LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr bans players from eating goat meat & pepper soup. Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr has banned players from eating goat meat and pepper soup as they prepare for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. This comes after consecutive losses to England and the Czech Republic…
ARGENTINA FIFA world ranking: 5 Last World Cup: 2014 Best World Cup finish: Champions, 1978, 1986 How qualified: Finished third in South American qualifying tournament. Key players: F Lionel Messi, MF Angel Di Maria, F Sergio Aguero It’s a fact: Argentina has been held scoreless for 217 consecutive minutes in its last three World Cup…
By Cosmas Odoemena LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After several warnings from some quarters against the use of Francis Uzoho as the first-choice goalkeeper of the Super Eagles, the Franco-German manager, Gernot Rohr, seems hell-bent on using him. To Rohr perhaps, it is Uzoho at all cost. Our World Cup friendly game against England at Wembly last…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Argentina’s national soccer team announced Wednesday it was canceling a friendly match against Israel’s national team amid political pressure and after facing death threats that the Argentine foreign minister said were “worse than ISIS.” The announcement brought bitter disappointment for some 30,000 Israeli fans who had purchased tickets to the highly anticipated…