A breath-taking revival by Zambia saw them move into the next round of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017, coming from two down to beat Iran 4-2.
South Africa’s Amajita are on the verge of crashing out of the FIFA U20 World Cup following Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat to Italy.
Henry Onyekuru may be on his way to achieving big things with the Super Eagles if he eventually gets his international cap in June against South Africa.
The Super Eagles have had their first practice session in Corsica ahead of this weekend’s friendly against the Island Nation’s national team.
Former Nigeria U-20 Assistant Coach, Nduka Ugbade has lamented on the absence of the flying Eagles in the ongoing FIFA U-20 World cup taking place in South Korea.
Former Super Eagles player – Nduka Ugbaje, has blamed the flying Eagles absence in the 2017 U-20 world cup on the inability of Nigeria’s football body in following a concise ‘Discover and Nurture’ plan in recent times.
The flying Eagles were knocked out on away goals by Sudan in the qualifiers for the CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
After defeating Sudan in the first leg in Khartoum by 2-1, the flying Eagles lost to their counterparts 4-3 in Nigeria at the Teslim Balogun stadium.
In a chat with Brila FM, Nduka Ugbaje has called on NPFL clubs to exploit the incentives given to them by the League Management Company (LMC) in featuring young players in the league which in turn will help the national team coaches in recruiting players for future FIFA tournaments.
Representatives of Africa at this year’s U-20 world cup are Senegal, Guinea, South Africa and CAF U-20 AFCON champions – Zambia.
Akwa united midfielder Alhassan Ibrahim says he eagerly awaits his first outing with the Super Eagles as the team prepares for friendlies against Corsica and Togo.
FUS Rabat will not sit back and defend in Wednesday’s CAF Confederation Cup match against Rivers United defender, Naif Aguerd has stated.
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude.. I can assure them its much more important than that…. The words of Bill Shankly
The kind of emotion that runs through football is electrifying, positive and negative. The will to win, the competition pushes stars to give all.
In this video you’ll see tears, passion, bursts of speechless joy.
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Tonight, the 24th of May, 2017, two of Europe’s heavyweights, AFC Ajax and Manchester United will go all out to make history in the final of the Europa League in Stockholm, Sweden.
Ajax who won this competition in 1992 will be looking forward to securing another one against the Red Devils in what we expect to be a blockbuster match. Manchester United on the other hand, have never won this competition before and it remains the only trophy missing from their industrious trophy cabinet.
Amsterdam’s Davy Klaassen
Ajax have been known for swift and attacking prowess during the phase of the competition topping their group with 14 points and going on to defeat the likes of Lyon and Schalke 04 in their road to the final.
For Manchester United, they have been dubbed favorites to win the competition since the group stages and now they are one step away from meeting expectations.
The Red devils finished second in the group stages with 12 points, two points from table toppers, Fernabache who later crashed out of the competition in the latter stages. They have also produced stellar performances against the likes of Anderlecht and Saint Etienne.
Ajax come into this final with few first team absentees; with the likes of Sinkgraven to miss out with injury and also suspension to center-back, Viergever.
For Manchester United, they come into the game with a lot of injuries to notable first team players such as Marcos Rojo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. They will also have center back, Eric Bailly ruled out after getting a red card in the second leg of semi-final clash against Celta Vigo at Old Trafford.
As it stands, Ajax are already through to the group stages of the Champions after narrowly loosing the Eredivisie title to rivals, Feyernoord to come second. But they will be looking to go home with the title nevertheless.
Manchester United on the other hand did not finish in the top four of the Premier League, meaning that the Europa League is all they have to secure Champions League football next season and assert themselves as true European giants.
(L-R) Kasper Dolberg of Ajax, Jairo Riedewald of Ajax, Lasse Schone of Ajax Images via Getty Images
Whatever happens in this final, we all expect an end to end mouth action.
Enjoy!