Speaking after the match, Abdullahi Bura, Head Coach of Wikki Tourists, expressed his happiness at his team’s performance
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Amapakabo gave the assurance following the club’s 18th spot on the NPFL log, with six points after eight matches.
The unveiling of the new coach was performed at the Umuahia Township Stadium, Umuahia on Wednesday
Bosso made the assertion against the backdrop of raging criticism trailing the Nigeria Football Federation’s recent appointment of Yobo as replacement for Imama Amapakabo, an assistant coach of the Super Eagles
Nigeria, champions of the second edition of the competition in Senegal four years ago, will seek to retain their title when the third edition of the championship flags off in Cairo on November 8.
Amapakabo told newsmen after the team’s training session in Abuja that all efforts were being made to ensure the team evolves as necessary.
Midfield maestro Kelechi Nwakali is the latest player to join the camp of Nigeria’s U23 boys, Olympic Eagles, in Abuja as the team intensifies preparations ahead of the 3rd Africa U23 Cup of Nations holding in Egypt early next month.
The CHAN 2020 second leg qualifying match is a game Nigeria must win by at least 3-0 to scale through to the finals billed for Cameroon next year summer, and the former goalkeeper says what the team needs to achieve the ultimate goal is total backing from Nigerians.
Super Eagles’ goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa tops the list, with Nasarawa United’s stormy forward Sunusi Ibrahim and Akwa United’s Ndifreke Effiong, who netted a brace for the U23 team in the 5-0 defeat of Sudan in Asaba in September, also selected.
Imama Amapakabo and his charges have been training at the FIFA Goal Project, National Stadium, Abuja since returning from their expedition at the WAFU/FOX Cup of Nations in Senegal last week.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Super Eagles B team are expected to trade tackles against the Sparrow Hawks on Sunday.
As a way of preparing the U23 boys for the 3rd U23 AFCON finals holding in Egypt from November 8 to 22, for which the team qualified after defeating Libya and Sudan in qualifiers, the Nigeria Football Federation has decided that the U23 squad, without the overseas-based professionals but with a number of home-based Trojans added, prosecute the CHAN qualifying fixture
The football governing body, in a statement noted that Yusuf has fully served the suspension clamped on him last year.
Nigeria enjoyed better possession in the early minutes of the first half, but they failed to take their chances
Head Coach Imama Amapakabo has picked team captain Azubuike Okechukwu, forwards Stephen Odey and Taiwo Awoniyi and 15 other players for Thursday’s U23 AFCON final round qualifying, first leg battle against Sudan in Omdurman.
Ademola Olajire, Head of Communications Department at the Nigeria Football Federation, said in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday that the players included team captain Azubuike Okechukwu.
Super Eagles’ captain, Ahmed Musa, has charged the U23 National Team, Olympic Eagles, to go all out and make the nation proud as the team intensified preparations for the final round of this year’s U23 AFCON qualifiers against Sudan.
The Olympic Eagles are away to Khartoum for the first leg of the fixture on September 6, before hosting the Sudanese at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba four days later.
Lagos-based Mountain of Fire and Miracles FC on Sunday recorded another home win, this time over visiting Bendel Insurance FC with 2-0.
Head Coach Imama Amapakabo has called to camp 33 players ahead of next month’s Africa U23 Cup of Nations qualifying fixture between Nigeria and Libya.