Yobo said that the team defended well and deserved the full points in the highly contested Group F tie decided in Cuiaba, Brazil
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The superstar, who alongside other members of the Super Eagles celebrated the strike with an imaginary baby in his hands, told reporters at the end of the game in Cuiaba that his son and that of Austin Ejide were bestowed the honour
The Big boss said this after guiding the African champions to a one-nil victory over the Dragons of Bosnia in Cuiaba, Brazil on Saturday
Odemwingie completed 52 passes with four shots at goal.
However, though Bosnia looked quiet early on, they should have had the lead in the 21st minute when Edin Džeko slotted a Miralem Pjanić shot beyond Vincent Enyeama, only to see the the offside flag wrongly raised
Of the 26 of the 64 matches by the 32 teams to the ongoing FIFA World Cup, teams have been scoring an average of three goals per match since the start of the ongoing World Cup on June 12
Osaze came off the bench to add bite to the Super Eagles attack against Iran in Sao Paulo
Emenike has seen positive signs in training ahead of Saturday’s clash in Cuiaba as Nigeria plots a much-needed victory
However, the Asian outfit were outstanding and well worthy of a point, which would have been a huge boost to their hopes of progressing to the knockout stages
And Switzerland suffered a major blow two minutes later when they lost key defender, Steve von Bergen, with a severe eye injury inflicted after Olivier Giroud unintentionally hit him with a high boot
The match was Uruguay’s first win at the Mundial after they lost 1-3 to Costa Rica in their opening match
Ibrahim Toure died on Thursday in Manchester, aged only 28, the Ivorian FA said in a statement
Inyama, who is also the Chairman of newly-promoted Globacom Professional League side, Abia Warriors FC of Umuahia, denied rumours that the team and the board had been abandoned by the government
Germany have already stamped their authority on the group with a dominating 4-0 demolition of Portugal.
Speaking in his office in Abuja, the Director-General said there was no iota of truth in the story as Mark and other government officials were not scheduled to stay in Brazil for the duration of the World Cup
Part of the prayer points by both Christians and Muslims are that: Nigeria will emerge victorious against Bosnia and that the world football governing body, FIFA, will not stop the Supporters Club from playing drums and trumpets to cheer their darling team when the team faces Bosnia
It was learnt that the jerseys and t-shirts were produced by the Nigeria Football Supporters Club to spot in cheering the team during tournament in Brazil
Pockets of soccer loving Brazilians dotted the route and the front of the hotel to welcome the African champions
The team had its first training session in Cuiaba later on Thursday at 5:30pm local time, before taking a rest and preparing for the activities of Friday
But with five minutes left on the clock, Steven Gerrard accidentally put the controversial Liverpool striker through and he beat Joe Hart to give the Uruguayans a 2-1 win