Manchester United are now favourites to win the 2020 Europa League title after they were paired against LASK in the round of 16 draw on Friday, February 28th. The Red Devils breezed past Club Brugge in the round of 32 but were able to avoid the big names in the next round. The tough games …
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Former Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo scored his first goal for Manchester United as they beat Club Brugge 5-0 at Old Trafford in the second leg of their round of 16 Europa League clash played on Thursday, February 27th. Ighalo joined Manchester United in the winter transfer window from Chinese Super League (CSL) outfit Shanghai …
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Ayo Mathew Before the inception of the Premier League in 1992, the two sides that dominated the narratives of English football were Manchester United and Liverpool. These two sides share between themselves 38 league titles even though Liverpool are yet to win the Premier League in its new format. This rivalry is one of the …
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Tosin Abayomi Another milestone was achieved when Cristiano Ronaldo converted a penalty kick for Portugal in their Euro 2020 qualification game against Ukraine. That was his 700th professional goal for club and country combined. Of his 700 goals, he scored 95 for Portugal, which means he is just behind 14 strikes behind Iranian great, Ali …
SUPER Eagles coach Gernot Rohr continues to be a deeply divisive subject in Nigerian football discourse. With about seven months remaining on his contract (due to expire in June 2020), the current debate in traditional and social media circles is on whether the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) should renew or cut ties with the Franco-German. …
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I DIDN’T REALIZE that there was such deep-seated animosity between Nigerian supporters of Manchester United and Arsenal until last Saturday when Complete Sports hosted the inaugural NaijaSuperFans hangout at Godwin Dudu-Orumen’s SportShaq in Surulere, Lagos.Due to space constraints at the venue, we had restricted the number of invitees to 70 members of the fast-growing online …
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