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Eguma Restates Commitment To Win NPFL Title
The Technical Manager of Rivers United of Port Harcourt, Stanley Eguma, says their ambition against Gombe United was to win and run away with the three points at stake but goalless draw was not a bad one.
He restated that his team had the potentials and capacity to win the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) title, saying that the League is getting tougher and tougher.
This was contained in a recorded voice interview by the Media Offiicer of the Club, Charles Muyuku, and made available to Tidesports on Monday.
Rivers United played barren draw against their host, Gombe United on Sunday, in match day 18, at the ongoing NPFL.
According to Eguma, the team is not losing focus and they are on top of the log first half of the league.
“ I thank God for the game. The League is getting tougher and tougher. Our ambition was to win but we are not God and we can not predict what will happen.
As it is, we are taking games as they come. We are not losing focus. We are on top of the league in the first round of the league and we work to win the title,” Eguma said.
The technical manager, expressed joy over the goalless draw played, saying that it was a good birthday gift for him.
One good thing about the game is that today is my birthday. My players actually promised to give me a birthday gift by winning the game but we got a draw.
I saw their effort today, they made frantic efforts to win the game but a lot of scoring chances they missed, especially in the first half, they would have wrapped up the game,” Eguma stated.
By: Tonye Orabere
Iwobi spoke to Tidesports source ahead of Nigeria’s crunch playoff semi-final against Gabon on Thursday, November 13, in Rabat, Morocco.
The 28-year-old was reacting to Nigeria’s shaky World Cup qualifying campaign that saw the Eagles finish second in Group C behind South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.
“We’ve managed to rescue ourselves from the dead,” Iwobi told Tidesports source.
We know we have the players and the abilities to compete against any other country in the world.”
The Fulham star pointed to Nigeria’s star power, highlighting African Footballer of the Year winners Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen as proof of the squad’s quality.
“We have last year’s African best player (Ademola Lookman), the year before that (Victor Osimhen),” he said.
“It’ll be a shame if we don’t make it, but we have a lot of confidence. We just have to prove it to ourselves.”
Nigeria’s path to the United States, Canada and Mexico has been turbulent, with two coaches departing during the early stages of qualifying before Éric Chelle steadied the ship to steer the Super Eagles into November’s CAF playoffs.
Four nations from the continent – Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Gabon – will vie for a solitary spot to compete in next March’s inter-confederation playoffs, with a view to joining the already nine qualified African nations at the Finals.
It would mark Iwobi’s second appearance at the World Cup Finals and the Super Eagles’ first since the 2018 edition of the competition.
Back then, Iwobi featured in all three games as Nigeria was knocked out in the group stage.
The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) and Publisher of the Atlantic Bell Online medium, Mr. Celestine Ogolo has advised sports writers in Nigeria to diversify in sports writing and not to concentrate on football reporting alone.
The Deputy National President of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Mr. Bonny Nyong has expressed commitment to support sports development and move SWAN forward.