Nigeria U20 Coach Aigbogun Reveals Exact Reason Why Dele-Bashiru Was Substituted Vs USA
Published: May 28, 2019
Flying Eagles coach Paul Aigbogun has explained why Tom Dele-Bashiru was substituted in the 31st minute of his side's 2-0 loss to United States in a FIFA U20 World Cup clash on Monday evening. It was a move that shocked everyone and there had been speculation that the Manchester City midfielder suffered an injury, b...
Chelsea-Owned Striker Abraham Responds To Question About His Aston Villa Future
Published: May 28, 2019
Nigeria-eligible striker Tammy Abraham has refused to rule out extending his stay at Aston Villa. The England U21 international was one of the key players as Villa secured promotion to the Premier League by beating Derby County in the Championship play-off final, scoring 26 goals in 40 appearances over the course o...
Ex-Manchester United Midfielder Must Improve To Become A Celebrated Star In Dream Team VII
Published: May 28, 2019
Former Manchester United midfielder, Tosin Kehinde pledged his international future to Nigeria in 2018 after meeting with Gernot Rohr in London.His decision to commit his future to Nigeria was a great one because the West African side presents him better opportunities to have a successful international career than Engl...
U20 World Cup : Five Things We Learned From Flying Eagles Loss To United States
Published: May 27, 2019
Izuchukwu Okosi presents five takeaways from Monday's 2-0 defeat of Nigeria's U20 side to the United States. 1. Flying Eagles Defending Was AbjectThe Flying Eagles had a game to forget as the USA ran them ragged with their tireless movements at the Bielsko-Biala stadium.The Nigerian defenders had a poor game and lef...
Flying Eagles Player Ratings Vs USA : Dele-Bashiru Struggles; Aliu Not Rated; Utin Checkmated; Effiom Passenger; Offia Ineffective
Published: May 27, 2019
The Flying Eagles lost 2-0 to USA in their second group game of the U-20 World Cup on Monday. Allnigeriasoccer.com runs the rule on the players in action thus : The Starters GoalkeeperOrewale Oremade: Had to scramble behind a Tim Weah's shot with barely 20 minutes into the clash.Had no answer to either of Sebastien...
USA 2 Nigeria 0 : Soto Brace Helps The Stars and Stripes Beat Disappointing Flying Eagles
Published: May 27, 2019
Nigeria fell to a 2-0 defeat against the United States of America in their second Group D game of the 2019 U-20 World Cup at the Bielsko-Biała Stadium on Monday evening.Paul Aigbogun made just one change from the starting XI that trounced Qatar last time out, with Jerome Akor replacing Tijani Muhammad upfront.It was t...
Man City's Dele-Bashiru, IK Sirius' Offia Start As Aigbogun Unveils Starting XI Vs USA U20
Published: May 27, 2019
Flying Eagles manager Paul Aigbogun has announced his starting line-up for the national team's second Group D fixture at the ongoing FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland.Aigbogun has opted to name Olawale Oremade as the starting goalkeeper for the second straight game, meaning Detan Ogundare and Jonathan Zaccala will watch on ...
Abraham Leads Aston Villa Attack To Grab Premier League Ticket Against Tomori's Derby County
Published: May 27, 2019
Tammy Abraham and his on loan club Aston Villa on Monday picked up a promotion ticket to the English Premier League for the 2019/2020 season with a 2-1 win over Derby County that paraded another England youth international with Nigerian heritage Fikayo Tomori.Both players were in action for 90 minutes and gave good acc...
France Ahead Of Nigeria, England In Race For Ex-Chelsea Youth Team Playmaker
Published: May 27, 2019
Highly-rated Reading FC midfielder Michael Olise is poised to make his international debut early next month after receiving a call-up to the French national team for the prestigious 2019 Toulon Tournament. The former Chelsea youth-teamer has opted to represent France at the tournament though he is eligible to turn o...
Why Juventus Defender Iweru Should Seek A Loan Move This Summer
Published: May 27, 2019
Paolo Gozzi Iweru made his first-team debut for Juventus against SPAL last month, becoming the youngest player to feature for the Serie A champions in the 2018-19 campaign in the process. Despite showing promising defensive abilities on his debut, the 18-year-old star might need to leave the Turin outfit this summer ...
Three Nigeria-Eligible Players Named In England Squad For U21 EURO; No Place For Lookman
Published: May 27, 2019
England U21 manager, Aidy Boothroyd on Monday revealed his squad for this summer's European U21 Championship finals, naming three players of Nigerian descent on his roster. Chelsea duo Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori who both enjoyed glittering campaigns with Aston Villa and Derby County respectively as well as Bo...
U20 World Cup: Barcelona Super Kid Who Admires Messi Reveals USA's Plan To Beat Nigeria
Published: May 27, 2019
There will be no margin for errors when the United States take on the Flying Eagles at the 2019 U20 World Cup on Monday evening after they lost their opening game to Ukraine. One of the key players for the United States side is Barcelona winger Konrad De La Fuente, who admires the best player on the planet Lionel M...
'He Called Himself The Special One'- Chelsea Legend Babayaro Names The Best Manager He's Ever Played For
Published: May 27, 2019
Former Nigeria international Celestine Babayaro played under world class managers during his illustrious playing career and has rated Portuguese gaffer Jose Mourinho as the best of the lot. Signed from Anderlecht for a club-record fee for a teenager in 1997, Netherlands legend Ruud Gullit was in the dugout when he f...
Chelsea Legend Mikel Deserves Better Suitors Than Premier League Newbies
Published: May 27, 2019
Former Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi joined Championship side Middlesbrough a free agent  after ending his association with Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda in January, but all his efforts to see that they get promoted to Premier League were fruitless as Tony Pulis men ended in the 7th position.The ambitious midf...
'It Was Not Easy When We Played Them 1989' - Ex-Flying Eagles Star Who Scored Winning Goal Vs USA
Published: May 27, 2019
Former Nigeria international Mutiu Adepoju has a word of caution for Nigeria's U-20 national team, Flying Eagles as they play against USA in their second match of the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup on Monday evening. Adepoju who was one of Nigeria's star players at the Saudi '89 FIFA U-20 World Youth Championship spoke wi...