Completesports.com’s Live Blogging of Mexico Vs Nigeria International Friendly Match At the AT & T Stadium, Dallas, Texas.
Live Blogging: Mexico Vs Nigeria – International Friendly Match
Nnamdi Ezekute
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Finally, the day is finally here. Thank you God. Let’s gooooo Super Eagles. God bless Nigeria!!!
How can we watch the game
The NFF tv
I am reading some comments here now and I am shaking my head.
Some of us doesn’t understand football at all.
Now, permit me to analyze the match for you a bit.
Before the match against Mexico, I have stated it here clearly that we shouldn’t expect too much from our team because at least, our players did not arrive to camp early due to NFF poor planning.
Common Nigerians, our players are not machine, they are human like us.
Am very disappointed the way some people are blaming the Super Eagles players now.
I think we should be thankful for their efforts and saving Nigeria from disgraced NFF committed by organizing a match of magnitude this way.
More so, if we noticed, Dessers was tired in that match but he tried his best and he didn’t get supply from our midfielders.
The little supply he got from Bassey, he scored it.
The entire team did well and I am highly impressed because if I may ask, how many days did they stay together as a team?
They had two days training or so and they played like that huh?
For me, I didn’t expect that much from our players against Mexico because of long journey and poor preparations from the Nigeria Football Federation.
Long story short, we should putting the blame on NFF not our players.
Last but not least, Oga Paseiro did very well and I can say it with what I saw against Mexico today, this Oga Paseiro will do much better if given more time to put things together.
He did something that amazed me. If Oga Rohr or coach Eguavoen were in charge of today’s match, I don’t think they will replaced Dessers. The new gaffer has confidence and he even introduced our local players.
Kolawoleeeeeee. Kai, am proud of Dessers and I hope Oga Rohr and coach Eguavoen watched the match as well.
Bassey? Chai, I’m impressed. Ajayi? Bravo. Uzoho? Kudos to him. Iwobi? Awesome.
Iwobi can not do it all. Oga Paseiro need to scouting for more creative midfielders. Nwobodo, Ejaria are needed in this team also.
Lastly, my people please be patient. I can tell you people that Ecuador match will be much better than this one.
Eagles will have more time to settle down and more calm than today.
We will see an energetic Dessers against Ecuador. Our players were tired in the first half which I expected. Once again, put the blame on “NFF AJĘWOMASAN the debtor”, not our players. Mexico is not a push over in football. So far so good, am impressed with Oga Paseiro’s performance against Mexico. Ire o. God bless Nigeria!!!
Any link pls?
The NFF tv
12 minutes in, they have conceded. Don’t mean to be harsh, but so far, looking discombobulated.
Where are all of you that kniw more than the coach. Same players and same rubbish result. Uzoho is even jittery. We need a new team
Our defence is porous! Should have been at least 3-0 now.
The team is in shambles, uzoho is really suspect
It’s Uzoho that’s saving this team. Nigeria would have conceded not less than four goals.
The goal scored was a defensive error. The ball passed slowly through the front of a defender. The defender only need to pass the ball to Conner.
Super Eagles are playing with low self esteem. The courage is not there. The need to be courageous.
Though, the stadium is loaded with Mexico fans.
The poor performance during the nation’s cup and world cup qualifier is still affecting the team.
The coach have a lot of work to do.
The team badly needs a 10.
The boys were able to calm the Mexican storm. Iwobi has been the liveliest, closely followed by Bassey. The Strikers have no service. Midfield still a problem. Peseiro has to solve this puzzle.
This team’s problem goes deeper than a creative midfielder and a world-class coach. The team lacks high-quality players. The sooner we realize that the better for our mental health.
So, what do we do now? May be we should go and hire players from Brazil, Spain and may be Germany or what do you think?
No be wetin we get we go use?
Thanks bro. You just said it. We need quality players. Some of this the players are not worth. Please they should stop calling this Bonke for christ sake. Please when will Ekong retire. He is just careless. Why will shorunmu start Uzoho,this guy is jittery.
No one notice ekong mistake that lead to the goal
Moffii and Bonke are doing great
Can we just ow these guys to breathe and settle in. Mexico is not our mate in football. They are better. So let us hope the coach will use the game to access his players and no how best to use them going forward. The defence caused the goal. That was a rebound and cold happen to any keeper. Our mid field and defence is weak. No one to send passes to the strikers. Meanwhile, our passes are generally shambolic and poor. The Mexican give acccurate passes so we really need to just let them play the best way they can and we can take the positives.
The kind first half self..
Mexico with players in their local league teaching our players who play In Europe how to play football.
The Formation is not working probably because we are missing some key players.. aino in the Wing back would have be better.sadly he is injured..
We are missing oshimen, those Mexican defenders are all having a fun day because nobody is there to trouble them, they can’t try what they are doing now if oshimen was there.. the two strikers plan has not worked and deseers needs to run more.. I have been impressed with moffi and bassey , moffi has shown he is the next to oshimen in terms of quality..
First half done and dusted. About time
we tell ourselves the truth . we don’t have a team , we don’t have quality players. we have to restructure our football from the grassroots. A proper structure must be on ground henceforth. The best coach in the world would also fail.Pasiero has a tough job on his hands . all
the best
No one is talking about the pitch, beautiful stadium but the playing turf is poor..
Did you say poor. That’s one of the most expensive stadiums in the world and America. The stadium was refitted for the match. It is an NFL stadium
The turf is Astro & not natural grass. That’s why you see something like shadow when the kick the ball & qhen it bounces.
First half done and dusted. About time
we tell ourselves the truth . we don’t have a team , we don’t have quality players. we have to restructure our football from the grassroots. A proper structure must be on ground henceforth. The best coach in the world would also fail.Pasiero has a tough job on his hands . all
the best
Dessers Dessers Dessers …Shebi you have all seen your Dessers now abi?
Dessers ko, Sahara ni.
I don’t even know if people actually see players play before they start recommending them or is there something else? Haba Dessers Dessers, I did not want to say anything because some will be offended and because every Nigerian deserves a chance, so at least now una don see abi. I rest. I don’t want to hear Desser again unless the coach man decides and that is his own job. Please o!
Are you sure you are watching this game sir ? what do you expect dessers to do without any quality service from
the midfield. guess he should go use his hands
to carry the ball inside
the net. Na wa
Dessers played on Thursday night, got to camp not up to two days via flight then starts another game today. May be u should go and send dead threat to him like you people always do. Impatient Naija people. Shhhh..
How many games osimeh play for SE before he gel? I sure say you follow criticise am say he no sabi. Today na so so osimeh. That na player wey don play U17, U20 for us. Give Dessers time & he will come through for us, its only his 2nd game & 1st start, more so, his 1st was 2yrs ago
Very inconsiderate comment knowing he played a final Thursday night and only got to camp friday and still scored. Bad belle people waiting for others to fail.
You obviously did not give much thought to your comment. He did his job which is to score goals and you still complain. The midfield needs a lot of work. The domestic players gave a good account of themselves, I liked the ishaaku dude.
A good test game, lots of positives. I liked iwobi’s energy. Uzoho was much more steady in the end half, He should keep it up. AWazuem had a poor game, so did bonke and aribo.
I think Ekong has too much errors in his game and is becoming a liability. Peseiro would do well to look for a new defensive centre back pairing. Failure to do that would cost him dearly. He was at fault for the 1st goal when the Mexican player peeled of him to score and he later scored an own goal.I will pair Bassey with Ajayi or Ndah. Sentimental Nigerians will not be happy about this but Failure to make the required changes will lead to tears at the end. Ekong at the moment should not be starting for Nigeria, doesn’t start for the poor watford defense, that should give us a clue.
From what I’ve seen in the 1st half, I think Awaziem should move to DM, Bassey should take Awaziem’s role, then Simon Moses should move to the left where he is comfortable.
Bassey is playing very well at the left wing.. the two man striker formation is not working. One of them should be dropped, deseer should be replaced and iwobi and Simon moved to the left , right wing position.. an home based attacking midfielder should be tried to add more depth to our middle.. hoping bonke will continue in the second half
Dessers!!!! Oh!!!! Dem dey craze!????
Gooooaaallllll Dessers!!!
Oh no! Ekong! Why?
Ekonggggggggggggyggggghgg again. When will they let this guy go ooooooooo. This is crazy
If God no punish Eguavoen eh! How did we not go to AFCON and World cup play-offs without Cyriel Dessers?
Chai see Troost Ekong ooh!
Abeg leave Egyavoen out of this. We had no issue in scoring at the Nation’s cup. All this noise about dessers let’s relax abeg
Na wa oh… We didn’t even enjoy the goal
…Now you all can see why at Watford FC he was rooted to the bench when the coaches discovered he does not have the talent for Premier League and first team football. As Balogun did not play today he has exposed himself. William Troost Ekong is no Super Eagles material… Just imagine the rocket a central defender who is supposed to be composed fired into his own net! Such an embarrassing own goal… even the first goal it was him who lost his marker… What a shame!
Jimmy Ball oooooooo! Quite an age, where have you been? Seems you’ve been on sabbatical but you propped up the moment Ekong scored an own goal.
That was a bad touch from Ekong anyways, and I think he’s been having a bad patch in his career of late. Be that as it is, Ekong has done well for himself in the past but he surely needs to work hard to get himself back on track. He may not be the perfect or flamboyant centre back we wish for, but he isn’t as poor as you described him. That he has been a first teamer in SE in the past 6yrs regardless of his average rating also shows the quality of players available for selection in the SE over the years.
Let’s hope Aina returns against Equador and gives us the possibility of seeing Semi Ajayi and Chidozie Awaziem pair up in Central defence.
Good to hear from Jimmy ball again though.
XHUXHU PLS I NEED YOUR NUMBER
Time for substitution abeg. Our glory days are beginning to fade gradually. We need top players. This ones are still playing like under 23 for me
Watching from hesgoal . I think the commentators are from Mexico the way scream whenever Mexico scored and not when Nigeria score is unprofessional. Someone said Nigeria don’t have world class our problem is organized play . And when you considers some players are not even playing I think we are not doing as bad as we thought
Thank you at respect..the camera is just following only the Mexicans around..I tire.
Which station are you guys viewing this match
Mexico play like Argentina and they get exhausted quickly now it’s showing in their game. I think Nigeria should play to their strength which power . Senegal hardly play fancy football but share power
The new coach should teach our players on how to make successful pass, positioning and team play then we are good to at least dominate Africa
Nobody teaches pass at this level… It’s not kindergarten football.
It’s high ti.e Ekong chop bench in he national team top. For christ sake this man has not played club football for a while…..How did he even start? Mexico should have whooped us like 4-1
Watching Iwobi play today and someone still saying we don’t have a capable NO 10, needs to re- examine his understanding of football. Yes we need a backup No 10 n not a case of we not having one. Anyway congrats to the lads. Congrats to Dessers. Love that HOMEBASED inverted left wing player that operated from the right. We need to see more of him.
Super eagles played better in the second half.
The result would have been better if they got to the game from kickoff.
It would have been draw if not of the own goal
I expect a better performance in the next game next week.
God bless Super Eagles of Nigeria
Playing Mexico in Texas is like a home-gsme for them. The Super Eagles hsve gotten a good result of 1 – 2, with an own goal msking the difference.
Guys don’t condemn this team, rather the players who pulled out from the games should be fingered as ones who doesn’t really care about the team. The match panned out as expected with nothing to play for. I only saw Bassey and Dessers as for the other players they need to show more hunger if they must earn a place in the future eagles. Not a bad start for a new coach!!!
Super eagles played better in the second half.
The result would have been better if they got to the game from kickoff.
It would have been draw if not of the own goal
I expect a better performance in the next game next week.
God bless Super Eagles of Nigeria
Nigeria shall be great again.
This is very poor from our boys but i think not having a full house affected them.. all these home based players are average.. pesiro has alot to do in building this team, our midfield is so poor.. we need new players.. more players should be invited for the next game if possible.. few postives from the match is the quality of basey, desser and moffi.. these guys are Good.. desser is the type of striker that needs to be supplied the passes for him to score,we saw his beautiful header.. we need new players in the middle.. ekong is match rusty, someone is not playing for his club starting in the national team.. what do you expect
What did this your moffi played except for missing an open net? So in your assessment moffi is among our top 3 performing players of this match??? Na wao… no wonder our indigenous coaches can’t pick the right players… they’re a reflection of the mentality of most fans
The performance is not that bad. I love the combination of Iwobi and Aribo. It improves our creativity. Style of play looks better. I think the coach appears tactically better than Eguaveon and Rohr.
Stop blaming Ekong for that owngoal… why were our players like Simon and awaziem ball before it got to that… our players reaction to play is very slow and weak… our marking is very poor thereby making our defending porous and abysmal… the less said about our pressing the better…
Lately, Eagles fidget when playing non African opposition and are complacent against African teams
** Simon and awaziem ball watching **
I wonder what kind of people comment here. Have you even played football before?
The game haven’t even started and very derogatory comments already started. Which game where you guys watching?
First the coach names his best 11 possible based on the players in camp. He played a 352 yes it took us a while to settle. However he rejigged his team in the second half and Thier was some marked improvement. We all need to relax and let this team evolve under a new coach with a new styl.
People should grow up and understand that the players are humans who have emotions. Ekong made a mistake so what?
Is that why he should be insulted?
The guy had an above average game save for that error, anyone can make mistakes. Game haven’t even started someone says uzoho is rubbish, uzoho is jittery,Hana.
Dessers wasent getting service yet he was being insulted before he scored.
If we continue like this nobody will be left to play for the national team.
If you must criticize be objective and gracious. You don’t need to insult any player or even anyone else here for having an opinion.
Express your own view and move on.
Thank you Ken. Very impatient lots. Professional football na your mate? These footballers are humans too for Christ sakes!!! Let them breathe. Gosh!
@ken, God bless you. Well spoken brother. Am expecting Deo, Pompei, Kel, Ayphillydegreat, Chima E Samuels, Oakfield, Dr.Drey and the rest of us to do their analysis of the match against Mexico.
Do we have hope in Oga Paseiro with what we saw today? It is too early but with what I saw today, for me, I will say yes to the question but we have to be patient with the team. God bless Nigeria!!!
God bless you Ken
Well…some people here need to just be staying calm unless, they will just run mad because of impatience.
To my darling super Eagles, I know we will get there.
No Okoye, No Aina, No Balogun, No Indidi, No Chukwueze, No Lookman, No Dennis, No Osimhen..some Arewa boys even pulled out at the dying minutes, forcing the coaches to change plans within just a day. Wow!!! And we stood against Mighty Mexico close to their backyard like that!!!! Kudos to you people.
@Uzoho, congrats but we need to see more.
@Bassey, I’m seeing Virgil Vandyke spirit in you. Thank God we have you.
@Iwobi, chaii..welcome back, even though some people wear bra for face while watching the match, they couldn’t feel those moves, I see u bro.
@Aribo, I know u will get back to your normal self when Iwobi is finally back, I felt those one-twos btw you both..welcome.
@Dessers, the natural finisher. Now! A game changer is here..Osimhen Starts, Dessers ends it..that’s the voodoo!
At Awaziem, pls, step up on time and grab your spot from Ekong, it’s getting dark for him already.
To all our homebased, you all tried, it’s good to mix with big boys, I pray u can repeat that during Chan and Wafu tournaments… And to Ekong!!!!
Hmmm…3 or more Own goals already for super Eagles, not even at club levels in country matches that we don’t see often!! Chaii..
Against Croatia, Algeria and now Mexico? Well .. we still need you anyways but it’s time you start coming from the bench like Keshi in 94 and Yobo in 2013 and Ironically, we won both tournaments ..may be when start running your captaincy job from the bench, we’ll win a tournament.
@Moffi, you tried but we don’t want only active strikers in eagles, we need goal scorers.
Overall..they surprised me. At least, we didn’t conceed 4 goals this time.
I think people should realize that this is a live match blog and as such it would capture fan’s emotions at various stages of the game. Players will be criticized and praised as the game progresses.
That’s why onee needs to be patient which is what we are preaching..
Keep your emotions to yourself till the end of the whistle (that’s maturity) then do your summary. Our players are humans too. They are all better than those that missed this match without good reason.
Thanks bro.
@Sean, criticism is part of life, especially in this sport . Any player who does not want to be criticized is better of doing something else but I bet you whatever he decides to do , someone will criticise him.
What we should preach is constructive criticism. Again, it is a blog, there is nothing abnormal about the mixture of emotions. Just watch some fans match vlog, it is designed to document your emotions during the course of the game (logs your emotions and interaction) . Any professional footballer who is afraid of being criticised publicly is in the wrong profession. Pundits will give their assessment of a game at half time, are they expected to wait till full time before they give their comments?
@Golden – Thanks you o jare awe, tell them for the rest of us, just because we make one comment without any prejudice, rather than offer their own different opinion and we agree/disagree amicably but not here, if it is not itk’s, abusing people, it’s ghanians causing problems haba!
@sean abi na wetin be your name, pleasew don’t start ignoring me o! I don’t know what you bloody ghanans want here among your “so called” enemies..Unuofias!
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Golden – Thanks you o jare awe, tell them for the rest of us, just because we make one comment without any prejudice, rather than offer their own different opinion and we agree/disagree amicably but no,not here, if it is not itk’s abusing people, it’s ghanians causing problems haba!
@sean abi na wetin be your name, pleasew don’t start abusing me o!
I don’t know what you bloody ghanans want here among your “so called” enemies..Unuofias!