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Revealed – Super Eagles Lineup For Today’s Friendly Game Against Algeria, Okoye Returns, Duru Starts

Owngoalnigeria Sep 23, 2022 2:48 PM

The senior national team of Nigeria will today play one of the two friendly games they will play against Algeria during the course of the international break.

Later today around 6pm Nigerian time, the team will play the B team of Algeria largely made up of players picked from league teams in Algeria. They are using the game to test their readiness for the CHAN tournament which they will host.

OwnGoalNigeria.com gathered that the game won’t be on any television as it is a test game and not a recognized friendly game. The other game on the 27th is the game that will be on television and also open to all.

The game will see as many as seven players who have not played under the new coach Jose Peseiro play their first game. Below is how the coach has decided to line up his players for the game.

Lineup.

Maduka Okoye
William Troost Ekong
Chidozie Awaziem
Valentine Ozornwafor
Ola Aina
Ebube Duru
Frank Onyeka
Raphael Onyedika
Chidera Ejuke
Ademola Lookman
Taiwo Awoniyi

Deltamani:
The 15 players that have resigned are: Sandra Paños, Lola Gallardo, Ainhoa Vicente Moraza, Andrea Pereira, Laia Aleixandri, Mapi León, Leila Ouahabi, Ona Batlle, Patri Guijarro, Lucía Garcia, Mariona Caldentey, Aitana Bonmati, Claudia Pina, Nerea E Izagirre and Amaiur Sarriegi

With this ongoing crisis in Spanish women football, this is the time for the NFF to go after Vicky Lopez. Oh....sorry.... I forgot that Pinnick's reign is over.....

India 2022: Olowookere picks Dah-Zossu, Ajakaye, Afolabi, 18 others for World Cup
sportinglife.ng Sep 23, 2022 2:25 PM

Head Coach Bankole Olowookere has selected team captain Alvine Dah-Zossu, midfield jewel Taiwo Afolabi and top scorer Opeyemi Ajakaye as part of Nigeria’s 21-girl squad for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals.

There are also first-choice goalkeeper Faith Omilana, defenders Comfort Folorunsho, Blessing Sunday and Miracle Usani, midfielders Blessing Emmanuel and Chidera Okenwa, and forwards Omowunmi Bello and Yetunde Ayantosho.

Players and officials are scheduled to depart the shores of Nigeria on Monday, 26th September for a 10-day training camp in Turkey, before the delegation will jet off for India from Istanbul on 6th October.

Matches of this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup will take place at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa and the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

Nigeria’s first match of the campaign is against Germany in Goa on Tuesday, 11th October, starting at 8pm India time (4pm Nigeria time). The Flamingos will then square up to New Zealand on Friday, 14th October also in Goa, before flying to Bhubaneswar to take on Chile on Monday, 17th October.

Since the competition was launched in New Zealand 14 years ago, Nigeria has only once been absent at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup – the 2018 finals staged in Uruguay.

21 FLAMINGOS FOR FIFA WORLD CUP:

Goalkeepers: Faith Omilana; Linda Jiwuaku; Jessica Inyiama

Defenders: Olamide Oyinlola; Josephine Edafe; Comfort Folorunsho; Miracle Usani; Tumininu Adeshina; Blessing Sunday; Alase Attervall; Immaculata Offiong

Midfield: Chidera Okenwa; Blessing Emmanuel; Mary Aderemi; Bisola Mosaku; Taiwo Afolabi

Forward: Omowunmi Bello; Opeyemi Ajakaye; Edidiong Etim; Alvine Dah-Zossu; Yetunde Ayantosho

GROUP A: India, USA, Morocco, Brazil

GROUP B: Germany, Nigeria, Chile, New Zealand

GROUP C: Spain, Colombia, Mexico, China

GROUP D: Japan, Tanzania, Canada, France

TheSuperNerd:
I love Iheanacho but he really seems to have developed a reputation for coming late to camp in previous recent international windows.

Taking Seniorman things a bit too far.

Exactly! This is his first meeting with Peseiro and he wants to leave a bad impression of himself.

I alao noticed that Emmanuel Dennis too pulled out due to i'njury'?

TheSuperNerd:
Super Eagles Camp Pre-Algeria Friendly

Update! 21 players in camp now. Okoye, Ekong, Omeruo, Awaziem, Aina, Bassey, Sanusi, Akpoguma, Ozornwafor, Ndidi, Onyeka, Iwobi, Onyedika, Simon, Awoniyi, Ejuke, Dessers, Moffi, Lookman, Adebayo, Saviour.

Expected: Uzoho, Duru, Iheanacho.

#SoarSuperEagles

Courtesy: @NGSuperEagles Twitter.

How come Ndidi left Iheanacho @ Leicester? Only him waka come?

It seems Super Eagles will play two friendly matches with Algeria. One with their home based team and the other with their main team.

Deltamani:
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IF UNCLE LUCKY WAS TASKED TO PICK THE FINAL 23 WORLD CUP SUPERFALCON SQUAD..

FULL SQUAD (23 PLAYERS)

GOALKEEPERS:
1. Chiamaka Nnadozie
2. Tochukwu Oluehi
3. Yewande Balogun

DEFENDERS:
4. Onome Ebi
5. Osinachi Ohale
6. Ashleigh Plumptre
7. Oluwatosin Demehin
8. Michelle Alozie
9. Nicole Payne
10. Ramat Imuran

MIDFIELDERS
11. Halimatu Ayinde
12. Christy Ucheibe
13. Ngozi Okobi
14. Regina Otu
15. Onyi Echegini
16. Tony Payne


FORWARDS/STRIKERS:
17. Desire Oparanozie
18. Asisat Oshoala
19. Esther Okoronkwo
20. Francisca Ordega
21. Rasheedat Ajibade
22. Uchenna Kanu
23. Ifeoma Onumonu

STANDBY PLAYERS
1.Onyinyechi Okeke (GK)
2.Glory Ogbonna
3.Patricia George
4.Onyinyechi Zogg
5.peace Efih
6.Deborah Abeodun
7.Monday Gift
8.Flourish Sabastine

Your views ?�

Why did you neglect Nicole Payne and Esther Onyenezide?
Patricia George and Peace Efih should not be on standby ooo

BOOOMNAIJA:
The problem we have in Nigerian football is ignorance of administrators... people who know nothing about d sport running our football.

These people look up to Patrick paschal and Salisu Yusuf as d right personnel to suggest players to foreign coaches who don't know any Nigerian player they can call up in d first place.

Imagine a Salisu Yusuf being d person who suggests players to foreign coaches for invitation... now Compare this scenario to when we have someone like sunday oliseh or Seyi olofinjana or even peterside Idah being at d helm of affairs of d NFF...people like Salisu Yusuf would not even smell that position they currently enjoy.

The NFF elections has been zoned to the north so don't expect Oliseh, Olofinjana or Idah.

Alfryd:
lookman is invited
Alhasan, adeleye Gk, Ekpiteta of Blackpool is invited too

Thank God Lookman is on that list ooo.
Who is this Ekpiteta again?

TheSuperNerd:
I think it's a good thing we are missing the World Cup. We would have gone there and just disgraced ourselves with Eguavoen still leading the team.

Painful as missing it felt, I think being spared the disgrace in the long run is better and gives us a chance to really look at our team and build something really good. Let's hope Jose Peseiro and the team achieve that. Coz it's in their hands more than anyone else's.


As for the bolded... Woah. I wonder where you heard or read this. Shocking if true.

Wow! Nerdie! Longest time!

I am still of the view that we would have made an impact at Qatar with our resurgent, youth, talented and vibrant team. My only fear would have been our goalkeeping department.

This world cup Nigeria will miss is actually very painful. How did our football degenerate to this shallow extent? Aaaahhh!

Meanwhile I just read that Lookman may be axed from the friendly with Algeria because he bluntly refused to be substituted in the 10-0 Guinea Bissau game and Moses Simon was substituted instead. I heard that act didn't go down well with Oga Peseiro.

Deltamani:
When you’re talking about Midfield remember their various pressing and defensive duties sha!

Nnadozie

Alozie. Ohale Plumptre. Imuran

Ayinde. Ucheibe
Lopez. Payne

Kanu. Ajibade

lovewins:
Vicky Lopez is getting some attention from the Nigerian Media and rightly so. I think it's time for an invitation to be extended to her. We shouldn't wait for her to get an offer too good to refuse from the Spanish federation

NFF please invite this girl. Just picture her in midfield with Ucheibe and Tony Payne. That midfield will be awesome

lovewins:
Imuran in my opinion has made a serious case for LB position. Until someone else proves otherwise, she should be considered first for that role moving forward.

When I watched her at the U20 world cup, I knew she was gifted. We also need to see more of Onyene-Zidane according to Supernerd

fabyom:
What a goallllll!!! Superb Kanuuuuu! Falcons equalizeeee@!

Game ended 2-1 to the USA but we lost gallantly. But Randy must go after NFF elections on 30th September. We are tired of his poor technicality. Next friendly for Falcons is in October with Japan.

Samueltemi337:
1 nill already

Please which TV station is airing the match

On the African scene;
Super Eagles nightmare is Ghana
Super Falcons nightmare is South Africa

Was Harmony Achifula’s Exclusion From Flamingos Squad Deliberate?
imotrumpeta.com

Harmony Achifula is a name conspicuously absent from the recent list of 35 players released by coach Bankole to fight for places in the final squad to Under-17 women’s world cup in India in October.

To say she took the Women’s Nationwide league (Nigeria’s female division 3 league) by storm will be a huge understatement; Harmony Achifula, 16 years old, flooded football pitches with breath-taking goals and all round resplendent center forward play in her division and her best is definitely yet to come.

Her pristine and polished performances in her league and low level cup competitions won rave reviews from the following media houses and online platforms: Punch Newspaper, Imo Trumpeta, Sports 247 NG, Remotv.com to mention a few.

Many pundits are already referring to her as the next Asisat Oshoala. But personally, I think they are getting carried away. Performances in division three football aren’t enough for me to make such a bold statement but I think the young lady has a huge, tantalizing future in front of her if her career trajectory and her own decisions and applications continue to navigate her productivity in the right direction.

For the moment, the teen sensation emphatically powered her club, Imo Striker Queens, to the NWFL Championship (the second tier of women’s league) this year, scoring a jaw dropping 10 goals in four games in the Nationwide league in Benin City.

Aside from emerging as top scorer in the promotion competition, she was also voted as the unanimous Most Valuable Player due to the maturity with which she approached her game and the class, quality, beauty and finesse she brought to bear, all of which suggested she would embrace higher level football with consummate ease.

The quality of her output also earned Achifula a cash grant of N200,000 as grants from LIS (Ladies In Sports Organisers).

So, why was Achifula excluded from coach Bankole’s recently released U-17 women’s list for October’s cadet women’s world cup in India?

Nigeria is blessed with many untapped resources in women’s football; Harmony Achifula is just one of them and one of many left out in this U-17 squad.

Also, as much as I wouldn’t want to diminish the level of league where Achifula recently thrived – she is just 16 years old – but her achievements would have been more difficult for Bankole to ignore had it been in the NWFL (division 2).

So, now that Harmony Achifula has gained promotion to the NWFL, it will be nothing short of criminal if she isn’t included in the Falconets squad for next year’s qualifiers for the 2024 Under-20 women’s world cup (provided she is fit and firing on all scoring cylinders).

But what is undeniable is that Harmony’s recent achievements and the league she accomplished these laudable outputs arguably came too early for national team handlers particularly as there are copious talents to pick from across the country and in diaspora.

But, with hard work, dedication, focus, commitment, proper guidance and good decision making, Harmony Achifula may well be the next Mercy Idoko, Flourish Sabastine or Esther Onyenezide.

It is way too early and much too premature for me to even attempt to compare her with the humongous Asisat Oshoala at this stage, Harmony has a long, long way to go yet (and many people to convince and many obstacles to overcome) to even attain the level of the recent U-20 Falconets strikers.

Meanwhile, three (3) members of Heartland Queens Football Club of Owerri were invited to participate in the ongoing preparations towards the Under 17 female world cup scheduled to hold in India come October 2022.

The players who will train alongside 32 others are, Onyechere Uchechi ( Goal keeper ) , Ekezie Dikachi ( Defender ) and Lucky Mary ( Attacker )

Recall that the three players actively participated in the last National Women Football League ( NWFL ) That earned the Heartland Queens Football Club a well deserved promotion to the premiership .

In a Press Statement released to Sports Journalists by the Head Coach Mr Bankole Olowokere , he stated that quality players drawn from various club sides have been formally invited to put on Nigeria’s National Colours at the forthcoming Under 17 global female football fiesta to be hosted by India in the last quarter of year 2022 .

Under the Captainship of Alvin Dah– Zossu ( first choice goalkeeper) , other invited players are; Faith Omilano , miracle Usani , Blessing Sunday , Comfort Folorunsho Tumuninu Adeshina as goal keepers .

Blessing Emmanuel and Taiwo Afolabi as Midfielders while forward liners Opeyemi Ajakaiye and Aminat Bello are also amongst those invited to report with their training kits at the Serob Legacy Hotel Abuja latest 30th August , 2022 without fail, their International Passport and medical certification are inclusive .

In their qualifying matches, the Flamingos subdued their opponents from DR. Congo, Egypt and Ethiopia and won five out of six soccer encounters .

Deltamani:
SUPER FALCONS FOR FRIENDLIES WITH USA:

Goalkeepers:
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC, France);
Christy Ohiaeriaku (Edo Queens)

Defenders:
Nicole Payne (USC Women Soccer USA);
Glory Ogbonna (ALG Spor, Turkey);
Osinachi Ohale (Deportivo Alaves, Spain);
Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash, USA);
Akudo Ogbonna (Edo Queens);
Oluwatosin Demehin (Rivers Angels)
Rofiat Imuran (Rivers Angels)

Midfielders:
Jennifer Echegini (Florida State University, USA);
Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal);
Toni Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain);
Amanda Mbadi Uju (Atasehir Belediyespor, Turkey);
Deborah Abiodun (Rivers Angels)
Esther Onyenezide (FC Robo Queens)

Forwards:
Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid, Spain);;
Uchenna Kanu (Tigres Femenil, Mexico);
Vivian Ikechukwu (WFC Gintra, Lithuania);
Ifeoma Onumonu (NY/NJ Gotham FC, USA);
Gift Monday (Bayelsa Queens);

No uncle Rita Wow...
I thought Gift Monday is with Bayelsa Queens at the WAFU B cup?

Deltamani:
FIFA U-20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

Matchday 3, Group D:
USA 1-3 JAPAN
⚽0 - 1 55' M. Matsukubo(�️ Y. Yamamoto)
⚽0 - 2 67' S. Koyama(�️ A. Fujino)
⚽1 - 2 70' S. Jackson (�️ A. Thompson)
⚽1 - 3 84' H. Tabata(�️ I. Nagae)

NETHERLANDS 4-1 GHANA
⚽1 - 0 28' L. Rijsbergen
⚽2 - 0 51' Z. Henry
⚽2 - 1 53' D. Boaduwaa (�️ M. Abdulai)
⚽3 - 1 65' L. Rijsbergen (�️ K. Everaerts)
⚽4 - 1 84' M. Auée (PK)



JPN 9pts +5
NED 6pts +5
USA 3pts -2
GHA 0pts -8

#FIFAU20WWC
#USAJPN

How are the mighty falling

That our defense is tight. You see Imuran, Demehin, Oshobukola and Alani- We should quickly move them to the falcons.
Esther Onyenezide
Flourish Sebastian

I doff my hat for you girls

God bless the Falconets

Germany has suffered their first defeat in Costa Rica 2022 0-1 to Colombia.

Let's go Falconets

Deltamani:
The quality of play wasn’t up to what i expected, the Superfalcons have a chance, We have got Pace, Power, individual brilliance, Athleticism as a whole, I just hope the Coaches play their own part well..

Please apart from Flourish Sebastian and Oluwatosin Demehin, who are the stand out players (players to watch out for) in this Falconets' team

lovewins:
Ademola Lookman to Atlanta done

I hope Atalanta will not deprive him of AFCON as Napoli is doing to Africans

What of our U20 Falconets? No news of whether they have left for Costa Rica? What's NFF up to? The U20 FIFA women world cup starts this week.

Deltamani:
Full Time

France 4:0 Ghana

The Black Princesses lose their friendly match as they prepare towards the U20 Womens World Cup

And we are meeting France in our first game. May God help us ooo

Schemerkhiz:
While the WAFCON finals is on going in Morocco, an integral member of the Super Falcons said if the Super Falcons are to do anything meaningful at the world Cup then Randy must be sacked, she also made it clear that Super Falcons in the next 2 years under Randy Waldrum's leadership will be the worse team in Africa.

"Super Falcons in the next 2 years under Randy leadership will be the worse team in Africa, The NFF are so comfortable with Randy, that man is here to destroy this team, we don’t learn anything from training, what ever show we put up on the field is because we’re good individually and we understand the task "

The Falcon also echoed the thoughts of many Nigerians that the American college coach has added nothing to the most successful team in women's football in Africa.
"We have very good players (individually) but no coach to make us a better team" .
The Falcon told me in an exclusive chat. Una say wahala be like wetin again ?

Wahala wear rain coat ooo. Pinnick has killed Nigerian football. Bring back our Florence Omagbemi or Eucharia Uche

So our senior teams did not win anything this year except for world cup qualification for falcons. NFF must invest in age grade football. They are the ones impressing.

Next month, the U20 FIFA women world cup kicks off and there are reports that the NFF has abandoned the Falconets in Abuja that they are stranded, trekking from their hotel to their training pitch at Abuja because no fuel for the team bus to run while Pinnick, Mohammed Sanusi and co are catching cruise in Morocco. So pathetic!

The Falconets face France on August 12 in Costa Rica and no quality friendly match on ground.

We were never ready for this competition. We only got into the game when we lost to South Africa. So without Ajibade, Oshoala, Ayinde no creativity. Randy must go

If we survive this game, we thank God.

hatakekakashi:
You stay at Lagos?

No sir