loollll Joebie no go kill somebody. You know Messi is playing tomorrow so guys pack your bags we are already out. #smh

Joebie:
We won’t get a point against Argentina when Rohr is aware Messi is playing.

Morocco deserves at least a goal and a point in this match.

I'm sorry for morocco, they gave their best at least one goal would be fare enough for them

The fact remains Africa's best is still measured by the Afcon. It is never enough to reach the round of 16 or the QFs at the WC. This is why Egypt is still reverred as Africa's most successful senior national team of all time in men's international soccer.

So African sides doing well at the mundial is based on Fortune + the team's efforts. Morocco were in the toughest group among the Africans. You cannot rule that out.

Joebie:

There is an element of luck (or as I put it most fortunate) needed, But even if u gift some teams with an easy group they would still blow the opportunity.

The World Cup is a whole different ball game. Make we no use AFCON deceive ourselves.

MetalJigsaw:
But these guys have money already so what are you talking about?

Do you know how much Gernot Rohr is raking in from NFF?

Don't they get match bonuses and a number of other allowances?

What happened to the competition's monetary benefits?

Do you know how much the Senegalese players and their coach are earning compared to ours??

please no make me vex o

If u vex,wetin kan concern me

Nigeria Rated Third Worst Team After First Round Of Matches
June 20, 2018 12:20 pm

Following the lethargic 2-0 loss to Croatia in their opening game of the 2018 World Cup, the Super Eagles have been adjudged as the 29th best of the 32 teams participating at the World Cup after the first round of games.

British newspaper Daily Telegraph, in an appraisal of all the teams, rated Nigeria has only better than Saudi Arabia which lost the opening game of the competition 5-0 to host country Russia and debutants Panama who lost 3-0 to Belgium.

Of Nigeria’s listless performance, the paper wrote thusly: ” A horrible performance from a group of players who didn’t seem to grasp quite how important their opening game at the World Cup was. Whether the manager’s fault or those in green shirts, there was no urgency, no great surge to try and rescue a point, an isolated striker and full-backs who weren’t allowed to get forward. Nigeria should be so much better than this.”

Spain and Portugal, who played out an enthralling 3-3 draw came in first and second while Mexico, which defeated reigning champions Germany were rated third.

Brazil, who were held by Switzerland and England, late 2-1 winner over Tunisia round up the top five in the ratings.

Nigeria will play her second game on Friday against Iceland at the Volgograd Arena.
Only an outright win can keep the Super Eagles hopes of staying in the competition alive.


https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/nigeria-rated-third-worst-team-after-first-round-of-matches/

fabyom:
See the Moroccans, yes they are loosing but they are giving their all. The bane of all the African teams is that there is no standard 9/goal scorer

rashidi yekini

TheSuperNerd:
If or when we get our wind back against the Vikings by beating them and showing a sound performance, then take it from me, we will beat Argentina in our last game too. That will be yet another shocker.

Says d man who sees tomorrow

It’s all about context my friend. In a WC season like this we are talking about WC record. Other times, granted, AFCON is the criteria.

TheSuperNerd:
The fact remains Africa's best is still measured by the Afcon. It is never enough to reach the round of 16 or the QFs at the WC. This is why Egypt is still reverred as Africa's most successful senior national team of all time in men's international soccer.

So African sides doing well at the mundial is based on Fortune + the team's efforts. Morocco were in the toughest group among the Africans. You cannot rule that out.

Nothing special about them because you are only amd just only results-oriented. I am a detailed creature. I look not just at results but at performance and the excellence invested.
Morocco is a very fine team. Take it or leave it.

And we too should show our power in Africa too naa... We wanna be the undisputed champion,the king and the best of the lot? Then we too must flex our muscles on the African continent and also keep pushing to contend among the big boys in world football. I have said that we have the potentials in this rising new generation to make things happen on both the local front (Africa) and on the international front (World football). I am looking beyond Africa for our team but we too must dominate Africa to show the world that we are also Kings at Home.

MetalJigsaw:
Football is all about the results bro. Losing two games now, nothing special about them for me.

Those north Africans, na for Africa dem get power.

Morocco the first team crash out.

Morocco killed themselves today, same as in the first game (versus iran). How can you give an opportunist like Cristiano Ronaldo a FREE header inside the box

And to add insult to injury, they turned out to be goal shy as well

Unbelievable!!!


O pari

Benatiaaaa, what a captain. Morocco what a team of dedicated foreign born players. See you at Afcon 2019. Love you guys no homo!!

Context or not, the team that goes farthest at the WC be it even Nigeria aren't African Champions. Cameroun is and it will stay that way until Afcon 2019. Talking about WC records, Even Ghana's and Cameroun's QF still screams and loom large over the African continent despite their absence. The WC is always never enough. If it ever was by WC record, the Algerian team of 2014 would blow Africa away but it still didn't happen. WC performance is not enough to crowm Africa's best. We need both worlds.

Joebie:
It’s all about context my friend. In a WC season like this we are talking about WC record. Other times, granted, AFCON is the criteria.

TheSuperNerd:
Nothing special about them because you are only amd just only results-oriented. I am a detailed creature. I look not just at results but at performance and the excellence invested.
Morocco is a very fine team. Take it or leave it.

And we too should show our power in Africa too naa... We wanna be the undisputed champion,the king and the best of the lot? Then we too must flex our muscles on the African continent and also keep pushing to contend among the big boys in world football. I have said that we have the potentials in this rising new generation to make things happen on both the local front (Africa) and on the international front (World football). I am looking beyond Africa for our team but we too must dominate Africa to show the world that we are also Kings at Home.

Dem good na im Iran beat dem? Abegiii!

Icon4s:
Morocco the first team crash out.

Can Egypt still qualify?

Mujtahida:

instead of playing him on the wings let him seat on the bench. it depresses me to see that boy go anonymous in matches he plays from the wings. etebo can play there. iwobi should never be deployed to the wings again abeg!

Iwobi is not played as a winger but as LAM or RAM.

Iwobi aside being played from the left or Right offers a lot from the middle.

He bringa a lot to the team and so should not be on the bench.

in this calendar year, which African striker scored more than 20goals at club level/this last season?


We Africans are yet to decode that Europeans love to dominate the middle. Yet they've rarely built a defence than can soak in pressure like the south Americans.


African teams need a hot and big reawakening!


With what I'm seeing now, I doubt Ghana would put a 2010 here atall.

elyte89:



Says d man who sees tomorrow

I've always known you to be a die-hard pessimist elyte... You only joined the bandwagon of plastic fans who started to believe because the team was coasting thru the qualifiers. So it is no surprise at all. I know exactly your origins...

I meant at this world cup.

motherfucker:
rashidi yekini

MetalJigsaw:
Dem good na im Iran beat dem? Abegiii!

I suppose going by your logic that Germany, WORLD CHAMPIONS, is not good too. Ohhh wait... Even Colombia is not good for losing to Japan.

The Arabs are done

Icon4s:
Morocco the first team crash out.

Egypt nko

Two different things, African Champions and the best.
France may not be the European champs but if they win the WC, they would be the World’s best, and I’m sure even the Euro champs will admire them. In the same vain, I would admire any Ativan team that goes the farthest. Personally, i’d rather have us reach even the semis of the 2022 WC, than win another AFCON before then.

TheSuperNerd:

Context or not, the team that goes farthest at the WC be it even Nigeria aren't African Champions. Cameroun is and it will stay that way until Afcon 2019. Talking about WC records, Even Ghana's and Cameroun's QF still screams and loom large over the African continent despite their absence. The WC is always never enough. If it ever was by WC record, the Algerian team of 2014 would blow Africa away but it still didn't happen. WC performance is not enough to crowm Africa's best. We need both worlds.

elyte89:



Can Egypt still qualify?

Yes.

If Saudi Arabia beats Uruguay, Egypt are back in contention:
Russia 6pts
Uruguay 3pts
Saudi 3pts
Egypt 0pts

Egypt plays Saudi next.
Russia plays Uruguay next
If Egypt wins against Saudi and Russia beats Uruguay then all three of Uruguay, Saudi and Egypt would be on same 3points. Goals difference would then come in. It means Egypt needs to beat Saudi homesomely in that last game.

However, Egypt can be eliminated today if Uruguay draws or wins against Saudi.

So Egypt's fate lies on Saudi Arabia beating Uruguay.

EGYPT ARE NOT OUT YET.

TheSuperNerd:


I've always known you to be a die-hard pessimist elyte... You only joined the bandwagon of plastic fans who started to believe because the team was coasting thru the qualifiers. So it is no surprise at all. I know exactly your origins...

If u find it hard it draw BTW been realistic and optimistic, den its not my fault


However, it's ur opinion,has no iota of effect to me,as it ends here.meanwhile, which oda title do you wish to give me aside been a pessimist. It will be highly welcomed

Odunayaw:
Egypt nko

They need to wait to see the result between Saudi Arabia and Uruguay. See my analysis of their chances above.

I lie? Rohr already has an excuse in waiting.

fabyom:
loollll Joebie no go kill somebody. You know Messi is playing tomorrow so guys pack your bags we are already out. #smh

Mujtahida, how effective has Musa been on the wings in the last 3-4 years for the Super Eagles.

Icon4s:


Yes.

If Saudi Arabia beats Uruguay, Egypt are back in contention:
Russia 6pts
Uruguay 3pts
Saudi 3pts
Egypt 0pts

Egypt plays Saudi next.
Russia plays Uruguay next
If Egypt wins against Saudi and Russia beats Uruguay then all three of Uruguay, Saudi and Egypt would be on same 3points. Goals difference would then come in. It means Egypt needs to beat Saudi homesomely in that last game.

However, Egypt can be eliminated today if Uruguay draws or wins against Saudi.

So Egypt's fate lies on Saudi Arabia beating Uruguay.

EGYPT ARE NOT OUT YET.

D moment I saw if Saudi Arabia could beat Uruguay I bodad not to read d rest


Dt Saudi team can't beat Uruguay 1930" set dt won d world cup ,no b dt Saudi Arabia person dey depend favorable result on

You can never count on the North Africans to come through for Africa. Once you get on the world stage, their feet turn to clay. Put either one of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroun, or Senegal (take your pick) into any of these North African World Cup groups (Egypt, Morocco, or Tunisia) and we'll be talking about, at a minimum the round of 16.

Let's hope that Nigeria and Senegal makes it to the round of 16, so that we can make a case for CAP to form a separate zone for the North African countries. They haven't represented Africa well. In fact, they are wasting our slots. For instance, there's no doubt in my mind that Ghana or Cameroun would've done much better than Morocco, Egypt or Tunisia!


O pari

Funnily even France were both World and European Champions between 1998 and 2000. They knew they had the respect of the world after conquering at France 98 but like every great team, they also knew they needed the respect of the Continent called Europe. This is why they took Euro 2000 very very seriously. They didn't drag themselves about and played with nothing to die for just because they were already World champions.... Noooo... They still fought and showed the continent that their success on the world stage was no flux at all.

Spain did same thing. Germany did same thing. Even Brazil did.

The best of both worlds (conquering in your continent and doing well/decently enough on the world stage) is what truly crowns the BEST.

One cannot be Champions without being referred to as The Best. The Best in football are known by their titles also. That is the way it is in soccer. So it is not about what our personal preferences are of wanting A WC SF above an AFCON or vice versa. After all, why can't we have both?

Joebie:
Two different things, African Champions and the best.
France may not be the European champs but if they win the WC, they would be the World’s best, and I’m sure even the Euro champs will admire them. In the same vain, I would admire any Ativan team that goes the farthest. Personally, i’d rather have us reach even the semis of the 2022 WC, than win another AFCON before then.