Nigeria U17 team will later today take on Morocco in their second group game at the ongoing U17 Africa Cup of Nations, which is taking place in Algeria, OGN reports.

Nigeria started their campaign with a 1-0 win over Zambia but were pushed to second on the group standing with Morocco going top after a 2-0 win over South Africa in the second group game.

Both teams will lock horns today with a spot in the quarterfinal up for grabs as any team who pick up a win will seal a spot in the next round, which will mean one more step before making it to the U17 Cup. All four semi finalist will represent Africa at the tournament in India.

The game will kick off by 5pm Nigerian time and will be live on television for Nigerians on Supersport 209. The station appears to be the dedicated channel for the tournament as they have shown all but one of the games at the tournament so far.

As it has been the case with most games at the tournament, several handles on Facebook will stream the game live and they can be found by using a simple search system of typing U17 AFCON on the search page of your handle.

For people based abroad the game will be live on the official YouTube channel of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It is however not available for people residing in Nigeria as was the case yesterday.

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The senior national team of Nigeria will head into the final two games of the qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations needing a win to seal a spot at the tournament which has been postponed to next year.

Group leaders Nigeria will face Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe respectively in their final two games of the qualifiers, where they have won three and lost one of the four games played so far, the last of which was a 1-0 win away to Guinea Bissau.

Ahead of the game against Sierra Leone, head coach of the team Jose Peseiro won’t be having the services of Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season. The 25 year old started the game in Abuja against Guinea Bissau which Nigeria lost 0-1.

“He’s not great, he’s got a tear in his adductor muscle. It’s significant enough. I’m not going to rule him out for the rest of the season but it will be tough to get him back. Hopefully we can”, coach of the troubled EPL side Dean Smith said.

“He’s disappointed, scored two goals and was putting in good performances. Like always, it gives opportunities for others.

“It’s a blow, he came on at half-time against Man City and did ever so well. He did well in the Wolves game, scored the penalty, and his all-round displays have been really good.”

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The coach of the U17 team of Morocco Said Chiba has revealed his fears ahead of tomorrow’s second group game at the U17 Africa Cup of Nations against Nigeria.

Morocco currently lead the group on goal difference after a 2-0 win over South Africa in their opening game while Nigeria could only manage a 1-0 win against Zambia. Tomorrow’s clash could decide who finishes as table toppers.

Aside the battle for who will top the group, a win for any of the teams will see them seal a spot in the quarter final of the tournament, which is the qualifiers for the U17 World Cup that will take place in India. A draw will however be good enough for Morocco to stay as group leaders and a spot in the next round.

“It will be a very difficult game and so will all the matches in this group. I watched Nigeria and it is a team which is very strong physically and quick on the offensive. We definitely have to prepare and play them differently from the match against South Africa. We will try to be more organized,” Chiba said.

He added; “We have a lot of mutual respect with Nigeria and they have a really strong team. We will try to do better and balance our way of play to win this match. The target remains to get to the next round and this match will be key.”

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The former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr says he was attacked by some section of the Nigerian media when he made attempts to lure Bayern Munich star midfielder Jamal Musiala to play for Nigeria.

Musiala was eligible to play for Nigeria through his Nigerian roots, he also qualifies for England and Germany and after representing both European countries he decided to pledge his senior international future to Germany.

However, the first country to have offered him the chance of senior international football was the Super Eagles of Nigeria through former coach Gernot Rohr, with his approach coming even before he made his debut for the first team of Bayern Munich.

Rohr recalled that back then some Nigerians in the media criticised his decision to go for a player in the youth teams of Bayern Munich saying we have better players in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

” I made move for him ( Musiala) because I could see that he is a talent who will blossom in a very short time. He was special at such a young age. Back in Nigeria then some people wondered why I wanted him badly. They said we have better players in the League and mocked my decision. They know better now”, the coach of Benin Republic ended his take on his time with Nigeria.

Retired  Nigeria Super Eagles and Rc Lens midfielder, Wilson Oruma has refute claims trending on the social media that he his insane state.

When the ugly trend resurfaced on the social media recently, it hurt lovers and followers of the former Bendel Insurance  and Invisible Leopards player to react to the false story.

Former Super Eagles and Florentina defensive midfielder, Christian Obodo said Wilson Oruma is doing fine as they often chat and visit.

“Those who go about with such crazy stories what do they stand to gain, Wilson is fine and like quiet”.

“Those pictures are four years ago when he had some issues please”. Obodo stated.

While speaking with Oasis Magazine, Ogo Clarkson, former Nigeria Junior International  and younger brother to Wilson Oruma, Pastor Daniel Oruma was advised to get a live video to counter the story of the former Olympic Marseilles player.

And he took no time to contact his elder brother to send a video of Wilson Oruma and his brother Dominic Oruma who was also a goal keeper for the Nigeria under 20 flying Eagles taking a walk at residence in Lagos today May 2nd 2023.

In the video Wilson Oruma smile and greeted his fans saying he is okey now and Dominic appeal to the general public to disregard the story that Wilson like leaving a quiet and peaceful life for those who know him.

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Coach of the Nigeria U20 team Ladan Bosso has voiced his unhappiness at the conduct of European teams in the aspect of releasing their players to be a part of the U20 World Cup in Argentina, OGN reports.

Bosso who said he has around 11 foreign based players in his 55 man provisional list said for now he is only sure of four players beating the deadline for arrival ahead of the naming of his team for the World Cup.

He said aside the Bulgaria based duo of Tochukwu Nnadi and Michael Umeh, Victor Eletu of AC Milan and Abel Ogwuche are the two others he can say will be in the camp before the deadline for submission of the final list of 21 players.

All teams participating at the tournament have until 10th of May to name their final list of players and Bosso said he is wary of handing a spot in his final list of players to players he hasn’t worked with or not sure of their physical condition and mindset.

” Deadline is around eight day time. For now I am sure of four players, the boys from Bulgaria and Eletu as well as my boy Ogwuche. The others I hope to assess before my final list of players. It has been a frustrating experience delaying with these European teams. Their conduct is making me unhappy”, he told OGN.

” I have sent out invitations to almost 25 teams since I started building this team and only around 10 have been polite enough to discuss on having a mutual stand. People really don’t understand and I don’t pay attention to what they say. My stand still remains that I won’t take a player that I can’t vouch for his mental and physical state to a tournament. Especially if that player haven’t worked with me before”, he rounded up saying.

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The camp of the Nigeria U20 team will come alive this week when all the invited players arrive in the camp of the team ahead of the naming of the final 23 players for the U20 World Cup in Argentina.

Head coach of the Nigeria U20 team Ladan Bosso will make public his list of players for the tournament on the 10th of April, with the team expected to depart Nigeria on the 17th of May for Argentina.

In an exclusive chat with OGN, Bosso confirmed that AC Milan midfielder Victor Eletu will be in the camp of the team on the 3rd of May alongside five other foreign based players invited for the tournament.

” Eletu will be with us on the 3rd, we will also have Tochukwu Nnadi, Michael Umeh, Abel Ogwuche and Michael Ologo. By next week we should have all of them in camp for the start of the final lap of preparations”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.

In a related development, the coach appears to have ended his pursuit of Inter Milan midfielder Ebenezer Akinsanmiro following difficulties in securing his release from the Italian side. They said they are only willing to let him leave on the 16th of May.

Sources close to Bosso said, the coach instructed the secretary to communicate his decision of not accepting the proposed by Inter for his resumption hence will leave him out of the team. His decision is also backed by the fact that team’s mercurial midfielder Daniel Daga is back to full fitness. He has even played in their last two friendly games.

For now the team don’t seem to have shortage of options in the midfield with the return of Daga and the presence of the midfielders who were at the U20 AFCON and the expected arrival of Nnadi and Eletu.

Mohammed Mowiz