 It's still the breakfast in plus severe Africa. Thank you for staying with us. We look at Chanigals and the Supper Falcons Monday Thomas joins the conversation now for Chanigals. You have Ghana beating Nigeria again We're talking about the black Galic's to zero win right there And also the Supper Falcons of Nigeria have actually left the shores of the country They left on Wednesday for the United States ahead of the doublehead of friendly games Against the United States women's national team Having both secured their places in the next year FIFA women's World Cup build for Australia and New Zealand The Supper Falcons of Nigeria will actually encounter their counter But that's the United States women national team and will clash twice this December This September have a good poison in preparatory game towards the World Cup Now the first of the clash would take place on Saturday September the third That's tomorrow at the Children's Messy Park in Kansas City and the second clash is scheduled for the Audi field in Washington, DC That's on Tuesday the 6th of September 2022 like I mentioned earlier on Monday Thomas joins the conversation as a sports journalist Monday Thomas many thanks for joining us on a Friday morning Good morning. Mercy. I'm quite excited to be here to talk to Nigerian football And let's begin from the Chanigals or like they say ladies first so we should begin from the Chanigals the Chanigals. I mean, it's it's it's happened already and We're going to have the game happen later on today. So the Chanigals should take the lead All right, the Chanigals it's going to be a mountain for Salisu Yusuf boys to climb Because personally I feel that they should have nipped it in the bot in the first leg by at least getting a draw in that particular game Or a less scoring and a way goal in that game. We know in African football The away goal rule certainly counts and that's the way goal rule that the black stars of Ghana used to beat Nigeria out of the World Cup playoffs. So losing 2-0 in Cape Coast It's certainly going to be a very difficult tax a very Euclian tax for The Super Eagles be to get three goals past the black galaxies of Ghana Why am I saying so because football is a game of numbers football is a game of stats We we want to take a look at your opening We want to go against your opponent you need to take a look at the stats How well have you been playing against this side? Nigeria the Super Eagles be I've never beaten the black galaxies of Ghana in a champ competition They've played three times. They've lost twice and they've drawn just once So what are the chances that the Super Eagles be will not just win the Super the black galaxies? But they will score three goals because they have to score three on reply goals If they want to book book that ticket to Algeria 2023 Chancom Tournament they have to score three on reply goals against the black galaxies of Ghana And I watched that game in Cape Coast although I wasn't privileged to be there I saw it on the screens the Super Eagles be we're not playing I see like they want something out of this game They came around with a negative mindset to just maybe a get a draw out of this game But in the first 45 minutes They were able to play Neil Neil draw in the second 45 minutes Things did not go according to plan and they seem to be bereaved of ideas They didn't know what to do the black galaxies of Ghana got two opportunities and they made it count So that's by guns by the way We should be focused on what we are going to be seeing here to tomorrow right there in Abuja But I doubt that the Super Eagles be can score three on reply goals against the black galaxies of Ghana So we should just stem power expectations so that we won't get to be hurt when we see the final result Because personally to be very very fair to be brutally honest I'm a patriotic Nigerian, but I don't think Nigeria can qualify to the chant 2023 Let's talk about the reason why we can't qualify you know for that game I mean we saw the first leg to zero right there and Ghana actually hitting us very hard I remember a colleague who actually prompted me to that loss. It was really saddening and very patriotic I want my country to win every other time, but that's the case now a second leg a first leg has happened Second leg anticipating to happen tomorrow Uh, what exactly did we do wrong in the first leg and what do you think we can do right? Do you think we even have the space and time you know to get it right three zero like you have mentioned All right first off I like to just reiterate and very sure a lot of people know that football is a game of mentality I told you that in the first leg our mentality was a little bit negative We just wanted to go there and get a draw which would have been a good result But in football the best way to get a good result is to attack the best way to win a game The best way to even defend is by attacking So for Nigeria to get three goals in this game tomorrow, which is impossible for me But of course football we all we get to see unexpected happen sometimes So for them to get the the best result tomorrow, they need to change their mentality They need to have it in the back of the mind that they are better than this black stars of Ghana I mean we want to compare the npfl to the Ghana The Ghana Premiership many people would say that the Ghana Premiership is better So it now boils down to what we've been doing here in the in the league. Have you been getting it right? So it's it's a whole lot and if we've not been getting it right in the league So we can't just get it right in just one game. So we just have to change our mentality and hope and We just have to hope that things go according to plan when we get to play the black galaxies of Ghana tomorrow, but like I Said temporary expectations I've read out their stats and I've never beaten the black galaxies of Ghana And what are the chances for us to score through on reply goals? It's actually very sweet But all the best for the super eagles be but I don't see them progressing to the Couple nations, but I remember the one we had this conversation for the super eagles be You were very positive at some point. I mean Yes, I was Especially when we mentioned the likes of a nazi and you said if we look at the lineup The makeup for the game. We had some experienced player in the team. You mentioned that and so what happens to having experienced player in the team and not even Trying to win for the first leg because the second leg is almost impossible to have three straight goals without equalizing on from the other side Well, I said so Basically, I was happy about the score the likes of andio play who wasn't allowed to play that first leg game Hopefully he will feature in the second leg. I talked about a nazi He may have been included in the trading and that it's going to help boost the confidence of the young stars I was happy about the starting lineup But what I saw on the pitch of playing kept close I just had to come to a conclusion that if we continue playing like like this We can't get the needed results Okay, so it's time to you know talk about the ladies now the supple falcons Have actually arrived at the united states and they're ready for that doubleheader friendly with the united United states the The counterparts and we know that the united states in every other game They seem to be you know leading the charts. I mean, they're a very strong contender Do you think that we stand a chance? Well, this game actually is not the quality of it is not in the result I don't think it's in the result. But let's talk at the let's look at the performance so far because most times If you look at some of the games the performance always almost determine what happens, you know In the actual game is a friendly we understand But but looking at the friendly now because there's always an adage I think I've said this adage when you're around It is how you sleep that you measure how you die. I mean when someone's sleeping. That's how you know when the person is dead He's just Easy to use that to measure so with the friendly Come on come on Monday. But but do you think that we stand a chance? I mean looking at the lineup now and looking at, you know, the quality of players The combination Technically and all of that do you think we stand a chance to win the friendly and does that give us Even hope as we get into playing the actual game All right, judging from the just concluded women's combinations in morocco I think I do stand a great chance. We play beautifully. Well, I wouldn't say that that competition or that tournament was disappointing You saw how we struggle in the Semifinals against morocco when we actually scored after being a woman down or a man down Went ahead to score against morocco But of course football happened to us that we didn't just get one red card We got two red cards in that game. So it was certainly a very difficult game So if not for that record, I think the super falcons would have won the women's cup in nations And we would have been the best team from Africa Of course going to the FIFA women's senior world cup that will be hosted next year in Australia and New Zealand And now to the game you also question. Do we stand a chance? Yes, we do. We've got brilliant players I'm not I'm not trying to hope a hype like I did with the chant eagles But what I remember the likes of Rashid al-Ojiba day when I remember the likes of onomenu and The order 18 players that they've been called upon to represent Nigeria and not forgetting the ladies who just featured at the Costa Rica on a 20 FIFA women's world cup the likes of Esther Ognene Zide who scored the most goals for the falconets and not forgetting the captain Tosin Demian and as well as rafiat emorran I think it's a great inclusion which is really developing football here in the local scene Especially Nigerian women's football league, which the data has been slated to the league has been slated to start on the 12th of October so the inclusion of this eight home base players Or four home base players and of course four technical team from the home base point of view It's certainly going to help Nigerian football here in the grassroots. So I'm really much excited about the ladies And I hope they can get the much needed results in the united states of america But I must really stand on my word that the value of this particular encounter is in the work out of the players Is in the making sure that this players can play together when the big tournament comes around So even if I understand but uh, I'm just trying to say that Paraventure, you know When you look at the fixture and when it's time to play the actual game, you know, the united states team is a formidable one They have won this game several times 11 times champions if you look at the records so I'm just saying that at the friendly level. Do you think that we stand a chance you need to look at the players They are physically very strong. Yes, and I believe on the big side Yeah, I believe that's super super falcons actually stand a chance against the united states of america. They're not so great any longer Yeah, they're not. I don't think they are so powerful any longer the united states I mean these days you see the countries like the netherlands English side if I think the english women are even more powerful than the united states women And not forgetting the dutch ladies are also very great I think the super falcon stand a chance if they just Have a belief if they're just mentally focused in this particular game They can get at least a draw in the united states of america for the doubleheader friendly Maybe a draw or a win for the two games Well, thank you so much monday thomas for being part of the show. We appreciate your time It is always great to be here. Do you have a fantastic weekend mercy All right then and that's the size of the breakfast. Thank you so much for staying with us this morning. It's beautiful friday Morning, and we will return on monday with great conversation and great analysis Right here the news will come your way at nine o'clock. 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