Nigeria‘s draw against South Korea was enough to end the Eagles’ World Cup journey. Lagerback’s men fought to the last minute and in truth, deserved a place in the second round. However, as things stand, the plane is already booked and the Eagles will be leaving South Africa shortly. All of Nigeria’s performances have deserved [...]
Nigeria face South Korea knowing that even if they win they may not make it to the knockout stages. Despite this predicament, based on Nigeria’s previous performances with 11 men on the field, many see them having a very good chance of getting through their group. However, South Korea are no push overs and managed to [...]
Nigeria set out against Greece knowing that a win would place them in good stead to qualify. Although the loss against Greece has dented their chances somewhat, there is still a chance that Nigeria can qualify. Greece are likely to lose to Argentina whilst on the evidence of Nigeria’s first half hour of play, they should overcome [...]
Nigeria face Greece on Thursday having suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of Argentina. Despite Argentina being on top for most of the game the Super Eagles did create chances and could have scored on more than one occasion. Vincent Enyeama’s performance shows that the ball is absolutely no problem with his stunning performance [...]
After Vincent Enyeama’s man of the match performance, the Super Eagles will feel that they possibly could have got more from their first game. Enyeama’s performance was a pleasure to watch and his performance has so far, been the best of the tournament. When many of the world’s best goalkeepers would have been beaten, Enyeama [...]
Nigeria face Argentina on Saturday knowing that they have a chance to really push for a win against Argentina. The Argentines disappointed in qualifying and Lars Lagerback will know full well that Nigeria’s best chance of winning will be to unsettle them from the outset. Argentina have a strong squad but after their qualifying campaign [...]
Let’s have a look at the squad: Goalkeepers: Vincent Enyeama (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel), Dele Aiyenugba (Bnei Yehuda, Israel), Austin Ejide (Hapoel Petah Tikva, Israel) Defenders: Taye Taiwo (Marseille, France), Elderson Echiejile (Rennes, France), Chidi Odiah (CSKA Moscow, Russia), Joseph Yobo (Everton, England), Daniel Shittu (Bolton Wanderers, England), Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta Rotterdam, Netherlands), Rabiu Afolabi [...]
After writing an article on who I thought would be Nigeria‘s most influential players at the World Cup it was nice to hear from a Nigerian reader of the blog. As I am not Nigerian myself it was nice to hear what a true Nigerian fan thought and so I decided to write a follow [...]
African nation Nigeria have revealed their new away shirt that they will wear at the 2010 World Cup where they take on Argentina, South Korea and Greece in the group stage. Out of all the teams to qualify for the 2010 World Cup to date, Nigeria must have had the most dramatic qualificaion. The team were [...]
Nigeria is not be the most succesful nation when it comes to creating the world’s best footballing talent. The “Super Eagles” have never bred a player such as Didier Drogba of Ivory Coast, Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon or Michael Essien of Ghana. However, that might all be about to change. Nwankwo Kanu In terms of awards [...]
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