Author: Brila

Nigeria midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi has paid Argentina maestro, Lionel Messi, glowing praise and remarks the five-time Ballon d’Or winner is “unstoppable”.

Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi believes Nigeria can progress from their World Cup group and go on to achieve something great, but insists it rests on the entire team giving 100 percent.

Chelsea and Super Eagles defender Olaoluwa Aina has broken his silence over his exclusion from the Super Eagles squad travelling to Russia for the 2018 World Cup. Aina was dropped to the standby list from the Russia-bound squad on Sunday morning along with on-loan Porto midfielder Mikel Agu. Aina found himself vying for two different roles with four other fullbacks Abdullahi Shehu, Tyronne Ebuehi, Elderson Echiejile and Brian idowu on the right back and left back positions respectively. The Chelsea youngster eventually lost out of both roles and was left out of the squad. Aina took to twitter to break…

Former Super Eagles skipper and Nigeria football icon Kanu Nwankwo has recovered the N4m ($11,000) that was stolen from him at a Russian airport. The former Inter Milan and Arsenal star was robbed off the money on Monday has confirmed the return of his stolen money. The robbery which was reported by Russian News Agency, TASS also revealed that Kanu was travelling with his British passport. After a thorough investigation by the Russian police, the money was returned to Kanu which he confirmed according to a report by the Sun. Lt-Col Irina Volk, spokeswoman for the Russian Interior Ministry also confirmed the incident, said the money…

Here is a Video presentation of the 23-Super Eagles players who made Gernot Rohr’s final squad and are set to storm Russia anytime for the FIFA Mundial. https://youtu.be/TBLjU75B1xI

Brazilian footballer Fred has completed his £52million move to Manchester United as confirmed by his former Shakhtar Donetsk boss Mircea Lucescu. The Brazil international was given time off from his country’s World Cup preparations to have his medical at Carrington on Monday. Fred’s camp is completing the paperwork for the deal and the transfer should be announced imminently. Lucescu said: “I’m really pleased Fred has completed his transfer to Manchester United. I am proud of him, as reported by Mirror. “When I signed him at Shakhtar, Taison and Bernard were playing in his position. “I…

Croatia set to play in the World Cup for the 5th time and have been drawn alongside the Super Eagles and will also play against the Nigerian team in Group D’s opener. Coach Zlatko Dalic has named a 24-man preliminary squad but one player is expected to face a cut from the group. Dalic was appointed the caretaker manager in October 2017, Dalic, made his job permanent in November before delivering play-off passage. Over time, Dalic has opted to play the formation 4-3-3 in recent matches including the 2-0 defeat to the Samba boys of Brazil in a…

On-loan Everton player Henry Onyekuru is reflecting on recent events as he was not included in Nigeria’s 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup taking place in Russia. The 20-year-old pacy forward is, however, backing the Super Eagles to do well at the World Cup and urged Nigerians to pray for the team’s success. Onyekuru took to his social media handle some few hours ago to share express his mind, the tweet reads: ”It has taken me some time to sit and reflect over the past year. Although it is disappointing not to be selected after a…

Guinea international Nabil Keita is tipping the Super Eagles to be Africa’s best bet by reaching the semi-finals at the upcoming FIFA Mundial holding in Russia. The former RB Leipzig player admitted that the World Cup will be tough but believes Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal and the Super Eagles have the capacity to shoulder the continent’s dream to win the Trophy. “It will be a tough tournament for African teams but the good thing is that they have learnt from past mistakes,” Keita told Goal. “I know Nigeria will lead by example and we will definitely have at least two teams in the semis…

President of the Nigeria Football Federation [NFF], Mr Amaju Pinnick has again rallied support for the Super Eagles ahead of the World’s biggest football event, ‘FIFA World Cup. In a brief chat with www.brila.net, the NFF boss said the Federation has done everything on its own part to support the National team to this very moment. Therefore calling on Nigerians home and abroad to give their immense support to the team as they prepare to fly the Nations’s flag in far away Russia. “All our [NFF] effort towards the Eagles is not to mount pressure on the players” the NFF…