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Peseiro Sweats Over Aina, Bonke’s Fitness Ahead Eagles Vs Ecuador, Sierra Leone, Mauritius

1Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Peseiro Sweats Over Aina, Bonke’s Fitness Ahead Eagles Vs Ecuador, Sierra Leone, Mauritius

Super Eagles technical adviser Jose Peseiro is sweating over the fitness of Ola Aina and Innocent Bonke for the game against Ecuador and upcoming 2023 AFCON qualifiers after both players picked up injuries in the United States where the team has been camping for international friendly matches. The Eagles have stepped up preparations for their friendly match with Ecuador on Thursday as well as next month’s AFCON qualifying matches against Sierra Leone and Mauritius. The three-time African champions narrowly lost 2-1 to Mexico in their first friendly clash at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas last Saturday. Read Also: Dessers Scores As Mexico Beat Super Eagles 2-1 In Friendly According to a release by the NFF on Tuesday, having had time to recover from the stress of long-haul t...

Dessers Scores As Mexico Beat Super Eagles 2-1 In Friendly

29May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Dessers Scores As Mexico Beat Super Eagles 2-1 In Friendly

It was not the best of starts for new head coach, Jose Peseiro, as the Super Eagles lost 2-1 to El Tri of Mexico in an international friendly game at the AT & T Stadium, Dallas, USA, in the early hours of Sunday. Cyriel Dessers opened his goals account for the Eagles after drawing them level with a powerful header. The Super Eagles are now winless against Mexico in six meetings, losing three and drawing three. Up next for Peseiro’s side is another friendly against Ecuador on June 2. Mexico bossed the early exchanges as the Super Eagles struggled to get a foothold in the game. Santiago Gimenez then gave Mexico a deserved lead on 12 minutes as his initial effort from a headed pass hit Uzoho and bounced off him into the net. Andres Guardado almost doubled Mexico lea...

Friendly: Dessers Arrives Eagles Camp As Musa, Chukwueze, Sanusi, Others Withdraw

28May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Friendly: Dessers Arrives Eagles Camp As Musa, Chukwueze, Sanusi, Others Withdraw

Cyriel Dessers has arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Dallas, United States of America increasing the number of players to 20. Dessers linked up with his teammates on camp on Friday. The striker was in action in Feyenoord’s UEFA Europa Conference League defeat to Italian club AS Roma on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Super Eagles will be without captain Ahmed Musa, Zaidu Sanusi and Abdullahi Shehu for the international friendly against Mexico. Read Also: Super Eagles New Coach Peseiro Gets One-Year Short-Term Contract With Performance-Related Clauses Samson Tijani, Alhassan Yusuf and Azubuike Okechukwu will also not take part in the friendly. Emmanuel Dennis, Maduka Okoye and Umar Sadiq pulled out of the friendlies early in the week. Visa hitches, injuries and club co...

Super Eagles New Coach Peseiro Gets One-Year Short-Term Contract With Performance-Related Clauses

16May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Super Eagles New Coach Peseiro Gets One-Year Short-Term Contract With Performance-Related Clauses

Super Eagles Newly-appointed coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Jose Peseiro, has been handed a one-year short term contract, as he begins his reign as the head coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men’s National team. Contrary to speculations, the Portuguese coach was only handed a 12 months deal, which is subject to renewal based on performance-related clauses. With the NFF facing a legal battle on payments for the erstwhile coach of the team, Gernot Rohr, all pointers are the Federation are wary of allowing thunder strike in the same spot. Peseiro will lead the Eagles in the United States when the team faces Mexico and Ecuador in international friendly games. He will be assisted by Ex-Eagles winger Finidi George, Salisu Yusuf and Usman Abdallah. Read Also: Dare Regrets Super Eagles’...

2023 AFCON Qualifiers: Eagles Are Favourites To Qualify In Group A –Kalou

20Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

AFCON, News, Nigeria, Sports

2023 AFCON Qualifiers: Eagles Are Favourites To Qualify In Group A –Kalou

Former Chelsea star, Salomon Kalou has tipped the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, which will take place in Cote d’Ivoire.The former Ivory Coast international made this known in an interview with SuperSports on Tuesday.He said that the Super Eagles won’t find it difficult to qualify from Group A that consist of Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome. Read Also: 2022 WCQ Playoffs: Was Referee Right To Cancel Penalty Awarded To Super Eagles?“I think it’s a good group [for the Super Eagles]. I think Nigeria is a team that will always qualify. “They will be the favourites of the group while the second place is open for the other three teams,” Kalou told SuperSport.The matches are expected to begin in May. Winners and runners-up in each group ex...

‘Eguavoen Never Supported NFF’s Decision To Sack Rohr’ –Ikpeba

5Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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‘Eguavoen Never Supported NFF’s Decision To Sack Rohr’ –Ikpeba

Austin Eguavoen Former Nigerian forward, Victor Ikpeba has blamed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the Super Eagles failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup slated for Qatar. Speaking on Monday Night Football, the former international revealed that Eguavoen did not support NFF’s decision to terminate Gernot Rohr’s contract just few weeks to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Recall that Rohr qualified the senior national team to the biannual tournament and also the 2022 World Cup qualifying playoffs. However, the team crashed out of AFCON in the Round of 16 after losing 1-0 to Tunisia before failing to qualify for the World Cup after been eliminated by the Black Stars of Ghana on the away goal rule. Read Also: Dare Regrets Super Eagles’ Failure to Qualify For World C...

‘We Will All Be Happy At The End’ – Eguavoen Confident Of Victory Against Ghana

29Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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‘We Will All Be Happy At The End’ – Eguavoen Confident Of Victory Against Ghana

Super Eagles Super Eagles interim head coach Augustine Eguavoen is upbeat his side will secure a place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The three-time African champions will face the Black Stars of Ghana in the second leg of the qualifiers at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday (today). The Super Eagles held the Black Stars to a 0-0 draw in the first leg last Friday. Despite failing to impress in the first leg, Eguavoen is positive his side will be victorious. “I want to urge all Nigerian fans and football lovers to support the team,”the 56-year-old told a press conference on Monday. “They should fill up the stadium tomorrow and cheer the team on, because I promise we will all be happy at the end of the game,” he said. Today’s encounter will kick-off at 6...

Lookman: Why I Dumped England For Nigeria

28Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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Lookman: Why I Dumped England For Nigeria

Super Eagles Ademola Lookman has revealed what prompted his decision to switch nationality from England to Nigeria. Lookman represented England at the youth level and was part of the U-20 side that won the World Cup in South Korea in 2017. The Wandsworth born star accepted to represent Nigeria through his parents and received the approval from Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) last month. The winger made his debut against the Black Stars of Ghana last Friday replacing Moses Simon in the 74th minute. “I am very excited to be part of Nigeria’s National team and I’m feeling blessed and looking forward to helping the team,” Lookman told CAFOnline.com. “Both my parents are Nigerians and I’ve always seen these [representing Nigeria] as a possibility...

2022 WCQ Playoffs: Was Referee Right To Cancel Penalty Awarded To Super Eagles?

26Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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2022 WCQ Playoffs: Was Referee Right To Cancel Penalty Awarded To Super Eagles?

Former Nigerian forward, Daniel Amokachi has applauded the referee’s decision to disallow the penalty awarded to the Super Eagles in Friday’s 2022 World Cup qualifying playoffs against the Black Stars of Ghana. Super Eagles But during the match, the Super Eagles were denied a chance to score a game-winning goal when the ball hit the hand of Iddrisu Baba from Oghenekaro Etebo’s effort.However, there was a penalty call reversed by the Moroccan referee, Redouane Jiyed after a handball by Baba in the 76th minute. Jiyed, however, was advised to check the VAR monitor on the side of the pitch and he changed his initial decision after spotting a foul by Kelechi Iheanacho on the Ghanaian prior to him handling the ball in the box. Read Also: Eguavoen Hopes for Victor Moses’ Return to S...

Ghana Vs Nigeria WCQ End in a Draw as Aina, Uzoho shine

26Mar

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports, World Cup, Youths

Ghana Vs Nigeria WCQ End in a Draw as Aina, Uzoho shine

The Super Eagles on Friday held the Black stars of Ghana to a goalless draw. The match which held in Kumasi stadium had both sides waste a few chances in front of goal. Super Eagles goalie Francis Uzoho pulled off an amazing show after stopping shots from Crystal Palace forward Jordan Ayew in the first half. Torino defender Ola Aina also had an impressive performance in the game. See Also: Super Eagles Open Camp With Six Players The return leg will be played on 29th March in Abuja. The winner of the match will join other African contingents at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Source: Pulse News