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Water FC gifted winger Success Makanjuola will start against Ukraine this evening in Poland, reports nigeriasportsarena.blogspot.com. The Flying Eagles of Nigeria will face Ukraine in the final game of Group D of the ongoing FIFA U20 tournament later tonight at the Stadion Miejski Bielsko-Biała. Having won a game and lost the last against USA, the Nigerian team must beat Ukraine to move to the knockout stage of the FIFA U20 World Cup hence the team gaffer, Paul Aigbogun has decided to hand a starting shirt to one of the promising talents in the Flying Eagles team. According to reports from the Nigerian U20 camp in Poland, Makanjuola has been in impressive form in training scoring two free kicks with brilliant performance. This will be the first start for the left footed player who has had 35 minutes of action in Poland as a substitute in two games for Nigeria.

Former Super Eagles utility player Garba Lawal has told nigeriasportsarena.com that Flying Eagles gifted winger Sucess Makanjuola deserves to be in the starting line up in against Ukraine The Nigerian team will face Ukraine in the final game of Group D of the ongoing FIFA U20 tournament taking place in Poland. It is a must win game for Paul Aigbogun and the lads but Garba believes that Makanjuola has what it takes to be in the starting line up. "Considering what the regular starter has offered,  I watched closely in the two matches to know he has something different as a natural left footed player. The former FC Roda player concluded by saying, "Don't forget he is the only left footed player  among all the wingers in the team so, he can use that to help the team now that they need to win their last game to qualify."

Nigerian international Olabiran Blessing Muyiwa has won the Russian Football National League (RFNL) as FC Tambov beat Zenit II 2-1 at the Spartak Stadium, today. FC Tambov needed a win to emerge as the champion of the second tier league in Russia and they did just that courtesy of a goal from Chernyshov and Obukhov while Shamkin got a consolation goal for the visitors. The Nigerian Under 23 star in an interview with nigeriasportsarena.blogspot.com expressed his  profound gratitude to God and thanked the fans of the team for the support throughout the season. "Honestly I am really excited for being part of this history. We really worked hard for it and I am happy that God crowned our effort, the gifted lift-winger told nigeriasportsarena.blogspot.com He continued “ You know we have been expecting this for a very long time and it's the first time in the history of this team so I am really really excited to be part of the history of the club.  "It's an

Nigeria Under 23 star, Olabiran Muyiwa is eyeing the coveted Russian Football National League (RFNL) trophy as FC Tambov face Zenit II this afternoon. FC Tambov who recently gained promotion to the Russian Premier League will host Zenit II in one of the final Matchday fixtures of the RFNL which will be decided at the Spartak Stadium, today. To emerge champions of the Russian second tier league, the Wolves must beat bottom placed Zenit II but Olabiran believes his team have all it takes to be victorious after 90 minutes. "I think we have all it takes to emerge champions today," he disclosed in interview with nigeriaspotarena.blogspot.com “We have alot factors  working for us. We will be playing in front of our fans and I think that will go a long way in helping us to win. "We are also aware that we must defeat them to emerge as champions and I believe we will do just that. This is an opportunity for us to called champions and we want make good use of

Flying Eagles highly rated left-winger Success Makanjuola is excited after making his World Cup debut against Qatar. The Flying Eagles of Nigeria Friday thrashed debutants, Qatar 0-4 in the Poland U-20 FIFA World Cup courtesy of a goal each from Maxwell Effiom, Henry Offia, Dele Bashiru and Aliu Salawudeen. Success was introduced in the 80th minute of the exchange and showed some flashes of a potential future player. He won two free kicks and made two successful dribbles. The Water FC of Abuja skillful winger who is already attracting interest from top football clubs in Europe clocked eighteen today expressed his happiness after the game for making his first start in a FIFA tournament. “I am really excited for making my debut today. It’s a moment I have been waiting for and I am happy it finally came on my birthday and we claimed a big win. “My focus now is on our next game against USA on Monday and I believe we will make it to the next round,” Makanjuola told nigeriasp

Nigerian Under 20 forward Success Makanjuola says he is ready for the journey to greatness ahead of the 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup starting today in Poland, reports nigeriasportsarena.blogspot.com  Makanjuola has been tipped by pundits to excel in Poland after various reports of his impressive performances during the team’s camping in Germany where he emerged Man Of The Match against Austrian Bundesliga II side Red Bull Salzburg in a test game which ended 1-1. The competition which kicks off today and ends on June 16 will see the Flying Eagles of Nigeria take on Qatar to kick start their quest for honour. The gifted left-winger disclosed that self-determination, discipline, focus and prayer will go a long way in helping the team to a successful outing in Poland. “I am ready for the journey of gold and by the grace of God and self-determination, focus, discipline, prayers, diligence and fans’ support we will make it happen.” Success also spoke about his readiness ahe

Desperate times are here again in Lagos Football fraternity as delegates prepare to go to the polls on May 27th for elections into the Executive Board of the Lagos State Football Association. With just few days to the elections, there are claims by some stakeholders that the incumbent board led by Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi has resorted to vote buying and intimidation in his bid to win a third term mandate. According to information made available, Akinwunmi and his group are so desperate to win the next election of the association by directly inducing delegates with money. Investigation revealed that Akinwunmi led board recently gave FC Robo and Dreams Stars Ladies a sum of 500,000 naira (Five Hundred Thousand) each ahead of the new Women’s football league campaign of which the kick-off date has not even been announced. It discovered that the money was given to both clubs without the approval of the board which has not meet since January, 2019. The FA said the money which

Nigeria striker Stephen Odey has been handed a spot in the Swiss Super League Team Of The Week (TOTW) for the fourth time this season after his impressive performance for FC Zurich on Wednesday against FC Thun. Odey hit the target for the City Club in their 3-0 home triumph against the Thuners in the Matchday 34 of the Raiffeisen Super League and helped his team to their third straight win. The former MFM FC goal poacher who posted a worthy performance in the entire duration of the game was rewarded with a spot in the Switzerland top league TOTW. The Nigerian forward has now made the TOTW for the fourth time this campaign after scoring his 10th league goal and 16 in all competition for FC Zurich this season.

Water FC exciting winger, Success Makanjuola has been voted as Man of Match against Red Bull Salzburg after the Nigerian U20 played out a 1-1 draw in an international friendly  decided in Germany. The Flying Eagles came from behind to record the 1-1 draw courtesy of an equalizer from Tijani Mohammed after a spirited performance from the Nigerian team. Makanjuola who was a thorn in the flesh for Salzburg distinguished himself with a brilliant display and was rewarded with the MOTM award after test game. Paul Aigbogun and his charges will round off their preparation for the FIFA U20 World Cup with a final test game on Friday against German Bundesliga side Red Bull Leipzig before they jet out of Germany to Poland.

Brookhouse lanky striker Chinonso Emeka and Water FC talented left-winger Success Makanjuola are available for selection for the international friendly between World Cup bound Flying Eagles and Red Bull Salzburg II. Emeka and Success made Paul Aigbogun's final 21-man list for the FIFA Under 20 World Cup coming up in Poland later this month after their impressive displays in Germany. The test game which is expected to kick off by 4:00pm Nigerian time will   enable Aigbogun to finalize his preparation ahead of the big event in Poland. The Nigerian U20 team are expected to arrive the host country, Poland this weekend ahead of their first group match against Qatar.

Nigeria Under 23 star, Olabiran Muyiwa shone like a million stars on Sunday as FC Tambov booked a spot in the Russian Premier League after losing 2-0 to FC Khimki at the Khimki Arena. Despite losing the Matchday 36 encounter of the Russian Football National League (RFNL) 2-0 to Khimki over the weekend, Tambov still gained promotion to the Russian top league after Shinnik beat third placed team, FC Tom Tomsk 1-0. Before the match against Khimki, FC Tomsk had 60 points while PFC Sochi, the league leaders and Tambov who were second on the log had 67 points. Olabiran's team needed a win to seal their passage to the Russian main league but they benefited from Tom’s 1-0 defeat and claimed one of the available slots in the Russian Premier League. “I am really excited because of this promotion to the main Russian League,” the exciting winger told nigeriasportarena.blogspot.com. He continued “ Like I said on Saturday, we have really worked hard for this promotion and I’m

Nigerian Olympic player, Olabiran Muyiwa has informed nigeriasportsarena.blogspot.com that his team FC Tambov will pick one of the available spots in the Russian Premier League on Sunday. Khimki will host the Wolves in Matchday 36 of the Russian Football National League at the Khimki Arena this weekend but Olabiran believes that his team will be victorious and book a promotional ticket to the Russian top league. Olabiran, 20, disclosed in an interview with nigeriasportsarena.blogspot.com that he is excited and waiting patiently for the match. “I’m really excited because we have worked harder together with the team, staffs and fans to be here, so we are all happy and waiting patiently to finish the work we started. “We really want this win and we’ve trained intensively throughout the week for this particular game, Khimki are not push overs, they are very strong but I believe we win by the special grace of God.” FC Tambov are second on the Russian Football National

The Rev Ben Ugbuji Tourney in Ogoja, Cross Rivers State has achieved an  agreement with Nigeria Nation-Wide League One (NLO) side, FC Ebedei. The grassroot football championship is in honour of late Rev Ben Ukpafe Ugbuji, who until his death was an Economist, elder statesman, retired perm sec, a Sportsman, retired Grade One Referee, National officer of the Nigeria Referees Association, Match Commissioner and CAF instructor. Organisers of the tourney informed that the  collaboration with FC Ebedei (partners of FC Midtylland Denmark) is aimed at scouting  local talents for local and international exposure.  The scouting event will see eight (8) Under 20 football teams battling for honours from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th of May, 2019.