There is no gainsaying that Manchester United do not head to Liverpool as underdogs, and that Jose Mourinho is a winner says Marcus Rashford according to reports.United head to their bitter rivals sitting sixth in the Premier League, 16 points behind Liverpool after 16 games of the season.
United might have had it tough getting a win, and Rashford is wary of Liverpool’s intensity, the 21-year-old says Mourinho’s side are focused only on themselves. “We don’t go there as underdogs, I think we go there to win the game, like any game.
Good times are here for Chelsea. This became evident after the Chelsea-Burnley Match.
Chelsea swept to the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 victory over Burnley, while Arsenal won 3-1 at Watford to ease the pressure on Arsene Wenger on Saturday.
After a dismal title defence last season, Chelsea look revitalised under new manager Antonio Conte and the Italian was able to celebrate his third successive win after the most emphatic display of his brief reign.
So disappointing last term, Eden Hazard has made a vibrant start to the new campaign and the Belgium midfielder put Chelsea ahead with a superb run and clinical finish from the edge of the penalty area in the ninth minute at Stamford Bridge.
Willian was back for Chelsea after recovering from a calf injury and the Brazil winger doubled their lead in the 41st minute before Nigeria’s Victor Moses came off the bench to net the hosts’ third in the 89th minute.
Source: AFP and our reporter
Chelsea swept to the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 victory over Burnley, while Arsenal won 3-1 at Watford to ease the pressure on Arsene Wenger on Saturday.
After a dismal title defence last season, Chelsea look revitalised under new manager Antonio Conte and the Italian was able to celebrate his third successive win after the most emphatic display of his brief reign.
So disappointing last term, Eden Hazard has made a vibrant start to the new campaign and the Belgium midfielder put Chelsea ahead with a superb run and clinical finish from the edge of the penalty area in the ninth minute at Stamford Bridge.
Willian was back for Chelsea after recovering from a calf injury and the Brazil winger doubled their lead in the 41st minute before Nigeria’s Victor Moses came off the bench to net the hosts’ third in the 89th minute.
Source: AFP and our reporter
Leicester have completed the signing of Nigerian international Ahmed Musa from CSKA Moscow on a four-year deal for £16 million.
The EPL champions made the Super Eagles
hitman their target after he bagged 13 goals in 30 league appearances
for the Russian side last season.
According to him,
“I feel very happy joining Leicester City, for me it’s one of the best clubs and I feel very happy,” he said.
“I joined because it’s one of the best
clubs in the Premier League and they are like a family. That’s why I
joined Leicester City and I’m very excited.
“I look forward to seeing the fans in the new season and I will do my best to make them happy.”
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria are now atthe semi-final of the FIFA U17 World Cup ongoing in Chile after they thrashed one of the tournament favourites, Brazil, 3-0, on Sunday night.
Five minutes of magic in the first half was all Nigeria needed as the Eaglets punished the Brazilians with three successive goals.
Former Nigeria captain, Segun Odegbami,
has protested the criteria set by the Nigeria Football Federation for
nomination of a candidate for the FIFA presidential election.
The NFF on Monday released the conditions needed by a candidate for nomination for the February 2016 election. NFF stated that a prospective candidate
must obtain endorsements from their state Football Associations, the
National Sports Commission and the Confederation of African Football.
But Odegbami in a letter on Wednesday
addressed to the NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, and copied to President
Muhammadu Buhari, the FIFA General Secretary and CAF President, Issa
Hayatou, described the endorsements from the NSC and CAF as unnecessary.
“I
refer to my letter of August 26, 2015, addressed to you, in which I
humbly requested nomination by the NFF to enable me to contest the
vacant position of President of FIFA in the election coming up on
February 26, 2016,” the letter read in part.
“Whilst awaiting a formal response from
you, it was with utter disbelief and shock to read of the conditions
(more of barriers) on a television programme that the NFF has set for
Nigerian candidates.
“I find the last two of these requests
very bizarre, and a product of a lack of familiarity with the guidelines
for the FIFA presidential elections.”
Source: The Punch
INSANITY By Tunde Kehinde
I woke up this morning and the memories of a Nigerian football player named Stanley Okoro raced into my ever busy mind.You probably dont know him because you dont pay attention to Nigerian football .Stanley
okoro is a Nigerian player that featured for heartland of owerri way back 2009 and was part of the under 17 football players that featured for Nigeria at the FIFA under 17 tournament hosted by Nigeria in the year 2009 .Stanley okoro was lightening fast, a couple of techniques in his armory and these earned him the sobriquet 'little messi'. By the end of the tournament,reports revealed that stanley was actually 29 years old and once again our cultural menace of celebrating mediocrity became a pondering subject in my mind. Why call a player whose age doubled a benchmark player(messi) little messi? at that time the real messi had won a fifa player of the year award.'Ti aba fi ogun odun pile were igba wo ni were na maja' is a yoruba aphorism that does not lend itself to easy interpretation but i gave it a trial given the
relevance of this discouse-The glow of insanity diminishes when the preparatory processes of insanity takes longer time than it takes the insane to bask in his insanity .I was pondering if you are little messi at 29 when will you be real messi? two people cannot be suckers in the social exchange of lies, Stanley okoro where at thou?
Barcelona ace Neymar has said he wants to make history with his side as they look to build on last The Catalan side were victorious in La Liga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League last term and aim to become the first team ever to win the latter for a second time in a row.
Neymar, who has been linked with a mega-transfer to Manchester United this summer, has targeted further success in the future and believes he must be fearless in his career.
"I want to make history. Regardless of what I will do, I hope it is a beautiful story with a lot of accomplishments that are not only personal, but also team-oriented as well," the 23-year-old told reporters at Nike's Tech Fleece Jacket launch.
"I don’t know what my biggest fear is. I always try to have no fear. I just try to do the right thing and be happy. Being happy on and off the pitch just happens naturally.
"It’s hard to talk about myself, but I think I´m a happy guy and my biggest passion is being with my family, my son, my friends - the people I love. I also try to always have fun, not only on the pitch, but also off it.
"My parents are my biggest sources of inspiration. They are people who I have always looked up to and have admired for all they’ve taught me. And obviously I´m still learning a lot from them.
"Off the pitch I’m not a guy who keeps thinking about the game 24 hours a day. I dress up and when it’s time to warm up for a game I just go, ask God to bless me and say, ‘let’s go'."
Neymar was instrumental as Barcelona clinched a treble of La Liga, the Champions League and Copa del Rey last term.
The attacker has been deemed fit to play for Barca in their next league game against Malaga, having recovered from the mumps.
season's European and domestic treble.
Source: Goal.com
Chelsea have signed Spain forward Pedro from Barcelona for £21m.
The
28-year-old has agreed a four-year deal and is the Blues’ second signing
in less than a week after the arrival of Ghana defender, Baba Rahman.
“I am very
happy to be here. I am very excited to start my adventure at Chelsea and
I am here to keep winning titles,” he told the club’s website.
“Thanks to the club and the supporters for giving me the opportunity to put the blue shirt on.”
The Nigeria Football Federation has ended the appointment of Stephen Keshi as Head Coach of the Senior
National Football Team, Super Eagles.
A statement by the NFF Executive
Committee on Saturday said this decision was made, “having thoroughly
reviewed the reports/findings of the NFF Disciplinary Committee and NFF
Technical and Development Committee, as well as having reviewed the
actions and inactions of Mr. Stephen Keshi, in the performance of his
duties as Super Eagles’ Head Coach, which we found to lack the required
commitment to achieve the Federation’s objectives as set out in the
Coach’s employment contract.”
They have joined Liverpool and Bayern Munich in the quintuple stakes.
They deserved it but Juventus had them rocking and played very well, particularly in midfield.
Goals from Rakitic, Neymar, and Suarez sealed the victory for Barcelona. It ended Barcelona 3, Juventus 1.
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