**The World Cup 2018 Official Thread**

[Kunty McPhuck]

Old boys watching the game:

Kanu and Jay Jay laughing about still being better in their '50's then the current team in their 20s.

 

[johnedwarduado]

I forgot about that...semi's for where?

they say na time to turn am to bacon

 

[sportscribe]

You know them boys been practicing a "shaku shaku" celebration. The way they are playing though, we might not get to see it in this tournament.

 

[#1 pick]

Ever? Ghana...

This yr

 

[#1 pick]

Old boys watching the game:

Goats

 

[LurkMoar]

can we nigeria at least play entertaining if we are gonna be trash? this fake euro ball almost put me to sleep but the disappointment kept me up

 

[Bboystyle]

This yr

Breh...we still in group stage

 

[Yehuda]

Nigeria Vs Croatia: World Cup - 0 - 2 (Full Time) - Sports (102) - Nigeria

Nigeria failure country.. I hate this country with passion.. Nothing works here and yet we are extremely religious.. I hv given up on nigeria

talk2saintify

Lilimax:
I heard that two African teams scored their own goal

At least we better pass them

Two African countries
Nigeria being the second

 

[sportscribe]

Enyeama would he been excellent but let's be real, we still have a creating issue.

Why are we so good at the U17 and U20 and suck at the adult level competitions

Because those people aren't using their real age.

Remember Lukman Haruna or Macauley Chrisantus? That nikka looked like he knew how to fix cars at 17. Looking like a substitute teacher from Badagry.

 

[#1 pick]

Breh...we still in group stage

I am talking bout Black African teams. All we got is this shyt and Senegal. Egypt, Tunsia, and Morocco are North African and play them tan boys. Saudi Arabia and France the only other Black teams. Maybe Panama.

 

[#1 pick]

Because those people aren't using their real age.

Remember Lukman Haruna or Macauley Chrisantus? That nikka looked like he knew how to fix cars at 17. Looking like a substitute teacher from Badagry.

FIFA ran the scan knee check and Nigeria was still winning World Cups

 

[#1 pick]

It's like our best players top out at 19

 

[staticshock]

nikkas really lost to Croatia

at least yall got them hypebeast jerseys tho

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

20 fouls, 2 yellow cards. Not much to say other than that.

That said though, this team didn't create any clear cut chances. They played more disciplined than a lot our recent teams, but they lacked that cutting edge. It's a very cookie-cutter European style of football they are playing and it just doesn't work for Nigeria. Some times you gotta throw that discipline out the window (in attack) and throw the kitchen sink at them. What happened to the flair that Okocha, Kanu, Ikepba et al played with?

Ighalo is good at holding up the ball, but that's not what this team needs. This isn't the EPL. They need a player that can play with the ball at their feet. Would expect Ihenacho to start the next game.

Other thing is that our country needs to start developing genuine young talent and stop parading these old men that claim to be teenagers. That's why they fall off before they even hit the age they are supposed to peak at.

You'll get quite a few of the young talents that has represented England at youth level in a couple of years.

 

[TRUEST]

Croatia most likely winning this group

dont judge croatia by what they did to nigeria today. any disciplined team coulda gotten the same results. but when a team who is more than just discipline meets nigeria. it'll be a sad match to witness