enomakos:
are you sure the match was sold joe?

Tomtoxic:
I disagree bro take a case of Mikel nd igiebor.Mikel is beta but if it is my team I will rather pick igiebor cuz he z faster nd I love pacy football so a deficiency might make him go to d next player in d pecking order our coach wit his own philosophy bro

gbens2000:
@goodjoe,wen d match i s fixed and d boys loose wat do d agents gain,and is FIFA part of dis fixings,wat abt d beting organization do dey benefit?.

Daninya11:
Should NFF act fast now and snap him up ? Have your say in the comment box below
Former Spain youth international defender,Derik Osede Prieto, simply known as Derik,who plays for Real Madrid Castilla as a central defender has revealed to BBC Sport why he wants to play for Nigeria.

The 22-year-old centre-back, who is known simply as Derik, has played at all youth levels for Spain including two appearances for the Under-21 team.

But Derik, a regular for European giants Real Madrid’s B side, is eligible to play for the Super Eagles because his father is Nigerian.

And under Fifa rules he is free to switch because he has not yet played for a country’s senior national team.

Despite possessing the talent to potentially make the step up to Spain’s senior side, Derik has issued what appears to be effectively a come-and-get-me plea to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

“I have lived in Spain all my life and I am not sure the people in Nigeria are aware that I have Nigerian blood,” Derik told BBC Sport.

“The immediate plan now is to go out on loan elsewhere, because at this age I need stability and regular football”

Derik

“But I crave for something special with Nigeria because it will give me a chance to properly connect with the ancestral home of my father.

“My father is from Benin City [southern Nigeria] and even though I have never been there I always follow events in Nigeria.

“I celebrated when the country won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and I was cheering the team at the last World Cup in Brazil.”

Derik joined Real Madrid’s academy in 2002 at the age of nine and has steadily made the transition from the club’s C team to the Castilla side [B side], where he has become an integral member of La Fabrica.

An extremely athletic centre-back with great vision, Derik’s talent has not gone unnoticed.

Former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti included him in his 20-man squad for the 2014 summer International Champions Cup in the United States.

But Derik bides his time to make the grade at club level, he has already decided his international future belongs with the country of his father and not the country of his birth.

“Playing for Spain was the foundation to where I am today and I can never take that for granted,” he said.

“You can’t throw away your education or outgrow it, Spain gave me what I have now and my hard work got me to where I am.

“But somehow I feel one half of my life has always been left untouched and I need to fix that.”

Derik has rejected suggestions he could be using Nigeria as a bargaining chip in his push for a call-up from the Spanish U-23 or senior selectors.

He insists: “Even if it’s difficult for some people to understand, I have made my decision [to represent Nigeria] and am going to stick to it.

“My father has not influenced my decision in any way. I respect him and adore his outlook on life but it’s my personal desire to play for Nigeria.

“When you look around Europe there are several Nigerian players playing at the top level and the future looks bright for the team.

http://footballlive.ng/footballnews/9ja-news/derik-osede-prietoreal-madrid-youngsters-nigeria-dream/

TheGoodJoe:


The Coach of Cape Verde spent some months with Mourinho, improving his coaching skills. Zidane spent some months in Germany with Guardiola, developing his skills.

I wonder why the NFF can not organize such arrangements for our talented coaches. In case that will not horn their match fixing skills.

lardy96:
Flying Eagles coach explains Iheanacho bench role at U20 W/Cup
- Following the criticism that trailed his
team selections after Nigeria’s ouster from the
FIFA U20 World Cup, Nigeria U20 coach Manu
Garba has said he only selected the players he
thought would give him the required results.
Speaking exclusively to News24, the 49-year
old explained why he shunned Kelechi
Iheanacho and Isaac Success after they first
game, saying he selected his team based on
what he saw in trainings.
“I selected the players based on what they did
in training,” he said, “I selected all the players
on merit.
“When Success (Isaac) and Kelechi (Iheanacho)
joined the team, the form they showed and
the kind of goals they scored meant they
couldn’t be ignored for that first game against
Brazil.
“But Kelechi (Iheanacho) wasn’t doing enough
defensively and maybe it had to do with the
injury he suffered before he joined us.
“We decided to adopt the pattern we used at
the Africa Youth Championship in our second
game against North Korea because we needed
to attack and defend as a team, which we
didn’t do against Brazil.”
Asked why he never recalled Iheanacho to
starting eleven and why he made certain
changes to the team, Manu said it was his
team and he knew the players better, but
blamed the weather for the loss to Germany.
“Everybody in Nigeria is a coach but it was my
team and I knew the players better. We had
to make sure we qualified from the group and
we used the players we thought would give us
that.
“But in that game against Germany, the
weather was 3 degrees and the players
couldn’t cope,” he said.

TheGoodJoe:


The Coach of Cape Verde spent some months with Mourinho, improving his coaching skills. Zidane spent some months in Germany with Guardiola, developing his skills.

I wonder why the NFF can not organize such arrangements for our talented coaches. In case that will not horn their match fixing skills.

safarigirl:
send who to where? The issue isn't that they're not tactically sound, the issue is EGO and ain't no 'refresher course' even in Jupiter that can cure EGO. Don't waste money on those people, you can send them and it won't change nada. Nobody will be sent anywhere, did the Malian and Senegalese U20 coaches go abroad? You know the players you have and their capabilities, you use them. Nobody on the Malian and Senegalese teams have half of Isaac or KC's talent, Yahaya and Moses are better midfielders than those guys, but Manu let those boys rot on the bench because of PRIDE and EGO.

lardy96:
Flying Eagles coach explains Iheanacho bench role at U20 W/Cup
- Following the criticism that trailed his
team selections after Nigeria’s ouster from the
FIFA U20 World Cup, Nigeria U20 coach Manu
Garba has said he only selected the players he
thought would give him the required results.
Speaking exclusively to News24, the 49-year
old explained why he shunned Kelechi
Iheanacho and Isaac Success after they first
game, saying he selected his team based on
what he saw in trainings.
“I selected the players based on what they did
in training,” he said, “I selected all the players
on merit.
“When Success (Isaac) and Kelechi (Iheanacho)
joined the team, the form they showed and
the kind of goals they scored meant they
couldn’t be ignored for that first game against
Brazil.
“But Kelechi (Iheanacho) wasn’t doing enough
defensively and maybe it had to do with the
injury he suffered before he joined us.
“We decided to adopt the pattern we used at
the Africa Youth Championship in our second
game against North Korea because we needed
to attack and defend as a team, which we
didn’t do against Brazil.”
Asked why he never recalled Iheanacho to
starting eleven and why he made certain
changes to the team, Manu said it was his
team and he knew the players better, but
blamed the weather for the loss to Germany.
“Everybody in Nigeria is a coach but it was my
team and I knew the players better. We had
to make sure we qualified from the group and
we used the players we thought would give us
that.
“But in that game against Germany, the
weather was 3 degrees and the players
couldn’t cope,” he said.

lardy96:
Flying Eagles coach explains Iheanacho bench role at U20 W/Cup
- Following the criticism that trailed his
team selections after Nigeria’s ouster from the
FIFA U20 World Cup, Nigeria U20 coach Manu
Garba has said he only selected the players he
thought would give him the required results.
Speaking exclusively to News24, the 49-year
old explained why he shunned Kelechi
Iheanacho and Isaac Success after they first
game, saying he selected his team based on
what he saw in trainings.
“I selected the players based on what they did
in training,” he said, “I selected all the players
on merit.
“When Success (Isaac) and Kelechi (Iheanacho)
joined the team, the form they showed and
the kind of goals they scored meant they
couldn’t be ignored for that first game against
Brazil.
“But Kelechi (Iheanacho) wasn’t doing enough
defensively and maybe it had to do with the
injury he suffered before he joined us.
“We decided to adopt the pattern we used at
the Africa Youth Championship in our second
game against North Korea because we needed
to attack and defend as a team, which we
didn’t do against Brazil.”
Asked why he never recalled Iheanacho to
starting eleven and why he made certain
changes to the team, Manu said it was his
team and he knew the players better, but
blamed the weather for the loss to Germany.
“Everybody in Nigeria is a coach but it was my
team and I knew the players better. We had
to make sure we qualified from the group and
we used the players we thought would give us
that.
“But in that game against Germany, the
weather was 3 degrees and the players
couldn’t cope,” he said.

Icon4s:


The first 2 bolded reasons are valid.

But the last bolded i.e weather? Was is not here on nairaland that we trashed the issue of Camping in Germany( which are experiencing summer) and going to play In New Zealand where they currently experience winter. BTW how come the same weather did not affect Mali?

In other news: Brazil mauled Senegal 5-0 this morning.

bigblangston:
Pls any news relating to the under 20's should be trashed on the now deserted under 20 thread. I came here to move on on the disappointments manu garba and co gave Nigerians and you guys are still dragging us back. This is u23 thread,let's move on please

TheGoodJoe:
If Nacho did well in training with respect to his attack, why did Manu Garba not bring him in when we were a goal down to Germany. We needed goals, not defending.

Does that excuse his refusal to play the likes of Simon Moses and Yahaya when we were chasing the game against Germany.

lardy96:
Losing is one thing, trying to justify the defeat is another. the man should just take the blame,wat happened against Germany was totally his fault

jotey:

The 22-year-old centre-back, who is known simply as Derik, has played at all
youth levels for Spain including two appearances for the Under-21 team.
But Derik, a regular for European giants Real Madrid's B side, is eligible to play
for the Super Eagles because his father is Nigerian.
And under Fifa rules he is free to switch because he has not yet played for a
country's senior national team.
Despite possessing the talent to potentially make the step up to Spain's senior
side, Derik has issued what appears to be effectively a come-and-get-me plea
to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
"I have lived in Spain all my life and I am not sure the people in Nigeria are
aware that I have Nigerian blood," Derik told BBC Sport.
The immediate plan now is to go out on loan elsewhere,
because at this age I need stability and regular football
Derik
"But I crave for something special with Nigeria because it will give me a chance
to properly connect with the ancestral home of my father.
"My father is from Benin City [southern Nigeria] and even though I have never
been there I always follow events in Nigeria.
"I celebrated when the country won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and I was
cheering the team at the last World Cup in Brazil."
Derik joined Real Madrid's academy in 2002 at the age of nine and has steadily
made the transition from the club's C team to the Castilla side [B side], where
he has become an integral member of La Fabrica.
An extremely athletic centre-back with great vision, Derik's talent has not gone
unnoticed.
Former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti included him in his 20-man squad
for the 2014 summer International Champions Cup in the United States.
But while Derik bides his time to make the grade at club level, he has already
decided his international future belongs with the country of his father and not
the country of his birth.
"Playing for Spain was the foundation to where I am today and I can never take
that for granted," he said.
"You can't throw away your education or outgrow it, Spain gave me what I
have now and my hard work got me to where I am.
"But somehow I feel one half of my life has always been left untouched and I
need to fix that."
Derik has rejected suggestions he could be using Nigeria as a bargaining chip in
his push for a call-up from the Spanish U-23 or senior selectors.
He insists: "Even if it's difficult for some people to understand, I have made my
decision [to represent Nigeria] and am going to stick to it.
"My father has not influenced my decision in any way. I respect him and adore
his outlook on life but it's my personal desire to play for Nigeria.
"When you look around Europe there are several Nigerian players playing at the
top level and the future looks bright for the team.
"With that in mind I want to be a part of that group. I do not need favours from
anyone, I only need an opportunity.
"I eat Nigeria's wheat meal, listen to Nigerian music and play as Taribo West
[former Nigeria central defender] on video games online.
"If I get a chance with Nigeria, I believe my versatility as a player will make me
stand out."
Despite his ambition of flying with the Super Eagles someday he is only too
aware of the challenges ahead in the coming years.
Derik made his Real Madrid B team debut against Millonarios in 2012, the same
year he won the European Under-19 Championship with Spain.
But in June 2014 Real Madrid B suffered an embarrassing relegation into the
third tier of Spanish football and Derik knows plummeting down that road could
dash his hopes.
He is aware that level is a far cry from the incredible heights being enjoyed by
the likes of Sergio Ramos and Pepe - his more illustrious rivals - in the first
team.
"I would like to play in the Real Madrid first team someday, knowing if I did that
maybe the chance would be there to play for Nigeria," he explained.
"But if I am not playing at the top level week in, week out, I wouldn't expect to
receive a call from anyone because that would be daydreaming.
"The immediate plan now is to go out on loan elsewhere, because at this age I
need stability and regular football to fulfil my dream.
"Training alongside big players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Modric,
Sergio Ramos and Pepe gives you a taste of what you can be as a footballer.
"The hard truth is that there is no available shortcut to reaching that level and
staying there. I need to work extremely hard wherever I go and play first team
football regularly. "

adeyemi2015:
Why are we being starved of information We need updates regularly on the 23 Team as its obtainable in the U20 thread!
I implore Joseph1013, and the principal Posters to do the needful!!!

adeyemi2015:
Why are we being starved of information We need updates regularly on the 23 Team as its obtainable in the U20 thread!
I implore Joseph1013, and the principal Posters to do the needful!!!

TheSuperNerd:
Hey! Oga abeg o... No 4get 'elders' lyk the GoodJoe, LeeCodeman, Tbaba1234, Lexyman, and a few odas(u've already mentioned d oda 'top guns' here esp Safarigirl).

Ehen! Oya! Let's get ready to rumble!

GO GO GO SUPER DREAM TEAM EAGLES! ! ! ! ! ! !


























*as always, sum1 somewhere is saying, "una don come again abi?" and my answer is, "Yes! We don come again and there's nuffin u can do abt it!"
#bigsmiles

Orkpekyandega:

Why do you like wasting land (space) like this, did you not read economics the foundation of becoming a miser of resources in school? -s-m-i-l-e-s-
Eheen my heart broke into pieces after the failure of the-*'.--;..;;...::''''' but I just managed to pick up the pieces and found my self here.
Let the gist flow.

TheSuperNerd:
*Big smiles*
Well Sir, I beliv Nairaland's data center is more dan enuf to accomodate as much space as needed. *smiles again*
Nice to hear 4m u again Sir... It's been quite awhile... *more smiles*

TheGoodJoe:
I am not excited with Coach Siasia's invitation. He needs a thorough screening of his team with the Flying Eagles.

Daninya11:
Should NFF act fast now and snap him up ? Have your say in the comment box below
Former Spain youth international defender,Derik Osede Prieto, simply known as Derik,who plays for Real Madrid Castilla as a central defender has revealed to BBC Sport why he wants to play for Nigeria.

The 22-year-old centre-back, who is known simply as Derik, has played at all youth levels for Spain including two appearances for the Under-21 team.

But Derik, a regular for European giants Real Madrid’s B side, is eligible to play for the Super Eagles because his father is Nigerian.

And under Fifa rules he is free to switch because he has not yet played for a country’s senior national team.

Despite possessing the talent to potentially make the step up to Spain’s senior side, Derik has issued what appears to be effectively a come-and-get-me plea to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

“I have lived in Spain all my life and I am not sure the people in Nigeria are aware that I have Nigerian blood,” Derik told BBC Sport.

“The immediate plan now is to go out on loan elsewhere, because at this age I need stability and regular football”

Derik

“But I crave for something special with Nigeria because it will give me a chance to properly connect with the ancestral home of my father.

“My father is from Benin City [southern Nigeria] and even though I have never been there I always follow events in Nigeria.

“I celebrated when the country won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and I was cheering the team at the last World Cup in Brazil.”

Derik joined Real Madrid’s academy in 2002 at the age of nine and has steadily made the transition from the club’s C team to the Castilla side [B side], where he has become an integral member of La Fabrica.

An extremely athletic centre-back with great vision, Derik’s talent has not gone unnoticed.

Former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti included him in his 20-man squad for the 2014 summer International Champions Cup in the United States.

But Derik bides his time to make the grade at club level, he has already decided his international future belongs with the country of his father and not the country of his birth.

“Playing for Spain was the foundation to where I am today and I can never take that for granted,” he said.

“You can’t throw away your education or outgrow it, Spain gave me what I have now and my hard work got me to where I am.

“But somehow I feel one half of my life has always been left untouched and I need to fix that.”

Derik has rejected suggestions he could be using Nigeria as a bargaining chip in his push for a call-up from the Spanish U-23 or senior selectors.

He insists: “Even if it’s difficult for some people to understand, I have made my decision [to represent Nigeria] and am going to stick to it.

“My father has not influenced my decision in any way. I respect him and adore his outlook on life but it’s my personal desire to play for Nigeria.

“When you look around Europe there are several Nigerian players playing at the top level and the future looks bright for the team.

http://footballlive.ng/footballnews/9ja-news/derik-osede-prietoreal-madrid-youngsters-nigeria-dream/