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Alfryd:
Flying Eagles Crash Out Of
2021 U-20 AFCON



Nigeria’s U-20 men’s team, Flying Eagles, have
crashed out of the WAFU B Zonal qualifiers
holding in Porto Novo, Benin Republic,
Completesports.com reports.
The Flying Eagles have now missed the chance to
be at next year’s U-20 AFCON in Mauritania.
Their elimination was confirmed after Cote d’Ivoire
defeated Ghana 1-0 in Group B’s last fixture on
Saturday.

The Flying Eagles needed Ghana to beat Cote
d’Ivoire by a wide margin to stand a chance of
qualifying for the semi-finals of the WAFU B Zonal
qualifiers.

In their first game the Nigerian side played 1-1
with Cote d’Ivoire before losing 1-0 to Ghana.
After two rounds of games played by the three
countries, Cote d’Ivoire top the group on four
points, Ghana second on three points and the
Flying Eagles third on one point.
Following Saturday’s result Ghana and Cote
d’Ivoire advance into the last four while the Ladan
Bosso-led side are out.

Edopesin:
Lookman is so good

benji93:
Ofcourse when he's killing Liverpool.

Edopesin:
As in ehn, Liverpool no see ball play... He needs to work on his passes though

Tolulopefinest:
They said it would be difficult for Ndidi to return back to the Leicester's starting lineup because of *Ordinary* Mendy . Now check it out, the main man is back in the starting lineup while Mendy has returned to his deserved bench .

We love to underate our players by ourselves.

maidaboi:
Lookman with an assist against Liverpool

andrewbaba44:
Wilfred ndidi is back at Leicester line up after just returning from injury last week and made a sub epl appearance

If dem tell una say ndidi just be like vardy wey go always find him way to Leicester line up no matter the performance of his replacement una go Dey yarn Akpata

Ndi mendy will bench ndidi how market ?

If we say una no sabi anything e go be like we too talk

DrKlever:
He is damn good. Epl doesn't deserve him. From today, his name is Ademola Goatman

temi1290:
But when Osimehn was in that league you guys wanted Rohr to bench ighalo for him.

chuks404:
Mehn ndidi is class. Hope someone is watching his passing. Seem to have improved on it with lots of mobility.

TheGoodJoe:
If we must sign a foreign coach, pick still remains Marcelo Bielsa. He is also without a job now.

Another Coach the NFF should give a shot is Marcelo Bielsa. The Coach who led Athletico Bilbao to the Europa League final, beating Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United along the way.

His style of football fits us and he likes creative brilliant players.

Report on Marcelo Bielsa's coaching style.

Bielsa's signature formation in his squads, which he made famous and brought to the front of the world's mainstream football scene during his coaching tenures in the Argentina national football team, Chile national football team, Athletic Bilbao and Olympique de Marseille, is the 3-3-3-1 formation.

For this formation, the players are: 3 defenders (1 líbero with 2 stoppers at each side), 3 midfielders (1 central midfielder with 2 lateral-volantes at each side), 3 attacking midfielders (1 enganche and 2 wingers at each side), and 1 centerforward. 3-3-3-1 allows great transitions from defending to attacking, as many of the players used in the formation can perform both defensive and attacking tasks. Moreover, it establishes superiority in numbers in every part of the field, since with this formation his teams could defend with 7 players, attack with 6-7 players, or protect a scoreline by overwhelming the midfield with 6 players. To use 3-3-3-1, all players have to quickly set to attacking positions when the ball is in the team's possession, and all players have to aggressively press and recover the ball when it isn't in possession, so it requires great teamwork and understanding between teammates.

This signature style of Bielsa's has had so much influence in the football scene that many present coaches, former players under Bielsa's command, are heavily influenced by the style, such as Gerardo Martino, Mauricio Pochettino, Matías Almeyda and Marcelo Gallardo. Former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola credited Bielsa as his tactical inspiration. Jorge Sampaoli has been described as a 'disciple' of Bielsa.

Bayern Munich and former Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola called him the "best manager in the world" in 2012.

Taking from Bielsa's Wikipedia page.

andrewbaba44:
Mendy will bench ndidi people how market

CoolJulian:
Horrible!

TheGoodJoe:
I think Marcelo Bielsa's arrival to the game has brought a new dimension to football, especially the English Premier League.

He has shown that a well trained side in the art of workrate can cause a top side problems and he clearly demonstrated it in the first game against Liverpool.

Today we saw signs of it in the Fulham game but I wish Scott Parker allowed his team do more with regards to pressing and attacking.

I think this is the ideal pattern for the Super Eagles and whoever takes over from Rohr must be someone who will tailor the team towards playing with intensity and high workrate.

charlesemeka85:
Aina, adarabioyo and lookman were superb against Liverpool. Seriously we need adarabioyo and lookman in the current super eagles set up

Icon4s:
NAIRALAND NIGERIAN FOOTBALL FANS (NNFF) AWARDS 2020: VOTING


VOTING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Vote for only one Nominee is each of the Awards categories.
2. Make sure you Cc: Thegoodjoe, ThesuperNerd, Bascovanveli, Andrewbaba44, Icon4s

AWARDS CATEGORIES:

1. Nigerian Player of the Year:
✓Alex Iwobi
✓Victor Osimhen
✓Moses Simon

2. NPFL player of the Year:
✓Ndifreke Effiong Udoh
✓Isreal Abia
✓Ifeanyi Anamena

3. Most Impactful New Inclusion (2020):
✓Frank Onyeka
✓Zaidu Sanusi
✓Chidera Ejuke

4. Best Ogedengbe Super Eagles Best Goal Keeper of the Year:
✓Maduka Okoye
✓Dele Alampasu
✓Daniel Akpeyi

5. Stephen Keshi Best Defender of the Year:
✓Leon Balogun
✓Zaidu Sanusi
✓Williams Troost-Ekong

6. Samuel Okwaraji Best Midfielder of the Year:
✓Alex Iwobi
✓Joe Aribo
✓Oghenekaro Etebo

7. Rashidi Yekini Best Attacking player of the Year:
✓Samuel Chukwueze
✓Kelechi Iheanacho
✓Victor Osimhen

8. Most improved player (2020):
✓Leon Balogun
✓Kelechi Iheanacho
✓Daniel Akpeyi

9. Young Player of the Year (U-21):
✓Maduka Okoye
✓Samson Tijani
✓Samuel Chukwueze

10. Super Eagles Goal of the Year:
✓Chukwueze for 4:0 vs Sierra-Leone
✓Iwobi for 3:0 vs Sierra-Leone
✓Iheanacho for 1:0 vs Tunisia

11. Best assist of the Year:
✓Sanusi's to Osimhen for 2:0 vs Sierra-Leone
✓Osimhen to Chukwueze for 4:0 vs Sierra-Leone
✓Musa to Iheanacho for 1:0 vs Tunisia


VOTING CLOSES 17TH DECEMBER, 2020 @ 6AM (NIG TIME)

Cc: Bascovanveli, Thegoodjoe, ThesuperNerd, Andrewbaba44, Icon4s.