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Cote d’Ivoire Vs Nigeria Live Blogging – AFCON 2023 Group A Match
Nnamdi Ezekute
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Ehn where starting line up come dey now??
Let’s go boys, we are hopeful!
We have the most useless coach in the history of Nigerian football. Where are all the midfielders you took to this AFCON yet you are bringing Bassey to play in the midfield.
Why can’t Osimhen be calm in front of goal??? Tufiakwa
We can watch the match on koora. Good match so far. Good luck Nigeria. Ire o. God bless Nigeria!!!
Osimhen has started nonsense again. African footballer of the year missing simple chances
That’s his birthright. He should be benched for onuachu or kel
Yeah, true if he is feeling too big. As bad as Awoniyi could be in eagles shirt, he would score one of those chances he has seen. I have never seen him that balance or facing the keeper multiple times like this in eagles shirt.
I can’t blame Peseiro, Osimhen and our players are poor.
How I wish these players can cover themselves in glory.
3-4-3 attacking, 5-4-1 defending.
We should be up 1-0, if Osimhen had converted that chance.
Let’s hope missed chances don’t come back to bite us in the wazoo.
Looking good so far.
Nwabili showing up really good so far.
I know:(
I beg comet Zaidu ooo…
Links to watch, please
Zaidu zaidu zaidu why
Where can I watch
A screamer from Fofana.
Nwabili equal to the task.
We Uzoho sympathisers will have long to wait o.
This Nigeria I dey watch so.
Even Senegal go sweat small ooo before they beat us.
So far so good. Let us not spoil it with loss of focus.
There’s just one word to describe the Super Eagles: Organised.
They are highly organised. They came with a game plan and they have stuck to it .
Indeed, Deo.
We just someone to step up and score now. And this one is in the bag.
Will not stop saying it, this is the worst super eagles ever assembled. Hope those hyping oshimen can see that he is just a shadow of himself. It’s like am watching under-20 playing. The attack just shows kids playing, just smh here. Please what’s the impact of Onyeka, chukwueze, iwobi, Lookman, sanusi, they all playing tired. abeg why is it that it’s only the white coaches going to peserio, is it that Finidi’s input is not warranted. Corner kicks rubbish,
What game are you watching??
@collins you must be a ghanian …lol..
You can watch on kooralive, youtbe
Hesgoal.one
Yiu can watch here
So far so good.
We won’t lie low for anybody be it minows or powerhouse. SuperEagles are holding their own so far. Onyeka is not doing bad but we are really overwhelmed in midfield. Iwobi please run with the ball for goodness sake. We know you have eye for a pass but you have acres of spaces in front of you run with the ball!!!! This formation has been crying out loud to be our most formidable formation since time immemorial. Let’s go SuperEagles!!!
Please house can someone help me with a link
P2P4U
I still believe we need Onuachu in this game to head in one of these corner kicks.
Not too bad.
The coach game plan is clear to see – seat back and absorb the pressure, then counter.
We’re yet to really connect the counter attack pass. Of course, minus the chance Osimhen missed.
For me, sub out Samuel Chukwueze for Kelechi Iheanacho.
This is because Iwobi is sitting. There’s an advantage to this – he is organizing the midfield with fluid passes. However, sitting deep means Iwobi incisive passes will be missed. And that’s where Iheanacho comes in.
He is good with playmaking but still a seasoned goal scorer.
I also believe if we want to score goals then we need to ease the scoring pressure from Osimhen. Again, that’s where Iheanacho comes in.
So far, Sanusi has been giving me dual feelings.
I believe we can still win this match – only if we do not lose concentration and focus when defending.
God bless Super Eagles!
We saw how to save an in swinger and a powerful shot from a new GK, nwabali is here to stay already, the game is equally contested so far, but why the rush now chuckueze, we are winning this one.
Not too bad.
The coach game plan is clear to see – seat back and absorb the pressure, then counter.
We’re yet to really connect the counter attack pass. Of course, minus the chance Osimhen missed.
For me, sub out Samuel Chukwueze for Kelechi Iheanacho.
This is because Iwobi is sitting. There’s an advantage to this – he is organizing the midfield with fluid passes. However, sitting deep means Iwobi incisive passes will be missed. And that’s where Iheanacho comes in.
He is good with playmaking but still a seasoned goal scorer.
I also believe if we want to score goals then we need to ease the scoring pressure from Osimhen. Again, that’s where Iheanacho comes in.
So far, Sanusi has been giving me dual feelings.
I believe we can still win this match – only if we do not lose concentration and focus when defending.
Will not stop saying it, this is the worst super eagles ever assembled. Hope those hyping oshimen can see that he is just a shadow of himself. It’s like am watching under-20 playing. The attack just shows kids playing, just smh here. Please what’s the impact of Onyeka, chukwueze, iwobi, Lookman, sanusi, they all playing tired. abeg why is it that it’s only the white coaches going to peserio, is it that Finidi’s input is not warranted. Corner kicks rubbish,
I’m not sure you watched the game. They played well despite playing against the host and a vociferous crowd. MAke una dey chill now
I think coach Paseiro got it right this time around tactically. However, is left to the players to convert the chances and not to also to lose concentration. This is a game we should win.
Since ROHR left calculator became our portion again. I pray we win comfortably here, instead of depending on permutations.
Even if we somehow lose this game, we should still be able to handle GB.
Then anything can happen in the next round.
But if we convert our chances, I don’t see us losing.
SCORE, OR GO HOME.
Penaltyyyyyyy
Ekong plays with heart. That’s one thing he brings to the table.
Great penalty.
When I saw him, I was confident it is a goal. Nice penalty
Osimhen missing with the head again, missing chances like Aiyegbeni. You score tight one than this at your club. I hope you improve oh, if not, your ranking in eagles shirt should depreciate quickly.
This chuckuweze is so brainless and selfish. Pass the damn ball. Wtf.
And he is so slow too moving with the ball.
Thank God, Dem don commot am. Smh
I don’t know what the coach find so special about that guy.
I have known he was just one Pius Ikedia type that will fizzle out quickly. Pius Ikedia was even more productive than him
Seriously. Milan go sell am in no time. Just watch. You know Italians no dey play. So much potential but e no dey play with brain. Yeye.
I think Nigeria is winning this one, Nwabili showcase himself well, Oshimen should do better abeg..
Man of the match
Calvin Bassey!!!!
Yes sister Mercy. My 5-2-3 came good!!!
Ahem, you mean 3-4-3.
There is a reason it’s the in vogue formation in Europe.
Lol. Anyways it is 343 and not 532 formation. I have always 343 since conte era at Chelsea. My only worry is that it makes iwobi, the only creative player in the team to sit too deep.
Ekong was a general. Leading team to a battle field with a commanding performance.
However, osimhen is feeling the heat. Knowing he is carrying the aspiration of 200 millions Nigeria
Always love 343
The most useless coach just won. Stupid useless
Tell your world class players to take their chances and stop being selfish.
SuperEaglessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
Don’t you ever underestimate my SuperEagles. Do that at your own peril.
PS: We must continue with this 3-4-3 formation until at least we’re knocked. But it looks like it’s coming back home.
Aah now now, funny fans, na to kidnap am be that. Congratulations SE anyways this one sweet my belle. Paseiro got it right this time around but need to do more work on the midfield
This team is more compact and more solid defensively when we play 3 center backs.
Rohr showed us the way. Why we don’t do this more often, I don’t understand.
Well, good win.
ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
Who dey breatheeeeee!
The problem we have now is converting chances.
If they fix that, we’ve got ourselves a pretty decent squad.
Come O… where is those derry jealous ghanains please?
Moky yash, yeboah, agyeman, ghaina tony, selfmad, mensah, yeboah, takoradi, aboagye, adjua, YAWS and all the other chale dem oya oya wey unu dey O…mtcheew!
Yeye dey smell! lool
Oya now listen and listen well – normally I don’t do this and I will not start now – I will not wish the dark stains any bad luck but just in case I have put 500K on Egypt beatin ghaina 4-nil and then just for insurance I put another 100K on an Egypt win…Oya let’s gooooo!
@Field Marshall. My guy, we go chase those jelous group of nay sayers out of this forum. Starting with the smelly Monkey asshole who predicted our downfall. Watch this space Monkey fool.We the authentic Super Eagles fans will be on your monkey ass so long you continue to spill shit here. Up the mighty Super Eagles of Nigeria.
@Machaveli (Tupac)
My bro – from your lips, straight to the ears of the ALMIGHTY!
Amen!
I dey with you brother!
Peace!
Peseiro’s best game so far…..Give credit when it is due. This was a masterpiece.
Hahaha… Hahaha. God bless Peseiro. Master tactician taking some deep into Mourinho’s bag of tricks. God bless all deserving SE, God bless Ekong king Kong, ooohh God bless our new found goal block Nwabali. 2013 revisiting. Lolzz. Love what almeseeing. A aaaaaaawwuuuuuraaaa. Victory is certain.
These guys were 11/10 today – Aina, Bassey, Osimhen, Lookman, Nwabali, Ekong, Iwobi, Chukwueze, Ajayi, Sanusi. Everybody was perfect. Everyone brought their A-game to the field today. No one allowed any room for error. They all 100% interpreted the coach’s tactics, which was on point for the opponent.
The confidence booster that we direly needed. The SuperEagles have just send a signal to the rest of Africa that we’re here to stay. Beating the host and one of the favorites is not an easy thing to do under pressure. The tactics today from Peseiro was masterclass. The Ivorians thought it was Uzoho that is in goal they were just shooting from everywhere, but they met a rock in between the SuperEagles goal. Abeg let’s leave the coach alone to do his job. Any team that will knock out this SuperEagles must be prepared for a tough challenge and bruises.
Today’s game was all about tactical battle, rather than finesse. And walahi talahi Jose Peseiro proved he learnt well under the special one. He is gradually proving all d doubting thomas wrong that he is not the one formation only man.
Great game guys I took a bow. Onyeka, Aina, Ekong, Ajayi, Bassey, respect
Even best strikers in the world misfires, yesterday he is the best and today he is the worst, y’all think he is really at peace with himself missing these chances? you can even start questioning his patriotism as someone already saying he’s feeling too big, you guys have problems.
Shame on all those enemies of progress – internal saboteurs – (You all know yourselves and I have absolutely no time for you local champions lool) But make no mistake about it – shame on you all – You want Uzoho AKA Calamity Frank ba? – Then what are y’all good for? To apply ordinary common sense and wish our own good – Y’all cannot – wishing Calamity Frank on the Nation?! SHAME ON ALL OF YOU AND WE THANK GOD FOR HIS MERCY! WHO GOD HAS BLESSED NO MAN CAN CURSE! NOT EVEN UNDER COVER AGENTS OF SABOTAGE! LOL
I MEAN WITH FRIENDS/”CITIZENS” LIKE THESE – WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?
i ASK AGAIN – WITH FRIENDS/”CITIZENS” LIKE THESE – WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?
CARRY GO NIGERIA’S NEW NUMBER 1 – NWABALI THE “BALE” BETWEEN THE POST!
GOD BLESS PAJERO, GOD BLESS NIGERIA AND THE SE’S- IRE OO!
CARRY GOOOO! HEEHEHEHE
Oga call out his name. DR DRY, Mr rubbish Statistician. Oya come out and rubbisg Nwabali, i bet you we would have conceded if that basket was in goal.
My guy I don’t read anything from that one – Me myself I was thinking of the long essay writing Deo – the XSN local champion lool!
At least pessiro have stayed with super eagles for two weeks since they imployed him, we’re beginning to see his real tactics, have never seen the eagles defended the way they did today
Nigeria, we hail thee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yes sir.
To win the next game, is a must.
I can’t but laugh at some comments in this game. Their was absolutely nothing fantastic about this game. We won out of luck. The defenders won you this game for us. Attack to midfield was zero. what was iwobi and onyeka’s imapct in this game. You paraded kids upfront who couldn’t attack. Imagine chukwueze can’t control ball, selfish to pass, You brought in an headless Osayi, who couldn’t control ball. I thought someone here said ball controlling wasn’t the coaches job. Oya come out and say something. What are the organizers smoking giving oshimen MOM, abi whicg game were they watching. Aina, Bassey, Ekong were man of the match.
Someone call skysports and let them know Amokachi is the wrong person to bring in as an analyst, how he picked sanusi as man of the match is mind bugling.
Hehehehe…No collins you must be a ghanian..lol..for spiting fact
I once wrote Peserio will ditch 343 formation after guinea schooled eagles. He used it today.
I also had written that he’d hopefully make early substitutions this time around. He’s stuck to late ones.
I also wrote he’d never drop Uzoho since he had his mumu button but nwabali had embraced number one.
Please, Peserio against Guinea bissau, start off again with iwobi and Chukweze as they were mesmerizing today.
Iwobi bossed the midfield and Chukweze dominated the right flank. Oh, and Sanusi who often went forward with pinpointed crosses.
Can Uzoho start the third game? Please do.
Hopefully Peserio does the opposite of my desire since he’s been going contrarily to some of my views.
Ehem, Osimhen as long striker has worked in 2 matches so far lol.
Who wrote earlier today’s performance was superb?
Don’t encourage this rubbish from this 600 billion naira squad. Putting pressure on defense because midfield was ball watching.
Consequences of carrying 500 strikers and 5 midfielders. Defence will continue to be tortured.
One big team will so disgrace this squad in the knockout round because defenders will see too much pressure and penalties will settle that game since strikers are still profligates
You don’t know anything is Ivory Coast not a big team? Most of you just open mouth waaa without reasonable facts. Ivory Coast the host and one of the favorites is a small team Abi??? Abeg make una continue with una doomsday agenda. Leave our SuperEagles and Peseiro alone to do their job.
@collins you must have watched another game to just rubbish the victory we had today . How come ivory didn’t win out of luck . People like you wanted us to lose so that NFF can fire the coach forgetting that this is our country . Today’s game showed Peserio listened to public opinion or let me see he kept his tactics close to his chest all these while . Another thing i noticed is when Nigeria respect their opponent it becomes difficult to beat them . The whole team was focused all through the game.
However both Chukwu and Osayi were both stupid for being selfish otherwise we could have won by 3 nil .
Shame on to you @Collins is it not better you quietly lie down and pray that you catch some sleep than ranting and backing like a mad dog. You were waiting for ivory coast to win so that you laugh. Am highly disappointed in you. What is your gain running this team down? We beat a good team allow us to enjoy this moment.
*Barking
Is only a fool that will say that a winning team didn’t play anything,”Collins ‘ go and watch Nigeria vs guinea bissau at home during the qualifiers will played everything and still lost and some fool like you said that we didn’t played , Nigeria played tactical football and won if you like call it anything
Everyone is entitled to his opinion but name calling on who disagrees with yours is a low and is needless. Fool? Because of the anonymity of CS? It is fine you don’t share his views. CIV just deported an Algerian for “shitholing” their country when Afcon is for accommodating different cultures. We agree to disagree.
A diamond is only known after it is viewed from all sides or angles.
Eagles will always play more matches so temporary “euphoria” from sharing your opinions is not what makes football game.
Osimhen just got MOTM award for playing what exactly? You might like him but that award is just like what Messi won a few days ago. Poster boy.
I bet you’d disagree if he is your real guy but no dey curse who disagree with yours.
After a few days, we go comment on other news here so always share love
Osimhen won the crucial penalty for us. He was a turn in the flesh of the Ivorian defenders all game. Go and rewatch the match again with an unbiased mindset you will see that he was the main reason we won the game today. Yes there’s need for improvement but we played overall better today with a tactical masterclass that is now our bread and butter.
Congratulations to the Super Eagles.
Made us proud . Felt your fight and spirit.
Good Job Jose. His best game yet. Solid tactical performance.
If we sustain this attitude and improve on our shortcomings, we can only get better. The cup is ours to lose.
For now.we enjoy this one.
Congrats my Fellow Nigerians.
Some people said that they pity for goalkeeper that will at our goal post because we don’t have defenders and coach but shame to them I know that they will never comment because they wanted us to lose so that they would come here and start shouting Rhor and Amuneke would have done better fools
@ sly, they are free to call me all kinds of him, it doesn’t deter me from saying my mind. I know many would have come back here to type rubbish about the team if they had lost or play draw if that penalty did not come up. Just wondering when did our team become too defensive. it’s only the defense that is keeping this team intact, their is absolutely nothing fantastic about this team. The midfield is crap, the attackers are nothing to write about. Is this this super eagles many of you back in the days, kindly be honest with yourselves. We now playing ugly football. Maybe someone can explain the fall by chukwueze or the one by Osayi, we had chances to blow the game away, same collapse. Na una know. Ivory coast was not fantastic either