The Nigeria U20 team secured a spot in the final of the WAFU B Championship with a hard earned 2-1 win over Cote d’Ivoire in the second semi final match of the tournament.

Nigeria required extra time to see off their opponent with a penalty in the second half of extra time converted by Ibrahim Yahaya proving to be the difference against a resolute Cote d’Ivoire team.

Man of the match for the second consecutive game Daniel Daga put Nigeria ahead in the opening minutes of the game but with what was virtually the last kick of the game Seydou Traore levelled scores with a well taken free kick.

Guilty of missing several begging chances, the Flying Eagles were forced into extra time and same wastefulness continued in the first half of extra time. They however got respite when Yahaya converted from the spot.

It means they have now qualified for the Africa U20 Cup of Nations which will take place in Egypt next year. The qualification is a step up for coach Ladan Bosso who couldn’t power same team through the qualifiers last time out.

The newly announced coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro will earn a monthly pay of $70,000 (29 million Naira) per what OwnGoalNigeria.com exclusively gathered.

His salary is $10,000 more than that of former coach Gernot Rohr who was fired in December. He is however still on the payroll of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) until the expiration of his contract in December.

As first reported by this portal, Peseiro was handed a one year deal and he will be accompanied by two of his assistants aside the three other Nigerians who will work with him as first assistant (Finidi George), second assistant ( Salisu Yusuf) and third assistant (Usman Abdallah).

Among the Nigerian coaches in the technical crew, Yusuf who also doubles as the U23 and CHAN Eagles coach earns the highest which is 5 million Naira. 24 times less than what Peseiro earns.

We gathered Peseiro’s salary is that high because he will be responsible for the salary of his two assistants. Which included a physical trainer and a technical assistant. What both men will earn from his pay was however not disclosed.

The newly appointed coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has a very good history with celebrated coach Jose Mourinho although the pair are yet to work together contrary to what has been largely reported.

Peseiro was assistant to Carlos Queiroz for a year at Real Madrid before they were both sacked after losing their wide lead to finish 4th at the end of the season. He left to become the head coach of Sporting Lisbon.

It was at Lisbon that his work caught the attention of Mourinho who left FC Porto to Chelsea around same time. Mourinho prior to then put Portuguese football on the map by guiding Porto to the UEFA Champions League title in 2004.

The next year Peseiro took an unheralded Sporting Lisbon team to the final of Europe’s second club tournament, the UEFA Cup now known as the Europa League. They lost the final 1-3 to Russian side CSKA Moscow.

Mourinho however saw a lot to give his fellow countryman a huge passmark by rating him as one of the top level coaches emerging from Spanish football at that time.  He even tipped him to manage a team in England in the future. Although that didn’t happen as Peseiro became a journey man coach after the Sporting Lisbon experience.

” We have good coaches in Portugal that will be talked about in the world soonest. Peseiro has the experience of working at Real Madrid and also took Sporting Lisbon to the final of the UEFA Cup. That’s a huge statement from a team like Sporting Lisbon. He might coach in England soon. He is a good coach”, Mourinho said in 2005.

As a matter of fact the Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick confirmed that they had a chat with Mourinho who was on the CV of Peseiro as one of his referees before taking a decision on making him the coach of the team.

Nigeria international and Genk of Belgium striker Paul Onuachu was in a state of surprise when he received his golden boot award shortly before their loss against Gent last weekend.

Onuachu finished as top scorer last season in the Belgium top division earning the golden boot in the process. He received it shortly before kick off from his girlfriend. They are expected to tie the knot in June.

He said receiving the award from her came as a surprise particularly when he saw her walking onto the pitch before kick off.

“That was a huge surprise for me,” said Onachu afterwards. “I was not aware of this at all. Tracy always comes to watch and now I suddenly saw them walking onto the field”, he said.

“A beautiful moment, although this is where disappointment comes in.  We lost and we are doomed for European football. Thanks to the team I won this Golden Boot. It looks good, but it’s harder to enjoy it after such a disappointing defeat.”

Speaking on his future, the 27 year old said he is yet to be informed about any potential move away . “I am still under contract here. I have no more news. There were also rumors last year, but I’m still here.”

Cyriel Dessers is set to return to Belgium side Genk at the end of the season when his loan deal at Dutch side Feyenoord comes to an end.

Dessers scored his ninth league goal of the season last weekend in the defeat against FC Twente, but it’s more likely that he has played his last league game for the club as they are unsure if they will be able to sign him permanently.

The 27 year old who is presently the top scorer in the Europa Conference League with ten goals which has propelled them to the final where they will face AS Roma has a clause for Feyenoord to sign him for €4m at the end of his loan deal.

“We know what we have to pay if we want to capture him. It seems clear to me that we would like to see that, but that also depends on him,” coach of Feyenoord Arne Slot said.

“A lot of interest? Don’t just think in him. But after such a season it is possible that we are not the only club. We are not only dependent on our current financial possibilities, but also on what choice he wants to make.”

For Dessers he said he is entirely relaxed about his future as he has his sight on the Europa Conference League final against Roma saying only after then will he have a usit with his representative to talk about his future.

“Everyone is working on the Conference League final. I think it will indeed be lifted over the final. Then we will sit down and we’ll see,” the striker told ESPN .

Nigeria international goalkepper Maduka Okoye has said his farewell to Dutch side Sparta Rotterdam following the end of his loan spell at the club.

The 22 year old was signed by English Championship side Watford and loaned straight back to Sparta Rotterdam for the season. He played a huge role in ensuring that they beat the drop to the Dutch second division.

Okoye followed up last season ten clean sheets with seven this season despite their obvious struggles to stay in the Dutch top division. His contribution didn’t go unnoticed and the fans showed him their appreciation after yesterday’s game.

Reacting to the message of love from the fans who came in their numbers, Okoye said if he has his wish he would love to play at the club for the next 15 years saying they made him who he is. He is however hopeful that he will one day return to the club.

“I would have preferred to have played here for fifteen years, but I also have to think about myself,” he tells RTV Rijnmond .

“However, it doesn’t have to be a final goodbye. “It is never too late to return. As a goalkeeper you can play for a long time. Of course I want to play at the highest level for the next ten to twelve years and win the Champions League one day. But in my last years I can already see myself here play.”

“Why? It’s a feeling. When I look back on my years here, I get emotional. Nobody knew me when I played at Jong Düsseldorf. Without Sparta I would never have been here now. I really love the club. Rotterdam.”

Newly-appointed coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles has been handed a one-year short term contract, as he begins his reign as the head coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men’s National team.

Contrary to speculations, the Portuguese coach was only handed a 12 months deal, which is subject to renewal based on performance-related clauses.

A source at the NFF told OwnGoalNigeria.com that the federation have the power to sack the coach six months into his tenure if he fails to meet certain clauses in the deal.

Primarily, the clause has to do with the results during the first stage of the qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Where a good result will keep him in his position for a year.

With the NFF facing a legal battle on payments for erstwhile coach of the team, Gernot Rohr, all pointers are the Federation are weary of allowing thunder strike in the same spot.

Peseiro will lead the Eagles in the United States when the team faces Mexico and Ecuador in international friendly games. He will be assisted by Ex-Eagles winger Finidi George, Salisu Yusuf and Usman Abdallah.

Erstwhile head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Emmanuel Amuneke has sounded a note of warning to new Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro.

Peseiro was announced as the new head coach of the team by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) seeing off competition from the trio of Ernesto Valverde, Philip Cocu and Laurent Blanc.

Amuneke who was the head coach under the interim technical adviser Austine Eguavoen during the ill fated World Cup qualifiers playoff against Ghana has already point out the missing link in the Super Eagles team.

Speaking after the failure to beat Ghana in the world cup qualifiers playoff, the former Nigeria U17 and U20 coach said the team has good players but still lack a good passer of the ball in the midfield.

“The head coach (Austin Eguavoen) was in charge of the team and he decided what system and which players fitted into the system. My job was to provide technical assistance, which I did throughout the games in Accra and Abuja. It’s now left to who is in charge to take it or leave it”, he told Punch.

“We have good players in the team in all departments but the team still needs a good passer of the ball from midfield. A player that can create space from our own half with just a pass from quick movements will be the final piece in the Eagles’ jigsaw”.

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