Author: Brila

Head Coach Paul Aigbogun has stated that three points from their FIFA U20 World Cup opener against Qatar in Tychy next week Friday would greatly boost confidence in approaching the remaining games of the group phase.

The 2018/2019 NPFL season has been described as a very bad one for Abia Warriors and its players by a member of the team, Adebayo Abiodun.

Man-of-The-Match winner, Success Makanjuola has expressed happiness with his side’s performance following the 1-1 draw against Redbull Salzburg in a test match played on Tuesday.

Former Super Eagles forward Raphael Chukwu-Ndukwe has called for calm and more unity in the Super Eagles camp amidst Mikel’s return to the Super Eagles after been included by coach Gernot Rohr in the AFCON 2019 provisional list of players invited. 

Triestina FC of Italy and Flying Eagles goalkeeper Jonathan Zaccala has stated that he has his focus firmly fixed on achieving world cup glory with Nigeria ahead of the fast-approaching FIFA U20 world cup in Poland which starts next week.

Former Super Eagles assistant coach Joe Erico has stated that John Obi Mikel’s return to the national team is a blessing after been included in the list of 25 players drawn up for the 2019 AFCON in Egypt. 

Enyimba goalkeeper Theophilus Afelokhai has stated that he feel honoured to have been included in the Super Eagles AFCON 2019 provisional list of players despite still been placed on the standby list of national team invitation.

Super Falcons’ player, Uchenna Kanu is in cloud nine after netting the second goal in a 2-0 win over Mali at the ongoing WAFU Women’s Cup in Cote D’Ivoire. Kanu told  www.brila.net that the win served as extra morale booster to the team ahead of the semi-finals. “It was not as easy as we thought but we are happy we got a win and kept a clean sheet. I am happy we are group winners and I scored my 9th goal of the competition”, she stated. The Falcons will now face Group A runners-up Ghana in the semi-final.

Super Falcons and Eskilstuna of Sweden midfielder Ngozi Okobi has stated that no nation should dare look down on Nigeria’s women national team ahead of the team’s final world cup camping as they get set to put finishing touches on preparation for the 2019 FIFA women’s world cup this summer in France.

Coach of Nigeria’s U20 national team Paul Aigbogun has urged all players in the camp of the Nigeria U20 national team to be focussed on excelling in their career respectively after picking his final list of 21 players for the FIFA U20 world cup in Poland.