Man Utd manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believed his side deserves to pick the maximum points against Everton on Sunday.
Nigerian forward Sikiru Alimi has opened his goal account for his new Tunisia ligue one side Stade Tunisien on Sunday.
Plateau united forward Ibrahim Mustapha has stated that the Jos based side are not under any pressure been at the top of the NPFL with just a point lead after beating Jigawa Golden stars 2-1 in Jos.
In a weekend where title chasing duo of Rivers united and Lobi stars winning on the road 2-0 and 1-0 respectively to follow the league leaders next to neck.
Mustapha speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said his side want to keep their position at the top and will continue to put in the required work to ensure they stay top of the Nigeria Professional Football League.
Vice President of the Africa Table Tennis Federation Waheed Oshodi has hailed the Nigerian table tennis players’ feat at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Tunisia where the players secured qualification spots into the Table Tennis events of the Tokyo 2020 games.
Oshodi speaking in a chat with www.brila.net hailed the extraordinary feat of Funke Oshonaike who secured her seventh qualification as well as Eden Offiong’s heroics in Tunisia.
He praised Jide Omotayo and described him as the new face of the next generation while ruing Aruna Quadri’s injury which means he will have his Olympic qualification delayed and will have to keep his ranking intact to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 games.
“The results have gone in our favour they’ve played very well. I must congratulate Funke Oshonaike’s seventh qualification for the Olympics.
Edem Offiong this is her fourth Olympic now and she did the business well in Tunisia, Jide Omotayo the new face of Nigerian Table tennis, the youngest member of the national team now did very well to qualify for the Olympics unfortunately Aruna has a bad injury but we expect him to qualify through his ranking. So it’s sort of been a clean sweep for us, we must give credit to the team.”
Lobi stars defender Ebube Duru has reiterated the title credentials of his side after beating Kwara united FC in Ilorin on Sunday in one of the NPFL Match day 22 round of matches to keep pace with league leaders Plateau united.
Duru speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said the result in Ilorin is a very good one for the team coming at a very good time and believes this will come in handy in the race to emerge as league champion at the end of the season.
“It’s a good result for us, now every game we take step by step. The next match is for us to focus on the home game against Kano Pillars.
“The way we take our home game is the way we take our away game so I know at the end of the season, we are going to come out as the crowned champion of the league.”
Enyimba striker Victor Mbaoma has stated that all is still very much open for the People’s Elephants despite playing out a 1-1 draw at home to Guinean Ligue 1 side Horoya AC in the first leg of the CAF Confederation cup quarter final at the Enyimba stadium in Aba.
Mbaoma speaking in a chat with brila.net said the team is still pleased that the didn’t lose the game and that they can still go away to get a good result against Horoya despite the home draw. He however added that they will have to work on grey areas in the team before the second leg.
“It’s a good thing for us that we didn’t lose, we have seen ourselves. We have seen them and they have seen us, so we will work on our lapses and we will get it right there, it’s very possible though we lost some chances and they had just one and they took it and that was the end.”
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