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How Flying Eagles Struggled Over Guinea

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Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Saturday struggled to a 2-0 win over Guinea’s national under-20 men’s football team in a 2011 African Youth Championship qualifier.

In the first round first leg match played at the Abuja National Stadium, goals from Omoh Ojabu and Edafe Egbedi made the difference for the home side.

The Flying Eagles side which paraded mostly players from the Golden Eaglets side that finished second at the 2009 FIFA World Championship in Nigeria failed to hit their rhythm in the first half.

They laboured to control the Guineans who were always looking dangerous on the break through the flanks with Aly Camara and Idrissa Yansane.

But an end-to-end game that produced no clear-cut scoring chances in the first half, the home side which lacked co-ordination upfront improved their game to shock the visitors.

Just after a minute into the second half, a sustained offensive drew out goalkeeper Aboubacar Camara whose clearance was looped high into the net by Ojabu from about 30 metres out.

About a minute later, the Flying Eagles extended their lead from a goalmouth melee that followed a left flank corner kick, when Egbedi at the far side pushed the ball into the net past the Guinean defence.

The Guineans however braced up to the challenge to push the Nigerians back, and with the Flying Eagles removing their foot from the throttle, Ahmed Musa’s efforts upfront were always lacking in support.

Despite substitute Sani Emmanuel’s presence to complement Musa, it was the Guineans that had most of the second half’s best scoring chances, especially with the introduction of Karamokoba Keita.

He, alongside Moustapha Kouyate, Aly Camara, Alseny Kourouma and Ibrahim camara kept the Nigerian defence led by skipper Fortune Chukwudi and goalkeeper Dami Paul busy till the end of the game.

Flying Eagles coach, John Obuh said the Guineans surprised his team with their impressive play, and was happy they were able to get away with a comfortable win.

“They surprised us. It was not what we saw of them on video tape that they displayed today, and I am just happy that we got the needed win,’’ he said.

Coach Sekou Sompare of Guinea could however not be reached for his comments on the match, as his team and their other officials left the pitch in anger.

The second leg tie of the first round pairing comes up in Conakry in two weeks time.

The qualifying competition is for the 2011 AYC scheduled for Libya.

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Bundesliga: Kane Scores Hat-Trick As Bayern End Winless Streak

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England captain Harry Kane netted a hat-trick to guide Bayern Munich to an impressive victory against Stuttgart.
Kane’s goals, plus one from Kingsley Coman, helped Bayern end a three-game winless run in all competitions.
They faced a tough task against a Stuttgart side who sat back and limited their chances, leading Vincent Kompany’s side to enter the break frustrated and with the deadlock unbroken.
Bayern eventually found a way past Stuttgart’s steely defence when Kane drilled a low effort into the bottom corner from around 30 yards out after Joshua Kimmich overturned possession.

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Dosu Survives Ghastly Accident, Again

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Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Dosu Joseph, is full of thanks to God after he miraculously survived another life-threatening automobile accident recent at Kara, along the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, where a heavy-duty truck ran into his SUV.
Narrating his ordeal, the 51-year-old, who guided Nigeria to gold in the Men’s Football Tournament of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, broke the news in a statement on his social media handles on Friday.
“To God be the glory, another death escaped by Grace and Mercy of God. Me and my friend SM were at Enyo Filling Station after Ojodu Berger bus stop to get fuel on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, around 6 p.m. when this MACK truck fully loaded with iron, with registration number LND 470 XX, left the road and crushed my car beyond repairs. Thank God for life,” he stated.
This is the second time the soft-spoken club proprietor will cheat death by a whisker, having been involved in an accident in 1997 that ended his career at 23 and left his spinal cord in bad shape.
He helped Julius Berger win the Nigeria FA Cup in November 1997 shortly a memorable Olympic outing by keeping a clean sheet in the finals against Katsina United. The following year, he was involved in the auto along Ikorodu Road, Lagos, which not only cut his career short but also left him almost paralysed, ending his spell at Serie A club Reggiana.
The former Nigeria international, who also kept goal for Julius Berger FC, said the case has been reported to Isheri Police Station, Ogun State, where the driver is currently detained and the truck also seized.
According to him, the owner of the truck said he can’t fix the badly damaged SUV until after a year.

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Sports Development Going Down In Nigeria – Ex-International

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Ex – Super Eagles of Nigeria, Okwuchukwu Waobikeze has observed that sports development in Nigeria is going down.
According to him, grassroots sports is very important, without it, the administrators cannot get it right. So everybody should key into grassroots sports development, he said.
Waobikeze said this last Wednesday in an interview with sports journalists shortly after the Port Harcourt All Stars Independence football festival (OCTOBERFEST) at the Port Harcourt club, Rivers State.
He explained that for sports administrators to get it right, grassroots development is key. “They should be organising competition at the grassroots level to fish out the young ones for different sporting activities.
“Grassroots sports is very important so the administrators have to go back to the grassroots.
” Sports Development in Nigeria is going down we need to go back to the basics.
“Look at the just concluded Paris Olympics, Nigeria did not win any medal.
” Our football team did not even qualify for the Olympics. We are going down.
” If they should go back to the grassroots, they will get young ones in the games and talents will be developed.
” I started from school games, to youth games before playing for the national team. Now everybody wants to fly board to play professional football and a lot do not know the basics of the game.
” A lot of people did not know the little things about the game, they just want to play. It is not done so,” Waobikeze stated.

Kiadum Edookor

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