A certain person has for long been parading himself as the 1994 African Footballer of the Year on Facebook but Amuneke said it was nothing but a fictitious account since he’s not on any social media
for that matter
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The former Zamalek and Barcelona winger actually stopped the lads in the middle of a trek around their Sheraton Dreamland camp on Thursday to remind them about the importance of the task at hand
Drawn bye into the second round of the qualifiers, the Nigerian Under-17 national team was originally scheduled to meet the overall winner of the first round fixture between Congo DR and Burundi, but the latter, according to the continental soccer governing body, CAF, has withdrawn from the competition
The team welcomes new recruits who scaled through the screening hurdle as well as proper documentation following almost one month of intensive exercise
Amuneke was quoted as saying he would be the last person to compromise his hard-earned reputation
Speaking to the ‘old boys’ who won bronze medals at the recently concluded WAFU B Tournament in Togo along with other prospectives, Amuneke said the separating of the wheat from the chaff is an ongoing process until a final list is compiled
Golden Eaglets’ second half substitute, Suleiman Abdullahi, cancelled Benin’s Adaomu Nassiru early minute lead and a winner did not emerge in regulation and extra time
Udofia said the spurious report posted on the bogus website, allnigeriasoccer.com, that Amuneke was slapped by a certain Henry Galeano over the transfer package of Kelechi Iheanacho to Manchester City was a mere figment of imagination of the reporter
The eagerly anticipated match fixed for 2:30pm local time (3:30pm Nigerian time) at Stade Municipal, would be Golden Eaglets’ first match at the tournament following last minute withdrawal of Niger, which they would have met on Saturday
Speaking on the lessons of Easter amongst other things, Udofia said his choice of topic – Being Thankful – for the occasion was apt in view of what the team has went through
The new Under-17 team being put together by the former African Footballer of the Year is just two weeks old but they showed a sterner stuff against the well-structured famous Abuja soccer Academy
The former Super Eagles’ winger added that the present Golden Eaglets are still being built
Gabriel Adewale, who is attached to Dynamics FC in Ekiti, said the training regimen is not a child’s play, adding that the standard he met on ground was very high
Ejuke was back 10 minutes later when he rode through the Falcons’ defence for his second goal of the day to end the first half 2-0 in favour of the budding Eaglets
Interested players are to report from Tuesday with a caveat that they would be responsible for their personal upkeep since they were not initially invited by the coaching crew when the exercise took off last Thursday
The former Super Eagles winger made the declaration on Thursday in Ilorin in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
This disclosure was made by the head of the NFF’s technical committee, Emmanuel Ikpeme
Sweden, who qualified for the first time, opened their account in the 28-year-old competition with a heart-pumping 4-1 defeat of fellow new comers, Iraq
The former African Footballer of the Year, who could not be part of the Golden Eaglets’ screening exercise for new players at the NFF/FIFA Goal Project in Abuja, said the course, conducted under the auspices of the European football governing body, UEFA, and the Spanish Football Federation, is refreshingly different and challenging