trial there. Some Twitter handle called "makingofchampions" followed the trials. My brother, I saw pitch and I think even nama would reject the grass as being non nutritious.

the more reason it should be looked onto. ..

I believe if matches are played there,the pitches will v better

Oh really? Please name the other 2 players

safarigirl:
this title has been passed around at least three players in a space of two weeks

You guys need to stop

Dessers is young, that’s the difference. Touch not our anointed “academy” players

MetalJigsaw:
And this statistically Implies that Ogbeche is better than the better hyped Dessers afterall. Judging by their goal tallies.

Certitude:
Bad day for me as I lost my dear father this morning.

Sorry for your loss. You have my condolences.

Icon79:
Nigeria would not like to lose to England, hence, I can see them taking the game much more than a friendly. And the English style kick and follow football is going to frustrate our players.


O pari

I think that match will be played with utmost carefulness from both parties because world cup will be days away from the friendly and no parties would want to sustain any form of injuries be it minor or major.

England may as well field their 2nd eleven against us or even if they field their stars, 2nd half, they're out of the pitch.

I see that game as 1 boring game that will end in draw.

Joebie:

Oh really? Please name the other 2 players

Martins and Onyekuru

Lol no, the argument on Martins has to do with his all-season stats in comparison with Ighalo.
Onyekuru has been in form no doubt. But hey do U remember those glory days when several Nigerians were always making headlines. Competition is always a good thing.

safarigirl:
Martins and Onyekuru

All those talking down all leagues but the EPL, do u ever get to watch those games. I watched Den Haag versus Roda today and the competition was quite fierce. These leagues are not trashy as some of us would like to think.
Even the Jupiler league - the few games I’ve watched so far — is pretty good.
Some of our players are underrated. I will be vindicated when they come up against the so called EPL great players in the WC hopefully.

Certitude:
Bad day for me as I lost my dear father this morning.

sorry about that boss

May God grant you and the family the fortitude to bear the loss

And may He from today assume the role of being a father to you all

kingphilip:
sorry about that boss
May God grant you and the family the fortitude to bear the loss
And may He from today assume the role of being a father to you all

Thanks sir...

edi287:
Sorry for your loss. You have my condolences.

Thanks sir

nelszx:


Whoever posted that under the guise of SuperEagles just sold us on a platter. Just exposed everything and made himself (Not us) a mockery and laughing stock

you re very correct , he felt he is analysing the team, but 90% of what he mentioned was correct about super eagles, even the croatian team... if that forum is very popular in their country , they will work on their team to be better .

Certitude:
Bad day for me as I lost my dear father this morning.

Accept my deepest sympathy.

Who be the person wey dey go misyarn for that Croatian forum?

krattoss:
but is the dude going down or not?

The rate at which he's going down is quite alarming just as how funny your post about it is.

SerVik:

He gave a nice cross that resulted in a hand ball but wasn't given as a penalty.

Berlin just scored

Don't mind I was just trolling.


But those guys got their asses whopped bad. Bazee is another kind of Iwobi/Nacho player, hope he stays injury free, so we can see more of him in one or two of those friendlies.

junnyjake:


Don't mind I was just trolling.


But those guys got their asses whopped bad. Bazee is another kind of Iwobi/Nacho player, hope he stays injury free, so we can see more of him in one or two of those friendlies.

nice one, I will watch Hannover games because of him

krattoss:
I personally like the Egypt friendly...
Egypt is a ball playing side and their pattern is same as that of other European teams like Spain,Germany etc...

I think to play the best team in Africa currently is a welcome development for me...

And also the decision to play the match at Abuja is a top notch decision I applaud..
It's been long we played a match at the most expensive stadium in Nigeria. ..and I would like to see what the arena and atmosphere has to offer...

Good one by the nff committee. .

Last time I heard about that stadium, cows were grazing there.

Icon79:
KPOM!

It's even affecting our players. Most of them are obsessed with playing in the EPL even when they can develop better in countries like Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and the Netherlands.


O pari

If Onyekuru is wise, he shouldn't be in a rush to go back to Everton by January, or else he'd end up like Nacho. There's Calvert lewin, Lennon, Lookman, Rooney, Sandro, klanssen, so there's no walking straight into their starting 11.

Mujtahida:

No need to worry ourselves jare. The core of the team is intact barring injury and loss of form. All those names flying up and down are for the amusement of some of us here.

Ogbeche will just sit down. Once he hear WC he will whip out his magic wand and start performing. Carry am now you go discover say na pap leg.

make una no wound person with laugh here o

Well I don't know why they were chosen, I also wouldn't play England if I have a choice.

Icon79:
That's not the point. My point is that friendly match against England at this time doesn't serve us well. None of the teams we're facing in Russia plays similar style with England. We should be scheduling friendly matches against teams that are similar in style to Croatia, Iceland, and Argentina.


O pari

MetalJigsaw:
That guy is blazing hot! I watched the video of his last few goals... clinical finishing! very Impressive.
The number of goals he's scored is almost times two of his appearances for his club this season.


He's the most in form Nigerian attacker right now.

Ogbeche has being consistent for the past 5 years.

He scored 14,12 &10 goals in the last 4 season save last season but the problem with many is his age. They use age to dismerit and disqualify any player they don't want. Age is nothing but a number if an old player is performing better than a younge player.

Nigeria’s Top 5 World Cup matches ever!

By Christopher Maduewesi -
December 8, 2017

Argentina Bulgaria England
Italy Nigeria spain
World Cup

From 1994 to 2014, Nigeria’s Super Eagles made five World Cup appearances, and yes most of the games played in those tourneys still reverberate in the minds of fans who watched the matches then.
Depending on your demography or when you started watching the Super Eagles, some of Nigeria’s past World Cup matches still elicit excitement, while some no doubt resurrect a melancholic feeling of what would have been if the outcomes of those duels had been different.
Of the five World Cup appearances, Nigeria have played a total of 18 matches, making it to the Round of 16 on three occasions, and are yet to progress past this stage.
In this story, we would go down memory lane and look at Nigeria’s Top 5 World Cup matches ever. Interestingly, these best five games were played in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2014. Only at the 2010 edition in South Africa, did the Super Eagles not produce a pulsating and nerve wrecking game that left us craving for more.

5) Nigeria vs England (Korea/Japan 2002)
Yes! That game between the Super Eagles and the Three Lions of England at the 2002 World Cup was one of Nigeria’s best World Cup matches ever.
A dead rubber match with nothing at stake for Nigeria, it was a game premised more on pride for the Super Eagles than for England who knew a point would see them through to the next stage.
Although the game ended in a 0-0 draw, it was far from a dour contest, with both teams having a real go at winning the game, and really, the game could have gone either way.
Don’t know what game brought Vincent Enyeama to the limelight? It was this encounter that launched his career, as then coach Adegboye Onigbinde threw him in the deep waters to face an England team brewing with Premier League stars.
Nigeria’s Jay Jay Okocha skips past Emile Heskey in their 2002 World Cup match. Photo Credit: Getty Images
Emile Heskey and David Beckham came close to finding the net, only to be repelled by Enyeama, with Austin Jay Jay Okocha testing David Seaman at the other end.
With Benedict Akwuegbu and James Obiorah leading the lines in attack, it was the latter who came the closest to scoring for Nigeria, and at the other end, Enyeama announced himself to the world after making a remarkable safe to deny Paul Scholes’ venomous long range strike, getting his right arm to it and pushing it out of the post.
Afterwards, Michael Owen came close and Akwuegbu almost found the net, if not that he shot directly at Seaman.
Why this match was being slated as one of our best matches ever was how well the fringe players who were making their first appearance at the tournament, with Nigeria having lost the first two games, held their own and matched the English team.
It was a very open game that was entertaining, and the squad players who featured that day, gave a good account of themselves.

4) Nigeria vs Argentina (Brazil 2014 World Cup)
Of the four clashes between the Super Eagles and Argentina at the World Cup, this has to rank as the best performance the Nigerians have put up against the Albiceleste.
Although some would argue that the 1994 match-up was entertaining too, and that the 2-1 loss wouldn’t have happened if Diego Maradona who had tested positive to drugs then, was found out early enough and Claudio Cannigia’s controversial second goal ruled out by the Swedish referee Bo Karlsson.
That said, the 2014 clash at Estadio Beira-Rio Porto Alegre was one of Nigeria’s best performances against Argentina. Unlike in 2002 and 2010 when the Super Eagles hardly got out of their own half, in 2014 they scored two good goals against them.
Ahmed Musa wheels out to celebrate after scoring Nigeria’s second goal against Argentina at the 2014 World Cup, Photo Credit: FIFA.com
Argentina with the maverick Lionel Messi conducting the orchestra for them, cut Nigeria open inside three minutes, but minutes later Ahmed Musa responded with a curler that found the top right corner to level things for Nigeria.
The Albiceleste dominated and probed for more goals, with Vincent Enyeama repelling them till the last minute in the first half when Messi’s free-kick put his side back in the lead.
Musa continued where he left off, and a brilliant one-two with Emmanuel Emenike saw him played through on goal making no mistakes finding the bottom corner.
Argentina did find the winner through Marcos Rojo, but Nigeria could have also found an equalizer if John Obi Mikel had clinically taken the chance that he got, and if Osaze Odemwingie’s ambitious effort had beaten Sergio Romero.
Of the last three games before that, Nigeria had only scored one goal against Argentina, but found themselves scoring two in a game.
There’s going to be a fifth contest next year, and going by the recent 4-2 victory by the Nigerians, another enthralling match seems to be on the horizon.

3) Nigeria vs Spain (1998 World Cup)
Doubt there were many who thought Nigeria would ever beat Spain after the Super Eagles were drawn against the Europeans when the draws were made.
Although the 1994 exploits should have served as a deterrent to anyone who wanted to write off the Super Eagles, some off-the-pitch issues hampered Nigeria’s preparations for the tournament.
Facing a Spanish side that had the likes of Raul, Fernando Hierro and Luis Enrique, Nigeria stunned them in their opening game, handing the Europeans a 3-2 defeat.
That magical moment when Sunday Oliseh scored Nigeria’s third goal against Spain at the 1998 World Cup. Photo Credit: FIFA.com
Spain had the stars and it showed when they took the lead in the 21st minute through a deflected strike from Hierro’s free-kick. However, Nigeria clawed their way back seven minutes later through the “headmaster” Mutiu Adepoju heading in a corner.
It looked like normal service was restored when Raul left Mobi Oparaku trailing to flick his side ahead two minutes after the restart. Nigeria kept going though and Andoni Zubizarreta’s error saw Garba Lawal equalize 2-2.
However, the moment of the game that will remain indelible in the minds of Nigerian football fans, was Sunday Oliseh’s thunderous strike from long range to put Nigeria 3-2 up.
It was Nigeria’s first match at that World Cup, but the celebration was so effusive that it seemed they had won the tournament itself.

2) Italy vs Nigeria (1994 World Cup)
Anyone who watched this game in Nigeria would remember how it was almost a public holiday (although an unofficial one), with the streets empty as everyone rushed home to watch the country’s representatives in action.
While there’s a tinge of bitterness resonating again on recounting this game, one finds solace in the fact that Nigeria came within two minutes to inking their names forever in the annals of football folklore.
Nigeria had gone in front in the 25th minute through Emmanuel Amunike whom a rebound fell to, and he skillfully guided it past Italy’s goalkeeper Luca Marchegiani.
Nigeria’s Chidi Nwanu and Roberto Baggio contest for the ball, with Uche Okechukwu watching on. Photo Credit: Pinterest
It looked like the giant slaying was going to continue, more so after Gianfranco Zola was shown the red card 10 minutes after he came in as a substitute, but prior to that, Amunike’s injury and subsequent substitution took away a sting in Nigeria’s attack.
In hindsight, one wonders what would have been if Paolo Maldini had been sent off for deliberately impeding Rashidi Yekini who was goal-bound, and Italy reduced to nine men.
Just two minutes to regulation time, Roberto Mussi had overlapped into attack, skipped past a Nigerian defender and slid through a square pass for Roberto Baggio to drill home the equalizer into the bottom right corner beyond Peter Rufai.
The Nigerians didn’t recover from that and despite playing with a man advantage, were undone by another Italian defender Antonio Benarrivo who won a penalty kick on Austin Eguavoen.
Although Baggio got his brace from the spot, Nigeria had a good chance of drawing level, with Michael Emenalo finding Yekini, but his first touch let him down and he couldn’t get the connection needed to finish off.

It was a heart-wrenching moment for Nigeria, but they exited the tournament with their heads high and afterwards climbed up to fifth place on the FIFA ranking. By the way, it’s still being talked about as that has been Nigeria’s highest placement ever.

1) Nigeria vs Bulgaria (1994 World Cup)
So it must be said that it was a straight fight with No.2 (the match against Italy) for which match is Nigeria’s best performance at the World Cup. This game against Bulgaria trumps others.
Being Nigeria’s first World Cup match ever, many were eager to see what cloth the African champions were cut out from. Having won the continental crown six months earlier in Tunisia, it was time to face the world.
Not perturbed by the conflicting time difference with USA, Nigerians milled around their television sets and that of their neighbours in the wee hours of the morning to watch this game.
Who can forget this glorious moment when Rashidi Yekini of blessed memory scored Nigeria’s first ever World Cup goal.
Daniel Amokachi picked out Chidi Nwanu who was in an open channel and the latter looked up to cutback for Yekini who glided home the opener after twenty minutes with his left foot.
One soon became two as Yekini turned provider with a probing pass into the box which the Bulgarian defenders made a mince of, but Amokachi had the best reactionary instinct, pushing the ball past the onrushing goalkeeper Borislav Mikhailov, and on his turn, found the angle to score the second.
Amunike’s glancing header met Finidi George’s incisive cross to head Nigeria into a 3-0 lead, and the rout was complete.
That was a game many who watched then still drool over, and applaud an assemblage of talented players who didn’t tremble in trepidation on taking the world.
There were so many iconic moments in that game, all capable of making a good stock of World Cup memories and montage from, from Yekini’s net celebration to Amokachi’s waist spinning dance, a lot that would be forever entrenched in our memories.

How far can the Super Eagles go at the 2018 World Cup?
By Deji Ogeyingbo -
November 27, 2017
Amaju Pinnick Gernot Rohr
John Obi Mikel Leon Balogun
Samson Siasia Super Eagles
Victor Moses
With the Super Eagles of Nigeria drawn in Pot Four of the World Cup draws, they definitely would be looking to go past the first hurdle, which is the group stage of the World Cup.
Of their five World Cup appearances in the past, Nigeria has made it past the group stage three times (1994, 1998, and 2014), and in those three instances, they failed to advance past the Round of 16.
Here, we take a look at how far the Super Eagles can go, judging by their performances from the last World Cup.
What has happened since the Last World Cup?
After their outing at the 2014 World Cup where they lost to the French National team, the team had a very turbulent two-year period afterwards, a period which saw them failing to qualify for the 2015 and 2017 editions of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), which basically brought Nigerian Football to its lowest ebb.
In that period, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) appointed two ex-internationals as Technical Advisers – with the pair taking turns to see how they could help Nigeria make it into Africa’s biggest Football showpiece.
Sunday Oliseh was the first to take a shot at the job as he was then tagged the “Nigerian Guardiola” by the current NFF president Amaju Pinnick. Prior to his appointment, Oliseh didn’t have any conspicuous track record of coaching a Football team in the past as he could only boast of working with the FIFA Technical Committee and being a pronounced Sports Pundit with a Cable Television based in Africa.
The move backfired as Oliseh couldn’t bring in the much needed transformation the team needed. He was accused by all and sundry of nepotism, which resulted in not inviting some players on merit.
Oliseh resigned his post with two matches left to spare in the qualifiers for the 2017 AFCON, citing lack of support from the NFF. Samson Siasia took over the remaining matches, but he couldn’t salvage the situation as Oliseh had already sunk the team really deep.
The Gernot Rohr era.
In August of 2016, the NFF appointed Gernot Rohr as the team’s new Technical Adviser, and he set out to redeem the battered image of the Super Eagles.
This he did as he steered Nigeria through its World Cup qualifying campaign unbeaten (winning 4 and drawing 2 matches).
Throughout the qualifying campaign, Rohr championed a course of inviting players based on merit alongside mixing and blending the old players with the younger ones.
Gernot Rohr has built a good team bond amongst the players.
Also, the Franco-German coach made sure that he reduced the average age of the squad to just less the 25 years, with the team playing with so much power, pace and precision at the moment.
The likes of Leon Balogun, John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses have all been key players in the team as they have brought in their experience, youth and vibe to reinvigorate the fortunes of the team.
How far can the team get to with the current squad?
Pending when the draws are made, the team with its current ranking of being 41st in the world, would certainly not be amongst the favourites to clinch the title. However, Rohr’s team would be looking to surpass the best achievement made by an African side at a FIFA World cup.
The Ghanaians and the Senegalese currently hold that mantle as they reached the quarter final stage in the 2002 and 2010 World Cups respectively.
Nevertheless, depending on the countries the Super Eagles are pitted against – with the probability of drawing a European nation, a South American side or an Asian team, the team would surely look to test their wits against countries from these continents.
Photo Credit: @English_AS on Twitter
The current squad who recently defeated the Argentines by 4 goals to 2, have showed a lot of promise and prospect as the team have played with so much zeal and vigour under Rohr.
In that match, Rohr tried a totally new formation (3-5-2) which the players were pliable enough to adapt to. This certainly would go a long way in not only making the team less predictable, but also giving the coach a new dimension when trying to fit some players into different positions in the team. A case in study is Kelechi Iheanacho being deployed as a front man in the game against Argentina.
Also, another key ingredient the team currently possesses, is the commitment and skill to excel irrespective of the opposition.
The commitment was seen in the team’s resolve to come back from a 2-0 deficit against Argentina, as well as players having the right attributes to apply the array of talent they have to affect a match positively.



https://www.makingofchamps.com/2017/11/27/far-can-super-eagles-go-2018-world-cup/

terzurum5:
Accept my deepest sympathy.

Thanks sir