Super Eagles head coach Eric Chelle has made six changes to his starting line-up for tonight’s international friendly against Jordan.
Omonia Nicosia’s Francis Uzoho will start in goal.
Bright Osayi-Samuel and Zaidu Sanusi will feature at right-back and left-back, respectively.
Emmanuel Fernandez will partner Igoh Ogbu at centre-back.
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Coventry City’s Frank Onyeka, and Raphael Onyedika will take charge of the midfield.
Akor Adams will lead the team’s attack for the second consecutive game.
Adams will be supported by Ademola Lookman, Yira Sor, and Moses Simon, who will captain the team on the night.
Super Eagles X1 Vs Jordan
Uzoho
Osayi-Samuel, Fernandez, Ogbu, Sanusi
Onyeka, Onyedika
Simon, Sor, Lookman, Adams
By Adeboye Amosu
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Uzoho10 Kuzoho11. Uzoho Muzoho. You are far better than other. Heaven bless all returning Super Eagles goalkeepers
Bright Osayi Samuel is gradually playing himself out of the SE. When Frederick and Aina returns, he will no longer be invited. Alebiosho showed more attacking intent and defensive stability than him. In this 4 nation invitational, he hasn’t covered himself in glory. The iranians used d hell outta him to the point he was falling and grasping for straws. Now the Jordanians are doing d same as if they’ve pointed that wing as d weak point in d SE.
In Bassey, Frederick and newbie Fernandez, Naija now has 3 very good center backs.
Fernandez has impressed me so far.
Jordan playing as if a trophy is on the line, while Nigeria started the game so casually! Jordan were all over the pitch, winning all the 50-50 balls, then took the lead with a rasping left foot strike from distance that beat Chief Uzoho all ends up.
It was after Jordan shocked them with the goal that Naija finally woke up. Even though they were making loads of errors, they started playing more on the front foot, and got 3 goals. Yes, 3 goals. One was disallowed, purportedly for an Akor handball.
if it wasn’t that, then pray tell, what was wrong with Onyedika’s goal? I guess football rules have changed again.
FO!!
Where is my comment???
Don’t take the Fizz!!
csn don’t be found wanting again
Uzoho is stil very much the same basket as he always were, to be frank, he’s nothing if not short one (1) lmaoooo!
Mainwile, Iran(u) thash Costa Rica 5-nil lmaoo, so let it be a lesson to anyone trying to rubbish our win against them ok?
Jordan came thinking they are going to spoil 9ja’s party and after they scored, you could see they all developed hard(ons) Oko Lile lmaaoooo!, To them, they were coming to beat these Africans but na dem iggest mistiiok be dat lol, dem no get de memo wey dem send from head office hehehehe, before you can say goal, 9ja don puff 3 goal quietly inside dem net, sonhow, de ref manage disallow a very pure and sweet goal, but nevertheless 2 more was coming lool – oya back to de game, second half don start o jare lmaaooo!
Mainwile, Iran(u) thash Costa Rica 5-nil lmaoo, so let it be a lesson to anyone trying to rubbish our win against them ok?
Jordan came thinking they are going to spoil 9ja’s party and after they scored, you could see they all developed hard(ons) Oko Lile lmaaoooo!, To them, they were coming to beat these Africans but na dem iggest mistiiok be dat lol, dem no get de memo wey dem send from head office hehehehe, before you can say goal, 9ja don puff 3 goal quietly inside dem net, sonhow, de ref manage disallow a very pure and sweet goal, but nevertheless 2 more was coming lool – oya back to de game, second half don start o jare lmaaooo!
Coach Chelle seems to be more interested in immediate results than building for the future.
This tournament should have been used to try out new, younger and hungrier players.
Instead, he seems to be rewarding failure.
Were the majority of the players he took to this tournament in Türkiye not the same players that failed to qualify back to back for The World Cup?
xx-Uzoho is stil very much the same basket as he always were, to be frank, he’s nothing if not short one (1) lmaoooo! -xx
-Mainwile, Iran(u) thash Costa Rica 5-nil lmaoo, so let it be a lesson to anyone trying to rubbish our win against them ok?-
Jordan came thinking they are going to spoil 9ja’s party and after they scored, you could see they all developed hard(ons) Oko Lile lmaaoooo!, To them, they were coming to beat these Africans but na dem iggest mistiiok be dat lol, dem no get de memo wey dem send from head office hehehehe, before you can say goal, 9ja don puff 3 goal quietly inside dem net, sonhow, de ref manage disallow a very pure and sweet goal, but nevertheless 2 more was coming lool – oya back to de game, second half don start o jare lmaaooo!
xx – Meanwillie, Jordarn wey we spose dey beat wit like between 7 to 10 nil, na im dem dey play 2-2 wit oo! – xx
Ehn, nor be say we spose spell jordarn at least wit goal?? Hmm na wa o!
Awful refereeing.
Nigeria has been the victim of some very biased refereeing of late. Our opponents know our useless NFF will not protest, so they cheat shamelessly.
The Iwobi red card really sums it all up. The Jordan dude had almost stripped the jersey of Iwobi, who was about to launch a counter attack. Understandably angered, Iwobi made the mistake of lashing out. If Iwobi gets a red, the other guy should also go. But no, Iwobi was sent off and his assailant remained on the pitch!
Injustice!
Can Jordan try what they did to us today against their fellow Arabs, or countries with better FAs? Of course not, they won’t dare.
If Jordan is proud of this sham of a result, it explains why they will remain a tiny force in world football.
If you want a good result, earn it fair and square. Don’t cheat to obtain it!
Meanwhile, I have to say I’m very disappointed in the general Nigeria display.
No passion, lackadaisical, too casual!!! Jordan looked hungrier, they wanted to win so badly, while Nigeria played as if nothing was at stake. You will find more passion and desire in a Sunday league game! This is part of why Nigeria will not be at the mundial. This is the same lack of hunger and desire we saw during the world cup qualifiers. Not taking games seriously until it’s too late!
it was after the Jordan first goal that we started to see a semblance of seriousness and purpose, but then things went back to rubbish in the second half!
Fernandez, Akor and Iwobi when he came on were the ones I feel played for a result today, but unfortunately, it takes 11 players to win games. All hands needed to be on deck, and that was not the case. I’m tired of players that don’t take the badge seriously.
While it is a fact that these are our best players, perhaps it is time to settle for lesser quality players who are serious about the badge. Which is better, to have quality players who play as if they’re doing us a favour, or to have lesser quality players who play with the kind of hunger we see in Morocco, the kind we saw in Jordan today?
BTW, while I blame the players for this tasteless display, perhaps morale is down because Onigbese NFF continues to hold on to players bonuses. That can demoralize players and lead to off key performances on the pitch.
If this is the case, then the players are urged to play for the badge and the fans. In the end, NFF don’t care, it is the fans that suffer when results are poor. The players should bear this in mind!
The match was an eyesore. Even Chelle appeared disinterested at some point. NFF is bent on ruining our senior teams after destroying the cadet teams.
South africa has even named a roster for their women friendlies this month. Falcons are on their own.
May the affliction by Gusau, Dikko and NFF board not happen again by September since they want to finish the disgrace of a tenure.
We couldn’t beat Jordan!
Is it diminishing returns?