BascoVanVeli:


Not just the semis he missed the game against Croatia that we lost by playing our worst game and that goal showed he had the total package..on the down side he had a red card that i felt was unfair and a stupid hand of god with the game won. Amunike would have been right to drop him for the final but the rest is history.

enomakos:
ok i understands

mikron:
thanks for reminding me of the croatia game, i forgot he missed that too. im happy u share the same view with me pertaining funsho, the guy is good but the coaches know better to have dropped him.

BascoVanVeli:
true

Don't mind Funsho, he is a great talent but very naughty.

BascoVanVeli:


Don't mind Funsho, he is a great talent but very naughty.

tbaba1234:
Amuneke has penned down Ovie Ejaria and two other kids for his under 20 team. Great news, he should also consider others like Musa Yahaya and co in the future.

EXCLUSIVE: Amuneke List Man United, Southampton and Liverpool Prospects For Flying Eagles Duty

Head coach of the Nigeria U-20 team Emmanuel Amuneke has pencilled down the names of three highly rated Nigerian teen in Europe for call-up to the national team.

Top of the list is Liverpool’s teen prospect Ovie Ejiara whom the manager know so well from his time at the U-17 when the 18 year old trained with the World Cup bound team of 2013 with Amuneke back then assisting head coach Manu Garba.

Tosin Kehinde of Manchester United is also high on the priority list of the U-20 coach who has been made aware of the player’s availability by the media officer of the team Adewale Ajayi.

Amuneke who is keen on strengthening one of the most talented bunch of U-20s in the history of Nigeria football has also marked Southampton’s teen wonder Olufela Olomola for call-up to the team, the 18 year old who made the bench for Southampton four months ago in a premier League game.

However the trio will most likely be called up to the team if the manager’s dream of having a training camp in Europe before the start of the Africa Youth Championship (AYC) in Zambia is approved by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

The former Barcelona player who lead the Nigeria U-17 to World Cup glory in 2015 is also wary of the fact that club commitments could prevent them from featuring at the AYC, hence he has lined them up to fight for spot if they secure a World Cup ticket as widely expected.

*Ahmed Ashy

http://owngoalnigeria.com/2016/07/16/exclusive-amuneke-list-man-united-southampton-and-liverpool-prospects-for-flying-eagles-duty/

BlackAlbino6:
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Nigeria/South Sudan: Afcon U-20 Qualifiers - Don't Boycott Sudan Match, Pinnick Begs Flying Eagles
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By Ben Efe

Flying Eagles' players have refused to back down on their threat to boycott Saturday's Under-20 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan in Lagos.


The players who have shunned training for three days running, are demanding that their outstanding allowances stretching back to their Golden Eaglets days be paid.


Otherwise, they will not step out to defend the 2-1 advantage they posted over Sudan in the first leg in Khartoum. Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick spoke to the players yesterday urging them to be patient with the cash-strapped federation.


But according to one the players who spoke on the issue yesterday, things are becoming unbearable to them in the camp.


"They are treating us as if we are slaves. Imagine that when we came back from South Korea where we won the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, they only gave us N20,000 as transport to go home.


Since then nothing has been paid to us.


"Even our coaches have not been paid for eight months. They have families at home. Are they spending all their days with the team for nothing?"


Amaju attributed the financial squeeze to the non release of government subvention to the NFF for two months running.


"We will try to do something for the boys. Things are really difficult, but we will see what we can do.


"The Flying Eagles are not the only team that have not been paid. The Super Falcons, the Super Eagles are all affected."
allafrica.com/stories/201607220948.html
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safarigirl:
as much as I want to understand their plight, I do not think they have gotten to the point where they should be fighting for money

Their lack of qualification for the U20 will not hurt Pinnick or his job, it will hurt their careers. A few like Nwakali and Osimhen may have foreign clubs already, but what about the likes of Orji Okonkwo still looking to get a good deal? These international competitions raise players profiles

They have the opportunity to do something special, to win an U20 World Cup for the first time in Nigerian history and second in Africa, and they want to throw it away because they haven't been paid?

When you're trying to establish yourself, money should not be your concern. Getting your name out there should be the target.

Now, if these threats to boycott are on behalf of the coaches, I can wholly understand that and support them, but if it's the players, then no, I do not support that. If the senior boys are boycotting games, what makes these teenagers think they can do same?

irondome:


These folks are being owed for work done since their under 17 matches for crying out loud!!!, same goes with the Nigerian coaches (who have families to take care of) being owed. This explains why I cringe when I read of the insults you guys hurl at these patriotic folks.

This is a new low for NFF

BascoVanVeli:
3-4 Sudan.