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180 minutes, 9 shots at goal, three on target, six off on target with a goal from the spot don’t read good (from an attacking point of view) for any team lest the Super Eagles who panned out those stats in the two friendlies with Poland and Serbia. A 1-0 win over Poland masked how inefficient the team was in attack but it all came home to roost when they were played out of the park by Serbia and lost 2-0 at The Hive last Tuesday. It would be hasty to press the panic button yet because friendly games are meant to show the level a team is and what areas need to be sorted out. A 4-2 win over Argentina was greeted with praise from the Nigerian populace as the Eagle’s attack tore the Albiceleste to shreds. However, the Serbia game brought the Eagles back to earth.

Portland Timbers striker Fanendo Adi has spoken of his desire for another crack at the Super Eagles even as the Major Soccer League in the United States kicked off earlier this month. Adi, who is the all-time top scorer for MLS franchise side Timbers, has played in all the games his side has been involved in before the international break with an assist to boot. He joined Timbers from Danish side FC Copenhagen initially loan before making a permanent switch in 2014. Adi broke the franchise record with an impressive 46 goal which caught the attention of Samson Siasia-who was the Super Eagles coach at the time.

The camp of the Senior National Team, Super Eagles, will open in the Polish city of Wroclaw  on Monday , ahead of  Friday’s  international friendly against the Bialo-Czerwoni (White and Red) or Eagles, as the Senior National Team of Poland is known. The two Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup –bound teams will trade tackles at the 43,000 –capacity Stadium Wroclaw on Friday, 23 rd  March 2018. Nigeria’s 28 –man playing squad has been empaneled to also serve the purpose of the friendly against equally Russia 2018 –bound Serbia, at The Hive, London (home ground of Barnet FC and London Bees)  four days later . Team Administrator, Dayo Enebi Achor confirmed to  thenff.com   on Sunday  that the Eagles would be staying at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Wroclaw. THE FULL LIST Goalkeepers : Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba FC); Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United, South Africa) Defenders:  Abdullahi Shehu (Bursaspor FC, Turkey); Tyronne Ebuehi (Ado

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has listed captain Mikel John Obi, midfielder Ogenyi Onazi and playmaker Victor Moses in his 28 –man squad to battle Poland’s fellow Eagles and Serbia in pre-FIFA World Cup friendly matches this month. Home –based goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, who stood between the pipes for the very crucial last four World Cup qualifying games (home-and-away to Cameroon, home to Zambia and away to Algeria), leads the goalkeeping section and will be joined by new boy Francis Uzoho and Daniel Akpeyi.

Found this piece on Liverpool Echo. Full credits to them.. This is the link to the original story- https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/taiwo-awoniyi-impressing-belgium-liverpool-14367060 I enjoyed reading it. I hope you do too. He’s the Liverpool striker you probably don’t know much about. Taiwo Awoniyi, though, hopes that is all about to change. In fact, if the Reds youngster gets his way, he could soon have a chance to show the world what he’s all about. Later this month, Nigeria will play an international against Serbia at Barnet. It’s a ‘friendly’ by name, but so much more in reality. For Awoniyi, it is potentially the biggest game of his young career.

The first ever Champions Shield in the history of NWFL came, saw and conquered on Sunday. The Managing Director of  Zenith Sports, the parent company of Haggai Creations, Paul Maduakor was full of praise for the board of NWFL. " It was indeed a well-organized match, from the entrance of the players to the pitch to the closing ceremony was like a mini world cup," he said.