Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye
Chiamaka Nnadozie seized her moment to shine and did so on the biggest stage at the World Cup. The 18 year-old showed composure and alertness between the sticks as she shut out a team that had scored 30 goals through the qualifying stages for the competition.
Austin Okocha was arguably Nigeria’s most exciting player, a member of the Golden Generation, but as a the centerpiece of the Super Eagles he never really reached Olympus with the teams. So was Okocha as unlucky as Lionel Messi has been with Argentina?
Agubum Christie and Audu Blessing won silver in the Women’s Tennis Doubles event at the African Beach Games, coming second in the Pool behind Morocco’s Benabdeljalli Camilla and Benabdeljalli Sarah.
Nigeria’s passage of rite to the AFCON 2019 didn’t go as planned for Gernot Rohr as his side lost 1-0 to Senegal on Sunday in Ismailia, but it also wasn’t a good hunting either for Nigeria’s group opponent Guinea.
Gernot Rohr’s unbeaten streak against African teams, since Nigeria’s 2-0 defeat to South Africa in 2017, came to an end following Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to Senegal in a pre AFCON 2019 test game in Ismailia.
Super Eagles Head Coach Gernot Rohr has explained his decision to leave out Kelechi Iheanacho for the 2019 AFCON, describing it as “objective” because the player was “low on confidence”.
Mikel Obi’s return to the Super Eagles was perhaps not through the backdoor after all, despite his one-year hiatus from the team – he was still hot commodity. Super Eagles Head Coach Gernot Rohr explained that Mikel’s experience was an invaluable asset and “everybody wanted him back”. The Eagles captain did not play a single game in the AFCON 2019 qualifiers; infamously ruling himself out after Nigeria’s world cup campaign in Russia. But, Rohr insists his captain was warmly welcomed back by teammates and he is already proving to be a catalyst especially on the pitch as well as off…
Mikel Obi’s return to the Super Eagles was perhaps not through the backdoor after all, despite his one-year hiatus from the team – he was still hot commodity.
Since the World Cup in Russia, Super Eagles Head Coach Gernot Rohr have shuffled and shared minutes between his three goalkeepers, however, the German admits he’s undecided who his number choice for the AFCON will be.
Super Eagles Head Coach Gernot Rohr has explained his decision to leave out Kelechi Iheanacho for the 2019 AFCON, describing it as “objective” because the player was “low on confidence”.
