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Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani scored a goal each and Uruguay went on to defeat Russia 3-0 on Monday,  handing the host nation its first loss of the World Cup. Both teams were already assured of spots in the knockout round, but Uruguay’s victory put it at the top of Group A and looking toward a match in Sochi on Saturday against the second-place finisher from Group B. Uruguay benefited from an own-goal in the first half, had its third straight shutout of the tournament after consecutive 1-0 victories over Egypt and Saudi Arabia. By advancing to…

Mohamed Salah signed off from Russia with a goal but saw his Egypt team suffer a late defeat as Saudi Arabia snatched a 2-1 win in an entertaining game in Volgograd. Going into their final Group A encounter the teams knew their World Cup chances were over, having both lost their opening two games. However, the dead rubber status of the game did not stop the teams from playing out an entertaining encounter punctuated with an incident. Salah had been the subject of speculation he would quit the World Cup early over apparent unhappiness in the Egypt…

Le Abeceleste of Argentina have endured a difficult 2018 World Cup so far, drawing 1-1 with Iceland before getting thumped 3-0 by Croatia. The squad has reportedly staged an unsuccessful mutiny against manager Jorge Sampaoli, with Sergio Aguero believed to be the biggest casualty. According to the Mirror, Aguero will drop to the bench against the Super Eagles Nigeria in favour of Gonzalo Higuain. The Manchester City ace will be joined by Willy Caballero following a high-profile error last time out, while Maximiliano Meza could make way for Paulo Dybala. Below is the Line up according to Roy…

Leicester City fans have changed their minds on Ahmed Musa and want the club to give the Nigerian forward another chance. Musa is yet to make a single appearance under Claude Puel and spent the second half of the last campaign on loan at CSKA Moscow, from whom City signed the 25-year-old for a then club record £16million in July 2016. When asked about his City future over the weekend amid links to Galatasaray, Musa claimediven an opportunity to impress after Claudio Ranieri was sacked. “Did you ever see me play?” he said. “Did they give me any opportunity to show myself…

With the first two group matches of Russia 2018 concluded, all the 32 teams at this year’s world cup are set for the final group matches that would either determine seal qualification or see some countries actually playing for pride. Group D, which houses a set of four highly competitive teams in Croatia, Argentina, Iceland, and Nigeria is not left out of this situation. After the draws were made, bookmakers gave Argentina and Croatia the nod to easily make it out of this group, but as the competition commenced, a lot of football lovers across the world were stunned when…

Argentina vs Nigeria: The Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on Le Abiceleste of Argentina in the decisive Group D fixture on Tuesday Night coming from a win in the last game vs Iceland. When Ahmed Musa rounded Hannes Holldorsson and slotted the ball pass Sverrir Ingason and Kari Arnason for Nigeria’s second against Iceland, soccer fans all over Nigeria and beyond went into rhapsody as it further raised hopes on Nigeria securing the days’ available 3 points. This goal did not only drive Nigerian fans crazy but revived Nigeria’s chances of making it to the next round and equally…

Argentina Superstar and Captain, Lionel Messi has reportedly declared his intentions not to retire from International football without winning the World Cup. According to The Sun, Messi said he will not like to retire without winning the FIFA’s biggest competition. Messi was runners-up at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and reached the quarter-finals at the two previous tournaments. “I’ve always had the dream of watching me raise the World Cup. And then seeing the emotion that goes with it. So we cannot give up on that dream. “I have won all the most important…

Super Eagles and Bursaspor of Turkey Defender, William Troost-Ekong is pleading to Nigerians for more Support as the Eagles look set to face the Argentines on Tuesday. In a brief chat with www.brila.net, Troost-Ekong urged Nigerians to continue to support them, saying that he’s counting on their support in their last group game against Argentina & beyond. The 24-year-old defender noted that he enjoyed the massive support he & the entire team have been receiving, even as they look forward to more in their subsequent matches. The Nigeria Super Eagles players arrived at Saint Petersburg on Sunday Night…

Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh on Monday morning expressed optimism that Nigeria can overcome Argentina in Tuesday’s crucial Group D match of the 2018 World Cup. Gernot Rohr’s team defeated Iceland 2-0 in their second game of the group after losing by the same score against Croatia in the first game. “Nigeria’s campaign started in the second half against Iceland. People saw that Croatia was difficult. They must beat Argentina,” Oliseh stated on Brila FM’s Sports Machine. “I think we have a good coach, but we (Nigeria) can beat this Argentina side. Their team (Argentina) of 2014 is…

Chairman/CEO of Brila Media Dr. Larry Izamoje has launched a campaign ‘Operation Messi Must Go Home’ in support of the Super Eagles ahead of the Group D’s crucial clash against Argentina. Speaking on Brila FM’s Big Sports Breakfast show, Dr. Larry expressed his optimism ahead of the Group D’s decisive encounter. ‘Argentina in this World Cup are at their all-time low,” “Argentina that played us in South Africa 2010, and Brazil 2014 is far stronger and better than this team” “The current team has a lot of weak links, from the Goalkeeper, Caballero, to the Defense…