The towering frontman scored standout efforts either side of half time to cancel out a leveller from Pepe, as Oscar Tabarez’s charges turned in a memorable defensive showing to reach the last eight of the showpiece tournament.
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Nigeria were dumped out of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after they lost 2-1 to Argentina at Saint Petersburg, Russia.
An official of the Nigeria Football Federation who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria on condition of enormity said more fans may not be able to watch the match due to scarcity of tickets.
The reigning champions lost 1-0 to Mexico in their opening match, and have not lost back-to-back matches in the same World Cup finals since 1958 – when they lost to Sweden in the semi-final and France in the third-place match.
World football governing body FIFA, the Russia 2018 Local Organising Committee and the Russia 2018 Host Cities who announced this on Friday said they were thrilled about this development.
“My beard? It was a joke with [Ricardo] Quaresma, we were in the sauna and I was shaving, I left a goatee and told him if I scored vs Spain I won’t shave it until the end of the World Cup.
This was at the invitation of the Chairperson of the Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko.
Here are 10 things that he spoke about.
Agu-Ejidike on Tuesday told the News Agency of Nigeria that the Super Eagles should play a more compatible style against Iceland on June 22.
He said in Lagos that in spite of the Eagles’ 0-2 loss to Croatia, the team could still make something out of the Group D.
Mexico put everything into a relentless first-half display which saw Hirving Lozano give his nation the lead and although Germany came on strong after the break, Juan Carlos Osorio’s team held on to register a famous win to give themselves every chance of progressing from Group F.
The Central American side, now led by coach Oscar Ramirez, reached the quarter-finals in Brazil four years ago, but were undone by some memorable quality from Kolarov, whose set-piece capped off a functional showing from the Orlovi in the city of Samaras.
Temer made this statement of support when Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, paid him a courtesy visit in Brasilia.
Dogara made the call in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, on Friday in Abuja.
The Super Eagles must from the blast of the whistle, play as a functional cohesive unit against the Vatreni to stand a chance of getting a victory or a draw against the equally ambitious Eastern European team. A draw will even suffice.
Uruguay were far from their best throughout at the Ekeratinburg Arena and it looked as though a series of wasted chances from record-scorer Luis Suarez would prove costly for the Group A favourites.
The Albiceleste have defeated the West Africans in all their previous meetings at the tournament, but in November they went down 4-2 to Gernot Rohr’s side in a friendly tie.
Following a 30-minute opening ceremony, which will feature Robbie Williams and Ronaldo, Russia will look to start the tournament with a morale-boosting victory in Group A.
Egypt’s Competition Authority said FIFA, being the sole organisation able to grant broadcasting rights for the World Cup, was in violation of Egyptian freedom of competition laws, the official gazette said on Tuesday.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that Awani’s identity was revealed by a social commentator Freedom Atsepoyi aka ‘Mr Jollof’.
The request for the details are contained in three separate applications signed by MRA’s Executive Director, Edetaen Ojo, dated June 8, 2018 and addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung; and the President of the Nigerian Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 2011.