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French Open ATP SEMI FINALS

And yes it did go 5 sets with Stan stunning Murray in the 5th.
Final Scores:
Murray/Wawrinka
7-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-7, 1-6

Nadal is up 3-1 against Thiem in the first set

OPPONENT WATCH

Leaked – Bafana Bafana To Play With Five At The Back Against Eagles, Jali Gets New Role

Head coach of the senior national team of South Africa Stuart Baxter will approached Saturday game against Nigeria with a safety first approach as he is prepared to play with five defenders at the back.

Baxter recognise how deadly Nigeria can be in attack, and wants to nullify the pace at which the Eagles attack by playing men in front of the defence to stop them from threading balls behind.

That said the coach who loves to play with two defensive midfielders will this time around settle for Kermit Erasmus as the most advanced of his midfielders due to his ability to move from box to box regardless of how deep he plays.

Meanwhile Andile Jali will be the most important player for Baxter’s team against Nigeria with the KV Oostende defensive midfielder given a role just in front of the defenders, particularly to take out whoever leads the line for Nigeria as the top striker.

While Jali will concentrate on the top striker for Nigeria, the three centre back will be on alert to help the full backs if Nigeria threatens from the flank as expected during the course of the game.

Jali is well known for his well timed tackles and interceptions and Baxter believes he will be key to their chances of causing an upset by using him to disrupt the Super Eagles from their free flowing brand of football.

The coach has also asked his wards to be very physical against the Nigerians who are no where near them in terms of size, but are unpredictable especially with the ball at their feet.

Osas Mahawi

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/06/09/leaked-bafana-bafana-to-play-with-five-at-the-back-against-eagles-jali-gets-new-role/

IF TRUE, someone will be vindicated.

soetanoreoluwa:
Exclusive – Rohr Goes For 4-3-3, Omeruo Dropped, Awaziem To Partner Ekong in Central Defence

Reports reaching Owngoalnigeria.com has it that FC Porto Nigerian defender Chidozie Awaziem will pair William Troost-Ekong in the heart of Nigerian defence when they take on South Africa tomorrow.

Awaziem was selected ahead of Chelsea defender Kenneth ‎Omeruo as coach Gernot Rohr wants to work with majority of the players who were with him in the training tour of France.

The coach maintained the bulk of the squad that defeated Togo 3-0 in their last friendly game with Mikel Agu and Ikechukwu Ezenwa the only players dropped for the returning duo of Ogenyi Onazi and Daniel Akpeyi.

It’s still unclear if the dropping of Omeruo who has been a stalwart in the heart of Nigeria’s defence since 2013 has anything to do with the physiological edge South Africa striker Tokelo Rantie has over him.

The last time Nigeria played South Africa in Uyo, the game ended 2-2 but Omeruo struggled to keep the rampaging forward in check, and with the forward set to lead the line again for South Africa on Saturday, it could be that he has cost Omeruo his spot in the Nigeria team for the clash.

Rohr has also picked 4-3-3 as the style his team will adopt against South Africa, who are hoping to end an unpleasant run of no win against Nigeria in any competitive game, as their only win came in a friendly game in 2004.

Confirmed Line -Up.

Daniel Akpeyi

Shehu Abdullahi

Elderson Echiejile

William Troost-Ekong

Chidozie Awaziem

Ogenyi Onazi

Oghenekaro Etebo

Wilfred Ndidi

Ahmed Musa

Alex Iwobi

Kelechi Iheanacho

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/06/09/exclusive-rohr-goes-for-4-3-3-omeruo-dropped-awaziem-to-partner-ekong-in-central-defence/

Your heart will be broken

bossto:
AIT promised to air our match against S.A. but for the past 2 days they ve been showing a rebroadcast of 2015 Islamic conference........what's wrong ??

Assuming your claim is true, how does the lies affect your team's performance?

leathalbeast:
I came to this thread because some of you guys are spreading some lies about my team and you need to stop that and focus on your team

French Open ATP SEMI FINALS

Andy Murray of Britain and Stan Wawrinka are currently slugging it in one of the semi finals of the day.
The score is:
Murray/Wawrinka 7-6, 3-6, 6-5.
In fact at the time of writing this Murray just broke the Swiss. And he will be serving to take the third set. Will this be a five-setter?

In the other semis of the day Rafael Nadal of Spain takes on Dominic Thiem of Austria

You are in Nairaland. Does Nigeria interest you this much?

leathalbeast:
blah blah blah, names don't play football anymore, the fact that our coach called players you don't know doesn't mean my team is weak. concentrate on your strong super eagles and support them to qualify because it's been long.

you are welcome!

Hati13:
Thanks!

owngoal sha.. why Etebo?

if Donnarumma, why not Alampasu?

Joebie:
Details Of Eagles Close Door Session – Alampasu Impresses , Ogu Pushing To Start

The training session of the Super Eagles of Nigeria which was held behind close doors wasn’t entirely closed to Owngoalnigeria.com eagle eyed correspondent Osas Mahawi.

According to Mahawi the session had two different sections, one being tactical and the other a two a-side game played under the watchful eyes of coach Gernot Rohr.

As customary shooting practice was held after the session with Alampasu distinguishing himself between the stick with fine reflexes, just like he did during the training game and tactical drills.

John Ogu is still one of the top performers in training, and could edge Oghenekaro Etebo in the battle for a spot in the midfield of the team ahead of Saturday’s game against South Africa.

The possibles which we won’t reveal did drills with the coach against players who are not guaranteed to start, with emphasis more on how to attack, defend and also goal scoring.

They will have their final session today before the coach will name his squad, although not much changes if any at all is expected from the line up published by this portal yesterday.
Osas Mahawi

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/06/09/details-of-eagles-close-door-session-alampasu-impresses-ogu-pushing-to-start/

Details Of Eagles Close Door Session – Alampasu Impresses , Ogu Pushing To Start

The training session of the Super Eagles of Nigeria which was held behind close doors wasn’t entirely closed to Owngoalnigeria.com eagle eyed correspondent Osas Mahawi.

According to Mahawi the session had two different sections, one being tactical and the other a two a-side game played under the watchful eyes of coach Gernot Rohr.

As customary shooting practice was held after the session with Alampasu distinguishing himself between the stick with fine reflexes, just like he did during the training game and tactical drills.

John Ogu is still one of the top performers in training, and could edge Oghenekaro Etebo in the battle for a spot in the midfield of the team ahead of Saturday’s game against South Africa.

The possibles which we won’t reveal did drills with the coach against players who are not guaranteed to start, with emphasis more on how to attack, defend and also goal scoring.

They will have their final session today before the coach will name his squad, although not much changes if any at all is expected from the line up published by this portal yesterday.
Osas Mahawi

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/06/09/details-of-eagles-close-door-session-alampasu-impresses-ogu-pushing-to-start/

Welcome to the house. I plan on visiting your country. I've flown Ethiopian Airways once.. Nice people!!

Hati13:
I didn't understand the words. Are you trying to say "Baria" in your second word? If so, then it means "slave or black slave".

I believe so. I'm looking into the idea as well. I think the best place to start is networking. And anytime!

safarigirl:
okay, I've got four skills and qualities down, are there sports agencies in this country?

Thanks

Yes as Komekn stated you have to go through the NFF. Until 2011 the license is given directly by FIFA. Being an agent is a profession. Hence, there is no restriction as regards gender. Also in 2015 FIFA replaced the FIFA Agents Regulations with new regulations. In fact football agents are now called intermediaries. There are no qualifications besides that you have to be at least 18 I think.

Steps to take
1. Registration
You will have to register with NFF. And it a yearly membership fee. I am not an intermediary else I would have had the info handy lol.
I believe there are documents you will need to sign form my research, by FIFA standards, an Intermediary Declaration and you need to satisfy the requirements of a "Test of Good Conduct"(naija na naija).


I will encourage good networking. In fact in any field of endeavor the advantage of networking cannot be overemphasized. My suggestion is to register for one of the membership packages at thenff.com (http://www.thenff.com/membership-tiers/).
This will give you an opportnunity to start to rub shoulders with people with like minds.

Also plan to draft a Representation Contract agreement. Which you would use in future to establish binding contracts between you and your clients.

Also keep this in mind:
SKILLS AND QUALITIES
Since there are no entry requirements to become an intermediary here are some skills that will come in handy:

– Work experience with a sports agency: Contact agencies to see if there are any internships/jobs available. That way you will get to know people in the industry and learn about the procedures.
– Contacts within football industry: In this business, connections are very important. They help you reach more players and clubs making your job as an intermediary much easier.
– Legal knowledge: It might come as a surprise but an intermediary needs a lot of knowledge about contract law. It is common for intermediaries to have a law degree or some other type of law education.
– Business knowledge: The other part of your job will be negotiating so business knowledge is also very important.
– Football knowledge: You will need to understand the game of football and how to spot talent. After all, better clients mean more income for you.
– Social skills: Intermediary doesn’t only take care of contract negotiations. A lot of times he also takes the role of player’s PR. He often even gives advice to players regarding their personal issues.

safarigirl:
Good morning house, please I want to ask, what are the qualifications required to be a football agent? And are there female football agents for male players?

Cc komekn, icon4s, thegoodjoe, thesupernerd, joebie, tbaba1234

if he use 3-4-3 nko.. many of our predictions will fail. MY lol

jotey:
you yourself know that rohr won't use line up

Agbim. is he still playing? I don't think finding great goalkeepers is hard. If anyone want to argue about favoritism lets focus on the goalkeeping department in order to end the bad trend especially with these home/afro based keeprs.. Let's not distract ourselves with outfield players. Our goalkeeper coaches are very lazy. Why are they not scouting the NPFL and NNL?

do4luv14:
speaking of where us that AGBIM guy sef

We are saying the same thing different ways.

komekn:
Enyeama is true gentleman and a man of integrity he has no issues with the NFF. Rather the powers that be in the NFF have issues with him and his uncompromising integrity.

He should be given an unreserved apology for the way he was treated.

Coaches throw in a joker every once in a while. Let's not hype South Africa, but let's take them seriously because we need to make a point to them once and for all never to ever think of trying to measure up with us in football

tbaba1234:
Rohr will not start any new player in a match like this except he is Messi. . Ebuehi, Onyekuru and Co will come in the second half if needed. He love to ease his players in.

Since Rohr likes him, I'm sure he is doing something right these days. My ideal full back should be good going forward and also defend effectively.

TheGoodJoe:
To be honest I have not been a fan of Echiejile but he has really improved under Rohr and he gets my nod.

That's the point.. Understudy both of them.

do4luv14:
you remember am, ah done forget the bank sef

we need a,oda IKE and ENYEAMA in the eagles now,
so we need him back, so ALAMPASU can learn from him , both on and off the pitch

Yea, win some lose some.. player like Solanke have been lost long time ago.. some of dem oyinbo pass oyinbo.. that one na waste of effort.. Make we see their Nigerian doings for instagram/twitter first. But anyways i'm for Venezuela for same reasons. Both teams need the win badly because they have been absent over the years as regards titles internationally.

Mujtahida:
I know you don't want them to win so that the Nigerians amongst them do not get fortified in their ambition to play for Nigeria. But omo look naaa. Save for some one or two positions we are bursting at the seams already. Anyone we lay hands on, fine. I don't think we'd do badly if we continue discovering and building our team without recourse to the British born guys.

Oh yes, AusOpen 5-setter. Miami and Indian Wells, straight sets.. na beans?

do4luv14:
damn and I miss it

te five too.

The young must grow.

I go send you the account number. lol

do4luv14:
your head dey dia jare, gimme five✋

after him understudy Baba IKE, both on and off the pitch, collect the shirt, nah that big mouthed Oliseh come spoil show,

#bringbackENYEAMAsavingacct

before.. see as I happy as he beat Nadal back to back to back this year.. can't wait for the grass season.

do4luv14:
wow!!!.... So you are FEDEX too

Personally I no like Echiejile. He is never super in competitive games. Maybe Ogu should be tried there, cuz he is a lefty.

TheGoodJoe:
Very deadly set-up, especially with the attack. However, no pace on the flanks. Although I am not a fan of the three at the back set-up.

Messi fans cant be Ronaldo fans oh. Same with Federer Express and Nadal

do4luv14:
lolzzzz, you wicked ooo, wetin him do you nah

Dem tell u say Akpeyiii dey miles ahead. It took Enyeama England debut at the WC, and he never released that shirt again. Same will happen to Alampasu.

MODIFIED
Ranking of what carries more weight for subsequent invitation
1. Actual National assignment (competitive match)
2. Camp
3. Friendly
4. Club match

Oya make we argue

superbouck:
Alampa what? abeg if na joke stop am

i no like Nadal. Even if na Donald Young he dey play, I go support e opponent

do4luv14:
hmmmm ma card is on THIEM, wat about yours

please read my post again. and highlight the ALL...

Icon4s:
See, no need for votes. You said ALL fans want him back and I am telling you that NOT ALL fans want him back. That is not up for a debate abeg.

my eyes is on Thiem vs Nadal. Never miss that match. The winner takes it all

do4luv14:
,

oya nah, mak we see am



beside MURRY done land for French open semi, NOVAK is alread out, same with V.WILLIAMS

see am na

only u know say when u enter lions den u CANT come out unscathed. that thing when they make the ex still want u, u must confess..

i've put a twist to it now.

safarigirl:
you may still be pining for me when we break up, but I could have a platonic relationship with you,which means i can come and visit.

Once I visit,the next thing is that you start getting ideas that maybe we still have something, just because I'm being nice to you


My analogy is right, you just don't understand the many intricacies of past relationships