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Gernot Rohr: Super Eagles to play 3 friendlies before 2019 AFCON

Ihesiulo Grace 5 December 2018 0

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has said he hopes his team play at least three warm-up games leading up to next year’s AFCON. Nigeria have qualified for the African showpiece football event with a game to spare and so their final qualifier at home against Seychelles will be a dead-rubber.

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Super Eagles top AFCON Group E after second straight win over Libya

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2018 0

Super Eagles have shot to the top of 2019 AFCON qualifying group after they beat Libya 3-2 in Sfax, Tunisia, tonight with Odion Ighalo netting a brace after his hat-trick on Saturday in Uyo. They now have nine points from four matches, a point ahead of second-placed South Africa. Both teams clash in Johannesburg on […]

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Christian Chukwu: It’s important for Super Eagles to beat Libya in Tunisia

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2018 0

Former Super Eagles’ chief coach Christian Chukwu on Monday said it was important for the senior national men’s football team to beat their Libyan counterparts at Sfax in Tunisia on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria face Libya in a Group E Match Day 4 fixture in the 2019 AFCON Qualifying […]

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2019 AFCON: Golden Eaglets on break – coach

Ihesiulo Grace 20 September 2018 0

Nduka Ugbade, Assistant Coach of the Golden Eaglets, on Wednesday said that the players had embarked on some days rest after qualifying for the 2019 AFCON in Tanzania. Ugbade told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone in Ibadan that the players needed some rest to calm their nerves They need a break off […]