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El delantero argentino naturalizado mexicano Rogelio Funes Mori debutó el sábado con la selección de fútbol de con un gol en el triunfo de 4-0 que el “Tri” registró sobre Nigeria en partido de preparación para la Copa Oro. Gerardo “Tata” Martino convocó el jueves a Funes Mori para encabezar el ataque de México en la Copa Oro, dos semanas después de que el jugador del club Monterrey concluyó su trámite de naturalización. En el partido disputado en el estadio Memorial Coliseum de Los Ángeles, California, Funes Mori anotó su primer gol con la selección mexicana a los cuat...

With foreign-based Super Eagles players unavailable for the friendly against Mexico in Los Angeles due to their involvement in pre-season training with their various clubs, home-based players have therefore been drafted for the encounter against El Tri. The onus is therefore on the local players, who will be led by former Nigeria U-20 Coach Paul Aigbogun, to prove to senior national team manager, Gernot Rohr that he has all the while been making a grave mistake by ignoring them. However, if travel arragements went well, the Franco-German may still lead the team, writes Kunle Adewale Former Ni...

Translate INVITATION TO SUPER EAGLES TEAM A: Rohr places more hurdles for home-based players On Kindly Share This Story: Enyimba winger Anayo Iwuala in action for the Super Eagles of Nigeria against Benin Rep. in their Group L AFCON 2021 qualifiers in Porto-Novo Although Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has expressed satisfaction with the performance of the three home-based players invited to the Super Eagles squad that defeated Benin and Lesotho, namely goalkeeper John Noble, Anayo Iwuala (both Enyimba), and Adekunle Adeleke (Abia Warriors), he has said that invitations w...

Rohr has expressed his satisfaction with the displays from his side during the campaign and promised fans they will see the Super Eagles play more good football. “It was a good result to win 3-0 against Lesotho. We did not concede a goal and we wanted to be more solid after our two games in November [against Sierra Leone],” Rohr told the media. “We did two clean sheets it is good for the team’s stability. To also score four goals was also interesting. We recorded four wins and two draws, same as we did for the [2018] World Cup qualifiers.

  Abia Warriors have beaten Sunshine Stars 4-1 to record their first victory in the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League season. The matchday eight fixture played at the Okigwe stadium witnessed the goalscoring quality of a rejuvenated Warriors team. Fatai Abdullahi opened scoring in the 16th minute, curling home a nice freekick to give the Warriors the lead. Five minutes later, Emmanuel Ugwuka’s header made it two for coach Imama Amapakabo’s team. It would have been three quick goals but Adekunle Adeleke’s effort at goal came off the cross bar. Abia Warriors took the 2-0 lea...