Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye
The AFCON 2019 has been mostly predictable to most – not all – but largely to the those adept in the peculiarities of African football and Dutchman Jo Bonfrère has earned every right to be in that class.
Defeat to lowly Madagascar will spread humility and help the Super Eagles players girdle up for the test against defending champions, Cameroon, Alex Iwobi has suggested.
Alex Iwobi is undecided about which position best suits him in the Super Eagles – but neither does the Coach.
The long awaited announcement of Frank Lampard as Chelsea’s new Manager was eventually made on Thursday and swiftly the Boss made it clear how he would set out… nothing that concerns Victor Moses though.
Never mind that Victor Moses retired from international football and was shipped out on loan by Chelsea the same season, it appears the 28 year-old went off the grid – until recently.
Abdul Yahaya and Dike Azouma both headline the names of players invited by D’Tigers 3×3 Head Coach Chris Acha for the 2019 African Games preparatory camp.
340 days after he suffered a Cruciate Ligament rupture, Super Eagles right-back Tyronne Ebuehi has returned to very light training with SL Benfica.
The Super Eagles have not impressed many in the AFCON 2019 and that’s in spite of the team progressing to the round of 16.
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…
