Former Djibouti coach Julien Mette says the Super Eagles are superior to Morocco ahead of Wednesday’s semi-final clash in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The three-time AFCON champions edged Algeria 2-0 in a dominant display in the quarter-final, while Morocco defeated the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon 2-0 to reach this stage.
Speaking with Foot RMC, Mette stated that the Super Eagles are a well-structured team that are capable of killing any team from the break and set pieces.
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He also faulted the host dependency on Ibrahim Diaz for goals and creativity in the attack.
“Offensively, Nigeria is superior to Morocco. On the Moroccan side, there’s Brahim Diaz emerging, but if he goes out…
“Nigeria is capable of doing everything, killing you on the break, in structured attack, on set pieces.”
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I hope the SE don’t get carried away by the 2:0 victory over Algeria and let complacency as well as false sense of superiority over Morocco creep into dia heads. I hear pipo already saying 9ja will beat dem easily (which i hope is d case) but d fact remains Morocco has gine how many games without defeat, they were semi finalist at d last worldcup, similarly to 9ja they play a good brand of football, they have players playing in top leagues in Europe, so i really don’t see where the false sense of superiority is coming from. I hope and pray these players don’t read social media and think d game will be an easy bictory (which i prrsonally wish for), but it will most likely be anytin but easy for 9ja. Don’t 4get we r not only playing against the host, top ranked team in africa, unbeaten thru-out the worldcup and afcon plus we are playing against the referee and d crowd pressure as well. I personally is cautiously optimistic as d game can truly go either way even tjough obviously i want 9ja to carry d day. Chelle please do like u always do and block d noise, focus on ur game project (like u always say), focus on d mentality of d players not what some comedians are saying online. Just my tot.
Proudly 9ja, your caution is appropriate, given the circumstances.
Yes, we have a strong team. But Morocco are no slouches either, plus they’re playing at home, and backed by the crowd!
It will not be a cakewalk on Wednesday. To expect otherwise is delusion.
We can donate the game to Morocco by parading a thin midfield. I hope that doesn’t happen! Onyedika or Bashiru MUST join Iwobi and Onyeka in the middle.
We create lots of chances, and we must ruthlessly convert them. Also protect Nwabali as much as possible. An exposed goalie against a top side like Morocco can only result in calamity.
The good thing is the pressure is more on them. We can take advantage of that. But we must be ready for a bruising battle!
Most especially against the referee bcos Morocco’s wish for the same ref they used against Cameroon has been granted. The Egyptian ref has been changed. NFF should protest too.
Absolutely Pompei, the team in my view should be setup same as against Algeria with Onyedika coming in for Ndidi. We should try as much as possible to avoid freekicks close to our box as dat might spell doom (Aschraf Hakimi is deadly with freekicks, he plays it like penalty lol). Morocco’s slogan is host it to win it, so all form of mago mago will be utilized dat day. As Onwajunior has already eluded to, they’ve elected to use same ref dat denied Cameroon a clear oenalty appeal without even checking d VAR, the VAR ref that officiated their match against cameroon was a Ghanaian Nii Laryea or sometin and we know some brown envelopes tinz may have changed hands (no proof ooo just speculating). Again, i reiterate, if 9ja senses any injustice on d field of play regardless of d time it happened, d team should just walkout, it will be a clear statement for CAF to do sometin. Maybe we should start using European refs for these matches to avoid some of d silly calls that we’ve seen so far. Some pipo might disagree with me regarding walking out if any injustice like fake penalty, undye redcard, intimidation etc and say we too have benefited from a non var call like in d game against Algeria (ajayi’s hand ball), i say to dem, what is wrong is wrong and should be called out. If Tanzania had walked out wen they were cheated from an obvious penalty and cameroon did same, CAF would definitely intervene and try to curb diz bad behavior. Anyway, Brahimi (onyemaechi has his work cut out) will be a threat for sure, el Kaabi too, dia #11 Saibaili etc Morocco pose a very stiff test but I’m hopeful dat like Algeria, our midfield as well as defence will match dem stride for stride. If we press dem hard like we did against Algeria, we have a decent chance. If Ndidi was present i will be more confident but i still think Onyedika-Iwobi-Onyeka can definitely do d just. 9ja should also be careful will d full court press as Morocco will look to exploit it and figure a way to bypass it, so Chelle needs to keep dis in mind. Beating 9ja fullcourt press is Morocco’s key to beating 9ja (godforbid sha). Just my tot
Most likely, Onyeka will overwork.
Only Diaz scored half of Moroccan goals. I believe if he and hakimi are marked out and we are ruthless in finishing 2 out of every 3 chances, we will shut up the crowd as falcons did last July.
Much as Cameroon cried foul, they didn’t score a goal that was disallowed.
We need to outscore Morocco. Simple
Our ladies defeated them and I dnt see our men not doing the same, it will take a massive drop in form and ill luck for us to loose tomorrow.