Rohr Names Seven Experienced And Important Super Eagles Players For World Cup
Published: March 14, 2018
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has listed seven important and experienced players he plans to name on the 23-man roster for the World Cup.Of the seven players the German tactician mentioned, five in the shape of Obi Mikel, Victor Moses, Alex Iwobi, William Troost-Ekong and Ahmed Musa are currently playing for or have r...
Aina Receives Good Rating From Championship Coach After Win Against Ipswich Town
Published: March 14, 2018
Super Eagles right back Ola Aina has received praises from his Hull City manager Nigel Adkins following his superb contributions in the club's 3-0 away win over Ipswich Town on Tuesday night.Markus Henriksen, Harry Wilson and Jarod Bowen were on the score sheet for the Tigers.It was Aina's 35th Championship game of the...
Nigeria Coach Thomas Dennerby Spies On South Africa In Cyprus : I Know How They Play
Published: March 14, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Nigeria national women's football team head coach, Thomas Dennerby, was among the spectators that watched the Cyprus Women's Cup in March. Ahead of the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, the Swedish manager was physically present in Cyprus to run the rule over the South Afri...
Iceland FA Boss Warns Nigeria, Group D Foes: Two Years Ago We Surprised The World At Euro 2016
Published: March 14, 2018
The president of the Icelandic Football Association Guðni Bergsson is confident that the national team can repeat the success of two years ago and qualify for the knockout rounds of the 2018 World Cup.At the 2016 European Championship in France, Iceland advanced to the knockout phase without losing any of their Group ...
Echiejile Declares Himself Fit For Friendlies After Illness; Etebo, Ebuehi & Obi Battling To Be Fit
Published: March 14, 2018
Monaco loanee Elderson Echiejijle has declared himself fit for Nigeria's upcoming friendlies against Poland and Serbia amid uncertainty surrounding his availability for both matches in Europe later this month.The Cercle Brugge left-back was conspicuously missing from the team's match day squads in the Championship Game...
Bristol City's Iceland Defender Compliments Nigeria : They Have Good And Strong Players
Published: March 13, 2018
Bristol City's Iceland international Hörður Björgvin Magnússon has complimented the Nigerian team ahead of the 2018 World Cup, saying that they have good and strong players.The central defender is confident that he'll make the starting line-up for the Nordic country when they face Nigeria, having gone the distance ...
Rohr Receives Injury Update On Ebuehi And His Worst Fears Are Confirmed
Published: March 13, 2018
Tyronne Ebuehi faces a race against time to recover from an injury he sustained in ADO Den Haag's last match in the Dutch Eredivisie against NAC Breda, ahead of Nigeria's friendlies against Poland and Serbia.The injury report provided by ADO Den Haag on Tuesday afternoon is not too encouraging, with the Dutch club conf...
Nigeria's Best-Ever RB Advises Eagles : Don't Leave Defending Duties Only To Ekong, Balogun
Published: March 13, 2018
USA 1994 World Cup star Austin Eguavoen has advised that the Super Eagles players should not leave defensive duties only to the defenders in the team during the 2018 World Cup.The right-back, who was selected as the number two in the Legends XI at last month's NFF Awards, wants manager Gernot Rohr to keep working on th...
Ex-Eagles Coach Eguavoen To Mikel & Co : Beat Croatia, See You In Next Round
Published: March 13, 2018
Former Super Eagles coach Austin Eguavoen has advised the Super Eagles players that beating Croatia in their first game at the 2018 World Cup will be a key factor in the team qualifying for the last sixteen of the competition.The retired Nigeria international also recommended that manager Gernot Rohr should consider ro...
CSKA Loanee Samuel: Rohr In Touch With Me, Idowu & Ogude Worthy Of Playing At World Cup
Published: March 12, 2018
Left-back Brian Idowu is the only Nigerian player in the ranks of Amkar Perm called up by manager Gernot Rohr for the upcoming friendlies against Poland and Serbia, but his teammate Aaron Samuel has stated that himself and Fegor Ogude are equally worthy of playing at the 2018 World Cup.The CSKA Moscow loanee stressed t...
Samson Siasia: NFF Will Run To Me After World Cup, They Have Killed Their Best Coaches
Published: March 12, 2018
Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has predicted that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF will run back to him to rescue the country after the 2018 World Cup.The USA 1994 World Cup star humorously accused the NFF of killing their best coaches (in apparent reference to late Amodu Shuaibu and Stephen Keshi) and ins...
QPR Manager On Super Eagles Trainee : He Has Got Some Wonderful Skills
Published: March 12, 2018
Queens Park Rangers boss Ian Holloway reserved special praise for former Super Eagles invitee Eberechi Eze following his performance against Sunderland in the EFL Championship on Saturday afternoon.Eze was the architect behind QPR's 1-0 win over the Black Cats, with the number 30 scoring a brilliant goal on his full l...
Rohr Names The Two Goalkeepers That Won't Make World Cup Squad
Published: March 12, 2018
Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr has strongly hinted that Plateau United netminder Dele Ajiboye and Feirense starlet Dele Alampasu will not be included on the 23-man roster for the 2018 World Cup.The German argued that Alampasu is inactive at his Portuguese club while Ajiboye has not been selected in the latest squad ...
Shocker: Argentina Star Ruled Out Of World Cup After Colliding With Iceland International
Published: March 12, 2018
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's Argentina international Emanuel Mammana has emerged as a doubt to suit up for the South Americans when they tackle the Super Eagles at the 2018 World Cup.The defender had to be stretchered off the Stadion Olimp 2 (Rostov-na-Donu) pitch in the fifth minute of Zenit's Russian Premier League ma...
Rohr Not intimidated By Messi: He Is One Of The Best Players But We Are Not Scared
Published: March 12, 2018
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has declared that the Super Eagles will not be intimidated when they clash with two-time world champions Argentina and Lionel Messi at the 2018 World Cup.The Barcelona superstar has already faced Nigeria twice in Fifa's showpiece event, at South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014, where he nette...