Enyimba’s coach, Gbenga Ogunbote, later told newsmen that his team played well to earn their victory in the match played at the U.J. Esuene Stadium
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Coach Manu Garba’s wards take a 1-0 lead to their hosts and must at least secure a draw to progress to the third and final round for a place in next year’s continental cadet championship to be held in Madagascar between April 2 to 16, 2017
The Umuahia-based Academy on Wednesday at the NFF\FIFA Goal Project Pitch in Abuja came back from a first half deficit to record their first ever win against the national U-17 side.
He played for Brest, Nantes and Paris Saint Germain and wore 17 caps for France, before coaching Rennes, Lyon, PSG (in France) and Glasgow Rangers (in Scotland)
“This is just the starting point with your selection and you have to be prayerful because there are crucial stages ahead of you,” Garba told the enthusiastic lads on Monday. “You have to pass the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Test to play at this level and having said that, you also have to be disciplined and be ready to work hard.”
It was a visibly sober and sad moment as players and officials yet again mourned the death of another high-ranking football man following the death of Stephen Keshi on Wednesday
“So far, so good and we have been able to pick about 100 players from almost 2000 players we have been able to screen,” stated Garba
Nigeria’s 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning coach, Manu Garba, has again rallied behind the Golden Eaglets’ quest for a successful defence…
Coach Manu Garba again tried out several different formations as he works on the team to start against Korea on Thursday evening in a must-win clash after both teams lost their opening matches
Ewulu said: “We are totally disappointed with the loss, it was never planned for. However, I take full responsibility for it as the goalkeepers trainer. We would definitely correct all the lapses noticed against Brazil and we are begging Nigerians not to lose fate in us
Led by the Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation Technical and Development Committee, Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Fresh, the delegation flew aboard Emirates Airline to Dubai on Sunday and was scheduled to connect a long haul flight to Melbourne from Dubai on Monday morning, before another flight to Auckland (New Zealand’s commercial and economic capital), followed by a 40-minute domestic flight from Auckland to New Plymouth, where the African champions play all Group E matches against Brazil, North Korea and Hungary
Skipper Musa Muhammed, who led the U-17 squad that won for Nigeria a record fourth FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in 2013, is joined by fans’ favourite Taiwo Awoniyi, 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup MVP Kelechi Iheanacho, Spain –based Success Isaac and Enyimba FC’s midfield impressario Kingsley Sokari
The Flying Eagles will meet the winners of Senegal and Mali second semifinal match in the final match on Sunday
The Mountain of Fire and Miracle FC safest pair of hands was issued the marching order in the national U20’s 4-1 win over the Junior Red Devils of Congo in the group stage of the competition
Garba, whose team held their Ivorian counterparts to a two-all draw in the final group game in Mbour on Saturday, stated this a post match conference
Nigeria won the group with seven points from three games, while the Ivorians came second, with Congo failing to beat the hosts, Senegal
Both sides squared up twice in Marrakech, Morocco in the group stage and all the way to the final, the Ivorians won on both occasions
Just as the saying goes that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, the team’s Head Coach, Manu Garba, believes swimming will support the players flexibility on the pitch and also put them in an improved mental state ahead of the remaining games at the African Youth Championship
Ugbade, an assistant coach to the Flying Eagles, was accompanied by the leader of delegation and a member of Nigeria Football Federation technical department, Yusuf, on the mission
The tie holds at the 5,000 capacity Stade Caroline Faye in M’bour on Saturday