A quick-rising feminine social media influencer and soccer fan, TeeTalks Toseen has expressed concern over the potential of the Tremendous Eagles enjoying a draw with Tunisia of their subsequent recreation on the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Though the ebullient TikTok movie star disclosed that she hopes for a repeat of her 2-1 prediction that got here to go within the Eagles’ opening group recreation on Tuesday, she admitted that Saturday’s match might be harder.
Nonetheless, TeeTalk Toseen, who referred to herself as a passionate fan of Manchester Unuted of England and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, gave the Eagles thumbs-up for his or her efficiency in opposition to Tanzania.
She eulogised, “The Tremendous Eagles performed very nicely on Tuesday. After all, we thought they’d rating extra objectives however, sadly, they may not.
“So, for Saturday’s recreation versus Tunisia, I believe they simply have to extend their momentum. That’s the place they’ll face a tricky competitor.”
She then gave a concise analytical breakdown of the chances Nigeria will face in opposition to the Tunisians, who stand prime of the log, following a 3-1 victory over Uganda a couple of minutes after the Eagles defeated Tanzania 2-1.
The amiable content material creator and soccer zealot continued, “Tunisia gained their recreation 3-1, and they’re on prime of the desk. We already knew Tanzania can be a simple recreation … however was it very easy? I’ll say yes-no.
“This implies our Eagles simply have to extend their momentum for the subsequent recreation. They need to be sharp in entrance of the purpose and, hopefully, they’ll get a greater outcome.
“However, I believe the coach must work on his substitutions. There have been some gamers who stayed too lengthy within the recreation versus Tanzania.
“I don’t suppose these gamers ought to have stayed on that lengthy. So, the coach has to make substitutions means earlier.”
Toseen additionally checked out every of the Nigerian gamers individually and hazarded a guess on the possible beginning line up versus Tunisia, for which she surprisingly omitted Ademola Lookman and Shiny Osayi-Samuel
She reasoned at size, “I believe somebody like Akor Adams was an excellent addition in that recreation. I simply suppose Eric Chelle must sharpen his substitutions and ensure he offers his gamers extra ‘ginger.’
“His ways, for my part, labored nicely, up till that recreation in opposition to DR Congo, which all of us knew was going to be a tricky one. All the identical, I believe he’s doing an excellent job.
“So, for the sport versus Tunisia, I’ll go for Akor and (Victor) Osimhen once more upfront, with (Samuel) Chukwueze behind them, as a result of he has been boiling since becoming a member of Fulham.
“Prior to now, I wasn’t actually impressed with him in Nigeria’s video games, however he has been in kind lately, and we have now to capitalise on that.
“There also needs to be (Alex) Iwobi, in fact, and (Wilfred) Ndidi within the center and Moses Simon on the correct wing, whereas the backline ought to have (Semi) Ajayi, scorer of that sensible purpose on Tuesday.
“Then Calvin Bassey ought to be there within the centre with (Bruno) Onyemachi and Zaidu (Sanusi) on the facet and (Stanley) Nwabali in purpose.”
She concluded by warning that it is going to be a tricky encounter to scale via, therefore her worry that it would finish on a draw, although she would like Nigeria profitable by a slim margin scoreline.
“I do know it’s going to be tough. So, they need to be very, very dogged … sharp in assault and alert in defending. That purpose we conceded in opposition to Tanzania was such an inexpensive one. It was as a result of lack of focus.
“So, as soon as we appropriate all these lapses, we must always get a slender win in opposition to Tunisia … possibly 1-0 or 2-1, who is aware of? I predicted 2-1 in opposition to Tanzania, and it occurred.
