Completesports.com’s Live Blogging of the Colombia 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Round of 16 match between the Young Nadeshiko of Japan and the Falconets of Nigeria at Metropolitano Techo Stadium, Bogota.
Japan Vs Nigeria Live Blogging – Colombia 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup; Round Of 16
Nnamdi Ezekute
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Quality of deliveries in the final third could be better from Nigeria.
The crazy fast pace of the game suits Japan better because of their swift connection of passes with greater degree of penetrative potentials than Nigeria.
Japan players display higher individual technical prowess on the ball.
Nigeria are holding their own but facing more pressure in delicate areas eventually leading to the first half goal conceded.
Nigerian fullbacks are being overloaded by Japan.
Jumoke Alani’s crosses are lacking the requisite quality from the right. Sebastian and Okekechukwu are being crowded and bumped off the ball. Going long from defence to attack isn’t working well for Nigeria.
Second half starts: 1-0 to Japan.
The team was piss poor right from the beginning of the tournament. The selections looks shabby and quickly put together. No camping or international friendly tournaments. Just copy and paste and oya let’s go and win the cup by Gods grace Lmao!! Ah God abeg which Kain people Dey run our football??
Firstly Danjuma lacks the technical know how to succeed at this level. It’s just about shouting at the players then kick and run football. No serious goal threat whatsoever. Apart from Omilana and Yina this was a terribly poor Falconets set.
@Dr Drey really sabi this da jump of a coach, the girls are just running up and down without purpose, so @dre we will continue seeing you here like this as it stand 0-2 already, I already stop watching as I dnt see our young girls coming back into this match.
Danjuma’s tactical antidote to his opponents passing out from the back is
“make e no comot for dia….I say make e no comot for dia”
I hope the is the last we’ll ever get to hear of his involvement with any or all of our national teams.
Poor spatial awareness has cost Nigeria at the back again for 2:0 to Japan.
Nigeria struggled all evening to make meaningful headway towards Japan’s danger areas. Nigeria are too predictable and ordinary in the final third.
Master of second round position Chris Danjuma appears to be at it again.
It was very evident from the first match that this team was going no where.
Just imaging the cut and join football this team has been playing right from the 1st half – get the ball and hack it into Japan’s half of the field and hope for miracle to happen. No purposeful play. Just kick and run. To make matters worse the players are selfish and playing for personal glory.
With 2 goals down this Danjuma had to wait till 74 minutes to make his first change. Talk of a clueless coach. Meanwhile Japan that is leading 2 – 0 has made 3 changes by the time Danjuma made his first change. So Danjuma is telling us that his players that don’t understand the basic rudiments of football like pass ball, space yourself out, mark your opponent etc, were all well and good despite being 2 goals down. What a shame!
Falconets are by far second best to Japan. It is truly disappointing to watch.
After this game, Danjuma will be promoted to handle the Super Falcons, just as Ladan Bosso has been promoted to U23 team as “reward” for consistently helping Nigerian age grade teams to win many, many trophies. Lolz
All hail our NFF!
You’re right. The Super Falcons coaching job is now vacant with Waldrum’s resignation. Gusau will very likely promote Danjuma to the role by fiat as reward for being a “long-term” employee of the NFF.
There, Danjuma will continue his technically bereft gra-gra, kick-and-follow football at the highest level. Just watch the Gusau magic, illogical appointment announcement soon.
Yina, sabastine, Olise, Shobowale have all been passengers in this match. But these are the first team player for Danjuma. Even Imuran is not an exception. But some people on this platform will clamour for their inclusion in the super falcons.
He inherited good players from under 17 but he turned them into bunch of jokers. Not an iota of input from him on the team. Talk of corruption and bias.
Nigeria will continue to have this kind of heartache until we start selecting coaches and players on merit
You have practically listed our entire midfield up there.
What that says is that we were totally dominated in the midfield, let me add from the begining of the match till the tail end, and Danjuma has no answers to that for 90 mins.
We knew it when Germany defeated us in the 2nd game without leaving gear 2….LMAOoo
This 2-1 scoreline is such a huge flattery….LMAOoo
Danjuma would sure return home thanking his creator the damage was limited to just a 2-1 loss.
There was never a point in this match where we were even close to being in control of the game.
Lastly, NFF needs to do something about the soccer education of our female soccer players and by extension every soccer player than springs out of Nigeria. And this should start with educating the local coaches too. The bane of homebased players is the quality (or lack of) coaching they receive.
Being physical alone does not cut it in modern football. Physicality should be a bonus, not our primary competitive advantage.
Who says we cannot be physical and technical at the same time….?!
Whether on the pitch or from the bench, we were technically nowhere near the Japanese.
And by the way, maybe we should start considering Japanese coaches when next we want to hire foreign coaches…..cos I’ve watches Japanese teams in many tournaments of recent and the quality of technical input I see from their benches are nothing less than top notch.
Adios Danjuma…! Let it never be said that you were not given enough opportunities….LMAOoo.
Real 9ja fool abi wetin you dey call yasef….ngwa come and carry ya uncle o.
Another damage from Quota system. The most annoying thing is the way many of these local coaches play futbol more with their mouth than their tactics. I will not be surprised if someone mutes the idea of elevating this mediocre to the Super Falcons coach, afterall this is Nigeria and they own it. The more reason why many eligible diasporian Nigerians will opt to play for other countries. The country is a total mess in the hands of these politicians. We can’t even see an average coach to play ball with the NFF to handle the senior team. It’s a shame
The team was piss poor right from the beginning of the tournament. The selections looks shabby and quickly put together. No camping or international friendly tournaments. Just copy and paste and oya let’s go and win the cup by Gods grace Lmao!! Ah God abeg which Kain people Dey run our football??
Firstly Danjuma lacks the technical know how to succeed at this level. It’s just about shouting at the players then kick and run football. No serious goal threat whatsoever. Apart from Omilana and Yina this was a terribly poor Falconets set.
It’s mind-boggling how the NFF keeps cycling through these quack coaches like it’s the only option left. It’s almost like they have a manual on how not to develop football, and they follow it religiously. The lack of seriousness in nurturing the game from the grassroots up is glaring, and it shows every time our teams take the field.
Watching that team play, you’d wonder if they even bothered to train or just showed up and hoped for the best. Misplaced passes, poor spatial awareness, awkward touches—it’s like watching a disjointed dance routine where everyone’s out of sync. Everything feels off, from start to finish. And trust me, the real quality of a team becomes painfully obvious when they face a technically sound opponent. Japan schooled us, plain and simple.
There’s no point sugarcoating it—we were second best in every department. The gap in tactical awareness and skill was embarrassing. We keep talking about having talented players, but there’s no single standout in that squad. It’s all just running, running, and more running—without a clue what to do once they have the ball. It’s like they’re sprinting themselves into oblivion with no endgame in sight.
The truth is, raw athleticism will only take you so far, especially on the international stage. At some point, you need strategy, technique, and intelligence on the pitch. But no, we keep pushing these teams out with nothing more than heart and hustle, hoping for a miracle. It’s a shame, and until the NFF starts taking development seriously, we’re going to keep getting the same disappointing results, over and over again.
You’re absolutely right—it’s mind-boggling how the NFF keeps cycling through these quack coaches like it’s the only option left. It’s almost like they have a manual on how not to develop football, and they follow it religiously. The lack of seriousness in nurturing the game from the grassroots up is glaring, and it shows every time our teams take the field.
Watching that team play, you’d wonder if they even bothered to train or just showed up and hoped for the best. Misplaced passes, poor spatial awareness, awkward touches—it’s like watching a disjointed dance routine where everyone’s out of sync. Everything feels off, from start to finish. And trust me, the real quality of a team becomes painfully obvious when they face a technically sound opponent. Japan schooled us, plain and simple.
There’s no point sugarcoating it—we were second best in every department. The gap in tactical awareness and skill was embarrassing. We keep talking about having talented players, but there’s no single standout in that squad. It’s all just running, running, and more running—without a clue what to do once they have the ball. It’s like they’re sprinting themselves into oblivion with no endgame in sight.
The truth is, raw athleticism will only take you so far, especially on the international stage. At some point, you need strategy, technique, and intelligence on the pitch. But no, we keep pushing these teams out with nothing more than heart and hustle, hoping for a miracle. It’s a shame, and until the NFF starts taking development seriously, we’re going to keep getting the same disappointing results, over and over again.