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Empty Seats, As GEJ Addresses The UN General Assembly
https://www.nairaland.com/1060337/empty-seats-gej-addresses-un

Photo Speaks -Empty Seat As PMB Addresses UN General Assembly
https://www.nairaland.com/2634909/photo-speaks-empty-seat-pmb


Here someone insinuates that the reason that Yar'Adua did not attend the UN General Assembly summit is because he would have been speaking to empty chairs.

"Why Yar'Adua Shunned UN General Assembly
https://www.nairaland.com/336096/why-yaradua-shunned-un-general/3


First picture = 2012.

Second picture = 2015.

Super Eagles striker Iheanacho finally scores for Leicester in 12 months in EFL Cup win over Luton

Author: Akan Anwankwo

- Kelechi Iheanacho scored his first goal of the season for Leicester City in the EFL Cup

- The Super Eagles striker calmly finished a Marc Albrighton's assist in the 86th minute

- The Foxes won the game 4-0 with Gray scoring a brace and Tielemans also on target

Kelechi Iheanacho made his first appearance in a competitive match for Leicester City in the 2019-20 season in the EFL Cup.

And the Nigerian international justified his selection by Brenda Rodger as he put his name on the scoresheet in the comprehensive 4-0 win over Luton Town.

Demarai Gray began the onslaught in the 34th minute as Spanish striker Ayoze Perez provided the assist for the Englishman.

Ten minutes later Youri Tielemans was on hand to help James Justin score the Foxes second to make it 2-0.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Kelechi Iheanacho has set a record he might not want to remember for a while after going without a goal for a calendar year.

The out of favour Super Eagles striker was yet again left on the bench as the Foxes defeated Tottenham 2-1 at the King Power Stadium.

https://www.legit.ng/amp/1261255-iheanacho-leicester-luton-efl-cup.html?__twitter_impression=true


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tebJDD07t34

midnighter:
Excuse me have you ever tried calling that no.?

Does anybody even pick

Yes! Absolutely I have. I did so just last week.


c1982 I called 199 when my neighbours alerted me that there was a fire at NEPA Building on Awolowo Road. They answered and the Fire Service put out the fire.


c2016 I called 112 when a building near my brother's house was on fire. The operator told me that they've already gotten the information and that the Fire Service was on its way. The Fire Service arrived around 7 minutes later.


I heard a loud crash around 5am two Saturdays ago when I was getting ready to go jogging. Just as I thought, a probably drunk driver had crashed into two other cars. I went pass the accident scene on my way to the Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge and I saw a guy on the floor. It looked like he was unconscious. I called 112 as soon as I got to the bridge and they said that they had already gotten the information and LASAMBUS was on its way. I passed by the scene an hour later on my way back home and the man was gone and there were policemen on the scene.

It works.

I had already memorised 199 when I was still in nursery school. I looked at that page on the P&T telephone directory at least once a week. Memorise it. It might save your life one day.

Important

Note the emergency number.

We've gone from 199 in the 1970s and '80s to 112.

112 is the national emergency number. Memorise it!

Two African players were nominated for the player of the weekend award. They are Nigerian captain Asisat Oshoala and Zambian captain Barbara Banda.

Oshoala's interview after the match

Oshoala: I don’t think there’s any easy game in football. Football, you go on the pitch, you don’t know what you’ll meet there. You bring your own tactics, the other team brings theirs as well, so I think it’s every game with its effort, different effort, different type of football.

Interviewer You always say that you try to get better with each game, was it mentally a relief for you to finally get to score because you have had bad luck during this few games of this season and even you hit a crossbar when it was almost a goal. . . almost a sure goal?

Oshoala: I think for me it’s nothing like bad luck, it’s sometimes strikers to get a goal, sometimes it comes easily, sometimes it’s difficult, it doesn’t come, but for me the most important thing is that the team keeps going forward, we get the win, we get the three points. It doesn’t matter who scores or something, you know, eh, but really it’s a good feeling to score today. I’m really excited about that.

Interviewer: Speaking of Tacon, do you think it’s positive that Madrid are coming into women’s football or are they a bit too late for that?

Oshoala: I think it’s a very good thing, when it comes to female football, it makes it more exciting, you know, when you have more clubs coming up and all of that, but obviously they can never be like Barca.

Interviewer: And after this game are you way closer to winning La Liga, the title, or is it far away from happening?

Oshoala: Er, I think, as a team, each game we play we just want to win, try to get the three points and then one step at a time I would say.

Interviewer: Last question from me. Is this one of your best performances here in Barcelona?

Oshoala: Em, I really don’t know, I think statistics will say that, I don’t know, for me I believe I get better each game

Another journalist: How do you feel after the applause of yesterday?

Oshoala: It was really good, a great feeling, the home crowd supporting the team, supporting the player and all of that, so I think I was. . .it was kind of emotional for me.

(Re that last question: It was asked because the whole stadium applauded Oshoala when she was replaced in the 72nd minute).

🔵🔴🗣️ Reacciones de Asisat Oshoala tras el triunfo del @FCBFemeni por 6 goles a 1 ante el @AtletiFemenino en la 3a jornada de la #PrimeraIberdrola. #BarçaAtleti pic.twitter.com/gS5pxWMFhY

— Marc Andrés i Sanz (@MarcAndres95) September 22, 2019

https://twitter.com/Zoe_H7/status/1175797205501960192

Next up

Barcelona vs Juventus in the UEFA Women's Champions League on Wednesday.

Barca won the first leg in Italy 0-2.

They have beaten their biggest rival (Atletico) 6-1, beaten new comers Tacon (Real Madrid) 9-1, beaten Juventus 0-2 and drawn 1-1 with Rayo Vallecano and done all this while Lieke Martens has been out injured, Oshoala suffered a 3 game loss of form and Hamraoui hasn't been starting regularly.


I wonder what will happen when Martens returns.

1) The golden ball for being the best player at the 2014 FIFA Under 20 World Cup
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2) The golden boot for being the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA Under 20 World Cup
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3) The golden ball for being the best player at the 2014 African Women's Nations Cup (third picture). She also won the silver boot for being the second highest goal scorer at the tournament (second to Desire Oparanozie).
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4) The golden boot for being the highest goal scorer at the 2016 African Women's Nations Cup
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FC Robo (2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN9IEkBUoU

Liverpool (2015)
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Arsenal (2016)
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Dalian (2017-2018)
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Barcelona (2019-2022)
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gurunlocker:
Are Barça men are losing to Granada

Asisat Oshoala scored (for Barcelona against Atletico) and Ramon Azeez scored (for Granada against Barcelona).

Atletico played the reverse fixture at the Wanda Metropolitano last season and it set a new attendance record for women's football. Many had hoped that Barca would play this game at the Nou Camp in an attempt to beat that record, but they didn't. The game was played at the Johan Cruyff Stadium.

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FC Barcelona 6-1 Atlético Madrid: Massive win against defending champs

Packed Estadi Johan Cruyff watches a stunning six-goal display against the winners of the last three league titles

www.fcbarcelona.com
05:09pm Saturday 21 Sep
Football
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The Barça women provided a goalscoring feast against the winners of the last three Spanish championships, Atlético Madrid, netting no fewer than six times in a packed-to-capacity crowd of 4,467 at the Estadi Johan Cruyff.

Four goals in the first half meant the job was as good as done at the interval, and two more after the break sealed a win that sends out a very strong message indeed.

All of that was after going a goal down after just two minutes. The response to Sampedro’s goal was extraordinary. Barça smothered the visitors in midfield, with Graham and Mariona in incontestable form down the wings and Oshoala in powering form up front.

Hermoso got Barça back level from the penalty spot, Mariona added the second when pouncing on the rebound, Robles put the third in her own net and Oshoala made it four by finishing a wonderful move orchestrated by Graham

The second half was a Barça monologue. Atlético were totally outclassed, and any glint of hope was lost when Tounkara was sent off for a second yellow. It was now just a case of how many more goals the Catalans were going to score.

Nigerian striker Oshoala added her second of the afternoon, and goal number six was another own goal, this time by Meseguer.

A third consecutive victory against Atlético was just the tonic ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League second leg against Juventus. Thus far, every game at the Johan Cruyff has been a goal-fest… Long may it continue!

MATCH STATS

FC Barcelona: Paños, Van der Gragt, Mapi León, J.Hermoso (Aitana, 63’), Marta Torrejón, Mariona, Alexia (Hamroui, 56’), Patri, Leila (Melanie, 75’), Graham & Oshoala (Pina, 72’)

Atlético Madrid: L.Gallardo, K.Robles (Linari, 45’), Aleixandri, Ángela Sosa, Ludmila, Charlyn, A.Sampedro, Menayo (Strom, 45’), Virginia, Meseguer & Tounkara.

Goals: 0-1, Sampedro (2’); 1-1, J.Hermoso (7’); 2-1, Mariona (29’); 3-1, Aleixandri pp (35’); 4-1, Oshoala (45’); 5-1, Oshoala (46’)

Attendance: 4,467 at Estadi Johan Cruyff

https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/news/1353009/fc-barcelona-6-1-atletico-madrid-massive-win-against-defending-champs


Asisat Oshoala’s three game goal scoring drought came to an end in this game. She didn’t score in the league games against CD Tacon (Real Madrid) and Rayo Vallecano and in the Champions League game against Juventus. In fact, she hadn’t scored since she came back to play for Nigeria in the Olympics qualifiers. It initially looked as if the drought would continue when she hit the bar when faced with an empty goal. Mariona scored from the rebound. However, she ended up scoring a brace. Her second goal was absolutely fantastic. Watch the fancy footwork in the slow motion replay.

Here are highlights of the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=favvYpcdGRw