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TheSuperNerd:
It's a possibilty.....

But apart from Good disciplined nutrition, exercises is key to his kind of body. People underrate the value and wonders of exercises.

EL-hadary is super fit.... At 45, that's remarkable... He would need no walking stick at 80 if he keeps this up. And You too Sir, can be like this... coz I have a hunch that you also wanna look fit and good at anytime.... It's a fantastic goal to pursue but you must be ready for the discipline and sacrifice that goes with it....

terzurum5:
Watford accepts Chinese club’s £20m offer for Ighalo

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Super Eagles’ striker, Odion Ighalo, is set to become Nigeria’s latest export to the Chinese Super league if he accepts the offer to join Chngchun Yatai. The club yesterday agreed a £20 million deal with Watford for the striker.


However, according to mirror.co.uk, West Brom could hijack the deal with a last-minute bid – but only if Baggies manager Tony Pulis matches the price agreedwith Chongchun.


Pulis, who sold Saido Berahino to Stoke two weeks ago, pulled out of the running for Ighalo after claiming Watford wanted too much for him, but the Hornets would not be surprised if Albion rejoined the auction at the 11th hour.


Ighalo has gone from top scorer at Vicarage Road, andmagician behind the ‘Iggy chop’ party trick – which left countless defenders on their backsides – to a spare part in danger of missing out on a Premier League squad number.


And Watford head coach, Walter Mazzarri, admitted Ighalo’s departure was imminent last night, saying: “Every morning I ask the club what the situation is, andnegotiations are now at an advanced stage, so it should only be a matter of a couple of days.”


Ighalo was top scorer across all four divisions in the calendar year 2015, when his 30 goals fired the Hornets to promotion and Premier League safety, in all but name, by Christmas.


Even when the goals dried up for him in the second half of last season, Shanghai SIPD made a mind-blowing £37.5m bid for Ighalo last summer – which the player rejected.


His market value plummeted as he finished 2016 with just six goals in all competitions, and Watford’s top brass agree a fresh start is the best solution for all parties.


Another Chinese club, Shanghai Shenhua, were exploring the possibility of pairing Ighalo with Carlos Tevez, the world’s highest-paid player on £600,000-a-week.
But they would not meet Watford’s £27m asking price for a player their rivals SIPD had valued £10m higher only six months ago.


Ighalo appeared to be waving goodbye to travelling fans after the 2-2 draw at Bournemouth 17 days ago and was left out of the squad altogether for the embarrassing FA Cup defeat at Millwall on Sunday.


And after the arrivals of on-loan AC Milan striker M’Baye Niang – whose move is scheduled to become a permanent £14m transfer in the summer – and Mauro Zarate last week, Ighalo was sinking further down the pecking order than a mineshaft.


With £12.6m Isaac Success back in full training and skipper Troy Deeney among the crown jewels, Ighalo was faced with becoming fifth-choice striker. Furthermore, he was in danger of being excluded from Watford’s upgraded 25-man Premier League squad after the transfer window shuts because of the surfeit of foreign players on the books at Vicarage Road.

www.soccernet.com.ng/2017/01/watford-accepts-chinese-clubs-20m-offer.html

Icon4s:
There could be a late switch as Westbrom could snatch him on a rest of season loan.

TheGoodJoe:
“But you know, very well, that only the victory in 1984 was clean. The second, in 1998, we were cheated. Roger tricked the referee (Idrissa Saar of Mauritania) into giving him a fake penalty. And the clean goal of Henry Nwosu was disallowed,” I told him.

I think the author meant 1988.

cc: Icon4s

Efe Ambrose

Icon4s:
What I remember most about that 1984 lose to Cameroun was the popular post-match comments that "Nigeria did all the playing while Cameroun did all the scoring". That was the trash the Nigerian commentators and Nigerian press including our analysts consoled themselves with. The fans also were not left out of that one. Na who "did all the playing" epp? I think I only joined in watching the game after Muda Lawal opened scoring for Nigeria. That shout of 'gooaaalll' all over the neighborhood and the shouts of "Muda Lawallll!!!" here and there. That I think was the only game I managed to watch, and probably even slept off before the game ended cos I only remember when Cameroun equalized how the game take be 3-1 me I no remember

Several years after I understood that going into that game, Nigeria were the overwhelming favorites. I think we underrated the Cameroonians. More so that as we scored first, we thought it was going to be like a stroll in the park.

That was the beginning of the Cameroonian golden generation that won the AFCON again in 1988 and got to the 1990 WC Quarter finals, beating the star studded Argentine team in the opening game of that WC.

As for the Maroc '88 defeat. O that game is still fresh in my memory. I even have a complete 90mins video of it courtesy of youtube. A very drab and cagey game. The semis were more explosive. Recently, I replayed that Henry Nwosu's goal and I was just shouting. Very clean goal. I called a younger pal who was born same year that AFCON was played (so he was seeing it and hearing about that incident for the first time) to analyse it and he shouted 'Day light robbery'.

I also re-played the penalty to him. He questioned why the then NFA and Nigerian government never petitioned CAF and that referee.
So na so e be o.
That was the first AFCON I watched from A-Z. We did not qualify for the 1986 edition.

TheSuperNerd:
Deportivo La-Coruna Goalkepper Uzoho Targets Super Eagles Call Up

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Fast rising Deportivo La Coruna shot stopper Francis Odinaka Uzoho says he is targeting a call up to the Super Eagles in the nearest future.

Uzoho who recently joined the La-Liga side has
wasted no time in making the step up to the first team from the B team where he was expected to spend most of his time following his signing.

He has trained severally with the first team, and his rise could see him make at least the match day squad before the end of the season in Spain, and the former U-17 shot stopper is also eyeing a call up to the Super Eagles this year.


”Progress is a slow process. I believe in one step at a time so I'm first of all focused on making progress at Deportivo La Coruna, which will could help me realise my dream of playing for Nigeria”, Uzoho told Owngoalnigeria.com.

”Presently there are no much young Nigerian
goalkeepers in Europe, so am hopeful that my
time will come if I do well for Deportivo La
Coruna”.


Source: http://owngoalnigeria.com/2017/01/31/deportivo-la-coruna-goalkepper-uzoho-targets-super-eagles-call-up/

Kog45:
U are on point,well i was opportuned to watch d 1984 final live and i want to state it that Cameroon were full of experience with players like Milla,Thomas Nkono but Nigeria coached by Onigbinde and captained by very young Keshi,d team was full of young players except Muda Lawal who was 32,though Nigeria had a great semi final against Ivory coast that led to penalty shootout,this match gave rise to Peter Rufai,though injured and Patrick Okala was in goal against Cameroon in d final.

The euphoria of semi final victory really affected d team in d final,but i want to state that we lost to a superior Cameroonian side.Truly 1984 gave birth to d golden generation of Cameroon that later shook d world in 1990 by beating Argentina 1 nil in d opening game.

Well maroc 88,prior to d final,Nigeria and Cameroon played goalless draw during group stage and need to meet again in d final,but d final was marred by terrible officiating and a lots need to questioned CAF integrity coz it was obvious Cameroon was designed to lift d trophy coz Nwosu goal was just too good but d referee ruled it offside and also Milla contact with Eboigbe that resulted to d penalty was a cleared diving from Milla.

komekn:
Why hasn't Sone Aluko been invited to camp this guy is tried and tested. He's only 27.

Icon4s:
What I remember most about that 1984 lose to Cameroun was the popular post-match comments that "Nigeria did all the playing while Cameroun did all the scoring". That was the trash the Nigerian commentators and Nigerian press including our analysts consoled themselves with. The fans also were not left out of that one. Na who "did all the playing" epp? I think I only joined in watching the game after Muda Lawal opened scoring for Nigeria. That shout of 'gooaaalll' all over the neighborhood and the shouts of "Muda Lawallll!!!" here and there. That I think was the only game I managed to watch, and probably even slept off before the game ended cos I only remember when Cameroun equalized how the game take be 3-1 me I no remember

Several years after I understood that going into that game, Nigeria were the overwhelming favorites. I think we underrated the Cameroonians. More so that as we scored first, we thought it was going to be like a stroll in the park.

That was the beginning of the Cameroonian golden generation that won the AFCON again in 1988 and got to the 1990 WC Quarter finals, beating the star studded Argentine team in the opening game of that WC.

As for the Maroc '88 defeat. O that game is still fresh in my memory. I even have a complete 90mins video of it courtesy of youtube. A very drab and cagey game. The semis were more explosive. Recently, I replayed that Henry Nwosu's goal and I was just shouting. Very clean goal. I called a younger pal who was born same year that AFCON was played (so he was seeing it and hearing about that incident for the first time) to analyse it and he shouted 'Day light robbery'.

I also re-played the penalty to him. He questioned why the then NFA and Nigerian government never petitioned CAF and that referee.
So na so e be o.
That was the first AFCON I watched from A-Z. We did not qualify for the 1986 edition.

TheGoodJoe:

Thanks for the deep insightful post. Very educative, eye-opening and interesting. Shows how long we have come and I hope the Labour of our heroes shall never be in Vain.

Thanks.

goldfish80:
Cameroun and Egypt are the most tactically disciplined sides in this championship.
These guys stay true to their strategy,hardly out of shape and very hard to beat.
These attributes are the evidence of a well coached team.

In the game against Senegal, if you watched closely you would have noticed they had the clearer chances and merely reduced Senegal to half chances. Football is not all about fancy footwork and passing. You have to respect other people's way of playing the game.

If watched their game throughout this tournament, you will appreciate how tactically aware the Cameroonians are.

Nigerians should be a little bit more circumspect and Liberal when analysing football. I noticed a lot of people don't just fancy this Cameroonians because we have them to deal with in the WCQ.
Thankfully Gernot Rohr have a different view from Nigerians especially those on the cyberspace.

Goke7:
Cameroon has only reaped the benefit of participating in a tournament which has brought some form of cohesion into the team. If Nigeria was in this present afcon, our team would have improved just like Cameroon.

The match is in August so it will be down to match fitness and form of players for both national teams. But let's remember, its the cameroon keeper that has been saving their asses, in their third group match against Gabon, if not the ball hitting the bar and the keeper's save from the rebound, Cameroon would have exited this tournament at the first stage.

Icon4s:
Now till August is still a long time. Players form and fitness at that time is what matters most. Besides, there are AFCON qualifiers in June and Cameroun will not be part of it as they are hosts.

tglobal:
Actually Cameroun will still be playing qualifiers as hosts. They are in Group B alongside Morocco, Malawi, Comoros/Mauritius. The idea is to ensure that host teams have the same opportunities as others in "tuning" their teams even though they aleady have automatic qualification. Add to that the possibility that they will play in FIFA confederations cup in June, if they win the AFCON

Goke7:
Cameroon has only reaped the benefit of participating in a tournament which has brought some form of cohesion into the team. If Nigeria was in this present afcon, our team would have improved just like Cameroon.

The match is in August so it will be down to match fitness and form of players for both national teams. But let's remember, its the cameroon keeper that has been saving their asses, in their third group match against Gabon, if not the ball hitting the bar and the keeper's save from the rebound, Cameroon would have exited this tournament at the first stage.

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Icon4s:
Its a pleasure.

That my post took me back memory lane. So many of the parents I watched that 1984 AFCON finals with are now late. My Dad inclusive.

My Dad was the only one that bought a TV then in my "Yard".

Our house turned Viewing center

Goke7:
Cameroon has only reaped the benefit of participating in a tournament which has brought some form of cohesion into the team. If Nigeria was in this present afcon, our team would have improved just like Cameroon.

The match is in August so it will be down to match fitness and form of players for both national teams. But let's remember, its the cameroon keeper that has been saving their asses, in their third group match against Gabon, if not the ball hitting the bar and the keeper's save from the rebound, Cameroon would have exited this tournament at the first stage.