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. …
Gernot Rohr: Manchester United Lesson for Super Eagles by Mumini Alao Read More »
As Coach Gernot Rohr’s Super Eagles prepare to face Samba boys in an international friendly in Singapore on 13 October, 2019, MUMINI ALAO recalls his impressions of the first senior encounter between the two countries in Abuja in 2003…. I HAVE read quite a number of reactions to the Super Eagles 3-0 thrashing by Brazil …
Former Super Eagles midfielder Garba “Chindo” Lawal has been both on the winning and losing sides for Nigeria against Brazil. He recollects both episodes and gives hints on how the current Eagles can surprise the Samba boys… I HAVE EXPERIENCED the beautiful and ugly sides of playing against Brazil. The beautiful side was at the …
GERNOT ROHR and his Super Eagles couldn’t have wished for a kinder and more amenable opposition in their first game, post AFCON 2019 than Ukraine. The jury was out on the Franco-German to see how his team would fare immediately after the international retirements by captain John Obi Mikel and top goal scorer Odion Ighalo. …
Ukraine Was Cannon Fodder For Super Eagles By Mumini Alao Read More »
“PICTURES don’t lie” used to be a common refrain until Digital technology birthed Photoshop and similar tools that wiped out the cliche. Now, we have to verify any pictures before we’re sure they’re not lying, otherwise we may be fooled or misled. There are no such doubts about the pictures coming out of South Africa …
Xenophobia: War On The Criminals! By Mumini Alao Read More »
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 …
Arsenal vs United is the New Battle Frontier By Mumini Alao. Read More »
FAST-GROWING Nigerian online sports forum NaijaSuperFans .com has appointed coordinators for the top foreign club sides with the largest fan base in Nigeria. The clubs are Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Liverpool in the English Premiership; as well as Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Spanish League. The coordinators were appointed at the first “Hangout …
ORDINARILY, most Nigerian soccer followers would love to watch big football matches live. But in the event of inevitable handicaps like distance and transportation means preventing them from witnessing such spectacles, television sets have always been their resort, at least, when the matches are televised live. However, it is not strange to find such viewers …
ERNEST OKONKWO THE ‘SPORTS ENCYCLOPAEDIA’, 1936 – 1990 Read More »
1996 Africa Cup of Nations: Nigeria’s Dramatic Withdrawal By Mumini Alao EXACTLY 14 days to the kick-off of the 20th Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa in January 1996, defending champions Nigeria pulled out of the competition at the eleventh hour to become the first country in history to not defend the African Cup. MUMINI …
Nigeria’s AFCON Stories Episode 12 – South Africa 1996 By Mumini Alao Read More »
Stories By Mumini Alao (Complete Football, 1991) THE DAY was Wednesday, October 9, 1991. I went to the Obasanjo Farms camp of the Nigerian female soccer team (Super Falcons) with my photographer, Supo Olusunde, to observe the girl’s final day at Ota as they were scheduled to leave for Holland the following day, October 10 …
