Nigeria vs USA [1-2] Super Falcons 2nd Friendly match vs USWNT (2022)

[@roobenjonathan617]

The keeper as no competition , she's doing well

[@chuksheaven9749]

Our goal keeper is world class.

[@victorygeorge6458]

Thank God for Chiamaka she was solid in goal and Uchena Kanu is probably the most inform striker in the team. She should be a starter.

[@edaiyin3401]

She plays like Tijani Babangida. Good runs, dribble but final pass or cross are hit and miss

[@princess__zee]

it should have been (1-1) for real but im still impressed not like our girls who went from bad (3-0) to worse (6-0) still love them to death though❤❤❤ I just want my African teams to do well in the world cup and Nigeria is giving me hope

[@suleimanuusaini3]

Yeah, now we’ve seen the South African and Nigerian teams play. We want to also see the Moroccan and Zambian teams play friendlies so that we know our level of preps. Our African teams can’t go and add to numbers at the World Cup please. I believe the two teams who have played have a lot of work of do. I wish them all the best.

[@princess__zee]

Yes you're very right...the Zambian coach said that they are prepping through the Cosafa cup but that's not a good way to prep we need to see Morocco and Zambia play international teams

[@suleimanuusaini3]

@@princess__zee Exactly! They can’t use cosafa to test their capacity, it can’t give them the true result of the teams capacity to perform at the World Cup. Hmmmmm World Cup is not AFWCON oooo.

[@ebubechiibegbula5968]

Don't worry South Africa is still our best frienemy in Continental football ..... More work needs to be fine for African female Foot ball in General

[@ebubechiibegbula5968]

Please Zambia and Morocco should go and play real matches ....

[@adewalesaka3817]

The gulf between both team is quite alarming. Lucky it ended 2-1. They tried their best but it is obvious a lot of work of work is needed especially the midfield

[@dadajulius6489]

The girl playing from the left (especially in the second half) is a very good player. The forward line is good, the goalkeeper is good but the defense and midfield is not good enough. There's no coordination among the back four, the holding midfield (defensive midfield) position is literally missing. I can't see the impact of Coaching in the defense and midfield. If this team plays like this at the World Cup, they may not make it past the group stage. The flaws seen during the last Women's AFCON in Morocco are still glaring in this team. Honestly, I'm not impressed at all. This is one of the poorest female Nigerian teams I've seen in over a decade. The squads that had Mercy Akide, Perpetual Nwokocha years ago are miles and miles better than this squad with all due respect. I hope they improve. Nigerian female Football is declining steadily. The Super Falcons are no more the best in Africa ! THIS TEAM NEEDS TO IMPROVE EVEN IF IT WOULD MEAN SEARCHING FOR MORE QUALITY PLAYERS. Some players from the last U-20 Female Junior World Cup are good enough to play in the Super Falcons. Apologies if my opinion sounds harsh. This is just my humble opinion though. I wish the Super Falcons all the best ahead of their next major Tournament.🙌🏽

[@princess__zee]

So impressive from Nigeria well done girls...they didn't see it coming that goal made them shake that they had to bring out a big player but y'all did amazing

[@thecharteredmc]

True. If only we had enough confidence. Our defense was not organised. Understandably so. The coach should decide how best to use Payne and Alozie at the flanks. Then with Onumonu's height upfront, I do not see us trying to use it to advantage.

[@harveyf2062]

Gwan naija gurlz showyn da world 'wah gwann' in da motherland soccer game,, onwardz nd upwardz

[@lukmanaliyu7386]

This is the coming of age of Kanu, I hope the manager can build the team around her, it's her time now, since the senior players can't take us further than they have already.

[@dontquit8850]

IMO onumonu hold up play is good but she need coaching to always release ball at the right time to speedy player like kanu to score

[@zesty2671]

First Half was poor from super falcons but second half was better.. They did well in the second half of the match.. The coach needs to work on the final third of their play.. It was respectable scoreline. Kudos to the ladies..

[@ayomidejohnson2659]

Chiamaka is a blessing

[@ibrocity8234]

Kanu is a fine striker. We need more young vibrant striker like sebastine Florence of u20 to join her up front

[@othukepatrick4703]

If they used Kanu’s wing to attack more they would’ve won the game after the equaliser they just forgot about kanu and the US scored again

[@ramonflores4924]

@@othukepatrick4703 Kanu is a Killer kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5yyg6atra93f5o

[@in3roduc3]

Super falcons can only be beaten by only 6 countries in the world. That's the USA, Germany, England, Japan, Sweden and maybe Canada. The problem with the girls is that they don't switch on on time. They'd have conceded before switching on. It took them 3 goals down to switch on in the first match against the US. But with this match they switched on from the blast of the whistle, see how awesome they were.

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

I think that mental issue affects the men's team also. They don't switch on until 2 goals down.

[@BankyGee_]

No long capping, these girls did great this time! Kudos to them, they just need to play together more to blend together and improve before the world cup. This our goalie is f**king underrated ahswearughad. She's a talent 💯 Las Las me don see my missing rib, na wedding date remain 🚶🏾‍♂️ Soar Super Falcons 🦅 Love y'all 👌🏾

[@omotubusunday8878]

Chiamaka Nnadozie isn’t underrated, She’s rated by the IFFHS as top 6 goalkeeper in the World… And she’s the Second Beat in the French Women Football League…

[@thereal9274]

Nigeria and Zambia are the best African teams to world cup

[@davidohameh5423]

This uchenna kanu is talented, her header goal against morocco and her goal here is perfect, i expect more of her

[@thecharteredmc]

Imagine for a moment Chiamaka was not a top class goalie? 🤔 No excuses for this team. Immediately we had a goal, they panicked. We could not capitalise to even things. The falconets need plenty of games to become senior level. We could not play to the strength of our stars. The coaches need to do better. USA are not too big.

[@TonyeOliver]

The US team are the world champions, their players are vastly more experienced, have had better coaching at developmental levels and they are the biggest thing in women's football.

[@kennyyem8509]

Not too big🤣😂😂this is no male team they been winning the world cup since ages US , Germany are the best in female football and UK

[@thecharteredmc]

@@TonyeOliver so was France when Senegal beat them at the World 2002. So was Italy when they were beaten by New Zealand in 2010 So also Germany in 2018 did not qualify from their group. Those were all defending champions, establish teams. They are beatable if you play with that mindset.

[@thecharteredmc]

@@kennyyem8509 UK you mentioned were never at the top of female football. Sweden, Norway are teams you would mention b4 England. They only broke in a few years ago. And Nigeria also can.

[@thecharteredmc]

@@TonyeOliver Developmental level does not equate to good football. It is what you do after you have developed. How many European teams dominate football in age grade competitions? None

[@johnswissmiriantochukwu7367]

We have a long way to go, it seems own goal is now a normal thing in Nigeria football. So pained 🤨

[@omowumiayotunde8080]

It's alright abt all our back n forth discussion. We r all right in our opinions erupting from lovely hearts of Nigerians. IMO,I know we have the raw talents but we need a good technical crew that includes psychological team that will psyche up our girls positively. They need more intnl. friendlies for exposure so they won't feel inferior but have the confidence to play their opponents irrespective of the color or race. However,in Africa we need to have positive mindset and love ourselves. Where love and kind hearted people live,healthy and positive competitions are practiced. Let's choose to keep the right attitude always. Nothing mks any1,any color or any race unique or superior than the right choice.For we all are created by God.

[@ebubechiibegbula5968]

Well done Nigeria .... You truly are the best Female National Team in Africa , however more work needs to be done....

[@Pip_breedersFx]

Super falcon has always bee our consolation when it comes to football here in my country....I don't see what this coach is doing o, just imagine, no consistency, both in terms of winning games , scoring goals etc. Please lets find solution to this bullshit that is happening to them , no is the time before the world cup.

[@yoobon5670]

We shouldn't console ourselves because it was 2-1 and not last time 4-0 had the US been more clinical. Result doesn't matter much like how we played.The distance between our Midfield and the Defence was too much just like all the previous matches under this Coach. Please all that should said, is that we need a better Coach for these Talented Super Falcons.

[@timothyalonge2075]

This game just goes to show that the super falcons can beat any team. There was real support in the box unlike the first game where the support wasn't really there and the attacking player had to take a long shot. They just need more games to understand themselves better and pass the ball to the freest player when in the box. The goal came from a pass to the free striker. Therefore, the striker should try to run into the vital areas of their opponent freeing themselves for a decisive pass(positioning). Overall, if the falcons continue this way, they will go very far in the world cup. By the way, the falcons' goal was a beauty. Keep it up girls!

[@ikechukwudike7340]

The coach needs to stop playing the players out of position that was the main change he made from the first to the second match, took Alozie and Toni out of defence, and moved them up the field and it made a lot of difference.

[@TonyeOliver]

The US team is miles ahead of 90% of the world, the women's football culture and environment is out of this world, they have thousands of girls teams at every level, far better coaching from the youth level up, and their team has been together for a while. Our girls did well but it will take some time and lots of consistency to compete. It is absolutely necessary for our girls to experience these types of matches.

[@imuneztfx]

Very impressive for the Super Falcons. US defenders did very well at the back.

[@nzeadidnazi8410]

Onumonu still a better finisher and over all natural CF than Oshoala. Even Esther Okoronkwo would be more effective if she wasn't injured. Injuries have kept Oparanozie unfit. Onumonu plays consistently in one of the top3 best women's league in the world.

[@Pip_breedersFx]

This man needs more of his assignment to be done correctly ...I dnt see this super falcon going any where in the world cup. ... Onumonu is not a good striker to me, I dnt know y I keep saying this .. wasting ball, no calculation, no shot nothing nothing , where on earth is Oparanozie, where is ashisat??? We need stronger attacking duel in front ..... Shout out to the goal keeper the goal keeper and the backline

[@yinkamichael7017]

Thank you for having same opinion as mine... Onumonu will not help us in the World Cup at all... I don't see her as a good striker... that coach is not tactically sound... always starting wrong players... substitution has never been key... WAFCON exposed them... so we should be expecting another woeful performance in the world... I said here...

[@ibrocity8234]

Sebastine Florence is better than onumonu

[@NTZCh7]

@@ibrocity8234 No, she is not. Maybe she would be when she is older, but not yet. Go watch the U20 world cup matches again without bias. You really cannot conclude based on her work rate with local/African teams. Pace, Strength, techniques.. you can't compare these national teams with those Nigerian/African women clubs. The difference is clear. At least, Onumonu still passes the ball. The other is quite selfish, IMO. At least, from what I saw at the U-20 women's world cup.

[@uzomahogbolu399]

U r absolutely correct...Sebastien is nt quite ready yet,d coach has bin spot on in d u20 players dat r ready 4 d senior team n they have performed quite well considering....Demehin, Imuran have given good acct of demselves,they will get beta... Onumonu is nt really a top striker,more of a support striker,shez not a prolific goal scorer bt she has good. Movement n has a good football brain,makes good passes too,some of Wich we saw in dis game,not forgetting dat pass she made for Ajibade to head in 4 d goal against Cameroon last wafcon,shez good at such plays .. D return of key senior players like Okobi,Oshola, Plumptre,Ordega n most especially Ayinde will strengthen d super falcons,I would have loved to see Ayinde scrapping in dat midfield! All in all,it is work in progress,it will get beta....👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@solomonedoh8613]

Onumonu can't play well to save her own life. She is too poor and technically deficient

[@nsikanesu7915]

A different US coach??

[@othukepatrick4703]

Chiamaka kept Nigeria in the game but still the team couldn’t even get a draw

[@ikechukwudike7340]

US would rather die than let you get that draw and spoil their record, worse still to a team ranked 45 places below them.

[@othukepatrick4703]

@@ikechukwudike7340 🤣🤣

[@olaonipekunakinlabi8355]

But she needs to improve on her reflexes...this is the area the coach should work on.She will definitely go places

[@othukepatrick4703]

@@olaonipekunakinlabi8355 she can’t always save the team

[@amlegion.547]

Kanu strike is awesome

[@ramonflores4924]

She is a Killer of the area kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5yyg6atra93f5o

[@raretoukh2507]

I love the way dey are playing but should put more effort on the defense and they should not put all hope on the goalkeeper anyway she is good thanks

[@acropolis6816]

The Nigerian coach should teach his defenders how to defend properly. There too many own goals with the team. Also the forward players are too selfish. Teach them to always pass the ball where it not clear to score. These are the two main problems I saw with the team. They are good anyway.

[@savitonhomesproperties]

Which kind of defenders be this.. we can't go anywhere with this team. Except in africa

[@Vetsolo]

Naija could have conceded more goal than 2 nil , kudos to the keeper they did a yoo man's job

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Much better turn out but there were some ketch moments from the defence though. Was it a 3 player defence? It seems to expose the flanks which undermined the center space.

[@agabajames1468]

They super falcons played so well but didn’t get the good or best finishing 👌if they worked on it a little it’s gonna be a boom boom.I love their game

[@Effissyme007]

I can't believe it that, Nigerians can sing praises of this poor performance. Falcon should praise the outstanding performance of the goal keeper and lack of luck on the American side. Is should have been 6: 1, how long will it take this couch to produce a formidable falcon team. The last nation's cup was probably the worst with a team without rhythm, a non functional team, a very poor attack and a total disjointed defense. Do not forget that, this is just a friendly match totally different from the real world cup. If we can be that disgrace at the nation's cup then, expect serious whitewashing at the world cup except serious changes and work is carried out on the team and the couching crew.

[@SupatemmyTv]

Demehin really play well

[@ibrocity8234]

The coach and onumonu are 5 and 6. Give this coaching job to our local coach, Waldrum is killing our football

[@generaldepartment8558]

Which local coach The man is trying okay First leg 4:0 Second leg 2:1 Against number one ☝️ team in the world And no most of the first team starter The coach is good And the players tried a lot

[@NTZCh7]

Local coach? Are you clueless about this sport? I meant no offense, but, tactically, local coaches are completely off the track. They thrive only against local teams.

[@vaticusnnanna4724]

Onumonu is not a striker and I wonder why that coach would not change her on time. We have the players but technically and tactically, we are still porous; all because we don't have a quality coach. Why cant we play like the US womens' team- swift and intelligent football?

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Local coach didn't help the Nigeria B team qualify for CHAN. You can't always change coaches when Nigeria lose. Let's keep Waldrun for now. Personally I think coaches should be kept on for 4 years at the very least, same with the teams.

[@andersonojoshimite6047]

@@NTZCh7 Ismaila Mabo (local coach) led the Super Falcons to the quarterfinals at the 1999 World Cup and Sydney Olympics in 2000. Indigenous coaches won 10 WAFCONs for Nigeria 🇳🇬..

[@OlayinkaOgundipe]

Onumunu needs to go and watch all of Kanu's game. She is slow, but if she can increase her passing efficiency, accuracy and skill along with her hold up and seperation skills, she will be completely lethal. She has a lot of work to do. As per the team, the coach should make up his mind on who is playing where and what, plus this consistent Oyinbo wing build up play or Long ball system is destroying Nigeria's normal game of having a strong on ground game, (Center midfield) and our No10 distributor thereby taking away our option for the usual Naija free flowing football.

[@temidayoakinwale6637]

She should work on her stamina, she gets tired easily

[@Pip_breedersFx]

I dnt see reason where our old legs left out in this crucial friend for crying out loud....... Is this how we are going to be collecting wotowoto always??

[@olaonipekunakinlabi8355]

😀

[@iloriolanrewaju4549]

,we have a lot of work to they are just given the goalkeeper a lot of work,our defense gone to sleep most times,I don't see us going far from this world cup,if we don't change our approach ,we need a goal poacher t,o make quiick decision,,goodluck

[@NTZCh7]

Sloppy on the ball. The uswnt largely outclassed the super falcons on pace. We just couldn't outrun them. Onumonu is probably an upgraded version of this #7 falconets player (Okechukwu or so). If there were better strikers, she deserves only 10 minutes of play until she improves. IMO, Imuran and Demehin were good, and perhaps, fit to be regular starters. I think they tried (factoring out the own goal part). Rasheedat Ajibade, to me, is beginning to look like an overrated player. Maybe I'm wrong, but I saw nothing spectacular that she did yesterday. Overall, I think it's too much expecting highly from the super falcons who were playing the #1 team in the world. They don't even have their regular starters, maybe about five or so. I say we look at individual input, and team work rate, not the scores. For me, they played well yesterday; given the strength of the squad, the quality of the coach, the venue (they were playing away from home, you saw how filled the stadium was), and the strength of the opponent. Hopefully, things get better. The second match was obviously better than the first. It's like they picked it up last night from where they stopped on Saturday night. It could as well have been a draw, perhaps.. the second goal; the goal keeper must have thought it was going off target. By the time she realized it wasn't, it was already too late.

[@parisam5495]

You probably are an upgraded version of Michael Johnson. Onumonu is a brilliant and technical player but not a top 9. She is best played as the supporting striker. She is usually 1 againt 4 with nil support yet she still drops few players. The issue with your type is that you expect strikers to score from the moon. Look at halland if the MF of city does not do the job, he is shit, foden has gifted him like 3 goals. Who does such for Onumonu. Plz watch soccer like an experienced fan else go and watch tenis

[@NTZCh7]

@@parisam5495 no, you go watch all the games she has featured in again, then come back to talk about the "brilliant and technical player that isn't a top 9". She has started regularly because certain have been injured. Onumonu is 'good', I'd never object that, however, she cannot start if all players were fit; at least, I wouldn't expect her to. Btw, EH is shit without city's midfield? You're deluded, it seems. Either you know near nothing about football or you're frustrated about sth. I wonder why city strikers didn't achieve much prev seasons even with the same support. And I wonder if Foden and the likes were in Borussia Dortmund last season. Seems you have only begun to watch football recently. The difference is clear! EH is a game changer, no doubt. Can't say the same for Onumonu. It's even illogical using this comparison. FYI, I do not support any club or player, I only watch Nigerian national team matches (m and f). Apologies if I sounded harsh anywhere, it wasn't my intention.

[@parisam5495]

@@NTZCh7 Any striker will do well in Mancity with the strength and services of our MF. We won the league without an established striker and your opinion is obvious that you know nothing about soccer. Watch EH goals, his service has been 80% from KDB and field play from the city MF, your opinion that he can run the park without a good MF is evident of your delusional view. For Molly sake which striker will trive in a team that only plays the long route and moves arterial ball from the back line to the final third in isolation with 4 defense on the. EH never played in such setup in the bundesliga. It's ok to type trash like you have . I wish someone can confiscate that phone cos clearly it's another mobile device in the wrong hand. Seek healing . Bless you

[@NTZCh7]

@@parisam5495 lel. "ANY striker will do well in city..." Now, tell me who knows nothing about football. Even so, your points are so off and disjointed. You're drifting totally from the main point, that, EH is a clinical finisher; not many strikers are like that. Go watch him at Dortmund. You'd start to understand that way. Besides, your emotional intelligence is smelled from a distance, bro. I think you should take your own piece of advice. I don't argue, so, bye. Btw, I think it's actually hypocritic to say to someone "bless you" just after you hurled those remarks. You keep your blessings to yourself, Mr.

[@parisam5495]

@@NTZCh7 LOL

[@adehenry9591]

We need intelligent ball playing midfielders please!!!!!

[@raymonddestiny8144]

Nice play from our girls, but I think the only problem our keeper chiamaka has is constant spilling of the ball. That particular lacklustre of hers really costs us something in the WAFCON... TONIE PAYNE total Baller!!! 💯💯💯

[@donjay5502]

Nigerian football is gradually dying, it's becoming more uninteresting each passing day.

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

It's not that bad, we can bring it back. :)

[@petersidefilmstv]

the defenders really need to do better. good defenders read the game through the opponents, when a striker is running with the ball, as a defender you should be able to read his or her next move. i think the nigerian defenders lack that. i dont know why the coach keep using this Onumonu girl, she is a weak striker! we have better strikers to parade, Gift Monday and others. good result though, they would have drew the game.

[@olaonipekunakinlabi8355]

God bless you

[@Effissyme007]

I can't believe it that, Nigerians can sing praises of this poor performance. Falcon should praise the outstanding performance of the goal keeper and lack of luck on the American side. Is should have been 6: 1, how long will it take this couch to produce a formidable falcon team. The last nation's cup was probably the worst with a team without rhythm, a non functional team, a very poor attack and a total disjointed defense. Do not forget that, this is just a friendly match totally different from the real world cup. If we can be that disgrace at the nation's cup then, expect serious whitewashing at the world cup except serious changes and work is carried out on the team and the couching crew.

[@timothyoparah7065]

The Nigeria fans are the first problem the team have, no encouragement always complaining and laying blames.They are the best in continent , imagine playing the best team in the world.if you think they are not good enough to represent Nigeria why not do it for them.

[@onyedikaelvis2158]

Thank you

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

You think Nigeria fans are bad? Try talking to Ghana fans who think their team is God's gift to the planet. 😂😂😂

[@BankyGee_]

Well said. Nigerian fans can never be satisfied with any result as long as it's a loss. South Africa collected woto woto 3-0 against Brazil first leg, still collected woto woto woto woto 6-0 second leg, while we held our own against the USWNT in the second leg. Abeg Nigerian fans no dey try at all. What do they want South African fans to do to their team now, crucify them? 😒

[@timothyoparah7065]

@@BankyGee_ can you imagine.A team like Nigeria with no good training facility played with such results and complaining they can play ball.shout out to falcons did not expect these results.

[@BankyGee_]

@@timothyoparah7065 They need to be appreciated 💯✊🏾🇳🇬⚽✔️ I believe they can improve. They're good 👌🏾

[@anyebeisraelzeal]

All Nigerian teams are not always lucky in this their dark green jesy, check and see. They are always better in the other light green.

[@badanelson965]

Mtcheew 🙄

[@paulobamwonyi6874]

The nigerian defence is not cool at all