Saturday 7 February 2015

Imoh Ezekiel scores in Standard Liege Return

Super Eagles forward Imoh Ezekiel stirred Standard Liege emotions and rekindled misty-eyed memories of his two and half year stay at the club as he scored his first goal since returning to Belgium in their 3-0 win against Mouscron-Peruwelz.

Ezekiel doubled Ivan Vukomanovic's side's lead in the 21st minute after Mehdi
Carcela-Gonzalez had given the home team the lead in the 10th minute.

The 21 year old who is on loan from Qatari side Al Arabi found the back of net 29 times in 79 starts during his first stint with the club.

Friday 6 February 2015

Inter name Joel Obi in revised Europa league squad

Nigeria midfielder Joel Obi will still feature in this season’s Europa League for Inter Milan as he was picked by coach Roberto Mancini in a revised squad list.

Obi holds an Italian passport and so was listed as a local player and has been handed the No. 20 jersey.

Mancini announced a 25-man squad midweek and there were some changes because of the moves Inter did in the winter transfer market.

Here is the full player list:

1 Samir Handanovic
2 Jonathan
5 Juan Jesus
6 Marco Andreolli (local player A)
8 Rodrigo Palacio
9 Mauro Icardi (local player B)
10 Mateo Kovacic
13 Fredy Guarin
14 Hugo Campagnaro
15 Nemanja Vidic
17 Zdravko Kuzmanovic
18 Gary Medel
20 Joel Obi (local player A)
21 Davide Santon (local player A)
22 Dodò
23 Andrea Ranocchia (local player B)
24 Giacomo Sciacca (local player A)
28 George Puscas
30 Juan Pablo Carrizo
33 Danilo D'Ambrosio (local player B)
46 Tommaso Berni (local player B)
54 Isaac Donkor (local player A)
55 Yuto Nagatomo
88 Hernanes
91 Xherdan Shaqiri
92 Enrico Baldini (youth list B)
93 Federico Dimarco (youth list B)
94 Guy Eloge Koffi Yao (youth list B)
95 Davide Costa (youth list B)
96 Andrea Palazzi (youth list B)
97 Federico Bonazzoli (youth list B)



Elephants, Black Stars square up in Afcon final

Ghana moved a step closer to ending their 33-year wait for another Africa Cup of Nations title after defeating hosts Equatorial Guinea 3-0 in the 2015 tournament’s second semifinal, played in Malabo on Thursday night.


Tuesday 3 February 2015

Untapped Resources: Meet the young Nigerian voted player of the week in Belgium

The Belgian league used to be the haven of Nigerian players, with Joseph Akpala then of Club Brugge and Imoh Ezekiel then with Anderletch the most recent.  

Sunday 1 February 2015

Emenike finally breaks goal drought after Undergoing Turkish Ritual

Super Eagles forward, Emmanuel Emenike, found the back of the net for the first time in ten games scoring Fenerbache's second goal in their 2-1 victory over Karabukspor after undergoing a Turkish ritual.