“Just because the world cup is over doesn’t mean football
stops. Football never stops, that’s one of its biggest appeals.” Mike L.
Goodman wrote in his article: ‘The World Cup is Over, Now what?’
Nigeria Premier League:
If League Management Company (LMC) sought out with club
owners on the issue of players’ remunerations, then NPL will resume. But as it
is now, most of the clubs are still indebted to their players and couldn’t meet
LMC deadline. In the following weeks
we’ll be seeing how this issue could be resolved.
I know that many fans in Nigeria do not follow the domestic
leagues. But you can choose to start supporting a club today or go down against
another club – that’s one way to get interested.
Sharks of Port Harcourt are on top of their game this season
and we’re yet to see if they can hold on in the second half of the season.
Kano Pillars are champions in the past to seasons, only
challenged by Eyinmba of Aba last
season. Remember, Eyinmba is the only Nigeria club that had won CAF Champions
league back to back in 2003 and 2004.
African Cup of
Nations Qualifiers:
You may say you want to see Super Eagles play again. Sure,
you can see the team in the next months. May be or may be not, you may be
seeing the same team that went to the world cup compete in AFCON qualifiers
against South Africa,
Again, we’re not sure if NFF may renew Stephen Keshi’s
contract or if a new head coach may be contracted to take over. Most football
watcher in Nigeria said Sunday Oliseh or Amodu Shaibu is favored for the plumb
job.
By January 2015, Morocco should be hosting AFCON and
hopefully Nigeria will be defending its title as Africa’s champions. Abdul
Yerima, Sports analyst from Morocco, said: “Africa
should watch out for Algeria?”
FIFA under 16
World Cup 2015:
Nigeria has started building another formidable team to
defend the Under 16 world cup in 2015. Remember, the golden Eaglets won the
tournament in UAE 2013.
Nigeria’s ex-international and former Barcelona star,
Emmanuel Amunike, is now in charge of the new team. Most fans are hopeful that
Amunike can enact what his former boss, Manu Garba, did with the Eaglet in
2013.
Flying Eagles
Qualifiers
Manu Garba has graduated with most of his boys that won the
FIFA under 16 world cup in UAE 2013. We are hoping to see these enterprising
set of boys enact what they did in 2013, by winning for Nigeria, for the first
time, World Youth Championship in 2015.
