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A lot of people talked about why I didn’t pass the ball to Rashidi Yekini. The one I passed to him he couldn’t even score too, so things happen, we don’t take it personal.”
“I am a striker. Rashidi Yekini won’t give me that ball if it was him, that’s the truth,” he said.

“Sometimes you miss, sometimes you score. Rashidi has been one of the greatest strikers ever I have played with. May his soul rest in peace.

“My downtimes? First was when I didn’t pass the ball to Rashidi Yekini and they had to kick me out of the team and I had to hustle myself back into the team. Trying times are always there to make you stronger.

It was during a 1994 World Cup qualifier with Nigeria playing against Ivory Coast at Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan.

Siasia preferred to shoot instead of passing to the better-positioned Yekini.

Siasia told Emmanuel Babayaro on UTVAfrica that it was normal for him not to pass the ball to Yekini, insisting that the striker failed to utilise earlier chances he had created.

The striker spoke about his on-pitch relationship with the late Rashidi Yekini, Nigeria’s all-time top scorer

It's well 😐

Tereem moffi vs Roma(off the bench)
32 minutes played
One goal
Two shots on target
0/3 dribbles completed
12 touches
2/5 passes completed
0/5 ground duels won
7x possession lost
One foul
Rating:6.4
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Seniorman vs crvena zvezda(off the bench)
45 minutes played
Three shots on target
Two big chances missed
14 touches
7/8 passes completed
0/1 crosses completed
0/1 ground duels won
0/2 aerial duels won
3x possession lost
One foul
One clearance
Rating:7.3

Ndidi vs kayserispor
66 minutes played
52 touches
31/35(89%)passes completed
6/9 ground duels won
1/1 aerial duels won
4 interceptions
3 clearances
3 tackles made

A certain 22 year old Tochi chukwani was in action today for sturm graz,a Denmark youth international, he's yet to commit to his future
84 minutes played
50 touches
42/44 passes (95%) completed
4/4 long ball completed
A known long ball specialist as he proved today again

There are doubts of osimhen availability vs alanyaspor nawa o

The five players including giant young goalkeeper Ayuba Oyetola, who stands at 6’9 height, are scheduled to travel out to Portugal in the next few weeks to continue their careers as professional footballers

Lagos-based non league side Tonic Football Club have unveiled five of its players that were recently signed up by FC Esmoriz of Portugal.

Tonic FC was founded six months ago with FC Esmoriz of Portugal as the parent club.

The club participated in the recently-concluded NLO championship and narrowly missed out on promotion.

zuchyblink:
Pyramids defeated a star-studded Al Ali of Saudi Arabia. AFCON go dey interesting.

they utterly dominated the match,if not for Mendy (man of the match) e for pass three goals

lbrichman2:
There's one Oluwaseyi in Villarreal.
Does anyone know about him?

he's a Canadian international

QueenJazz:
I heard Gyan came out to discredit that write-up about him criticizing Osimhen if I'm not mistaken.

yea you're right

Beautiful finish from tolu to open his account

oloriooko:
And Asamoah Gyan accused him of lying (if what's making round online is true though)
Enemy of progress

actually the quote was verified to be fake made by a random Turkish channel who later apologize and deleted it

He's expected to play a part-role vs alanyaspor and start against Liverpool

Update on osimhen
Remainder medical checks at Galatasaray confirmed Osimhen suffered a “moderate sprain of the ankle ligaments (with stretching and bleeding)”

BascoVanVeli:
Remo stars vs Zilimadjou 🔥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PibbPEiRcA

ngenge man of the match

It wasn’t just him, but a lot of players weren’t staying in their spaces. We have to be positionally consistent so that we can overload the attack every now and then. That’s an issue I’ll address.”
Manager Steffen said the Nigerian must be patient as the team adapts.

Steffen blamed his team for their lack of defensive discipline and singled out Boniface, who, according to him, was just too everywhere.

“I felt he was too ‘everywhere. It’s fine for him to be more central. It wasn’t the way I wanted it,” Steffen was quoted as saying by Transfermarkt.

Samueltemi337:
Osimhen is back

[Kaya Temel] Osimhen trained with the reserve team in the last session before the Konya match. However, the player’s complaints continue. It will be difficult for him to be on the field in the Konya match. The final decision rests with the technical staff.

otilo

Odunayaw:
Remo is meeting Mamelodi Sundowns next😣

solonnachi:
It will really bring down his market value. Wolves was a wrong choice abeg

premier League fanboys in the mud

BankyGee:
Omo... Is it just me or Arokodare doesn't have good positioning?

And he doesn't press or "hustle" for the ball enough, he just seems to be strolling on the pitch most of the time.

I hope he gets better soon enough.

maybe a one-off

yinkeys:
Arokodare’s Wolves already in a relegation battle

subjectively they are the worst team in the premier League,and it doesn't look like changing anytime soon

TheSuperNerd:
Nigeria U20 vs Chile U20 in Progress currently.

We play Australia on the 23rd on Tuesday as already reported before today.

#FlyingEagles2025

Ahmed Akinyele rose above everyone else in the box to head Nigeria in front in the 18th minute, from a corner kick by Tahir Maigana, but Chile drew level 18 minutes later through Felipe Faúndez.

Just a minute into the second half, goalkeeper Ebenezer Harcourt made two big saves to keep scores even.

Abduljelil Kamaldeen, Kparobo Arhieri and Auwal Ibrahim came in as substitutes for Nigeria in the second period.

The Flying Eagles will take on the Australia U20 team in another friendly match on Tuesday.

Moniter0:
When it comes the pressing, Osimhen and Iwobi does it better than every other player in the SE.

exactly

Icon4s:
Onyedika is grossly underrated. I will start him ahead of Ndidi.

seconded

Ademola Lookman and Atalanta have finally put an end to their summer-long dispute after the Nigerian forward had talks with head coach Ivan Juric and agreed to give his all for the team. This comes after the Nigerian met with the club's officials to discuss his position at the club recently. The 27-year-old is now expected to start in Atalanta's league fixture against Torino on Sunday.

elyte89:
Even though a lot might not agree with me but I believe alhassan Yussuf is more balanced with or without the ball as a DM for Nigeria 🇳🇬 but d problem is where he is playing at d moment (club wise )

no

joelsteron:
Haha, yes of course. My issue with Iwobi is clear, he can’t shoot, offers nothing in 2v2s, can't shield the ball, always in a haste to pass sideways and doesn’t mark or press.

iwobi doesn't mark or press keh, just say you have an agenda