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  • Int’l Friendly: CHAN Eagles to face Algeria home based team on September 25

    Int’l Friendly: CHAN Eagles to face Algeria home based team on September 25

    Nigeria’s home based Eagles also known as CHAN Eagles will slug it out in a friendly encounter with the Algeria team on Friday, September 23 in Algiers.

    The international Friendly is meant to serve as preparation for the forthcoming CHAN competition holding in Algeria in January 2023.

    The friendly according to the information on the website of the Algeria Football Association will take place at Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine.

    The Black Galaxies of Ghana qualified ahead of the Home Eagles after winning 5-4 on Penalties, both teams have tied on 2 goals apiece.

    The Nigeria team was beaten in Cape Coast by 2-0 but won the reverse fixture in Abuja by same margin.

    The Algerian home based team will also square up against the Sudan team in another friendly game holding on Thursday, September 29 in Algiers.

     

     

     

  • Algeria 2023: Troost-Ekong calls Eagles in Ghana, declares total support

    Algeria 2023: Troost-Ekong calls Eagles in Ghana, declares total support

    Super Eagles deputy captain, William Troost-Ekong has called the Super Eagles B camp in Ghana to underline his total support for the team as Nigeria battles with Ghana for a place in the 2023 African Nations Championship holding in Algeria. The high-profile game against the Galaxies will kick off at 4pm Ghana time (5pm in Nigeria) in Cape Coast on Sunday.

    The Watford FC of England defender assured that he would be watching the game live. He then volunteered any form of support the team desires to win the all-important home-and-away cracker and grab the ticket.

    Ekong reached out to the players through team captain Tope Olusesi while they were on the flight to Ghana on Friday.

    He said: “Hello captain, this is Ekong and I just want to wish you and the guys and the staff all the best in the game against Ghana. I know it won’t be easy but I believe in you guys.

    “Continue to make us proud. Every time you put on the green and white jerseys, it’s something very special and as players, we can’t be there to support you guys now but we will be watching the match and I am praying for victory for you guys. So, keep working hard like you have been doing; we are following you and I’m following all the news and I will be watching the game and I look forward to meeting with you guys.

     “Wishing you all the best and just know that I am supporting you guys one hundred percent and if there’s anything I can do to help you guys please let me know. Up the Super Eagles! Take care and all the best. Speak with you again soon.”

    The return leg is scheduled for Saturday, 3rd September at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.

  • Algeria 2023: CHAN Eagles off to Cape Coast on Friday

    Algeria 2023: CHAN Eagles off to Cape Coast on Friday

    Nigeria’s contingent to Sunday’s 7th African Nations Championship qualifying match against Ghana will storm the city of Cape Coast on Friday.

    Head Coach Salisu Yusuf and his assistants have been working on 34 invited players for the past few weeks, and a final list of 22 players for the trip and for the return leg in Abuja on Saturday next week will be released just before the squad jets out on Friday morning.

    Sunday’s clash will take place at the Cape Coast Stadium, starting from 4pm Ghana time (5pm Nigeria time).

    The Confederation of African Football has picked Beninoise officials to take charge of the encounter, with Issa Mouhamed as the referee. His compatriots Eric Ulrich Ayimavo will be assistant referee 1, with Koudogbo Kougbemede as assistant referee 2 and Tanisla Ahomlanto as fourth official.

    Prince Kai Saquee from Sierra Leone will be match commissioner while Sanusie Rashid, another Sierra Leonean, will be referee assessor.

    The return leg will hold at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday, 3rd September.

  • CHAN qualifiers: Nigeria, Ghana clash has nothing to do with revenge – Yusuf

    CHAN qualifiers: Nigeria, Ghana clash has nothing to do with revenge – Yusuf

    Super Eagles B Head Coach, Salisu Yusuf has stated unequivocally that the mission of the team is not to avenge the defeat of Nigeria by Ghana on the road to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The coach who took the Eagles B to a silver finish in 2018 in Morocco, said his current team is more concerned about qualifying for Algeria 2023 rather than aim for a ‘revenge.’

    “I won’t say we are seeking to get revenge against Ghana because of what happened with the last game on the road to the Qatar World Cup. We want to win and qualify for the final stage of the competition in Algeria next year. That is basically what we are pursuing.

    “However, if we beat them to the ticket, which we definitely hope to achieve, then whatever description anyone gives it should be a matter of choice,” the coach said after a session at the training pitch of the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.

    The Eagles B have intensified their workouts at the venue on a daily basis. The team played two friendly games against youth teams on Thursday as part of their build-up for the matches billed for 28th August in Cape Coast and 3rd September in Abuja.

    Remo Stars goalkeeper Kayode Bankole joined the team late on Tuesday to keep the number of players still in camp at 34. Bankole was called in as a substitute for injured Victor Sochima of Rivers United.

  • Algeria 2023: Adeyinka’s arrival completes Super Eagles B camp

    Algeria 2023: Adeyinka’s arrival completes Super Eagles B camp

    The arrival of goalkeeper Adeyinka Adewale at the Bolton White Apartments in Abuja on Sunday afternoon has completed the body of invited players to the camp of the Super Eagles B, as Head Coach Salisu Yusuf and his assistants perfect strategies for the African Nations Championship qualifying match against Ghana in a fortnight.

    The Akwa United FC first choice goalkeeper got clearance from the team’s management to sort out a few family matters before joining his teammates. The goalkeeper who was in the Super Eagles A squad for the friendlies against Mexico and Ecuador earlier in the year, as well as the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe in the month of June was full of elan and zest on arrival.

    Head Coach Yusuf on August 8 called to camp 35 players to battle for shirts ahead of the 2023 African Nations Championship qualifying fixture.

    The first set of 31 players arrived at the Bolton White Apartments on Wednesday, 10th August while the other three joined the following day.

    The Eagles B will square up to the Black Galaxies in the first leg in Cape Coast on Sunday, 28th August with the return encounter billed for the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Saturday, 3rd September.

    The winner on aggregate will earn a berth at the 7th African Nations Championship finals to be staged in Algeria early next year.

    The players will resume full training on Monday, 15th August after being allowed rest on Sunday.

    ALL THE PLAYERS IN CAMP:

    Goalkeepers: Victor Sochima (Rivers United); Adeyinka Adewale (Akwa United); Ojo Olorunleke (Enyimba FC); Nathaniel Nwosu (Flying Eagles)

    Defenders: Tope Olusesi (Rangers Int’l); Kazie Enyinnaya (Rivers United); Sani Faisal (Katsina United); Samson Gbadebo (Akwa United); Ebube Duru (Rivers United); Christopher Nwaeze (Akwa United); Isa Ali (Remo Stars); Tosin Adegbite (Enyimba FC); Temple Emekayi (Rivers United); Andrew Ikefe (Plateau United)

    Midfielders: Babatunde Bello (Akwa United); Philip Ozor (Enyimba FC); Maurice Chukwu (Rivers United); Hafeez Nosiru (Kwara United); Zulkifilu Mohammed (Plateau United); Chiamaka Madu (Rivers United); Jide Fatokun (Kwara United); Kenechukwu Agu (Rangers Int’l); Joseph Onoja (Rivers United); Haggai Katoh (Plateau United); Uche Onwuasonaya (Rivers United)

    Forwards: Abdulazeez Yusuf (Gombe United); Sadiq Abubakar (Enyimba FC); Chidiebere Nwobodo (Rangers Int’l); Promise Amadi (Akwa United); Chijioke Akuneto (Rivers United); Valentine Odoh (Abia Warriors); Andy Okpe (Remo Stars); Adams Yakubu (Akwa United); Godspower Aniefiok (Kano Pillars); Ossy Martins (Rangers Int’l)