Coach Gernot Rohr has selected captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong, and homeboys John Noble and Anayo Iwuala among the 24 Super Eagles who will do battle with five-time African champions Cameroon in a prestige friendly in Austria on Friday next week.
Super Eagles forward Cyriel Dessers was the hero for KRC Gent as he scored a late goal to help them a 2-1 victory over Club Brugge at the Jan Breydel Stadion on Sunday.
Victor Osimhen’s SSC Napoli missed out on the Champions League for a second successive season after a final day draw against Hellas Verona at the Diego Maradona Stadium on Sunday.
Head coach Abdullahi Biffo says Kwara United cannot afford to slip up any further if they want to remain in the title race this season.
Shooting Stars Head Coach, Edith Agoye insisted that his side was lucky to embarrassing defeat in the hand of Nilayo FC on Sunday.
Warri Wolves head coach Ortega Deniran, is satisfied with his side thrilling draw against Adamawa United on Sunday.
Gennaro Gattuso has been sacked by Napoli after narrowly missing out on the Champions League football next season.
Brendan Rodgers said he is sad to see Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi, and others miss out of Champions League spots, but admitted they don’t deserve to qualify after their late collapse.
Head Coach of Sunshine Stars, Gbenga Ogunbote is optimistic about the chances of the club escaping relegation, despite a poor run of form.
Sunshine Stars fell suffered another defeat to FC Ifeanyiubah in one of week 22 fixtures of the 2020-2021 Nigeria professional football league season.
Ekene Awazie’s low drive inside the opening eight minutes handed the Owena Whales another narrow defeat in the hands of the Anambra Warriors who are also fighting for their lives.
The Akure landlords remain in 17th position with just 30 points from 22 matches, but Ogunbote is upbeat about their chances of turning the campaign around.
“I thought we were going to have a break here but unfortunately we didn’t. Yes, I think we can survive relegation, we just have to take our chances; if we had taken those chances in the first half, maybe we would have been three, four goals up. We need to be calm in front of goal.
“The government is trying now to live up to their parental responsibilities to ensure that things are done to get the team motivated and I think that will boost the team; yes the government is more committed than before._
“When a team does not win the confidence level drops and is now more of a psychological problem than technical, but we will keep working on correcting this.” He said after the match.
Next for Sunshine Stars is home class against MFM FC in a Southwest derby on matchday 23.
