 Let's see the breakfast and plus see the Africa. Time to talk football. The first competitive match between Ghana and Nigeria took place on the 20th of October 1951. The Jalco Cup to be precise. Which Nigeria won 5-0? Four years after that encounter. The Subwaygos suffered their biggest loss to the date in the hands of their rival when they lost 0-7 on October 30th, 1955 in the Jalco Cup. Now the two West African countries, Nigeria and Ghana, have come against each other on 56 occasions with the Black Stars urging out their counterpats with more victories. Meaning that, you know, Ganyans have actually won the game most often. Now Nigeria is seeking to qualify for the World Cup for the 7th time and since 1994 have missed only one of 7th edition. The loss of three appearances by Ghana was in 2014. Now looking at, you know, the qualifiers, as we have been told, you have the Subwaygos arriving already in Kumasi in Ghana for the game, which is later to happen. The first leg happening today. We have Mighty George who joins the conversation this morning. He is a Sports Journalist and Communication Director of Vandereza FC. It's good to have you join us this morning. Mighty George. Good morning. It's great to be here on DJ. Okay. So let's start off with the formation for the Super Eagles. Looking at the formation for the Super Eagles, you have the likes of Osemen being going to be part of it, you know, amongst others and juxtaposing that, you know, with the formation for the Black Stars. What should we expect today? We expect one of the fiercest African rivals as usual, just like you got some of the stats there. Interestingly, Ghana has won more games, competitively against Nigeria. Well, they haven't been to the World Cup as many times as Nigeria. You know, they weren't at the last World Cup in Russia. So obviously this would be, you know, a desperate and inside added to the fact that they were very humiliated at the last World Cup of Nations. Well, Nigeria went out one stage later, but Nigeria was clearly a better side on that. Would I say you face a game against Tunisia? So it's a fierce rival. Nigeria's Ghana is always, you know, on and off the pitch. One of the biggest rivalries in African football, you know, you could look at the other game that people were looking out for, Egypt and Senegal, you know, courtesy of their star players there who are essentially teammates. Well, with the build-up has been great, you know, we've seen our players, all the players, almost all the players expect their turn up. The only snag was Madukaw Koye, who said he, you know, he fell ill. And the headache was we about who starts and goes. I mean, that's even the headache for me as well. Francis Zaw has proven to be quite reflected, you know, a player, he was the one at the World Cup in 2018. Later on, dropped down the second order when he moved to a third division side. It wasn't that big, but he seemed to be a super-aggressive player and then came Madukaw Koye, you know, but he's not around today. I'm thinking that, you know, it's going to be a Daniel, that's where he is, you know, playing more competitively in South Africa with Kaiser ships, but that's the headache of approach right now. Either of those two goalkeepers, we don't have any other choice. Nobu just came in and he's even been on the bench for ABBA for, you know, about three games. So that was a big controversial why they decided to put him in. Maybe because he's been part of the team in the past, but surely he would need to step up just in case, you know, something happens to those two goalkeepers along the line, which we suddenly doubt. The goalkeeping position is not, you know, said towards goalkeepers, don't go into a game thinking that they would, you know, play on the stage. We have our defense sorted. Good news, of course, William Tristek, right there as well, Leon Balogo, as we turn to the side, Kenosumero is there as well. There's a power pack back line in the midfield as well, you know, it's great to see Joe Arribo, who will be there, Machalene Sainte as well. And up front, I mean, we have a host of options. There's the new kids on the block, so to say, Emmanuel Dennis is there, Victor Simen is there, Emmanuel Dennis is there getting those. In fact, remember the last time what happened with Watford, they refused to let him go. That was how very important Emmanuel Dennis is to Watford FC, but I think he's repented now and he's forced that move. And there's even no way, you know, Watford would keep him because it's an international window and everybody wants to go to the World Cup and this is the opportunity. If you don't help the team, you definitely might not be considered if we qualify for the World Cup. So Nadja has a very balanced side. I'm not sure about how long, if the time they've blended is enough, but that's it with international windows, especially players who play abroad, yeah, probably have about two, three, four days. And yeah, but I saw them in the videos. Of course, I can't be there because my team, Van Der De FC, also have a game today in Lagos. So I saw the videos, I saw that the spirit is great and, you know, they are looking forward to the victory today. Good thing that most of our strikers are informed. Let's see here at the show, of course, who will be playing a supported role, no doubt, is informed, you know, at least in the past month, his feature scored a goal of two. Victor Simen does hit a milestone, scoring 11 goals, the first nine during to do that in the city, you know, so he's in top form after having made the Africa Cup of Nations. They're looking so overbalanced this time, compared to the Ghanaian side, who, of course, we hear that they are used, you know, out of seven as a center, and of course, that was from the Afghans. Remember, he was issued a red card in the last group game against Comoros. We later heard that Jordan Ayuz tested positive, but that's all changed, because the guy is negative, and he's through the score. You know, there's Thomas Ponte as well, taking nothing away from, you know, Coach Foto at the side. They have a strong score as well. They are playing at home in this first leg. Initially, they were at the surprises, I think it was the case coach in that very lousy stadium. But now we're at Baba Yara, which is a much better stadium. Ghana is like Nigeria when it comes to the scholarship, you know, so we expect there will get lots of Nigerians in there to cheer the Super Bowl. Can they play well? Yes, they can. Can they score goals? Yes, they can, and they'll have to do it more in the first leg, and so that the second leg will be in Comoros. So, slightly tipping a win or a draw for Nigeria in Comoros, then we'll finish the jump up on Tuesday. Okay, a very fantastic analysis you have actually brought to the table there. I mean, you have fans saying that having two strikers, the likes of Igalo and Osemen, we should expect a hat-trick there, but we see how all of that pans out. Now, as we begin to coast this conversation down, as much as it feels like the Nigerian side, the Super Eagles, might just be informed, is there really any lacuna? Is there any any gap that you think that they need to pay attention to before the game? Well, I mean, Austin Igwagwon would have probably played back the tape of the Tunisian game at the last couple of nations, and we saw what we're missing there. The disconnects, you know, from the midfield and how the strikers, the attackers, you know, couldn't utilize their chances when they did have them, and how Tunisian closed those up after they scored that goal. You know, it just looked like there was no penetration anymore. So, I think that the midfield needs to be very, very alert and see how they can box the game. We have players that if you get the ball to them, they will score as well. At some point, the burden was so much on Mosey Simon. You know, how did Mosey Simon just come out of nowhere and be our best player? You know, I mean, he's a winger. He has the whole path to play. Let's not expect him to get the goals. Everyone should do their job, and that's it. You know, Osiman wasn't there. You know, we're left with Sadik Umar. Well, nothing wrong with him. I mean, he went back to Italy and was scoring goals as well. We don't have a tie while winning it now, but good thing we have Igalo, who knows how to put the ball on the back of the net. For Igalo, it's just simple. He's a maximum goal culture. Get the ball to him and then score. So, I think that we relaxed that cotton edge in that game against Tunisia, and they would have, if I were the coach, I would have played that game back for them and see how the midfield also was strangulated, so to say, after that game against, you know, during that game against Tunisia. The defense also needs to be very, very cautious because going for all-out goals. Thank God there's a VAR. I would have said, you know, in African football, there's a lot of desperation. Ghana were beneficiaries of a horrendous refereeing decision that sent South Africa from the same playoff. So, don't forget, South Africa will be back in Nigeria as well, I mean, from all the way there in South Africa. So, officiating is going to play a big part. They should be and show that they don't slip any player in the box. Harte, you avoid those guys. Make sure they don't get into the box. Kenneth Amira would have a very, very serious role to play in the central defense, and I'm really wishing them all the best. But if you consider penalties there, trust me, the referee and the VAR might not help you, you know. So, I think it's all defense. It is all the hard things. So, in all of this. Actually, there are a lot of excuses. The sort of desperation that Ghana have going into this game, they did not qualify for Russia 2018. They were embarassed from the Africa Cup of Nations, so we need to be very careful. So, all departments are compact. They just need to be a lot to be fast and hard. Come later today. Well, just as we call sit down on. So, in all of this, you're saying that we need to up our game in terms of our tactics, because that has always been, you know, the major issue for us. You probably might have fantastic players, you know, have potentials, but how you deploy them and how you manage them to get you the result is what's important. Am I correct? Excuse me. I can't hear what you I can't hear what you're saying. There's so much noise in the background. Well, I'm saying that in all that you're saying is that we need to up our game in terms of our tactics. Mighty George. Yes, I'm here. Up our game. Obviously. So, are you saying that we need to we need to up our game in terms of tactics because it's okay to have a fantastic team, talented players, but how, you know, the coach deploys them as very important? Surely. Okay. That's that's just the basis of it. I mean, even when I said you should play the tape, you know, of the game, it was for Austin Aguaibon to also look at and see where he made mistakes in terms of tactics as well. You know, leaving strikers on the fence when you're supposed to put them in early enough, you know, and also, um, given instructions, the back line and and all that. Well, I expect that we'll be having win play. Okay, but but quickly, we're really out of time. Mighty George, let me quickly bring this to you. So, this was this been making the rounds. I mean, we saw the video of the Super Eagles arriving Kumasi yesterday. I felt like they were jumping from the aircrafts. And some people say, oh, this was actually it's on a lighter note, by the way. And some people, you know, would say that this is actually a ploy, you know, to get the boys destroyed, especially their legs. And it would just make it useless for them to be able, you know, to push the ball around within the field. But we also have reports saying that this is not Ghana's fault. It has to do with the airline that brought them. And that's the Epi's airline. So, what are your thoughts on that quickly? Well, I mean, it's the Ghana, it's the Kumasi airport, you know, so, um, all those, you know, jet steps and the hangars and everything. I expect that it belongs to the airport of, you know, infrastructure. But if they say it's Epi's, well, but that was quite funny. And it's a passport strategy by Ghana, you know, to prostrate Nigeria. But you guess what? Yeah, I mean, Ghana is like home to Nigeria. So, no matter how much it tries to prostrate us, I don't think it goes to the players. I was particularly, you know, humored by Epi and you saw the... Mighty George, I have to let you go now. And I'm really sorry. Thank you so much for being part of the show. We appreciate your thoughts every other time on Plus TV Africa on the breakfast. All right then. Thank you very much. Thank you. We're out of time, Sports Journalists and the Communication Director of Andresa FC being with us this morning, talking about Nigeria being part of the World Cup Qualifiers. Justin is here. How many goals do you think? I was going to see how much. I think I like money. I just reached Nigeria the best and that's as much as we can take. Many thanks to all of you who have sat back to watch. My name is Justin. I'll see you again on Monday.