Edo Queens suffered a 3-1 defeat to DR Congo’s TP Mazembe in the first semi-finals of the CAF Women’s Champions League on Tuesday.
It was a game Edo Queens would be kicking themselves after failing to hold on to their 1-0 lead as TP Mazembe scored in the 90th minute to send the game into extra-time.
The Congolese then went on to score two more goals in extra-time to advance to the final.
After a goalless first half Peace Essien broke the deadlock in the 65th minute to give Edo Queens the lead.
Unfortunately the Nigerian champions could not hold on as TP Mazembe equalised thanks to Merveille Kanjinga.
An own goal by Comfort Folorunsho in the 101st minute in extra-time put TP Mazembe 2-1 ahead.
Then Marlene Kasaj added the third goal from the penalty spot in three minutes of added time in the first half of extra-time.
Edo Queens will now take on either AS FAR of Morocco or Egypt’s FC Masar in the third-placed play-off on November 22.
Edo Queens scored two goals in stoppage time against champions Mamelodi Sundowns to win 2-1 in their final Group B game.
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TP Mazembe brought to bear a level of defensive discipline that Edo Queens could not match across the patch.
What happens when physical football fails? Team ambitions collapse.
Hopefully Edo Queens can clinch bronze on Friday’s playoff to serve as worthy consolation for their efforts.
Local coaches do try their best but always 2 Kobo short of the 1 Naira needed to purchase high concept success.
3:1 against Edo Queens was a massive anti climax but the players worked hard.
Why is this place so quiet….? LMAOOOoo.
Where are those buffoons who felt they love Edo Queens more than the rest of us…?
I’ve waited for hours for them to flood this place the way they flooded it the last time as per “the no 1 and true supporters of Edo Queens FC”
The hypocrites who crawled out of their holes to try to guilt-trip us for daring to point out the flaws and flacks of this team……because Sundown’s goalkeeper gave Edo Queens an early Christmas present and extra $150,000
Have those flaws disappeared now…Or contributed to extending the disgraceful record of no Nigerian team reaching the CAF Women’s CL final till date….???
YES, its the 4th edition of CAF’s flagship women’s club football competition and we are yet to the final till date, talk more of winning it…..something I 100% guarantee wouldn’t have been at this competition been inaugurated in the 2000s. Anyone who is still in doubt about the shifting paradigms should compare and contrast.
Poor incision, directionless crosses, aimless shots from distance, cluelessness and lack of strategy in the final third…..were these not on display by the Queens today as they have been since the beginning of the competition…?
The one that calls himself TONY even turned it to a “homebased is better” debate just to pathetically celebrate a fortuitous escape from an early flight back home….LMAOooo.
We keep pointing out issues like these, but ‘psyco’-phants will rather want the world to believe all is perfect and well, we just HATE certain people.
Only 1 substitution at the beginning of the 2nd half by the TP Mazembe coach sent the entire Edo Queens team and their technical crew on “lock down”….just 1 substitution.
Even as a fan watching from 1000 miles aways, I feared the tall Mazembe no 9 would prove decisive if not given the right attention and I wasnt shocked when she was first to meet the 90th minute corner that drew Mazembe level.
Would Edo Queens have done better, managed the game better and eked out a better result with more quality technical inputs from the bench today…..Hell YEA.
Good luck to them in the 3rd place match. At least they are $300,000 richer now.
And like the last time, I am still not sticking my neck out for them again in the 3rd place game. Anyone who feels pained about that can overdose on sleeping pills for all I care.
I’m beginning to wonder if you are a pessimist or it’s just your nature to only see negativity all the time. I honestly think you should tone down your level of pessimism and insults.
Your view of the round leather game is top notch but you always water it down with being negative or insulting people or both. I can hardly find a post by you without any of the things I mentioned above.
Congratulations Mr Optimist.
Maybe you should find and read posts by others directed at me or my views before you take this Olympic medal winning jump into concluding that I am full of pessimism and negativity.
If speaking the truth ALWAYS, with raw facts and figures to back them up is pessimism and negativity to you, then I can guarantee you I will continue it that light.
I dont comment on CSN to massage anyone’s ego.
Dr. Drey speaks the truth, there is absolutely nothing more to add.
Nigerians hate criticism, truth, and love their oppressors lol
He is a bitter soul. One who anticipates failure from others so he can mock them and have a reason to justify his negativity. I wonder what kind of man he is in his personal space. Definitely one everyone should not to deal with. What a mindset for a man …pathetic, appalling and shameful.
Hahahahahaa….If I mock people, I mock them with hard and verifiable facts, figures and evidence. So, if you have been so unfortunate in life to fall into that category of those to have been mocked, then you deserved it…..LMAOooo.
My only sin would be to say false things about anything or anyone, but if you cannot hold me to such, then you really deserve any mockery you must have gotten that is making you so bitter……LMAOooo
Does that animal have any space. Someone that lives in a Zoo. A narcissist who thrives in trying to make people look stupid. Coming here to lie that people deliberately come out for him. And you have some bunch of ass-lickers who would come out and support his nonsense
Hahahahaha…..you claim Dr.Drey is lying that people deliberately come out for him, but both your comments here 1000% confirms it…..LMAOoo.
Direct attacks on my personality with zero concerns about the issue(s) I raised in the thread…..LMAOoo.
Even the Edo queens you were posing as if you are supporting, you haven’t said a word about them….LMAOooo
Who is the liar between us both now…..LMAOoo.
You had never commented on Edo Queens…not even 1 alphabet…till half an hour after South Africa GK gifted them a delayed flight ticket back home. That was when you and your fellow street urchins felt it right to immediately come and express your unalloyed fake support for EQ and guilt-trip those of us who dared to tell the truth about their performance.
Now the same things we condemned has come back to haunt them, and it has taken you 24 whole hours to crawl out of your hole, ignore EDO Queens completely and do the exact thing you claim Im lying about…LMAOoooo.
You see how God works…?
See how you’ve just disgraced yourself…? See how you have just made yourself look stupid….LMAOoo
Now go back and tell your fellow idiots that y’all celebrated too early…LMAOoo. Lies may run for years but it only takes 1 day for the truth to catch up with it. The truth we spoke out about Edo Queens performances has tur.ned around to deny them a place in history and a chance to make a fortune of a lifetime.
You and your fellow charlatans can keep up with your celebration of mediocrity
Okponu omo lasan lasan ekeji aja.
I’ve told you severally to take your brains for refurbishment, yet you wouldn’t listen
Looooooooool, imagine a liar telling us he is a pessimist because he says the truth with facts. Last I checked you claimed once that Rorh won the swiss league, till date he has yet to prove that. Is it the same person that said the late Pele was a player-coach for NY cosmos, did you present your facts? or is it the same demented rodent that said it’s not the job of a coach to teach professionals ball control. That’s why I advise forum members to fact check some of his stats before they end up looking silly
Hahahahaha….okponu. English comprehension is still a problem for you in 2024….LMAOooo.
Pls show us where I said I am a pessimist.
The same illiteracy that made cup finalist to sound like cup winner in your empty skull…..LMAOoo. The same illiteracy that made you unable to differentiate between “indscipline” and “insurbodination”……LMAoooo. That same illiteracy and comprehension problems is still disgracing you till date….? LMAOooo
You must be the only one on CSN that ever read where Dr. Drey said Rohr won the Swiss league….LMAOooo.
99.9% of avid readers of this website can vouch for me even when I pass away that I spit raw and verifiable facts. So if you are too illiteracy to understand written english, then deal with it.
For all the misinformation and fake advice you want to put out there for people not to look silly, it was from me you EVER KNEW ANYTHING LIKE PLAYER-COACH EXISTS IN FOOTBALL in your entire miserabl life……LMAOooo…and you not only looked silly but also looked stupid when you were trying to argue against it…..LMAOooo.
And eventully when raw facts were placed in front of you by this same Dr.Drey as always, you tried to save face by lying you knew what a player-coach is but you still couldnt wrap your brains around how a player can be playing and coaching at the same time….LMAOoo. You ended it all in tears with tails between your legs, crying that “we are all here to learn”….LMAOoo. Since your parents never gave you neither enough home training nor qualify formal education so you can stop being a public disgrace of a child.
So if you never even heard of the word Player-coach in your entire miserable life, I can understand why you cant understand till today how a certain player can be a player-coach. And to show how senseless and memory-less you are, I never even said it was Pele….LMAOooo
Didinrin Olodo omo
Of course it is the duty of national team coach to teach national team players ball control…..LMAOoo. Didnt you see your imbecile uncle Finidi and Eguavoen teaching Osimhen, Iwobi and the rest of Super Eagles player ball control during Super Eagles trainings all through this AFCON Qualifiers.
I guess you have watched Spain, Brazil, USA and England’s training sessions too. You have seen their national team coaches teaching them ball control…LMAOo
Okponu ayirada.
To think some people actually wasted their time to raise you….LMAOo.
May God not give us useless children…!!!
Edo Queens’ loss to TP Mazembe isn’t just a wake-up call; it’s an indictment of our football system—one that seems to thrive on mediocrity and sentimental excuses. It proves, once again, that raw talent alone cannot compensate for the technical deficiencies that have plagued Nigerian football for decades. And at the heart of this recurring disaster is a National Football Federation (NFF) that continues to prioritize shortcuts and window dressing over real solutions.
Let’s face it: Edo Queens, like so many Nigerian teams, are victims of poor coaching. Their match against Sundowns, which many celebrated as a triumph, was riddled with glaring issues: misplaced passes, poor positional play, wasteful finishing, and defensive lapses that would embarrass a high school team. These aren’t just minor hiccups; they’re systemic flaws that stem from inadequate preparation and tactical ineptitude. Yet, after that win, some people went on a patriotic overdrive, shouting down anyone who dared point out these flaws. Now that the chickens have come home to roost against TP Mazembe, everyone suddenly remembers how “poorly coached” the team was.
This cycle of delusion has been the hallmark of our football for years. We celebrate fleeting victories, ignore glaring warning signs, and then act surprised when our teams crash out of competitions they should dominate. The NFF is the architect of this mess. For years, they’ve neglected the technical development of our coaches and teams, instead treating football management like a popularity contest. It’s baffling how an organization charged with overseeing one of the most talent-rich footballing nations on earth consistently fails to provide the most basic foundations for success.
Nigerian football has become a graveyard for talented players because of clueless tactical setups, head-scratching selections, and zero game management. How many times have we seen teams brimming with raw skill look utterly clueless against tactically sound opponents? It’s a recurring theme: we run, we dribble, we dazzle, but when it’s time to finish the job, we crumble. Why? Because talent without structure is a recipe for chaos.
This isn’t just about Edo Queens; it’s the story of our U-17s, U-20s, U-23s, the Super Eagles, the Falcons, and virtually every club side in continental competitions. It’s clear that the NFF has no long-term vision. Instead of investing in the technical development of our coaches, they recycle outdated methods and expect different results. We’ve seen golden generations of players wasted because the coaching wasn’t up to par. The golden eras of Amodu Shaibu, Stephen Keshi, and Kadiri Ikhana are distant memories, replaced by a system where mediocrity thrives.
Meanwhile, South Africa, with a fraction of our natural talent, has quietly invested in their coaching and reaped the rewards. Their teams play with a clear identity, tactical discipline, and cohesion. When was the last time you could say that about a Nigerian team? The gap is embarrassing, and the blame lies squarely with the NFF for refusing to adapt.
It’s high time the NFF set strict standards for coaching appointments and invested heavily in training and exposure for our local coaches. Enough of this reliance on nostalgia and prayers. Modern football is a science, not a gamble. If the NFF doesn’t prioritize technical development, we will continue to waste talent and embarrass ourselves on the global stage.
Edo Queens’ loss is just the latest chapter in a long book of failures. If this doesn’t spur a complete overhaul of how we approach football development in Nigeria, nothing will. At this rate, we’ll keep blaming players, referees, and “bad luck” while the real culprits sit comfortably in the NFF, making the same mistakes over and over again. Wake up, Nigeria. This isn’t football; it’s self-sabotage.
I heard Edo Queens head coach cannot even sit on the bench simply because CAF rules states that you must have a certain grade of CAF license (don’t know if it’s the B or A license now) to sit on the bench for CAF competitions.
This is about the 3rd or 4th instance in the last couple of years where a team representing Nigeria cannot have its coach sit on the bench as a result of licensing issues.
We have a serious problem in Nigeria and some hypocrites would rather paint a picture of hate when we point these things out.
South Africa holds coaching courses for their local coaches annually….is anyone surprised they are beginning to churn out quality coaches in numbers…? The Botswana team that just qualified for AFCON is being coached by a South African. There was a year almost 5 South African coaches were competing in the group stage of CAF competitions either leading local teams or teams from outside south Africa.
South African coaches are leading teams from neighboring countries such as Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana etc. But our own lazy ex-internationals are too big to coach Chad, Niger, Benin Republic or Togo. Their eyes are all on the SE job where there are ready made materials that can “express themselves” to tasteless victories.
Even the ones that have led the SE, see the mess they’ve made of it. From Siasia to Oliseh to Finidi and now this Eguavoen……apart from the late Keshi who proved himself with Togo and Mali, the rest have been disasters upon disasters. Finidi and Eguavoen particularly have made it look like it was 10 years ago we played the AFCON final this February. The SE does not look any inch like a potential African champion anytime we have played in the last few months.
The earlier we realized there is a very serious coaching problem coupled with other problems in our football the better for us.
Gusau will rather pick death than spearhead this revolution of our soccer. For God’s sake sir, do you know he will be spending lots of his father’s and mother’s money for this? He is helping the nation by saving money meant for development of the round leather game. After all, how many coaches, oops, sorry local coaches can coach in the national teams at a time? How many can inspire club sides at a time, across all levels?
Wait, sir. Come to think of it: forget other nations who are doing it successfully even in the African continent.
Do you think it is easy to plan, maintain and groom players and coaches across all our national teams?
U15 (if that exists really and not academies’ inspired), U17, U20, U23, and Eagles – FOR MEN. Oh, I forgot super sand eagles
U17, U20, Falcons – for LADIES.
Including thinking hard on their backroom staff. Then, you now think about the leagues for both and supervise them EVERY YEAR.
It’s a big task. Where will money to embezzle and fritter away come from if they spend money to brush up talents that should know football basics by themselves and make things easier for our nation’s talent pool with various competitions every year?
Now, flying in and out, bunch of unserious MALE (especially) players for international senior team competitive fixtures and friendlies drain our dollars and NFF savings. Little wonder even FG interventions “sparingly” are always inadequate.
NFF did refresher courses for some female coaches a while back. Maybe, they’ll soon be hired to instruct our league girls. It’s gradual. Lol.
Rubbish. There is A REASON WALDRUM DELIBERATELY INSISTED ON SEVERAL FOREIGN BORN PROS FOR FALCONS. The players were mostly groomed on the basics.
However, trust our self-sabotaging NFF. Madugu is their pliant coach to incorporate the flash in the pan home based players in the Falcons squad. To save flight tickets paid in dollars and “humiliate” those who “ridiculed” us in WWC 2023 in Australia and New Zealand.
I think NFF is deliberately not aware: other African countries are grooming their women’s national teams for women domination and today, SA or Cameroon are no more our only rivals but Zambia, Morocco (who hired a UWCL serial winner as coach) are prepping up to “fall out hand”.
NFF think we are still in the 2000s. Ah, they are reversing football by sticking their heads for home born players.
I laugh in Papafem’s language: they go see shege next year. If they thread the paths they are on for our senior national teams next year, 2025 will be massive for failure.
Currently, we don’t dream of continental titles at club level.
We don’t dream of continental and world titles at cadet levels (WAFU B is a scam to not shame the shameless).
Next year, AFCON and WAFCON titles will again elude us. Better prepared and more stable teams are on the AFCON sheet.
WAFCON? With “local content drive” against very savvy teams with savvy tacticians? Another trophy that will be eluded.
So, all round failure for ALL OUR NATIONAL TEAMS AND CLUB SIDES are expected to continue.
It is IMPOSSIBLE TO PLANT CASSAVA AND REAP YAMS. We think it is doable. In our dreams
For me Edo queen should be commended for a spirited tournament display, they met a more experienced team and a stronger team physically and tactically.
Give these girls (many of whom are btw 17-22 years) few more years they will rule Africa.
It was clear exhaustion played a key role in their defeat an$ there was need for the coach to have detected it when they started to make funny passes.
I believe they will learn from their mistakes and effect correction subsequently, I think there are positives to take home, everything is not gloom, remember they took out the defending champion, it was a mean fit, there is hopein this girls
Does that animal have any space. Someone that lives in a Zoo. A narcissist who thrives in trying to make people look stupid. Coming here to lie that people deliberately come out for him. And you have some bunch of ass-lickers who would come out and support his nonsense
Looooooooool, imagine a liar telling us he is a pessimist because he says the truth with facts. Last I checked you claimed once that Rorh won the swiss league, till date he has yet to prove that. Is it the same person that said the late Pele was a player-coach for NY cosmos, did you present your facts? or is it the same demented rodent that said it’s not the job of a coach to teach professionals ball control. That’s why I advise forum members to fact check some of his stats before they end up looking silly