The Golden Eaglets completed a fine weekend for Nigerian football with a 3-0 win against a determined Guinean side in their second round-first leg 2013 African Under-17 qualifiers
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It may sound unbelievable but it is true: The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon have been eliminated from the 2013 African Cup to be hosted by South Africa by lowly rated Cape Verde.
Nigeria thus qualified on 8-3 goal aggregate
The qualifiers saw England humiliate San Marino 5-0 while Argentina defeated Uruguay 3-0
While the Super Eagles take on the Lone Star of Liberia in a 2013 African Cup of Nations final qualifying match on Saturday, the Golden Eaglets will take on the U-17 National Team of Guinea in a 2013 African U-17 Championship second round, first leg match
The Sun team has vowed to cage the Thisday team in the final match
The decision was reached at a meeting of the management held on Wednesday night in Abuja and presided over by the club proprietor, Senator Bukola Saraki
Among the matches that will draw attention in the World Cup qualifiers are those between Bulgaria and Denmark, Russia and Portugal and Argentina and Uruguay
Yobo’s knee was said to have swollen up after he played 70 minutes for his Turkish side at the weekend
The Confederation of African Football has picked South African match officials to take charge of the crucial game, with school teacher, Daniel Bennett, at the centre
Sunday’s match at the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar is the first leg of a second round fixture in the race for qualification for next year’s continental finals in Morocco
Shorunmu called on Nigerians to always support the team and not to put the blame of any mishap in games at the doorstep of only the goalkeepers
Already, the Super Eagles are in Calabar, Cross River State, putting finishing touches to preparations for Saturday’s cracker, which is delicately poised after both teams ended the first leg 2-2 in Monrovia on September 8
Adepoju, who joined the Ibadan-based side four years ago, has been at loggerheads with the management of the team on certain issues
Keshi also spoke on the arrival of his army of European based professionals, revealing for the umpteenth time that he has the promise of all of them to be in Calabar by Tuesday at the latest
The Flying Eagles Coach, John Obuh, commended the resilience of the South Africans
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