MetalJigsaw:
Did you know?: Ebuehi has conceded two penalties for Nigeria.

Martz101:


what you are saying is from the angle of hatred for ighalo, that change was not bad, fresher ighalo for a tired nacho was a good move

Fadiga24:


Please please please don't think of Joel Obi in the wing back position, he loses the ball many times doesn't know how to tackle and doesn't even have the pace to recover

Icon4s:


Ok. Meaning I had left before you entered.

That is a school that prides itself not in the number of Medical Doctors, Engineers, Accountants etc that it has produced but in the number of great footballers, and coaches the two schools combined have produced.

We had a very standard football pitch then, alomost the size of what we see in the NPFL. Na there many of us perfect our playing skills.


Good to know you are part of my almata-mata. Besides, have you joined us on facebook?: Cardoso High School, Bajia-Ijora, Old students Reunion Campagne.

Icon4s:
do4luv14

This is my boy Bina Ajuwa. Watch his display at 5min in the Nigerian jerseys. He even scored on his debut for Nigeria's Super Eagles at the 2003 LG Cup. He is also one of your Cardoso products.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2klpUDzHMKA

MetalJigsaw:
And in actual sense, three at the back is more balanced because the back three are strictly for defensive duties. They are basically CBs.

AIG07:
I just want us to win. I wan know whose camp Sir. Icon79 will pitch his tent. Will it be with Argentina's Messi or Nigeria?

I never hear from baba since yesterday.

TheGoodJoe:


Why will I hate Ighalo? Ighalo is a nice guy with the heart of an angel. A true asset to the Super Eagles. At the time past 80 minutes, we should be conserving our lead. Not taking risk.

Finito.

mank1234:


It was a good move to bring ighalo in. Ighalo is not a bad player it's just that he's not suitable for counter attack because of his pace. Nacho was tired. Simy would have been a good go too with specific instruction to press them into making mistakes at the back.

TheLoneCitizen:
Now that we've celebrated enough, let's scrutinize the performance.


1. Iceland underrated us: In the second half, notice at the blast of the whistle, Iceland, a defensive team bombed five players into our area. It seems their manager had told them to attack our lackluster first half team. This failed, though.

2. We are without a doubt, a second half team. We tend to get better in every game after the break.

3. Moses is selfish. You would notice Moses although not displaying any form of shenanigans didn't put his all in the game. He was dissatisfied at playing at wingback and didn't play with enough intensity. Sadio Mane and Firmino is playing unsung roles in both Senegal and Brazil, but put the team first. But I prefer a dissatisfied team Moses, to a self-centered egoistic individual.

4. We don't have defence splitting passers. Iheanacho made great runs, but couldn't get good service.

5. Ebuehi would be great for Benfica, he is surprisingly calm for an African. He shut down attacks from his flanks. He must be really doing something wrong behind the scenes for him to be constantly overlooked.

6. Omeruo is a typical old fashioned great centre back. He never went farther than the semi circle, even during corners At one point, he gave Balogun the luxury of becoming a midfielder.

7. Iheanacho has great link up play. He connected the attack to defence perfectly.

8. Ighalo is too lethargic, even when he knew his place was now up for grabs, he still showed no hunger. He caused a promising attack to break down, a third goal would have done our goal difference a lot of good.

9. Etebo is a midfield dynamo. He has heavily relieved Ndidi.

10. Someone has instilled confidence in Uzoho and instructed to bark at his defenders. He is also a very decent goalkeeper, still not found one error in his play.

11. Mikel has great leadership qualities.

12. We are bad but not abysmal at containing aerial balls.

13. Our team revolves around our midfield, this is so obvious though.

14. Musa is Musa.

15. The coach listens to the media and masses heavily. During his previous conferences, it was obvious he was going to try the 3-5-2. This has worked positively but is disadvantageous in the long run.

do4luv14:


Even musicians , even omo-jesu nah my padi sef

Been searching for it since, pls send me the link

TheSuperNerd:
We have actually done it before. And we will do it again. 2010 was the first time. This is 2018.

#ArgentinaIsGoingDown

tbaba1234:


He was very good. Confident on the ball and even took on his defender at least once forcing a corner. Apart from the penalty, i thought he was outstanding.

TheGoodJoe:


I disagree on the changes. The change pulling out Nacho for Ighalo was awful. Musa was the best option out and bringing in John Ogu. While Etebo pairs with Nacho upfront, contributing a lot to defending.

The Iwobi change was also another poor call. Rohr needs to grow some balls and also make better changes to suit the team. We can do better if Rohr can just take his foot off the brakes.

PDPGuy:
Musa needs 3 more world cup goals to become the African record goal-scorer in FIFA World Cup history.

The current record-holder, Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) scored 6 career world cup goals.

do4luv14:



Take you no 4point, and think about it just the word SERVICE that's one thing ighalo had been deprived of and you people wanna chop him raw, your oher point are spot, except the one on oghalo

Martz101:


Ighalo came on in 85minute and iwobi was introduced in 90+, i don't see how this guys will cause us to loose, they were our first teamer

Icon4s:
If una say Ighalo dey beg Rohr to enter pitch, what about Iheanacho that was begging Musa to give him the pass so he can do a simple ''Tap-in'' after Musa had done all the serious work.

A special shout-out to TeamTap-InMerchants

Martz101:


i was not comparing any body here, the coach felt Etebo was the man to protect and he took him off, musa is not even an injury prone play and his speed was already causing headache for our opponent, so why take him off?

goldfish80:
By the way, the chance people talk about which Ighalo "wasted" wasn't exactly Ighalo's fault but Iwobi's.

First of all, the pass broke the Iceland defence line and a defender with Ighalo were in hot pursuit. Watching from the screen it appeared Ighalo should have attempted a back heel, however, in such situation a back heel is too high a risk because if it doesn't come off, the chance will be lost forever. I mean an experienced defender could easily read the back heel and nullify the attempt, making the striker look silly.
Attempting a backheel in such a situation is what you do when playing with your friends behind the street when nothing is at stake.

In my opinion and speaking from the perspective of someone who played as a striker, Ighalo did the right thing by holding the ball up and creating the chance for an arriving teammate who in this case Iwobi.

Iwobi should have passed the ball to Musa who was free on the left but instead elected to shoot. If the shot came off, would have been a great goal, but it didn't and the chance went begging.