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🚨Brighton have just posted Femi Azeez🇳🇬 as part of their international call-ups for this window.👀
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The attack isn't looking inspiring at the moment. If Femi Azeez is included, he could provide some much needed creativity and attacking spark, especially with George, Osimhen and Chukwueze all absent. But isn't Femi currently injured? 🤔
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Albahaca retweeted
PUBLIC NOTICE 🚨
Several fake accounts have been created on X using the name of Flamingos captain, Harmony Chidi.
Please note that this is her ONLY official account on this platform. All other accounts claiming to be her are fake.
Thank you. #SoarFlamingos
It's the only logical African team to face, they are almost similar to Morocco, Although facing a team like Belgium would have been better. But this would be a good friendly and good that it will be away.
I expect Nigeria to beat Morocco convincingly in the Olympic qualifiers. Morocco are a quality side, but stylistically, Nigeria are arguably their worst matchup in African women's football.
Well, You're confusing tournament prestige with coaching achievement.
Not to diminish the quality of WAFCON 2026, but I would back Spain's U20 or DPR Korea's U17/U20 teams to beat most of the senior national teams that participated at WAFCON 2026.
This is CAF Coach of the Year, not CAF Most Prestigious Trophy of the Year, Cameroon had a higher chance to win the WAFCON than Nigeria U17 winning the U17 world cup.
CAF awards is normally a joke especially for the women's category, last year's Coach of the year finished 3rd in a tournament that is a complete joke, while the Coach that won the WAFCON didn't win.
I will leave it at that, when it comes to any negative things about Nigeria thats when you rise. I don't have time for you today
I am telling you this now, Nguele WILL ABSOLUTELY 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ PERCENT WIN
The day a development tournament counts more than an actual showpiece tournament, it would be the day CAF awards must close for good
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The argument that Hakeem Busari should be promoted to the U20 simply to grow with his U17 players is a damning indictment of @thenff's football development structure.
What happens when those players graduate to the Super Falcons and there's already a successful coach? Do we sack him to accommodate Busari?
Continuity should be institutional, not dependent on an individual.
A serious federation builds a unified football philosophy across all age categories, not a system that follows one coach wherever his players go.
Busari should be promoted on merit, not because his players are getting older.
This could be the tightest race at the upcoming CAF Awards: Women's Coach of the Year. 🏆
Nguele was the clear favourite until this past weekend, but Busari's historic U17 World Cup triumph has completely changed the equation.
Underdog factor
Pre-match odds to win
Nigeria U17:
🔸Vs DPR Korea: 20.00 — WON
🔸Brazil: 4.50 — WON
🔸Japan: 4.50 — WON
🔸Mexico: 2.76 — WON
🇨🇲 Cameroon senior:
🔸Morocco: 4.70 — Advanced on penalties
🔸Nigeria: 4.00 — WON
🔸Ghana: 3.70 — WON
🔸Malawi: 3.00 — WON
MY VERDICT: AKEEM BUSARI 🇳🇬
Nguele's achievement deserves enormous respect, but If we are judging achievement, strength of opposition, tactical impact and performance against expectations, I believe Akeem Busari has the stronger case for CAF Women's Coach of the Year 2026.
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HER REACTION SAYS IT ALL🥹
When it mattered most, Praise Ugoh took it up a notch to win gold in a personal-best time of 52.76 seconds, becoming the first Nigerian ever to win the Youth Olympic 400m title.👏🏾🇳🇬
#Dakar2026 #YouthOlympics
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A historic GOLD for Nigeria!!
Praise Ugoh becomes the first Nigerian to win a 400m title at the Youth Olympics.
Ugoh produced a huge PB of 52.76s to emerge victorious in Dakar ahead of Osmary Pacheco (52.85s) and Aisha Muhammed (53.06s).
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Naija's 🇳🇬 3rd GOLD🥇 medal in Dakar!!
Tejiri Praise Ugoh delivered in her biggest race ever, running a remarkable Personal Best of 52.76s to win the women's 400m.
All three Nigerian medals have come from Athletics, and they have all been GOLD medals🥇🥇🥇.
Stylistically, Nigeria's Super Falcons are closer to England than to any other European team. when you look at individual player profiles, we're more similar to France.
England's success is one of the reasons I strongly believed Randy Waldrum could have taken the Super Falcons to at least the Quarter finals of the 2027 Women's World Cup.
For me, he was just two key players away from building a genuinely formidable team with his philosophy, a press resistant No. 6 and a creative No. 10
With Echegini as the attacking No. 8, those two additions could have taken Waldrum's Super Falcons to another level.
It the same issue with the super eagles, they need 2 new central midfielders alongside Iwobi. England and Nigeria (under Waldrum) have similar solid defensive organisation, strength and speed, that is why they control most games in their consistent, they don't need to have 70 percent possession to win games, teams struggle to create clearcut chances against them in their continents
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The last time England won against Nigeria in 90mins or 120mins at any category in women's football was in 1995, 31 years ago.
Previous encounters
2026: 🏴 0 - 3 🇳🇬 (U20)
2023: 🏴 0 - 0 🇳🇬 (senior)
2016: 🏴 0 - 0 🇳🇬 (U17)
2014: 🏴 1 - 2 🇳🇬 (U20)
2010: 🏴 1 - 1 🇳🇬 (U20)
2008: 🏴 1 - 1 🇳🇬 (U20)
2004: 🏴 0 - 3 🇳🇬 (senior)
2002: 🏴 0 - 1 🇳🇬 (senior)
1995: 🏴 3 - 2 🇳🇬 (senior)
Nigeria 🇳🇬: 4 wins
Draw: 4
England 🏴: 1 win
An English 🏴 fan celebrating a penalty shootout victory over @NGSuper_Falcons says everything about the level Randy Waldrum was taking Nigeria to and how stronger they would have been today. Then world #4 vs world #40.
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Chiamaka Nnadozie gets her Japanese Brighton teammates, Kiko Seike and Moeka Minami, to congratulate the Flamingos 🤣
Nigeria beat Japan 2–1 in the U-17 Women’s World Cup final.
