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Seven Players Pass Medical Test To Join Go-Round
Seven new players have been given the all clear to join Go Round FC as the team prepares for the second round of the Nigeria National League, NNL.
Top on the list is Achibi Ewenike who was captain of Warri Wolves before he decided to leave for Go Round FC.
Achibi had previously played for Dolphins before joining up with Warri Wolves.
Ewenike has already featured in two games, the 1-0 loss in Ogbomosho to Crown FC and the 2-0 win in Omoku against Delta Force.
Achibi’s jersey number is 40.
Eta Okon Otop was top scorer for Warri Wolves in the first round of the league but has now dumped the Seasiders for Go Round FC.
Otop concluded his medicals successfully at Omoku and has been registered with the League to be part of the club in the second stage of the season.
Oghali Shedrack was a striker with promotion chasing Delta Force until a week ago but will now wear the green and yellow jerseys of Go Round FC.
Shadrack agreed personal terms with Go Round FC last week, has concluded his medicals and has been registered to play the second phase of the season.
From Unicem Rovers another attacking option, Agwu Chinedu Ibe will now play for Go Round FC after modalities were successfully concluded as regards his personal terms and medicals.
Former captain of the club, Ajie Martins has returned to the Kris Dera Hotel Stadium after a short sojourn away while Obinna Ukwu has also returned to the club.
Ukwu has already played in the 1-0 road loss at Crown FC as well as the 2-0 win at home to Delta Force. He wears the 21 jersey.
Ejikeme who had a two year stint with Yarmalight before joining the Feeder team of Go Round FC was also promoted to the first team recently.
Go Round will resumed the 2nd round of the league with a trip to Ogwashi Uku against Delta Force.
A well-known football pundit in the State, Chief Christopher Okonkwo has lauded the efforts and vision of the Super Eagles Coach Eric Chelle for going from one venue of the Nigeria Domestic Nigeria Professional Football League match to the other in monitoring Nigerian players, with a view to invite some exceptional good one discovered into the main stream of the Super Eagles team.
Okonkwo, who made the commendation in an interview at the Port Harcourt Club recently, described the positive move by Coach Chelle as a good step in the right direction, noting that the practice was how its been done in the past among any contracted coach assigned to tinker the Super Eagles team.
“Truly, it has been an old tradition in the country seeing any newly engaged Coach to lead the National team, visiting some our Nigeria League venues during the league matches to spot light some good talents that could be used to beef up some grey areas in the department of Eagles team”
He, however, frowned at the current situation where our coaches had continously been over depending on the use of foreign based players during invitation of players to the National camp, thereby, relegating the domestic home based league players to the background as if they have nothing much to offer to the team.
“I can vividly recall that the likes of great players in the mode of Finidi George, Taribo West, Kanu Nwankwo, Austin Okocha, Richard Owobokiri, Emmanuel Osuigwe among others started from Nigeria football league before they graduated to play in Europe through which they later invited to Super Eagles camp to represent Nigeria”
“Besides, I’m also of the view that going to secondary school football competitive games could equally serves as a a good platform to discover budding talents that could be nurtured to become great stars in near future”, Okonkwo frankly added.
Okonkwo, therefore, prayed that any football coach to be engaged by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to tinker the Super Eagles should be told not to confine himself in staying in big hotel alone but to be visiting some of our local league match venues, with a view to discover some good players that can be drafted into the Super Eagles team.
“Indeed, I stand to be challenged that there some young good players in the Nigeria Professional League. If spotted and exposed, could give the some of the invited foreign based players a stiff competitive fight in securing a postion in the team”, Okonkwo emphatically stated.
Ezechukwu, one of the youngest members of the Nigerian contingent at the championship in Ghana, said her ambition was to win the 100m title in style and cap it with a new personal record.
The fresh secondary school graduate explained that she is fully focused on contributing to Team Nigeria’s medal hopes and is determined to deliver strong performances across her events.
“My main objective in Ghana is to clinch the 100m title and the 4×100m,” Ezechukwu told Tidesports source.
“Nigeria can be assured of my very best and my commitment to the Team. I would love to set a new personal best in Ghana, but anything that comes, I will take it. The spirit in the team is high, and I think we are ready to go,” she said.
Ezechukwu, who was part of Nigeria’s women’s 4x100m relay squad at the World Relays in Botswana, said the experience gained from that competition has strengthened her mindset heading into the continental championships.
She admitted that she learned valuable lessons from her previous outing, including a difficult moment during the relay where an early error affected the team’s rhythm, but said she has used the experience to improve her discipline and composure.
“The secret is just being disciplined, training hard and trusting my coach and believing in God, and the result will show,” she added.
The teenager is part of a 41-member Nigerian team comprising 24 female and 17 male athletes competing at the championships, which begin today at the University of Ghana, Legon.
Nigeria are expected to compete across multiple track and field events as they aim for a strong finish against the continent’s elite athletes.
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