Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi has taken a swipe at the coach of Napoli Luciano Spalleti over his decision to bench Victor Osimhen in their 1-1 draw against Cagliari.

After a not too impressive performance against Barcelona in the Europa League, the club record signing was made to start from the bench against Cagliari in the Serie A on Monday.

Osimhen came in as a substitute with Napoli trailing 1-0 and went on to help them rescuse a point from the game with a bullet header. The draw wasn’t good enough for Napoli however as they wasted a good chance to go top of the table.

Reacting to the chance that they threw away, Moggi writing in his editorial for Libero blamed it on the decision not to start Osimhen with a warning to Spalleti that the Nigerian has to start if he is fit as the Napoli team is ordinary without him.

“The good Cagliari deserve a point base on how they tied title contenders Napoli 1-1. The Neapolitans did not take advantage of the losses of the Milanese team, they risk succumbing and draw only in the final minutes with Osimhen. For Spalletti a point recovered over Inter (who, however, has one game less) and a question: Was Osimhen not able to play from the start? Without him it is another team. the Sassuolo”, he wrote.

Porto and Nigeria defender Zaidu Sanusi is on the verge of winning two titles with his team this season. This 2021/22 season might be the most successful of his career for the 24-year-old Nigerian defender, who primarily plays on the left-wing. After all, his team, Porto, has won two domestic titles in a row and is the overwhelming favourite in both.

We’re talking about the Portuguese championship and cup, where Nigerian Zaidu Sanusi’s squad is on the verge of victory. Odds from the well-known betting company bet9ja , where you can always get familiar with the odds for the most prominent events linked to Portuguese and European football in general, confirm this.

Based on the values that analysts assign to Porto’s win in the national championship and cup, we can deduce that the Sanusi Nigerian team’s chances of triumph in the national championship are now at 90%. In the cup event, the Dragons, as their fans refer to Porto, are considered the favourites, with a 55 percent probability of winning.

The current rankings in the standings explain Porto’s massive advantage over opponents in the battle for the championship title. The Nigerian Sanusi’s squad leads Sporting Lisbon by 6 points after 23 rounds, and Benfica, which is in third place, by 12 points.

Sporting will be Porto’s key rival in the battle for the Portuguese Cup as well. The Dragons will face off against this metropolitan squad in the tournament’s semi-finals. Given that two lower-level clubs – Tondela and Mafra – will play in another semi-final, the match between Porto and Sporting is dubbed the “early final” by analysts.

It is worth mentioning that Porto’s Nigerian defender Zaidu Sanusi has made a significant contribution to his team’s victory this season. The footballer has played 14 matches in the Portuguese championship, scoring one goal, as well as 10 matches in other events in which his team is participating this season.

The last has not been heard about the disagreement between Nigeria international midfielder Kelechi Nwakali and his Spanish second division side Huesca.

Huesca suspended the Nigerian after placing a fine on him for reporting late from the Africa Cup of Nations following the elimination of Nigeria at the round of 16 of the tournament.

Nwakali has since been banished from training with the first team as part of the punishment but the players union are challenging the act by Huesca insisting that the player did nothing wrong to warrant such. He explained that his lateness was due to an illness and even provided doctor’s report to back his claims.

Per a report by Football Espana, Huesca through their sporting director were desperate to loan Nwakali in the January transfer window got a fee of €80,000 after he declined their offer of extending his deal which will expire in six months time.

It’s alleged that the sporting director threatened Nwakali that he won’t be paid if he refuse to leave the club in January, but despite his willingness to leave what Huesca were demanding made it impossible for any of the interested team to sign him.

The report claimed Nwakali’s poor relationship with the power brokers at the club is why he is keen on an exit in the summer but the club don’t want to lose him for a free hence the latest act. They see the act is one of gross misconduct and discrimination against the player.

Their aim is to terminate his contract to avoid paying him for the rest of the season. It is why they are no longer playing him. The players union have however opened up a case in his favour.

They claim the club has no grounds to sack Nwakali accussing Huesca of committing procedural error in the opening of the case against the former U17 Golden Ball winner. In the meantime, it’s looking like Nwakali won’t play any part in Huesca’s remaining game of the season.

The vice captain of the senior national team of Nigeria William Troost Ekong has given his opinion on the decision by Emmanuel Dennis to snub the chance to be a part of the senior national team of Nigeria for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

Dennis was included in the squad for the tournament but he declined and intseas stayed behind to help his club Watford escape the drop to the English Championship as they are presently in the relegation spot.

While Watford said it was due to the fact that they were not sent a pre tournament notification for the forward before his formal invitation, Ekong has now revealed the true situation of things.

It was a distraction for both (parties),” says Troost-Ekong to The Athletics. “The situation probably wasn’t ideal. But I think it was his decision and Watford’s decision to make, so you have to respect that. It was a lot messier than it had to be.”

We gathered Dennis has apologised to the technical crew of the team and also the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) during a meeting in London and he is set to be given a look in for the World Cup qualifiers playoff against Ghana in March.

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Some people from the finance industry have joined the growing number of investors. This includes SoFi CEO Anthony Noto who has shown that he owns cryptocurrencies but at the same time, he and his family believe that there is a lot of potential with this market.

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He believes the technology is advantageous to any company

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He said, ‘We’re invested in cryptocurrency—we own Bitcoin, we own Ethereum, we own some of the more obscure and different cryptocurrencies, but it’s a very small part of what we own. If you don’t innovate, and you don’t use cryptocurrency as a technology platform, you’ll get left behind. Your business will be smaller. You’ll be less competitive. You will have less innovation and less of a value proposition for consumers’.

Noto sees cryptocurrencies becoming the next great asset

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Nigeria and Napoli forward Victor Osimhen has suffered another injury blow, a month after returning from a facial injury that kept him out of football for close to three months.

The injury and subsequent surgery saw him miss the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria and might likely miss the World Cup qualifiers playoff against Ghana on the 24th of March and 27th of March respectively.

Reports from Italy said he missed the team’s training today with a muscular discomfort and will undergo a scan tomorrow to determine the severity of the injury.

Already his participation in their Europa League round of 32 game against Barcelona is in doubt with some outlet speculating that he won’t be part of the sqaud for the game tomorrow.

A scan will determine the length of time he will be out injured. Usually injury related to the muscle need a minimum of three weeks to heal and if that is the case then he will be battling to be match fit for the games against Ghana in March.