tbaba1234:

tbaba1234:

tbaba1234:
Am I the only one thinking, Awoniyi might miss the Olympics if he does not improve?

Osimhen was far more dangerous than him.

When we bring in Iheanacho and Success, Awoniyi's position will start getting shaky.

Icon4s:
Welldone to d boys and congratulations to Nigerians.

What's d name of that wack journalist again that was saying Brazil will thrash and humiliate Nigeria. He thinks this is the Super Eagles.
Our pedigree at youths level is unrivaled.

Guess i have to search for highlights of that game on youtube.

jotey:
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The Nigeria U-23 team secured a shock 0-1 win
over their Brazilian counterpart in a friendly game
played yesterday in Victoria,Marcelo Brigi
owngoalnigeria.com correspondent in Brazil gives
his ratings of the Nigeria players who did the
nation proud.
Emmanuel Daniel: A class act in goal clearly
Nigeria’s best goalkepper outside the Super
Eagles,made save after save, got injured and had to
come off but did enough for his deputy to
complete the job….9/10
Musa Mohammed: A full back who is full of
running and showed strength in physical duels but
his tackling needs work,guilty of giving away
dangerous freekicks at the edge of Nigeria’s box
however his last ditch tackle bailed Nigeria from
Brazil leveling things up in the first half….6.5/10
Ndifreke Effiong: Had a first half to forget as his
side of defence was a through fare for the
Brazilians but he never stopped working hard and
improved in the second half with help from Stanley
Dimgba….5/10
Keigo Erimuya: Hard in tackle and solid with the
ball at his feet but didn’t show enough
understanding with Segun Oduduwa as they were
both guilty of letting the Brazilians slip behind in
the first half, showed good turn of pace….5/10
Segun Oduduwa: Not so good in tackles and aerial
balls but showed impeccable reading of the game,
made timely intervention and was by far the brain
of the Nigeria back four….6.5/10
Ovbokha Agboyi: Did nothing spectacular in the
first half even until he was substituted, a below par
showing as he was clearly missing in the middle
when Brazil run ragged our defence that he is
suppose to provide cover for….4/10
Sadiq Popoola: Pint sized, lively and bustling in
the middle his well placed effort cannon off the bar
for Ubong Ekpai to score Nigeria’s lone goal and
as respected sport pundit Eseoghene Edafe said he
looks like a Mathieu Valubuena clone….7/10
Ubong Ekpai: Took his goal well with a header
after from a rebound but didn’t do enough
defensively to help out Musa Mohammed but still
showed flashes of his enormous potential….7/10
Awoniyi Taiwo: A game to forget for the on loan
Liverpool man,link up play wasn’t at it best,
struggle to get on the ball and was easily bullied
into letting go of possession can obviously do
better….4.5/10
Stanley Dimgba: Went missing in the first half but
put in a tireless shift in the second half, energetic
and full of running, He cover lot of grounds for the
team….7/10
Imoh Ezekiel: Pacy,strong and daring, won a
penalty that wasn’t given obviously the liveliest of
Nigeria forwards, what a game he had playing as
the lone man upfront when Brazil was searching
for an equaliser and Nigeria were defending, surely
a top talent….8/10
Substitutes:
Yusuf Mohammed: One would have thought he
won’t have much to do but that wasn’t the case
was called into action shortly after coming on and
his brilliant tip over the bar from a freekick from
Brazil means Nigeria is well stock in that area
going into the Olympics….7/10
Nathan Oduwa: Nice touches but never really
settled down,love to be on the ball but didn’t quite
got to see much of it still showed why he is highly
rated by Tottenham Hotspurs….5/10
Godswil Ekpolo: Came on for Musa Mohammed
and clearly oozed class with his runs and smart
move, improved the team to a large extent the
Barcelona teen brought calm to the
defence….5.5/10
Theophilus Solomon: A cameo to
remember,confident on the ball with nice
touches,played Osimhen in with a neat pass and
on the strength of his display deserves another
look….5.5/10
Junior Ajayi: One thing you can’t take away from
the Sfaxien man is that he is always lurking and
willing to pounce, did very well with his hold up
play and defending from the opponent’s
half….5.5/10
Victor Osimhen: A bull with precision,the best
among the substitutes twice came close to
doubling Nigeria’s tally, if there was any doubt
about his talent, this performance will surely kill
it….7/10

Icon4s:


With the following U23 players featuring for Super Eagles yesterday:
Stanley Amuzie
Shehu Abdullahi
Oghenekaro Etebo
Moses Simon
Kelechi Iheanacho
Alex Iwobi
Azubuike Okechukwu (bench)
We are begining to have a glimps of players that would make it to Rio.

I may be alone on this but i have never seen Awoniyi as a top class player. Even right from his U17 days. Sentiments aside he and Ajayi may likely nt make it to Rio. We still have more dangerous CF like Isaac Success, Chisom Chikatara and Aaron Samuel all whom are nt even sure of making it.

I dnt know whether I am alone on this bt we need to kick against d inclusion of Ighalo in this team.At a pt in d Egypt game when Ighalo was masked out i thought of another striker on d bench hu can come in and steal d show bt none.

Besides Ighalo is ageing and we need to raise younger strikers to gradually take over and Rio would b d right place to do that.

I give kudos to d boys that beat Brazil even with d absence of 7 star players hu played agsinst Egypt.

There are a lot if U23 dat were nt involved in any of the two games (Brazil and Egpypt). I believe Siasia would give opportunities to them to play in our next U23 friendly. It may nt b outside d country. We can play any other of d African teams dat qualified.

Icon4s:


With the following U23 players featuring for Super Eagles yesterday:
Stanley Amuzie
Shehu Abdullahi
Oghenekaro Etebo
Moses Simon
Kelechi Iheanacho
Alex Iwobi
Azubuike Okechukwu (bench)
We are begining to have a glimps of players that would make it to Rio.

I may be alone on this but i have never seen Awoniyi as a top class player. Even right from his U17 days. Sentiments aside he and Ajayi may likely nt make it to Rio. We still have more dangerous CF like Isaac Success, Chisom Chikatara and Aaron Samuel all whom are nt even sure of making it.

I dnt know whether I am alone on this bt we need to kick against d inclusion of Ighalo in this team.At a pt in d Egypt game when Ighalo was masked out i thought of another striker on d bench hu can come in and steal d show bt none.

Besides Ighalo is ageing and we need to raise younger strikers to gradually take over and Rio would b d right place to do that.

I give kudos to d boys that beat Brazil even with d absence of 7 star players hu played agsinst Egypt.

There are a lot if U23 dat were nt involved in any of the two games (Brazil and Egpypt). I believe Siasia would give opportunities to them to play in our next U23 friendly. It may nt b outside d country. We can play any other of d African teams dat qualified.

lexyman:
Emmanuel Daniel is reliable ,dependable and I think. We have good hands in every department ....1996 will repeat it self . Another Gold medal loading , the most interesting thing is that ,the future of the super eagles solely depends on this team.

terzurum5:
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Mohammed Joins Abdullahi At Union Madeira
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By Adeboye Amosu:
Nigeria midfielder, Usman Mohammed, has finally linked up with Portuguese side, Uniao de Madeira, reports Comple tesportsnigeria.com.


The former FC Taraba captain joined another Nigerian, Shehu Abdullahi, at the modest side.
The versatile midfielder was close to securing a move to Norwegian club Valerenga early in the year, but pulled out of the move to represent Nigeria at the African Nations Championship in Rwanda.


He featured in all three games as the home-based Super Eagles exited the competition at the group stage.


Mohammed was part of Nigeria’s U-23 side that won the Africa U-23 Nations Cup in Senegal last year.
www.completesportsnigeria.com/mohammed-joins-abdullahi-union-madeira/

terzurum5:
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Dominic Iorfa Snr to cheer son in England U21 action
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Iorfa Jnr (right)

Former Nigeria international Dominic Iorfa will be in the crowd to watch his son feature for England U21 in a European qualifier in Switzerland today.


Iorfa, a jet-heeled winger known as ‘Gboko Express’ in his playing days at BCC Lions and Abiola Babes, said he will be in the stands to watch Dominic Iorfa Jnr in England action.


The match will be played in Thun.
England are unbeaten in four matches and three points clear of Switzerland at the top of their qualifying group for the championship in Poland in the summer.


Wolves defender Dominic Iorfa Jnr is on a squad that boast of several players with Nigerian roots – Dominic Solanke, Jordan Ibe and Chuba Akpom.
africanfootball.com//news/621738/Dominic-Iorfa-Snr-to-cheer-son-in-England-U21-action

TheSuperNerd:
I believe eventually Dominic Iorfa Jnr will don Nigeria's colors at the senior level.

He's really another Right-back talent option I'm really looking at for the future.

His father, Dominic Iorfa Snr, once said that he wants his son to keep developing in the English system being exposed to more matches as the English U-21s play regular friendlies and competitive qualifying matches.

He says once his son is ready and reaches age 21/22, he will likely switch allegiance to Nigeria.

Well, time will tell.... The English media are currently mourning losing Iwobi. Almost every where I go on the internet for the english sites, I read analyses and views of various English journalists and sportswriters condemning their F.A for not being proactive early enough to have spotted Iwobi. They complained that England stopped extending invitations to Iwobi after he featured at U-16, U-17, and U-18 levels. He never featured for their U-19s not to mention their U-21s.

Well, england should shut it. When they lured Dele Alli, didn't they know he was Nigerian too? Anyway, Alli wanted to play for England sef, so no biggie.

We have Iwobi, following in Victor Moses' footsteps in this case. Hopefully, a couple of others will follow suit... Even Balogun chose Nigeria over waiting for a Germany call-up.

Let England mourn all they want....

Next targets:
-Ola Aina (Chelsea FC)
-Tosin Adarabioyo (Manchester City FC)
-and a couple of others.

Not all Anglo-Nigerians or foreign-bred with Nigerian blood will choose us eventually AND not all of them are even Super Eagles materials. #fact

Nigeria can't invite or lure them all... We'll just do the best we can. But we have our central bed and limitless channel-source of super talents (One of the reasons why Nigeria can never be down in football fortunes for so long or run dry of top players).

terzurum5:
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Brazil U23 vs South Africa U23 27th March, 2016.
Its time for Africa to show Brazil pepper.....
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TheSuperNerd:
I believe eventually Dominic Iorfa Jnr will don Nigeria's colors at the senior level.

He's really another Right-back talent option I'm really looking at for the future.

His father, Dominic Iorfa Snr, once said that he wants his son to keep developing in the English system being exposed to more matches as the English U-21s play regular friendlies and competitive qualifying matches.

He says once his son is ready and reaches age 21/22, he will likely switch allegiance to Nigeria.

Well, time will tell.... The English media are currently mourning losing Iwobi. Almost every where I go on the internet for the english sites, I read analyses and views of various English journalists and sportswriters condemning their F.A for not being proactive early enough to have spotted Iwobi. They complained that England stopped extending invitations to Iwobi after he featured at U-16, U-17, and U-18 levels. He never featured for their U-19s not to mention their U-21s.

Well, england should shut it. When they lured Dele Alli, didn't they know he was Nigerian too? Anyway, Alli wanted to play for England sef, so no biggie.

We have Iwobi, following in Victor Moses' footsteps in this case. Hopefully, a couple of others will follow suit... Even Balogun chose Nigeria over waiting for a Germany call-up.

Let England mourn all they want....

Next targets:
-Ola Aina (Chelsea FC)
-Tosin Adarabioyo (Manchester City FC)
-and a couple of others.

Not all Anglo-Nigerians or foreign-bred with Nigerian blood will choose us eventually AND not all of them are even Super Eagles materials. #fact

Nigeria can't invite or lure them all... We'll just do the best we can. But we have our central bed and limitless channel-source of super talents (One of the reasons why Nigeria can never be down in football fortunes for so long or run dry of top players).

terzurum5:
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Boss Confirms: Liverpool are in 'constant contact' with 'wonderful' striker. Next Stop Anfield?
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In November 2015, Liverpool snapped up Nigerian youngster Taiwo Awoniyi, who is currently on loan as FSV Frankfurt, and according to the club's boss, the Reds are keeping a close eye on the 18-year old striker's progress.


Speaking to TF this week, Of course, Clemens Krüger insisted that FSV are 'very satisfied' with Awoniyi's performances, and revealed that he and the club are 'constant contact with Liverpool'. He explained:


"We are reporting regularly Awoniyi's sporting development and on his appearances for the Nigerian under 23 national. The contact with Liverpool has been very good from the beginning".


Some info about Awoniyi:
*Mar 2016: Scored his first goal for FSV on the 18th March.


* Prior to signing for Liverpool, Manchester United ' reps' spoke with Awoniyi, but interest died off due to uncertainty over registration rights.


* Awoniyi is a Chelsea fan, and playing for the London club is one of his ' dreams'.


*Apr 2015: Kogi United's goalkeeper coach, Wasiu Lawal, told SL10:"He [Awoniyi] is a very wonderful striker. I give him all the credit for Nigeria’s qualification to the All Africa Games. The whole team did a very good job, but he stands tall".


*Oct 2013: Ghana legend Asamoah Gyan is also impressed, and after watching Awoniyi play for Nigeria, told FIFA.com:"I like him, that No18, Awoniyi, he is a good player. He does all the work up there and creates a lot.”


*Oct 2013: Helped Nigeria win the U17 World Cup.


*Nov 2013: Upon hearing Gyan's praise, Awoniyi enthused:“Wow. He [Gyan] is such a great striker and he knows that it isn’t always about scoring. You have to work hard so that your team-mates can get the goals.”


As noted many times, no foreign attacking player has ever made it through the Academy to become a first-team regular at Liverpool, so Awoniyi will face the same problems as countless others over the years.


On the plus side, he appears to have the right attitude to succeed, but like so many others, he may end up being corrupted by the pernicious greed at the heart of the modern game.


Until then, Awoniyi is a man of simple tastes, and in comparison to pampered, grossly overpraised players like Raheem Sterling, he is refreshingly down to earth.


Indeed, after winning the U-17 World Cup, Awoniyi told FIFA.com:
“It [winning] changed the lives of most of us, many got clubs abroad and changed the lives of our families. I was able to build a house for myself, like most of the other players in the team.”


It remains to be seen whether Awoniyi will stay at Anfield next season, or be sent back out on loan, but I'll take a player with this attitude over Sterling and his blinged-up cronies every day of the week.
www.liverpool-kop.com/2016/03/liverpool-contact-awoniyi-frankfurt-lfc-transfer-news.html
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