Author: Brila

Assistant coach of Nigeria’s U17 national team Jolomi Atune has stated that the Nigeria U17  team are almost getting to the perfection stage as they have been booked down for the possibility of another preparatory tourney for the 1st of April 2019. Jolomi in a chat with www.brila.net said the Eaglets will qualify for the FIFA U17 world cup from their outing in Tanzania and that above all, the team intends to win the U17 AFCON as well as the U17 world cup.

Akwa united forward Mfon Ufoh has revealed that he is more concerned about helping his NPFL side do well and maintain their momentum in the league than focus on ending the season with the topscorer award.  Udoh speaking in a chat with www.brila.net recalling his side’s away win last time out where he scored the winning goal in Owerri against Heartland said he simply want the Promise keepers to keep pace with NPFL group B league leaders FC Ifeanyi Ubah.

Nigeria’s U23 national team defender Ebube Duru has stated that Dream Team VII intends to get an outright victory against their Libyan counterpart today in Tunisia when both teams face off  in the qualifiers for the 2019 AFCON U23 cup of nations.  Duru speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said the spirit in the U23 camp is high and that this game is one which everyone has been preparing for in the last four weeks and stressed that the players will be all out to seal the win so as not to disappoint Nigerians.

Former Lobi Stars midfielder, Paul Onobi has declared that inexperience on the part of the players led to the failure of Nigeria’s CAF Champions eague flagbearers in advancing beyond the group stage. Speaking with www.brila.net, Paul Onobi who played for the Super Eagles under the tutelage of coach Sunday Oliseh, noted that most of the players were novices on the continent and the issue of inadequate funds must have seriously affected the team. “I’m not surprised that they crashed out regardless of me wishing them the best while the journey lasted. I think it was inevitable for them to be…

Çaykur Rizespor of Turkey and Nigeria U-23 team captain, Azubuike Okechukwu has declared that he is in no form of pressure as skipper of the team as they face their Libyan counterparts in an Africa U-23 Championship qualifier. Azubuike told www.brila.net that having being through the same qualification series where he led the team to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, he is mentally strong and same applies to all members of the team. “I am actually not under pressure, the last time we qualified the team to the Olympics which wasn’t easy and it feels like the same amount of…

Former CHAN Eagles player, Chisom Chikatara has shed more light on how things went from bad to worse for him while at Wydad Casablanca of Morocco. Speaking with www.brila.net, Chikatara who now plays for El Gaesh football club of Egypt stated that he got his chance and did well until he cropped hamstring injury on both limbs which kept him out of action for 6 months. “Life is about up and downs and let me clarify people’s impression of my time at Wydad Casablanca. I really did get my chance and did well until I had 2 spates of injuries. The…

Plateau United’s forward Elisha Globe has stated that the fortunes of the former NPFL champions I about to turn around for good following the team’s last point picked on the road against Abia warriors the same team visiting Jos for the return leg coming weekend.

Super Falcons’ camp is already bubbling as 24 of the invited 30 players have hit camp since it was declared open on Sunday.

El Gaesh of Egypt’s Nigerian import, Chisom Chikatara has revealed that he never knew he would end up playing football at a professional level.

Former Super Eagles assistant coach Joe Erico has charged coach Gernot Rohr to try as much as possible to engage the newly invited players to the Super Eagles just simply to have a knowledge of what they will be bringing to the team.  Erico speaking in a chat with www.brila.net said it is tough changing a winning team but however such team still needs a little tweak here and there to know more about the options on ground for him and understands why the coach would always want to field his best players which he traced to Rohr’s understanding of…