After the defeat by Guinea-Bissau on Friday, Nigerian fans were left conflicted between amusement and sorrow.
The Eagles were beaten by 1-0 at home, with Mama Balde scoring the only goal of the game after 29 minutes.
While there was a good deal of humorous banter among Nigeria supporters at the end of the match, there was also a fair amount of frustration and anger as the shortcomings of the Eagles were exposed in Abuja.
Several members of the Super Eagles team were also subjected to criticism for their lackluster performances, with the midfield in particular being called out.
After the game, Neitizens took to social media to react to the performance of some of the players with Southampton’s Paul Onuachu and Leicester City’s Kelechi Ihenacho receiving lots of critics especially from the Nigerian supporters club.
A Twitter user also had this to say after the game “They (Super Eagles) were not super today, they played like Chickens”.
Another Twitter user also had this to say “We don’t have a pattern of play at all, the team was spineless today” .
It remains to be seen if the Eagles will respond in the return leg in Guinea, but it’s evident that Jose Peseiro still has a lot of work to do with this team, especially with the AFCON coming up in less than a year.