Arsenal have been here before but they look better and capable of overcoming the storm that wiped their predecessors and fortune seems to be on their side because the transfer window is not far away.The emergence of the news of Gabriel Jesus’ knee injury has obviously not been well received by Arsenal, Mikel Arteta and Arsenal fans world wide and to worsen matters, he is expected to be out for at least three months.The Brazilian has had a promising start to life at the Emirates and the fans are now dreaming of the possibility of winning the Premier League title,…
Author: Kehinde-Hassan Afolabi
According to reports, the Interim Management Committee, IMC has decided that the new kickoff date for the new Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL season is set to kickoff on the 8th of January 2023.The committee also confirmed that meeting will be held on the 28th of December, 2022 to discuss the schedule for the league, which will be played in an abridge format following the delayed start, which has seen a lot of time already wasted.Clubs have also been informed that the deadline for the completion of their licensing ahead of the 2022/23 season is the 28th of December, and…
The Premier League returns following the end of the FIFA World Cup tournament, which saw the top teams go into an unusual mid-season break because the mentioned tournament was slated for winter months.Premier League teams, our focus in this article have enjoyed different fortunes in the aftermath of the break. While it was a break that came at the right time for a team like Chelsea and their new manager, Graham Potter, it was case for some others.In this articles, we will be looking at the impact of the break, and how prepared the top teams are ahead of the…
The FIFA World Cup is a tournament know to present a platform to players whose names are barely heard to give good account of themselves in the hope of securing moves to elite clubs.In the case of some others, it is an avenue to prove that they are not only a system player, thereby showing that what they actually do consistently at club level, they can replicate it on the international stage or any other places.The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup was not an exception as a lot of players really delivered some astonishing individual performances and scouts from the…
Argentina saw off France on penalties to claim the FIFA World Cup title in the 22nd edition played in Qatar, their third title in the competition’s history and their first since winning it in Mexico back in 1986.France on the other side became a victim for the second time of the three FIFA World Cup finals decided on penalties. The concluded edition of the tournament is much like repetition of that of the 1986 edition but we’ll take a look at some of the interesting numbers behind the 64 games on Qatar.NUMBERS and RECORDSQatar are the first host country, in…
After the completion of the 64 games of the FIFA World Cup, we take a look at the players who have been outstanding in their respective positions.Unsurprisingly, only players who made it to the semi finals made the cut but there are also players who didn’t reach the stage that were outstanding in the tournament but unfortunately, only eleven players can be named.Here is our best XI for the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup…TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENTGoalkeeper : Dominik Livakovic of CroatiaMost saves in the tournament. Joint most shout-out penalties saved in the history of the tournament. Two…
Argentina have beaten France to win their third FIFA World Cup title in one of the most memorable finals in the history of the tournament, if not the most.From leading 2-0 to drawing 2-2 and leading again but it was on penalties that France have been conquered as Kylian Mbappé ended the night on the losing side despite his hat-trick performance.Six goals scored after extra time, most in a final match in the competition history since England beat Germany 4-2 in Wembley back in 1966. This time, it finished all square and it is the South American side who were…
Croatia edge Morocco to claim a third FIFA World Cup podium finish thanks to first half goals from Josko Gvardiol and Mislav Orsic in either side of ab Achraf Dari’s maiden international goal.Croatia took an early lead in the seventh minute following a free-kick won after a Sofyan Amrabat’s foul on Andrej Kramaric in the Morocco half.The resulting set-piece was neatly worked between Luka Modric and Ivan Perisic, with the later sending a cross into the box, which was met by the header of Josko Gvardiol for his first goal of the tournament.It was only the fourth goal Morocco have…
After more than eight years as the Head Coach of the Portuguese National Team, the country’s football federation has now come to an agreement with Fernando Santos to finally put an end to their relationship and the 68year old announced his decision to step down on Thursday.A very good move but maybe a little too late. However, better be late than never because terms has changed for the good of the national team with brilliant players coming through the ranks, and now they deserve a more tactically endowed manager.Fernando Santos was appointed as the head coach of the nation in…
Was it a disastrous outing for Spain and Luis Enrique in the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup ?The winner of the 19th edition of the tournament were sent packing, following a shootout lost to their Andalusian neighbour, Atlas Lions of Morocco, who reached the quarter finals for the first time ever.When Luis Enrique announced the squad that would represent them in Qatar, it stirred a lot of controversies but the manager maintained he has selected the best legs the country has to offer.The list included seven Barcelona players, which was later made eight as left-back, Alejandro Balde was selected to…