A Victor Osimhen’s hat-trick and a Frank Onyeka strike, earned the Super Eagles a convincing 4-0 win against Benin Republic which was not enough as they missed out on automatic qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Super Eagles failed to secure the ticket as South Africa ‘s Bafana Bafana defeated Rwanda 3-0 in the other game to emerge Group C winners.
However, the Super Eagles clinched one of the best second placed spots and will feature in the playoffs in Morocco in November.
After 10 rounds of matches, South Africa topped with 18 points, the Super Eagles was second on 17 points and Benin third also on 17 points.
Lesotho finished in fourth place on 12 points, while Rwanda (11 points) and Zimbabwe (five points) placed fifth and sixth respectively.
Head Coach Eric Chelle made some changes from the game with Akor Adams, Samuel Chukwueze, Semi Ajayi and Zaidu Sanusi making the starting line-up.
Also Olakunle Olusegun made his debut after coming on before the start of the second half.
Osimhen gave the Super Eagles the lead on three minutes as he ran on to a through pass from Chukwueze before slotting pass the keeper.
In the 13th minute Benin broke on the left and went close but Stanley Nwabali was stopped the goal bound shot.
On 22 minutes Osimhen connected with his head to Chukwueze’s cross but it went off target.
Benin had a chance on 29 minutes but Nwabali made a save at his near post for a corner.
The Super Eagles almost doubled their lead with 10 minutes left but Chukwueze failed to connect properly with a low cross from Sanusi.
In the 37th minute Osimhen made it 2-0 as he rose to head Chukwueze’s cross past Benin Republic keeper.
Early in the second half Adams went close to extending the Super Eagles lead but his shot went straight to the keeper.
Also Read: 2026 WCQ: We Will Do Our Best To Beat Benin — Troost-Ekong
But in the 51st minute Osimhen completed his hat-trick as he nodded home Moses Simon’s well taken set piece.
Simon almost made it 4-0 on 54 minutes but saw his shot palmed away for a corner.
On 61 minutes a Benin Republic player hit a low shot which was easily picked up by Nwabali.
Benin almost pulled a goal back on 68 minutes following a dangerous cross into the box but Benjamin Frederick cleared the danger away for a corner.
Alex Iwobi had a chance on 76 minutes but saw his left foot strike blocked.
With 12 minutes left Osimhen saw his goal bound header punched away for a corner.
Substitute Onyeka made it 4-0 as he rifled home a cross from Simon.
By James Agberebi
74 Comments
Congrats, South Africa.
Osimhen sneaks Nigeria finally into the long hard journey of the playoffs…..!!!!
I think Chelle
Shut your stinky mouth. After predicting doom for us yesterday and spreading negativity in the forum because of Benin. I for beat you Ian’s that monkey of a boy if to say Internet can allow me to locate you right now. Just run out of here with your dirty negative energy. I don’t like your energy you spread failure.
Hahahahaha……Mr Rohr’s last days were terrible with 60% win ratio……LMAOoo
Go and copy and paste the doom I predicted, you illiterate….??
Dumb idiot…..pls have you qualified for the World Cup….??? The last time I checked, Rwanda was roasted by South Africa, and there’s wild rejoicing now in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, and Cape Town. I doubt if there is any wild rejoicinng yet in Lagos and Abuja.
So if your illiterate brain cannot comprehend the fact that Rwanda didn’t do jack against South Africa, then i think you need to take your destiny for deliverance…..LMAOoo
I repeat it shut your mouth because you’re not making sense with your nonsense stat. He was rightly sack go and drink to stupor since your bad wishes against Nigeria to loose did not come to pass. You have a brain problem like I rightly said yesterday. Just get off the conversation with me at this point since you’ve continued to wallow in your darkness and negativity. Fake dude no wonder Monkey was always seeing you as person of interest. Birds of same feather will always give same attributes and fly together!!!
I repeat I remember how in the last days of Rohr Nigeria were always pegged back by every team big or small and we were always under serious pressure unable to play forward. It’s if only you have dementia or Skonskon that you’ll not remember this was the reason for his sack and stop telling us he won 60% this and that.
Abeg commot for here let me go and have some nice time with my Family and hope come November Gabon and the rest will see pepper from the awoken giants. Who be Benin??? It’s only a shallow negative minded person that will talk down Nigeria against Benin. And lastly you have no business in football go and look for another hobby like wrestling or table tennis!!!!!
Give it to that trash talking Dr Drey and the useless @Monkey post who has gone into hiding after his Nemesis Osimhen delivered a hattrick performance to pummel Benin with the General Rohr.
Nigeria is the 3rd of the best 2nd placed group teams and fully qualified for the Playoffs. If anything Nigeria did the xenophobic South Africans a favour by comprehensively beating beating Benin (4-0) who were topping the group from match day 9. All Benin needed was just a draw against Nigeria and they would be heading to North America WC but now they are not even qualified for the playoffs- from 1st down to 3rd on final day.
I would have preferred Benin to win the group than xenophobic SA. South Africa rigged their qualification from beginning when they ensured that 7 of the 10 games they played were played at Home. Benin and Nigeria FA,s should have protested this “home advantage” handed South Africa by refusing Lesotho and Zimbabwe playing their “home” games inside South Africa. The Fifa and CAF conspiracy was alarming because Caf President is South African.
Hahahahahaha…..wretched fool……come and shut me up the way Rwanda shut me up by beating South Africa na…….LMAooo
Even your father cannot look me in the face and talk to me, talk more of telling me to shut up……LMAooo
Dumb illiterate.
So it is your “…Rohr’s last days were terrible….” that makes sense abi…….LMAOooo. It is your “in the days of Rohr SE were always pegged back” that makes sense
Compound fool.
Rohr’s last days were terrible, but he recorded 6 wins and 2 draws in 10 matches……LMAOooo. We where always pegged back but he recoded 6 clean sheets and conceded only 4 goals. We were unable to play forward but we were averaging almost 2 goals per game……..LMAOoooo. May thunder tear your rotten mouth. May people rubbish all the work you will ever do in your life.
Shameless liar. Can you see you are very stupid and need brain transplant……..LMAOooo.
Its obviously you who is suffering dementia…….LMAOoo
Now that you are not terrible and not always pegged back and can score 5 goals per game without Osimhen, how come you are recording draws like Ogbono soup and struggling to beat Lesotho, and Rwanda that South Africa’s Bafana Bafana are beating mercilessly with local players……….LMAOooo
Now that you are not terrible and not always pegged back , why are you praying for 50 african teams to lose before you can qualify for world cup…..???LMAOooo
Now that You are always on the offensive and never pegged back, why have your failed to qualify for WC back to back……..LMAOoo
Who has dementia now…..??? Eberibe
Go and join your fellow iliiterate Femi to look for elemtary school to re-enrol in for proper education and common sense…….LMAOooo.
Shameless liar….please go and copy and paste where | ever said Nigeria will lose…….LMAOooo. You must be suffering from severe mental problems and inability to understand written English…….LMAOoo
Rwanda will beat South Africa, South Africa in not good….yen yen yen yen yen……..have you now qualified for the world cup.
Imagine if Benin didnt hire Rohr to wipe our asses in Abidjan, we would be the ones jubilating by now instead of that nation of xenophobes…..LMAOooo
Of course Rohr was duly sacked, that is why we arent in the world cup back to back……..LMAOooo. Congratulations to fools like you. You can get drunk on your own urine celebrating playoffs till christmas………LMAOooo.
Just pray Osimhen does get injured ahead of the playoffs, that is when you will know that Nigeria (without Osimhen) is no better than Benin coached by a solid coach………LMAOoooo
Rwanda will beat South Africa yen yen yen yen………LMAOoo….it is you who knows football…….??
Dont go and face gambling that is your passion.
Shameless Tony K, what are you giving to trash talking Dr.Drey when your Rwanda fialed to beat South Africa and Nigeria didnt qualify for the world cup…….?? LMAOooo
Are you not ashamed of yourself….???
“…..Nigeria is the 3rd of the best 2nd placed group teams and fully qualified for the Playoffs…..” in a WCQ series where 4 out of our 5 opponents were around 100 position and below in the FIFA rankings…..??? LMAOOooo. In a group where over 50% of our opponents players playing in south african league and their local leagues….??? In a WCQ series where Morrocco won 8 out of 8 matches and Tunisia recorded 10 clean sheets out of 10 games…….LMAOooo
And you are opening your foul gutter to tell another imbecile to “give it to Dr.Drey”……..LMAOoooo
Have you gone to BBC or ESPN or FIFA websites and seen any headline news that says “BENIN REPUBLIC FAILS TO QUALIFY FOR 2026 WORLD CUP”……????
Who do you think had a better qualifiers, Nigeria or Benin…??
Once again, shut your foul gutters and borrow some shame if you dont have some.
You are asking an imbecile to give it to thrash talking Dr.Drey yet you vommited the same thrash opinions Dr.Drey has been putting out into the public domain in the last paragraph of your senselessness
Can you see you have a serious inferiority complex…….LMAooooo. It is thrash when Dr.Drey says it, yet you pirate it all over the place and you feel good you have made a sensible comment……LMAOoo
No gree for them sir, they are trying to gaslight you and have a sense of winning some argument.
Your views and opinions are always on point, play off my foot when we should have qualify if not for negligence.
You all think you will witness todays outstanding performance from the players if not that they know that the fans will roast them? Lol.
We need to keep the players and the coaching staff on their toes or else they will still fumble the playoffs
A second chance at qualifying or not qualifying outrightly? u bastards are some demons with low vibrations and negativity…You all need to rot in hell.
Mo abi watin? Mo ko, No ne lol
Yuh har a very big full! watin yur roasting wan do dem? yuh tink sey dem be grounut or kuli kuli ne? cantinue dey ginger dat werey dr grey – soon e go be youre turn, when hin turn on yuh ehn? gerrout! lmaaoo!
Congratulations NIGERIA, Up Super Eagles.
Put blame on your ex player coach you people are glamor for if assuming Chelsea started we will not found ourselves in this position
Ehn? oga watin be dat tings wey yuh yan abeg? lmaaoo Mek wuna dey open wunu mouth eef wunu wan talk sontin abeg na lol
Bradadash the big mouthed clown mr Rohr this Mr Rhor that. Bring your shameless face here because Eagles will also win their playoffs and shut your fat mouth. Some of you need endless slap on this forum and it’s not just monkey post but the drey mouth always smell foul. He was waiting for us to fail so he can be right on the nonsense agenda he’s spreading on forum because of Rohr’s sack. Shame kill Devil God has given us a new pathway to make the WC Congratulations to Nigeria and South Africa!!!!!
I’m wit yuh eediat but forget south hafrica I beg – dose devils don’t deserf any congrats from us – yuh no see wetin dem dey takes igbokwenu eyes see for dat dere God forsake country, pls stop congrat bad minded pipo. If ees possible, and they can stii lose dis there ticket den I all for dat – I prefer even gave it to mumu Benin .Robbish!
Hahahahaha…I hope you realize the only loss you had in this WCQ that dumped you in the Sahara dessert of Playoffs was with love from Mr Rohr…….LMAOooo. He is one of the reasons Nigeria finished 1 point behind South Africa that has eventually qualified……LMAOoo
The mechanic took 2nd and 3rd division players to prove imbeciles like you wrong about his capabilities.
You don’t even have shame that you had to deploy all your Osimhens, Iwobis and Chukwuezes before you can get decent results against a team like Benin republic.
I have always been right all the while….go and drink poison if it pains you that you are too dull to be right always…..LMAOooo
Shameless fool.
Continue celebrating Rohr I know you have a problem grasping reality that Nigeria has destroyed him by 4-0. The Kai Kai that you’re drinking is still soaking don’t worry the people who have your time will come and continue the bashing on my behalf because it’s time for celebration for me in anticipation of the war ahead in November. The fading hope was restored through faith of some faithful Nigerians to quash big mouthed Rohr slaves. Femi over to you if you have anything to advice this Olosho that has no shame!!!!
Hahahahah……..Dumb fool.
Mr Rwanda will beat South Africa……LMAOooo…..How market na. Have you finally qualified for the world cup against what I predicted…..??
Shameless illiterate.
i know you are too much of an imbecile to realize that you would have qualified for this world cup if Rohr did not scrape the asses of your world class SE with his 2nd and 3rd division Benin players in Abidjan………..LMAOOoo
It is Rohr who has destroyed Nigeria, you fool.
Rohr has used this WCQ to earn himself respect and enhance his CV even more that when he was Nigeria’s coach……..LMAOoo
“……The fading hope was restored…..” LMAOOoo….who faded your hopes before…..???
So it is still hope you have now when other countries like Cape Verde already have a WC ticket…?
Shameless imbecile.
Yes, go back to your 2nd work shift for the day ehn……you need to finish it early so you and go for the 3rd one and earn enough for daily bread in the slave farm where you are. Leave sensible people to drop comments. Cos your Femi who cannot calculate WIN RATIOs obviously has nothing sensible to say too just like you……LMAOOo
My brother, in as much as I am a patriotic Nigerian who goes sad any time Nigeria loses a crucial match, the Super Eagles parade a lot of stars – some average, some above average, some very good. So the Super Eagles beating a team as lowly rated and inexperienced as Benin and we are over celebrating is funny. Even a well tutored Nigerian club side like Enyimba can beat the Benin National team in in Aba. We are celebrating a play-off that Nigeria ordinarily shouldn’t have any business with. See Ghana, Ivory coast, Cape Verde, Morocco, Tunisia, etc., celebrating complete success and we are here celebrating near – success. Don’t forget that Nigeria didn’t even qualify for play-off based automatically. It was even the points deduction that gave Nigeria a lifeline. Nigeria was the 6th/7th second placed team on the overall result for Africa. This means that If Eritrea hadn’t withdrawn, Nigeria would be nowhere close to even play-off. There is nothing to celebrate. Finally, many Nigerians should be preparing for an eventual heart-break from the Play-off. I see it coming.
@Donurch nobody is over celebrating the playoff, we are celebrating that God gave us second chance despite all the ups and down , we are celebrating bcos have bread is better than none, we are celebrating bcos at least we still gat chance of making it and good thing the play off will be play during next FIFA window, so it’s Nt like the players going to leave their various clubs unnecessarily.
Do you know that Denmark didn’t qualify for the 1992 Euro that they eventually won at all? UN sanction on Yugoslavia paved way for them to make it to the euro and they went all out to claim the cup.
If we eventually made it to the WC proper which I really didn’t see us doing otherwise, let the boys take it up from there and who knows. Been patriotic cost us nothing, so some of us decided to be happy instead of mourning.
@Drey at the junction I loose hope on you, see as u dey digress all in the name of proving a point. So if Rohr was the reason we are unable to qualify direct, who then are we that denied him completely from either direct or playoff? Guy they try accept defeat at times. Nobody win all battle in life okay.
Hahahahaha…..Mr 3/5 = 80%
I lost hope in you long ago when you couldn’t calculate simple win ratios, yet arguing blindly. You even further ridiculed yourself but attempting to add draws to “WIN RATIO CALCULATIONS” in order to force your senseless narrative…….LMAOoooo
Hello, have some shame and hide your tails between your legs…..!!!! Benin not qualifying for the World Cup is no news. Nigeria finishing on the same points as Benin in World Cup qualifiers is BIG NEWS…..AND VERY SHAMEFUL FOR NIGERIA AS A NATION.
If you have shame, you would keep your gut shut.
See him bragging about denying Benin a place in the World Cup……..LMAOOooo. Shame must be absent in your dictionary o.
Your mates have qualified for the World Cup, you are still here bragging about making the playoffs ahead of Benin with GOAL DIFFERENCE courtesy of Osimhen.
BENIN MADE HISTORY with where they reached in these WCQ. Nigeria did not. Actually we didnt even qualify for the world cup. Infact this is the first time since 1990 we are losing out of World Cup qualification based on points. in 2006, it was head to head. In 2022 it was head to head. In 2026 We finished 2nd in our group with the same points as who……..BENIN REPUBLIC
Once again, have some shame. Awon alailojuti.
You didn’t prove anything……you didn’t win anything. Rwanda did not defeat South Africa, and Nigeria did not qualify for the World Cup….!!!
Stop allocating false victories to yourself……LMAOoooo
Have you gone to see teams who will be competing at the playoffs…..? Cameroon, DRC, Gabon from Africa. Turkey, Ukraine, Scotland, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland etc from Europe, Costa Rica and Jamaica (that you struggled to beat at the Unity cup) from Concacaf.
Those are the likely teams you will meet for a place in the World Cup that you are jubilating and bragging, “we denied Benin”……LMAOoooo. Indeed you cannot shame the shameless o.
Shebi you will defeat all those teams abi…….LMAOooo
Better be praying Osimhen stays fit for your so-called playoffs you are bragging about, Bcos your asses will see hell fire.
Awon Rwanda will beat South Africa geng……….LMAOooo.
Oya…how market na. Shebi Rwanda have beat South Africa and you have now qualified for the world cup…………LMAOoooo
Change your mindset it will do you good. I don’t hate you neither do I have business with you. You tell yourself lies by calling everyone who does not buy your negativity illiterate. That seed is only going to your bloodline if you continue in that falsehood. Except say you no go born that illiterate that you’ve been craving for. Tame your tongue else your lineage will eat of the fruit you’re sowing online. So much similarity btw you and monkey post cursing Osimhen.
Your stats and logic is nothing to write home about. If you think anyone is following your negative mindset to see Nigeria humiliated then it’s only you and monkey post that is doing those false calculations.
Lastly I will not go back and forth because I know your personality of non repentant, but from an honest point of view I trust God that he can heal you and give you a new Spirit because you can be beneficial in some aspect of life. I leave it here and bid you goodnight with your bad attributes that doesn’t do you good, if only you know the angle I’m coming from but sense will never advice you than to just be spilling ignorance drunk utterance.
Shai this one pain u ooo, guys pls let’s free @Dre before we hear story that touch before day break,.
Shameless fool….you have come out to bail your brother….?
Idiot.
You don’t hate me……LMAOoooo….. yet pray for me to die at every opportunity you get, just because I rub your ignorant, arrogant face in the mud all the time……..LMAOoo……kept your foolish love to yourself. Your children and your entire bloodline need it.
There is no way you can ever have business with me; we are a class apart. A wide gulf in class separates us. I am head and shoulders above you. What sort of play does a hen want to play with a tiger…..?? You have only climbed the ladder of life and perceived achievements to where I was in the 90s…….you have not even started living, boy.
I drop facts here, backed by figures…..you come here dropping nothing but lies, ignorance, and empty opinions yet puff your chest as if the sewage you pour here even ever makes sense…….LMAOoooo.
Rwanda will beat South Africa……..LMAOooo
So, me telling you and other deluded fools like you that Rwanda was never gonna defeat South Africa, so you can wake up from your delusion is spreading negativity right….??? That shows how much of a low-IQed idiot you are.
So how market……LMAOooo….did Rwanda beat South Africa…..?? Has Nigeria now qualified for the World Cup after defeating Benin Republic by 15 – 0…….???
Dumb fool.
If you don’t stop being a foolish illiterate, the seed will also flow into your own children and their children till your 7th generation too. And If you don’t stop being an arrogant pauper who puffs his chest claiming he knows people on Wall Street despite reeking in poverty, that poverty will remain with your children and their children till your 7th generation.
You think you are an island of raining curses on people, right…..? You think you are the only one who knows how to curse people? You just try me if I won’t send your full name to the village for powerful people to work on.
If my stats and logic are nothing to write home about, please present your own that is something to write home about na……LMAOooo. Your illiterate logics like Rohr was terrible in his last days……..Yet he recorded 6 wins, 2 draws, 6 clean sheets and conceeded only 4 goals in 10 matches in the socalled “TERRIBLE” last days.
These are the garbage you cough out, thinking you are making sense.
If a man’s terrible days were yielding a 60% win ratio, one can imagine what his good days yielded. Yet you never acknowledge the man’s efforts nor his capacity. The same man went to a team nearly 60 places below you in the FIFA rankings with players in 2nd and 3rd divisions in Europe and used them to equal your points tally in a WCQ series and stopped you and your world-class team from going to the World Cup……..LMAOoooooo
And you want to claim to have superior logic and sense of judgement……..LMAOoooo.
You must be a super bastard.
Nigeria already humiliated itself, so it’s not my mindset that is humiliating Nigeria. We can’t count how many times you have dropped your now regular empty threats of quitting this forum due to the frustration this same, SE you are now acting as its no 1 fan, has put you through.
It was fools like you who dragged us down from top 30 in the world, an emerging African powerhouse, and a guaranteed qualifier for tournaments with ease, to becoming a team that isnt in the top 5 in Africa anymore, a team that goes to AFCON to park the bus and a team that has failed to qaulify for the World cup back to back all in the space of 4 years.
It was charlatans like you who wanted to force a relegation expert called Amuneke on us, stalling the process of replacing Peseiro early, and with a quality coach.
You should rather read the junk you wrote here and apply it to your own life. Maybe, just maybe, it will become half as good as mine.
False calculations……..LMAOOooo. I guess your own true calculations that Rwanda will defeat South Africa and Nigeria will qualify for the World Cup have finally come to pass.
Useless bastard…..!!!
I asked for the screenshot of where I typed 3/5 and you yet to send it, ur $200 gift go expire soon ooo, oya I add another 2hrs.
You no know the thread where you ask for screenshot…..???
Oga keep your peanuts to yourself and go back to the thread where you asked for your yeye screenshot and go and read where you humiliated yourself there………LMAOooo.
I have given you the answer you deserve there.
Awon 3/5 approx. 80% win ratio gang…………LMAOoooo
I’ve checked and didn’t see screenshot, Oya I will make it $500 for stressing u if u can post the screenshot here right now.
Hahahahaha…….keep looking for “screenshots” on CSN ehn…..LMAOoo
Go back to the thread where you asked for it….it is there.
Once again, keep your money, you’ll need it to re-enrol for basic arithmetics lessons……..LMAOoooo
We know say na only u be literate for this forum, Mr know it all, I didn’t know u add lies to ur best sport I.e trouble, see as only u dey fight everybody for the forum since yesterday, fight and arguement no dey tire u niii? Lieing with ur full chest untop what I didn’t type, it’s well with ur soul Dre. More than 24hrs you still unable to send what I asked u, I’m done on this topic for real right now.
Hahahaha…..Olodo rairai, not only can you not solve simple arithmetics, you also cannot read a thread properly to locate comments.
You are the one who wants to argue blindly na, that is why 24 hours later you are still ranting about your grand delusions……..LMAAOOooo
This was my reply to your request on the Nigeria-Benin Live blog on October 15, 2025, 12:46 am…….LMAOooo….the last time I checked the reply is still there. Not only are you blind in your brain, you are also blind in your eyes…….LMAOoooo……WHy am I not surprised…….LMAOooo. See who wan dash person money…….LMAOoooo
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Femi on October 13, 2025 5:26 pm
And same u glorifying Rohr 60% WIN RATIO want the head of Chelle with almost 80% WIN RATE with 11/15 score in the qualifier and YET TO LOSE A MATCH WITH THE EAGLE. Continue with ur double standard, okay.
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Femi on October 14, 2025 8:52 am.
Read to comprehend and not to attack dude, “emphasis on qualifier “ and Nt the entire matches he has coached us, 3 WIN AND 2 DRAWS FROM 5 MATCHES IS APPROX. 80%, stop with ur ITK attitude it sucks. Common.
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Cheap shameless liar…..Congratulations on successfully disgracing yourself.
1. You mentioned WIN RATE……..that is clear even to the blind. Before giving his POINTS RECORDS (rather than WIN records) in the qualifiers as a backup to your WIN RATE assumption. And dont even try twisting your way out bcos it is simple English language
“……. same u glorifying Rohr 60% WIN RATIO want the head of Chelle with almost 80% WIN RATE WITH 11/15 score in the qualifier and yet to lose a match with the eagle….”
You can choose to feign ignorance of what you wrote there, or go give a lawyer your $200 to interpret it to you properly.
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2. You even went as far a claiming he’s yet to lose a match with the Eagles……LMAOoo….as if it was the Eagles of Mali he coached at CHAN when Senegal and Sudan walloped us.
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3. To rub salt on your injury, you desperately dropped another clanger with “3 WIN AND 2 DRAWS FROM 5 MATCHES IS APPROX. 80%”……….LMAOoooo. Only your creator knows what you were trying to calculate there…….LMAOoooo. Come and explain to us how 3wins and 2 draws in 5 matches equals approximately 80% WIN RATIO.
Win ratio (or win rate as you ignorantly called it) EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD is calculated by dividing the number of wins by the number of matches played (3/5 as in your case). There is no where WIN RATIO is calculated with points gathered. Go to school, no, they will say school is a scam, only to come and disgrace themselves in public with blind arguments.
When you saw you had goofed with your 80% nonsense, you tried saving your face from disgrace by sneaking draws into it just to find a way of making up your phantom 80% win ratio…….LMAOOooo.
When you saw that it was not working, you shifted to using points to calculate win ratio…….LMAOoo. Professor of Arithmetics……..LMAOoooo
Still even 11/15 isnt approx 80%…….LMAOoo
So maybe you should go and add the unity cup and chan in your calculations so you can get your desperately desired 80%……LMAOooo
No matter where you want to dodge and duck, twist and turn to save face, helloooooo, you’ve been checkmated. Go and hide your face.
Keep your peanuts to yourself….you’ll need it when you re-enroll in kindergarten for proper re-education.
Your gaffe is on the completesports.com/2026-wcq-were-in-uyo-to-beat-super-eagles-benin-captain-mounie thread for the world to read and deduce who’s trying to play half smart here.
Rubbishh…….!!
That Cheap Liar FEMI will claim he didn’t see this. CSN kindly leave this on your Latest Comments section for as long as possible so that that blind lying bat can finally see it………LMAOooo
Otherwise, He will claim
“……I’ve moved from the one u are unable to provide, where I typed 3/5, ur long epistle reply didn’t add up. Yes, I’ve not seen ur reply….”
OR
“….I’m not going to be staying or searching for a thread bcos of you son, post ur answer on a more recent thread where everybody can see it….”
But when it is time to bark at Dr. Drey’s comments, he will search all the way to jupiter and reply for as many times as he can……..LMAOooo
FEMI Olodo rairai
My 1st reply to your resquest was on the Nigeria-Benin Live blog on October 15, 2025, 12:46 am…….LMAOooo….the last time I checked the reply is still there.
My 2nd reply was on the Super Eagles 4-0 win vs Benin Not Enough As South Africa Clinch World Cup Ticket blog on October 15, 2025 7:14 pm
Not only are you blind in your brain, you are also blind in your eyes…….LMAOoooo……Why am I not surprised…….LMAOooo. Yet you want to dash out money you don’t have, when you need the money for surgery in both eyes…….LMAOoooo.
Below were your own words…….
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Femi on October 13, 2025 5:26 pm
And same u glorifying Rohr 60% WIN RATIO want the head of Chelle with almost 80% WIN RATE with 11/15 score in the qualifier and YET TO LOSE A MATCH WITH THE EAGLE. Continue with ur double standard, okay.
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Femi on October 14, 2025 8:52 am.
Read to comprehend and not to attack dude, “emphasis on qualifier “ and Nt the entire matches he has coached us, 3 WIN AND 2 DRAWS FROM 5 MATCHES IS APPROX. 80%, stop with ur ITK attitude it sucks. Common.
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Cheap shameless liar…..Congratulations on successfully disgracing yourself.
1. You mentioned WIN RATE……..that is clear even to the blind. Before giving his POINTS RECORDS (rather than WIN records) in the qualifiers as a backup to your WIN RATE assumption. And dont even try twisting your way out bcos it is simple English language
“……. same u glorifying Rohr 60% WIN RATIO want the head of Chelle with almost 80% WIN RATE WITH 11/15 score in the qualifier and yet to lose a match with the eagle….”
You can choose to feign ignorance of what you wrote there, or go give a lawyer your $200 to interpret it to you properly.
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2. You even went as far a claiming he’s yet to lose a match with the Eagles……LMAOoo….as if it was the Eagles of Mali he coached at CHAN when Senegal and Sudan walloped us.
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3. To rub salt on your injury, you desperately dropped another clanger with “3 WIN AND 2 DRAWS FROM 5 MATCHES IS APPROX. 80%”……….LMAOoooo. Only your creator knows what you were trying to calculate there…….LMAOoooo. Come and explain to us how 3wins and 2 draws in 5 matches equals approximately 80% WIN RATIO.
Win ratio (or win rate as you ignorantly called it) EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD is calculated by dividing the number of wins by the number of matches played (3/5 as in your case). There is no where WIN RATIO is calculated with points gathered. Go to school, no, they will say school is a scam, only to come and disgrace themselves in public with blind arguments.
When you saw you had goofed with your 80% nonsense, you tried saving your face from disgrace by sneaking draws into it just to find a way of making up your phantom 80% win ratio…….LMAOOooo.
When you saw that it was not working, you shifted to using points to calculate win ratio…….LMAOoo. Professor of Arithmetics……..LMAOoooo
Still even 11/15 isnt approx 80%…….LMAOoo
So maybe you should go and add the unity cup and chan in your calculations so you can get your desperately desired 80%……LMAOooo
No matter where you want to dodge and duck, twist and turn to save face, helloooooo, you’ve been checkmated. Go and hide your face.
Keep your peanuts to yourself….you’ll need it when you re-enroll in kindergarten for proper re-education.
Your gaffe is on the completesports.com/2026-wcq-were-in-uyo-to-beat-super-eagles-benin-captain-mounie thread for the world to read and deduce who’s trying to play half smart here.
Rubbishh…….!!
“I have always been right all the while” Oloshi with the complex. Well u were totally wrong about Rohr going to the WC with Benin na man u be humble ur useless self.
Hahahaha……Pele o Mr Uncomplex Eleribu. I guess you were right that Rwanda will defeat SA for you and put you on a plane to the World Cup abi……LMAOooo.
The speed with which some of you are so quick to declare yourselves winners over your 2nd back to back failed direct WC qualification bid says a lot about the mentalities with which you live your lives. The depth of inferiority…..! LMAOoooo
It’s like your brain was in a coma when I stated SA would win their game, and hence we should “allow” Benin to have their way rather than hand those xenophobes in SA the ticket.
Their sports minister even went on live TV to brag that nobody did them any favours……..LMAOoo…..as if they would have qualified if Nigeria didn’t defeat Benin. They didn’t even wait for the victory to cool off to disregard and unacknowledge you guys……LMAOooo.
Good for y’all’s asses…….LMAOoo. Once again, I say good for y’all’s asses.
I am still waiting for any of your liars to go and dig up where I ever said Benin will defeat Nigeria in Uyo to qualify for the World Cup………..LMAOoooo
Okponu lasan lasan.
You’ve been claiming victory since yesterday, yet you are still ranting all over the place 24 hours later………LMAOoooo. Which one is paining you more, the fact that Rwanda did not defeat SA as some of you were expecting, or the fact that Nigeria still didn’t qualify for the World Cup as you “patriotically” albeit delusionally projected……..LMAOooo.
I see it pains you so much I wasn’t a part of y’all’s delusion, right….?? Eeayyyaaa….Sorry ehn. I think with my brain, not with my ribs…….LMAOooo
While it’s obvious your twin up there needs arithmetic lessons, it seems you, on the other hand, need basic English comprehension lessons.
So, the SE still have the capacity to beat any team 4:0. Why did they not step up their game earlier?
Eric is the man!Chelle the missing link!
hahahaha dr grey, shame nor hol yuh??? lol, wher is yur bro mokey yaish na??
How market for wunu?? lmaaoo
Who else noticed that flow in attack in the absence of lookman. I have a feeling that lookman has a hand in S.E inability to score many goals per match. He hangs so much on the ball. He dribles unnecessary and kills SE counter attacks. I wish the Coach will continue with this formation.. lookman should be introduced from the bench untill he adjusts his game. Also Elong and Musa should retire. The 2 points Ekong threw away against Zimbabwe is the reason we missed out on automatic qualification
Lookman is currently what on the continent? Exactly. You get mind bench am if you be coach?
Successful playoff spot means the next 4 matches must be won (2 next month and 2 in March)
Four finals that have suddenly elongated NFF jaunting tenure.
Congratulations to Benin for the ride. Playing 10 matches away from home and dragging the group to the end, was terrific.
Congratulations also to South Africa really, in spite of the forfeiture.
The 4 goalkeepers in today’s matches both in Uyo and SA all play in South Africa.
The first 11 today for South Africa all play there.
Thorough African exports to the world cup next year.
Not forgetting the country of less than 600k people who made history yesterday: Cape Verde.
Oh, Tunisia too. Our AFCON opponents didn’t concede a goal during the WC qualifiers (10 clean sheets). They showed minnows are still in football.
Not yet congrats Nigeria. Gossip has it Chelle was told never to substitute Osimhen again because tempo just drops.
Now, he asked for it today. NFF should stop interference and maybe they might win a second term next year.
God has given us a 4th chance overall:
* 5 home games to gather 15 points against majorly players of teams that play mostly on the continent. We said no, it’s not entertaining enough.
* Played 5 draws and losing 1 out of the first 8 games should have long buried a team. From a max of the first 24 points, we contrived to drop 13 points. And hoped other teams dropped points too for our sake.
* Then the so-called 4 finals. We got 3 well and if only we nicked a win from the draw in SA. But here we are.
Suddenly playoff spot became sweet music as we didn’t bother to get maximum points against bottom Zimbabwe – for another chance at redemption. But if we had though, we’d have won the group.
Our national prayer now is that God should keep our star players fit ahead of next month matches.
Friendlies with Venezuela is cancelled for serious competitive action. A great way to boost our rankings next year IF WE ARE WINNERS.
Lookman as always been thrash when he dons the super eagles jersey. You clearly nailed it in the head. He is a selfish player player who likes to show off. Today’s attack was sweet to watch, which several chances that one could imagine. Hope Chelle will get sense and not start him. For me i know he didn’t deserve the African footballer of the year, the selection was flawed by CAF. Also i hope Oshimen will just keep a cool head, he is being set -up to get a RED Card soon.
Praise the Lord. Heaven bless The Super Eagles
Mehn – this CSN is full of demons! See son of sam here, a direct descendant of demons using it’s dirty, filthy mouth to call mention the name of the Lord – Geriatric of WOKE, better be careful that thunder doesn’t strike you down! how dare you mention the name of the most high with your devilish lifestyle and filthy tongue – do you think that just because yuh stole another innocent person’s name that yuh cannot be recognised> Imagine if ordinary man can see you in plain sight, how much more The Almighty? Just see reprobate devils everywhere!
What have you done to the real person called that Climbie name? I hope you haven’t murdered her o!
Nigerians are glad that we still have a second opportunity to qualify. We must not give up now. congratulations guys. Let do it. Ekong was the reason why we got into these situations. Ekong was not good at all.
ok. good
Let us not deceive ourselves. Nigeria cannot qualify from the Play-off . Nigerians should preparing for an eventual heart-break.
After the points earned deduction against the bottom teams, here’s how the 2nd-placed teams stand:
1. Gabon – 16 Points, +4 GD
2. Cameroun – 15 Points +9 GD
3. Nigeria – 15 Points +7GD
4. Burkina Faso – 15 Points +6GD
5. DR Congo (has a game in hand) – 13 Points +4GD
So Nigeria is in. The last spot will be battled out between Burkina Faso and DR Congo, who’re yet to play their last game.
With FIFA ranking to be used in the semi-final pairing, Nigeria will definitely avoid Cameroon, except perhaps in the final for a chance to represent Africa in the final playoffs against Bolivia from South America, one other team from Asia, and another from Oceania (New Zealand, Australia, Tahiti, etc).
Benjamin Fredrick shouldn’t be playing for Brentford Biko, that boy is a hell of a player!!!
To think they have the gut to send him out on loan, boy is so good.
Very disrespectful of them….and then to an obscure team in Belgium too
Whu shuld he be playing for? barcelona or Real Madrid? No Madrid should drop Rudiger na andf replaced hin with Frederiks lol Shioor! Yuh Nigraein are very very fullsh pipo – see watin dis one come here dey yan na? lmaaoo! madrid shud drop Rudiger joor, hes not very gud like Frederiks lool!
Really.
How the hell is Benjamin Frederick playing in a lowly club in Belgium?!
That dude is unplayable. So good.
What a player!
That is the reason why World Cup qualification should never be toyed with.
Like I said yesterday, if not anything else, for the sake of the players’ careers, Nigeria should not, for any reason, miss the World Cup.
But when administrators, players, and coaches are competing for the prize of who is more irresponsible, then we will find ourselves in situations where 2nd and 3rd division players make mincemeat out of our aspirations.
Wtf is this old bozo even saying…….I have lost respect for this dude. You have a very negative mindset and u must be a bad person in real life.
Who gives a hoot about you…….Footballfanatic my foot….!!!
What has your respect for me earned me before now? Dem dey use your name collect money for bank…..??
Rubbish
Keep your damn respect to yourself. I dont need it.
I don’t comment because I want to earn respect. Go and look for sycophants, charlatans, and praise singers to give your damn respect to.
When next you see my comments, just respect yourself and scroll past them. Your father does not own this website, so you can tell me what to comment on or how to comment on them.
Of course, can’t you see my negative mindset is the reason why we are in the World Cup playoffs when our mates breezed to USA unbeaten, without dropping points or without conceding goals, while we are celebrating playoff spots level on points with 93-ranked Benin Republic.
My negative mindset that didnt let me delude myself with expecting Rwanda to go and defeat SA for us before we can make it to the WC…….LMAOooo
Some of you are not even ashamed of yourselves………. South Africa had to be docked 3 points, Eritrea had to withdraw, teams in all groups had to lose up to 6 points, Rwanda had to beat South Africa, Uganda had to lose, this had to happen, that had to happen for you to make World Cup playoffs…….LMAOooo
Pele o, Mr good person in real life. I can really see the goodness in you ey. Go and feed your so-called respect to the pigs for all I care.
Honestly speaking With this result I believe now that it’s out players that is the reason we keep struggling. If they really want it they get it . The passion and hunger were there today and they played for each other.
Our problem is not a coaching issue as such . We need a way to mobilize and encourage these players to play to their strength.
It is still the coaches job to mobilize and encourage the players to get the desired results to keep him on the job. Same players different attitude on the pitch is a function of the coaches inputs on the tactical style of play.
2 coaches got 3 points from a possible 12, 1 coach got 14 points from a possible 18……and you say it is not a coaching issue….???
Who sent you here to come peddle fallacies……..LMAOooo
And is it the coach that asked them to be committing schoolboy errors. Is it Chelle that made Zimbabwe to equalize in one of the qualifiers
Once again, 2 coaches got 3 points from a possible 12, 1 coach came in and got 14 points from a possible 18… is it still a coaching issue or not….???
The team too has been poorly set up all these while. Can’t you guys see that we still don’t really have stable first 11.
Unless we allow continuity, any attempt for nff to tamper with the handler of team now will spell doom for the play off game.
To the se players, this is a second chance, for you guys to qualify for world cup, I will advice you guys to take it serious.
I don’t think most of us know shame as a country?
Is the Giant of Africa playing the World Cup qualifiers play-off?
Do we even know our pedigree in football Nigerians? If we do, then what are we celebrating?
I hope the NFF board will tender their resignation letters immediately after the match today, but I have not heard or read anything yet.
Why do we Africans have no shame?
Some of us are very happy that we have qualified for the World Cup playoff.
I saw the highlights of the match against Benin and I was shaking my head for our players and the NFF.
What was making the players celebrate tells us that Nigeria is finished. We don’t know our standard.
Did we see Eric Chelle laughing and celebrating at the conference today?
He only answered one question and he wasn’t satisfied that we did not get the automatic World Cup ticket. That shows his level and understanding of Nigeria’s Football pedigree. That shows his instincts and capability.
If truly this set of players has the bigger dreams to play at the World Cup, after each goal scored, they would walk away and start playing again, but because they have low expectations and ambitions, this is why they were celebrating as if they had won the World Cup. What a shame.
The only thing the Super Eagles can do for me now, before I can forgive the boys, is to get the World Cup ticket.
For the NFF, you all must go. We all have to chase you people away from our football.
I can’t congratulate the Super Eagles for making it to the World Cup playoff because I know our standard, and for this NFF Ajewomasan, the debtors still have not tendered their resignation letters today, this is beyond my imagination. I am sorry for my Country. Hmmm. Ire o. God bless Nigeria!!!
Mr Sports Psychologist…..LMAOooo. Rwanda will surely defeat South Africa. South Africa is still psychologically down because of their 3-point deduction……..LMAoooo….how market…??!
For the 1st time since I’ve known you, you’ve finally managed to utter something sensible
Hahaha. This is why I love Dr. Drey. You are a funny human being kę.
That aside young man. I don’t think you are a Nigerian. Are you? If you truly are, how could you prefer Oga and his team to beat our darling Super Eagles in yesterday’s match?
Is it now that you know I am telling the truth since I have been serving you Nigerians for how many years now kę?
You carried Ọga for head like O lump rock but still, our world-class coach Eric Chelle shows his superiority over what some of you called our best ever coach that ever manage Super Eagles.
The gaffer is proving supremacy over the ex-Eagles coaches. Kai, within a short period, he hasn’t lost a match and he now has a chance to improve the Eagles for the World Cup and Afcon.
So young man, don’t say what you don’t know. Ire o. God bless Nigeria!!!
Hahahahaha……..so have you qualified for the World Cup…? I though you claimed you are a sports psychologist, that Rwanda will beat SA and Nigeria will qualify for the World Cup……LMAOoo.
Bunch of drunkards…..!!!
Against Benin Republic with 2nd and 3rd Division players from Europe, your so-called world-class Chelle is “showing class” with all the superstars Nigeria parades…….LMAOOoo. Are you for real…?? Rohr is already a hero in Benin for how far he has taken Benin, Chelle isnt anywhere near hero status in Nigeria yet, and not even in his native Mali.
Let him go and face Gabon and Cameroon without Osimhen first……..that is when we will know he has class.
He couldn’t show his class when he was coaching his home country, Mali in the World Cup qualifiers. He was fired when he had practically sunk Mali’s WCQ hopes, before we picked him up and gave him a team that has Osimhen to resurrect his career. He couldn’t hold onto a lead at AFCON even with 1-man advantage since the first half against CIV at AFCON and got booted out in the 122nd minute, only to have water poured on his head like an overheating engine……..LMAOooo. That is your world-class coach.
We should all be thanking Lookman for getting a 2nd yellow that forced chelled to get his starting XI right and Osimhen for showing up vs Lesotho and Benin. We used 4 CF in both games, yet it was Osimhen who was most potent among them with 3 goals and 1 assist. The rest barely had any shot on target in both games. Imagine if Osimhen wasnt around…….LMAOooo.
Once again, go and thank Osimhen and not Chelle for bailing us out.
Osimhen is like a cheat code for any team and coach. If you want to test how good your team and coach are, let the team play competitively without Osimhen first…….LMAOooo
If Chelle wants to show class, let him go and take up a team like Benin in 95th position on FIFA rankings and almost qualify them for the World Cup from a group that has Nigeria and South Africa……then we will know he has class. Till then G.Rohr has proven to be a class act and not just an oridnary PE teacher that you called him
Nigeria will not survive the Play-off. It’s as simple as that.
Iyanu Ti N’Chelle!!!!
We face Gabon in the Semi Final. If we scale through we face one of DRC or Cameroon.
If the SuperEagles can navigate Africa and become the sole representative we are already in the Americas.
The fact that we are the highest ranked team among all the playoff teams means we may only have to play one more match after the African playoffs to reach here in North America.
The African playoffs is the toughest hurdle. Once we can scale that hurdle, start booking your flights and hotels to North America guys. I wish we had qualified directly, but at all at all na hin bad. We mount.
Iyanu Ti N’Chelle!!
VAMOS ARRIBBA SUPEREAGLES!!!
You can disrespect the SuperEagles, but you will have to deal with SuperEagles.
Everyone is praising the team, the coach etc. Let’s not forget that only Osimhen scored 3 goals today. He has a very strong chemistry with Chukwueze. And without Osimhen fit and healthy next month, we’d struggle in the playoffs. He limped off today, Sanusi too went out injured. I pray we have the full team for the playoffs, especially Osimhen. If not….
The team did well, no doubt — but my only real pain is that it took Lookman’s suspension for Chelle to finally see what some of us have known for years: Samuel Chukwueze is pure gold when properly used.
I’ve always believed in that boy. His combination with Victor Osimhen has consistently been one of the most lethal attacking duos we’ve had in recent times. But somehow, our coaches since Lookman’s arrival have treated Chukwueze like an afterthought — as if he’s a luxury, not a weapon.
Yes, I admit, he can be erratic sometimes — the kind of player who’ll dribble three defenders and then try to dribble a ghost — but when he’s in sync with Osimhen, it’s fireworks. He understands VO’s movements perfectly. The moment he gets the ball, you can almost see the thought process: “Find Osimhen, and let Baba handle the rest.” That telepathic link is priceless, yet we’ve kept it in storage like it’s museum material.
Even at the Unity Cup, Chukwueze reminded everyone of his value. Playing as a number 10, he was a handful for Jamaica’s defenders — so much so that they resorted to chopping him down every time he touched the ball. The Reggae Boys practically had him on their tackle playlist. And let’s not act like he didn’t drop hints before now. In WCQ, he’s had those flashes — especially against South Africa in Uyo. The entire rhythm changed the moment he stepped on that pitch. Honestly, I still believe he should’ve started ahead of Lookman in Bloemfontein. You could see we were struggling to break them down, yet we kept him waiting like a backup singer.
I just hope Eric Chelle has finally seen the light. If he’s smart, he’ll keep Chukwueze close to Osimhen moving forward. Because when those two click, defenders don’t sleep well at night — and goalkeepers start seeing shadows in daylight.
I wish them well in their play offs.
Exactly@ PapaFem
That’s my qualm with Chelle. It made me doubted his insights and technical knowledge as a coach.
I couldn’t understand how he had benched Chukwueze just to accommodate both Lookman and Simon. Without a shadow of a doubt, Chukwueze is our best attacking right winger and should be starting. Fisayo Dele Bashiru can be useful in the right wing as well. Even an Iwobi too. But Samu should be the go-to guy in that position. Lookman and Simon can fight it out for the left wing.
The coach should have known the roles that suit his players best especially after the Unity cup.
Anyway, I hope has learned and going forward, Chukwueze should be given his starting berth. No other player has that great chemistry with Osimhen.
The first goal vs Benin was a replica of the telepathy between Osimhen and Chukwueze vs USA and vs Croatia at the 2015 U17 WC. I really dont understand how trained coaches cannot decipher the optimum combination of skills and parameters that can produce optimum results with the calibre and competencies of the players we currently have in the SE.
Honestly, we stopped having sensible coaches after Rohr. Anybody who wants to drink rat poison bcos of this opinion can go ahead.
When we used to have Chukwueze, Iwobi, Simon/Kalu, and Iheanacho playing behind Osimhen, goal scoring was hardly ever a problem. The moment Rohr was done away with, Iwobi started sitting on the bench or playing closer to Ekong than to our strikers. Chukwueze became almost non-existent, Simon understandably had to make way for Lookman, but Lookman tends to hold on to the ball too much compared to Simon, who is always looking to deliver a final ball. It’s not a coincidence that Moses Simon is the player with the highest number of assists in the French League over the last half-decade. Iheanacho doesn’t even get call-ups anymore, although that is his own making. Even in the National team, since Lookman debuted for the SE, Simon has had more assists than him, despite playing less.
Yeah, we may have produced a perfect display against Benin, something that shocked all Nigerians, but it hasn’t still convinced me about this man called Chelle until he shows it’s not a once-off service. His team selections when we have all players available, henceforth, will tell a lot.
Otherwise, who starts 2 left-wingers in 1 game and numbs the entire right wing for almost the entire duration of the match? That exactly is what Chelle did for the last 3 games before we faced Benin. Many people are still asking questions till now after Tuesday’s game that “So, the SE can play like this”. But as you said, it took the suspension of Lookman and pressure from many quarters for Ekong to be dropped for Chelle to get the right starting XI for the SE in 11 games he’s been the coach.
Going into these playoffs, we will be meeting teams that are way better and have players with almost equal individual abilities as our SE, compared to the teams we met in the WCQ proper, where a larger percentage of them were playing in the African continent. We will be meeting teams who are equally physical, have players who can define games and tacticians who are astute and intelligent. Any of Gabon, DRC and Cameroon also have European stars and foreign-borns who play educated football………so Chelle and the entire SE have their work cut out going into these playoffs.
Like I said before, and I will say again, the only reason why I want us to qualify for the WC is for the improvement of these players’ careers. So it is now up to them to get themselves there. But the coach should realize who and who he needs to combine to get results.
You CANT play iwobi and Ndidi alone in the midfield if you are facing Gabon, Cameroon and DRC………i repeat……MR CHELLE, YOU CANT PLAY IWOBI AND NDIDI ALONE IN THE MIDFIELD VS ANY OF CAMEROON, DRC OR GABON.
Know all these and know peace…..!!!
Chelle reason like Don Carlo that will tell us he was at RM to coach and played the first team players first and only think abt anybody from the castilla if any of the first team players got injured, baba dnt care if any of those first team players lost form and has a better replacement from the castilla ooo, first team players gat break leg before Carlo considered anybody from castilla.
Chelle has same mentality bcos who would imagine him benching chuckzy after his performance at the unity cup and to think lookman didn’t played pre-season with Atalanta and was surely out of form, I weak when I heard Chelle said he can’t bench Africa best player. Anyway let’s hope he has learnt his lesson moving forward.
Mr Hush and Papa Fem, Chelle has not learnt anything, he will not learn anything. The matter is out of his hands.
Even under Peseiro, Chukwueze had to play second or third fiddle to Lookman and Simon.
In the shadow hierarchy of players, those 2 are ahead of Chukwueze, hence, if fit, they will always knock him into the coaked hat of the bench.
Most unfortunate.
It gets worse. When Dele-Bashiru returns, he is likely to be preferred to Chukwueze on the right.
Again, I think only an inescapably visible loss of form or injury to Lookman, Simon or Dele-Bashiru will lead to Chukwueze making the starting 11.
All too harsh, yet, all too true..
Even Frank Onyeka is pushing for a place in that much desired right wing forward department of the Super Eagles. Now, Onyeka was mocked, widely ridiculed when Chelle started him in that RWF role against Rwanda.
Onyeka took notes and promised himself, if that is only department available to him, he will rise to the occasion when the opportunity presents itself again.
Ask yourself, which part of the pitch was Onyeka when he scored the goal that sealed our play off place?
Will Frank Onyeka be the most unlikely right wing forward for Nigeria in coming games? Watch – this – space!
They call him Frank “The Tank” Onyeka. I call him Frank “The Opportunist” Onyeka.
Forever scheming of how to return to the Starting 11, and willing to bank on his superior work ethics, someone will have to make way for Onyeka in that Super Eagles starting 11.
Who will it be? Where will it be? You will just have to wait to find out. Always ready to reinvent himself, his all crucial goal against Benin provides a clue….