Leicester City’s acquisition of Spanish striker Ayoze Perez ahead of the new season has cast doubt on Kelechi Iheanacho’s future at the EPL outfit.
There was no Nigerian name in the AFCON 2019 best XI or bench for the top performers after the first round in the competition.
Despite winning two group matches and Kenneth Omeruo emerging best performer after two group stage matches based on stats available on whoscored.com, Gernot Rohr’s Eagles didn’t get a mention in the list.
CAF posted the 19 names on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday – a day after the group stage matches were concluded.
Tagged the Group Stage best Squad, the post was accompanied with the tagline:
The group stages witnessed some stellar performances🔥🔥
Take a look at the best XI we couldn’t ignore😍🤷♂️
Twitter | CAF_Online While Nigeria awaits Cameroon in the round of 16 matches on July 6, three Indomitable Lions were named in the squad; one starter and two on the bench.
Center Half Yaya Banana was named in a four-man defense with CAF preferring a 4-3-3 formation.
Goalkeeper André Onana and 23-year-old midfielder André-Frank Zambo Anguissa were named as substitutes.
Former Super Eagles striker and ex-international, Stephen Ayodele Makinwa has called the players of the Eagles to learn from their 2-0 loss to Madagascar last weekend at the ongoing AFCON 2019 in Egypt.
Former Super Eagles striker and ex-international, Victor Agali has called on the Super Eagles not to be too anxious when they battle Cameroun this weekend in the AFCON 2019 round of 16 clash in Alexandria.
Super Eagles and Stoke midfielder, Etebo Oghenekaro has submitted ahead of the Eagles round of 16 clash in Alexandria on Saturday that the players know they have a big task ahead and will do all they can to ensure they do well.
Former MFM FC forward Stephen Odey scored twice for his new Belgian club, KRC Genk as they thrashed Bregel Sport 10 – 1 in a friendly encounter on Wednesday.
Rivers united coach Stanley Eguma has stated that his side will not go into this afternoon’s Federation cup semi final tie been overconfident but will hand their opponent the due respect to have made the last four of the competition.
Coach of Niger Tornadoes FC of Minna Bala Abubakar has states that he hopes to consolidate on his side’s cup run to emerge with the Federation cup final ticket ahead of this evening’s clash with Rivers United in the semi-final of the Federation Cup.
Super Eagles goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa has stated that the team have put behind them the unfortunate 2-0 defeat to Madagascar ahead of this weekend’s round of 16 clash against Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions at the ongoing Africa cup of nations in Egypt.
Ezenwa speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said the Nigerian team is not under pressure and that the most important thing for them as a team is to put the defeat behind them to fix the present and seek solution on how they can come out better with focus firmly on their next game against Cameroon.
“It’s a thing of the last but we just have to fix the present, that’s the most important thing. So we are not under pressure, the manager has made us understand that football sometimes happens that way.
So the most important thing is to put it behind us and focus on the next game. So we are focussed.”
Chelsea have confirmed the appointment of club legend Frank Lampard as their new manager on a 3-year deal. The 41-year-old succeeds Maurizio Sarri as manager at Stamford Bridge.
The risk of appointing Lampard comes from his minimal experience as a manager. He has spent just one season as manager of Derby County.
However, his time at Derby can be deemed a successful one. They finished sixth in the Championship and narrowly missed out on promotion after defeat in the play-off final.
As a result, he has shown the promise to become a successful manager.