Completesports.com’s live blogging of the 2026 FIFA World Cup African Playoffs Semi-final match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Panthers of Gabon at the Prince Moulay El Hassan Stadium, Rabat.
Nigeria Vs Gabon Live Blogging – 2026 FIFA World Cup African Playoffs Semi-final
Nnamdi Ezekute
Nnamdi Ezekute, a sports reporting expert, has risen through the ranks at Complete Communications Limited (CCL) famed for publications like Complete Sports.
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Go Super Eagles!!!!
I love how Akor Adams suppresses his urge to score by feeding Osihmen and playing the more withdrawn role. Should he continue this way, his partnership with Osihmen will be sealed.
Arokodare’s desire to be a co-equal goal scorer with Osihmen appears to have relegated him to the bench despite coming onto the scene earlier than Akor.
Statistics suggests that Moses Simon provides more assists than Lookman but Lookman is undeniable the more higher profile player. Chukwueze’s rockstar performance in the last match meant benching him for Simon on the right would be the height of stupidity.
People complain that Iwobi is poorly utilised by being played dep beside Ndidi. But these critics fail to see that Ndidi and Iwobi have formed a formidable partnership in midfield.
Fredricks will have to exhibit maturity way beyond his years today with Bassey hopefully curbing his propensity for errors.
Sanusi and Osayi-Samuel are experienced fullbacks with the latter more effective offensively.
Where is Amas Obasoki?? I ask you.
Stupidity! yuh pipo are worshipers of men, pipo like yuh wii bite off dier own nose despite dier face – using iwobi and formidable in the same sentence is the highest madness, Go and wash de game again and tell me how many tackle or ball interceptionn your iwobe made – even when the ball is free and no opponent he slide and and completely miss de ball – yuh pipo are completely unbilievable – I weep for Nigreains wit dis kain of analisis from idiots!
@deo’s analysis was before the game,so calm down.
I am sure he’ll give as usual his expert analysis on the game as he always does.
Where do we watch live
Why should a South African officiate this match? Plus the Var room South Africans?? Hmmm this life no like Nigeria but God go help us las las!
I noted this here and even on twitter but nobody else seemed to mind – not even the NFF – Imagine if we had a normal Football Federation like oher countries, do you think they would not at least have raised a complaint about this to FIFA – close your eyes and imagine somebody trying that rubbish with South Africa or Egypt or Algeria or Morocco or even Ghana self, you think their Football Federation will not raise a complaint about such a thing at the very very least?? Nigeria and it’s officials are anomalies, they are not humans, they are like aliens – they do not give a flying f**k about Nigeria or Nigerians (whatever that means these days self).
Tears for Nigeria!!
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Will 9ja rue all diz missed chances. We have fluffed several goalscoring opprtunities to be honest. I really hope we don’t end up paying dearly fir d missed chances. I sincerely hope not as 9ja has bn on d front foot for d entire duration of d 1st half so far. I hope we get a goal 1st in dis game. Gabon is looking for a mash and grab. Dia goalie has been outstanding so far.
And it usually end in chaos Expecially when osimhen started missing glaring chances like this. Good game so far though.
Match rustiness is obvious with some players…..
Like who?
Any links please? NTA 2 Channel 5 is not showing it. They are not the reach out station today.
Iwobi out!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Please refer to wuna analist @deos comments – he said Iwobi was formidable in this game that we have all just washed lmaaoo
I really pity some of thie nigreaina analists lool
I think Simon should be brought in for Adams and allow lookman to play close to Osihmen. Iwobi is lost in diz game i swear, he keeps losing passes cheaply and contributes little or nothing defensively. I would take him off and bring in Onyedika or Onyeka to help shore up dat midfield. Just a thought
@deo said Iwobi was formidable in this game oo lmaaaooo! I keep wondering if we are all watching the same game or am I missing something? hahahaha!
This is the best game of the Eagles I have seen in a while. Though, we have missed a couple of chances, I think we have been the better side. We just need to be more clinical in front of goal.
Iwobi is giving lots of misplaced passes,we are lucky to have Fredericks who has come to the rescue a few times..
God have mercy on us Nigeria. Let’s go 9ja. You watch the match on Koora TV live. Ire o. God bless Nigeria!!!
So far, so good! I love their passes and their pressing. But we need to score! Teams like this always have very good goalkeepers. I don’t know why. The Super Eagles should figure out a way to beat him.
Caf is bent on seeing Nigeria out. Of all car they didn’t check any of Nigeria’s but they’re checking this fake Gabonese one. lol football in Africa is terrible!
Penalty Gabon! Wuna eye go clear wella Today. Next time be supporting rubbish
Calm down. No penalty.
This team has been poor in the second half. Frank Onyeka must be introduced.
Nwabali is misbehaving. It is strange that no one has addressed his misbehaviors with the ball. What’s all the pressure he is causing back there and our players should learn to forward play enough of the back pass.
Hope the drop in intensity gat nothing to do with the lack of training?
We gonna need nwabali to start shd i. Ase the game end up been decided by PK pls.
Goal ooooo for 9ja. Adams Akor scores again
Hmmmmmmmmmm!!! Comments like this is what I don’t understand. Are you tempting God
God is a nigerian i swear.
GOOOOOOOOOOLLL!!!!!!..Let us see how this pans out
Eric Chelle please sub iwobi for Onyedika or Onyeka abeg u. Shore up dis midfield and manage diz game please
Onyeka monyeka. He is far better than Iwobi
Osayi why?
Gabon just equalized. 1:1
Mogbe osimhen why?
OSimhen with all due respect that was rubbish
You no like am, me I go use am demo! Ejuke, ebe ano!
What a miss by osihmen. He could’ve finished this game off. Ammunition for Monkey Post lol
Osigoal no Dey this game in terms of goals. But everyday no be Christmas sha.
Osimhen repeating what he did against Ghana in the last WCQ playoff. He need to be calm in front of goal. Pick a spot and be clinical and accurate as much as possible. If Auba get all this 1 vs 1 with goalkeeper, just go and pick the ball in the net
Goal from Ejuke.
Ejuke Jujuke! 2:1 he is far better than Chukwueze.
Sevilla connection. Let’s gooooo
Great Goal Ejuke Wonderful assist from the best Midfielder in Nigeria Wilfred *Double Engine The Rock* Ndidi
Where did we get this coach who doesn’t know how to lock shop when it’s critical….?
It’s bad enough that the performance is crap….but it’s worse that even when providence gifted us a goal, we have a coach who cannot see that our full backs are deficiency and need double teaming on our opponents wingers.
I hope we can keep this lead now till the of the game.
Good luck to Nigerians thinking they have a coach.
If we get past the qfinals of AFCON with this coach, I’ll not comment on this forum till the world cup.
I pin this
Coach biko bring in Onyedika for Iwobi and push Ndidi up front biko. He has more initiative than Iwobi. Leave Onyedika and Onyeka as DM abeg Eric Chelle. Or even bring awaziem for Osayi Samuel if u wan still keep Iwobi ejoor. Shore up defense. Hold wetin u get to avoid d story dat touches d heart. Just a thought sha.
Goal for Osihmen. 3:1 for 9ja. Frederick is a baller anyday anytime. That boy is simply brilliant. What an interception and pass to osihmen. That boy is good abeg
Federico valvede Benjamin, what a player. @pempeo if this the player u supporting that yeye Leipzig of 1.5m embarrassing offer for?.
VO redeemed himself. Glory to God.
All you Osihmen haters, eat shit. You people just needed to be patient for Osihmen to come good.
Oya now VO, go and sin NO more. Guys by the time Eric done with this team, we won’t recognize them again, after this qualification, let’s use our voice to condemn this our onigbese NFF, I see them as the only obstacle that could stand between this players and success.
What a roller coater game!
Frederick is the MOTM.
Ejuke, ebe ano player. Osi Bobo finish work. We’ll done everyone.
NFF ONIGBESE, we go still sack una. We won in spite of your ineptitude.
CSN admin are you busy jubilating or what? Post our comments joor!!
Shame on Osihmen haters. Osihmen is far better than other strikers in Africa.
Osihmen scores again. VO9 baba u too much. Person wen no get strong mentality no fit play diz kind game considering dat miss, but tmdiz mammoth of a baller just showed d wirld he is no ordinary mortal. The guy is from a different planet. 10 gbpza for u Osihmen. U don show Aubameyang who be true striker. Kudos to Frederick as him pocket Aubameyang. He was completely annonymous in dis game. 5 star performance for d entire team but improvement still needs to be made, some sloppy passes from Iwobi needs to be cyrtailed but overall, a gr8 performance by 9ja
When Lemina canceled Akor*s goal, I thought HERE WE GO AGAIN.
Ebe ano player Ejuke started the revival. Osimhen come finish work.
We meeeeuve!
Those that said Ndidi is done, HOW MARKET? MOTM today na Frederick. The boy is officially untouchable. You can’t even touch his younger brother. Starting jersey is his personal property.
Femi, can you blame Leipzig for attempting to steal this incredible talent on the cheap? Na business na. If you snooze, you lose. Na market.
Leipzig they craze, I’m sure this boy will play LB comfortably as well, what a discovery but it seems we Nt given sanusi his flower, it’s not a coincidence that our defense has improved since his return from injury.
Sanusi is a great player,his absence in the early stages of the qualifier was visible.We’re fortunate to have him back.
A team like fc Porto won’t retain you for several seasons if you haven’t got quality.He sure has!
I’ll gladly take the win over the performance.
Let’s just get to the World Cup for the sake of these players……especially Victor Osimhen.
The last time we had a player carrying the entire team on his back like this was Jay Jay Okocha circa 2004.
WC qualification will be a fitting reward to the boy.
We’re so lucky to have Benjamin Fredrick.What a player!I will rank him among top 10 centre-backs in the world.
He hardly put a foot wrong.
I am astonished Brentfort loaned a player of this quality..
It goes without saying, Osimen is world class.
But I dare say, without mincing words, Benjamin Fredericks is world class. We are blessed to have him.
And please, can we all put some respect on Ndidi’s name. Top player. Experience never gets old.
Congrats to the Super Eagles and all Nigerians. Tough but we got the job done. Now we wait for Sunday. Hopefully, we finish the continental job then.
Concise,accurate,and objective overview!
Benjamin Frederick is a player can play for real Madrid and Barcelona of this world.. That guy is a bomb.. Can’t fault him on any error.. Naija is blessed
Its official, 9ja vs DR Congo. Congo just beat cameroon 1:0. This won’t be an easy team to beat for sure. They are solid defensively
Nig vs DR Congo on Sunday.
Pray for the Super Eagles.
We will beat Congo on Sunday. Their quality of play against Cameroon is average and it will be unfortunate for such team to represent Africa at the World Cup. I watched the match because i wanted to see the quality of both teams but i was really disappointed. Although whenever these other African teams are playing against us they always tend to raise their game and approach it differently.However if they play against Nigeria same way they did yesterday , them go collect wotowoto. Africa deserve a better representative and Nigeria Super Eagles can represent AFRICA better. I just pray our boys and the Coach bring their A Game to play against Congo and they will be beaten mercilessly. NFF corrupt criminals pay the boys their money. I heard Samuel Chukwueze in a video Iwobi posted saying that they should bring their money