After thrashing the Super Eagles 2-0 on Tuesday night in London, Serbia head coach Mladen Krstajic insists his side fully deserved their win in their friendly match and should have scored more goals. Krstajic’s men dominated the game with Aleksander Mitroviv scoring the two goals after the break and the gaffer reckons the goal margin should have been bigger considering their dominance of the game.
Real Madrid midfielder has subtly slammed his coach, Zinedine Zidane after scoring his first career hat-trick for Spain on Tuesday night. Spain thrashed Argentina 6-1. The midfielder whose sparkling performance was crucial to the win has seen his involvement in club football limited under Zidane, a development he said was affecting his confidence.
Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr has hinted that Deportivo de La Coruña starlet Francis Uzoho will be his first-choice goalkeeper at the 2018 World Cup, pointing out that he has not conceded a goal since making his international debut.
Uzoho and African based pair Chippa United's Daniel Akpeyi and Enyimba's Ikechukwu Ezenwa are vying for a starting spot but it appears the youngest of the trio is ahead in Rohr's pecking order of goalkeepers.
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has announced the starters for Tuesday night's pre-World Cup friendly against Serbia at the Hive Stadium in London.
The German has made three changes to the side which faced Poland on Friday and one of the changes will see ADO Den Haag right-back Tyronne Ebuehi replace Abdullahi Shehu.
While the Bursaspor defender is on the bench, Kelechi Iheanacho and Oghenekaro Etebo have been entirely ruled out of the friendly after failing to recover from their injuries.
Iceland, Nigeria's group mate in the 2018 Russia World Cup on Monday said it will enforce a diplomatic boycott of the forthcoming World Cup billed to be hosted By Russia over the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain. Iceland's Foreign Ministry in a statement issued yesterday said;
Argentina goalkeeper that was between the woodwork in the friendly match against the Super Eagles, Austin Marchesin has been dropped by manager Jorge Sampaoli from participating in the friendly matches against Italy and Spain because he conceded four goals against Nigeria late last year.
