Extremely proud of our Super falcons of Nigeria vs France at the world cup. These girls gave it everything against a French side cheered on by a near full stadium & a doubtful retaken penalty. I am sad,disappointed, but proud of these girls!
Alex Iwobi's Performance today especially, & in recent months,has me excited & makes me so proud as a compatriot. Vision,physical, clairvoyance,pace, aggressive & above all,he has found total belief in his capabilities.This is great for 'Naija' & Everton. Bravo Lampard and Alex!!
Nwabali ! Nwabali !! Nwabali !!! After Osimhen's 5 star performance,another hero is born! What composure, belief in God and a reassuring Smile by our Naija goalkeeper to send us to the AFCON Final. Now i can face my FIFA colleagues with a smile .. lol
Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane made me so proud yesterday the way he tactically competed with a star-studded Bayern Munich. He showed no complex and had a game plan. great African Ambassador. Though they lost, for me, Al Ahly & Mosimane were the real winners last night. Bravo Bro!
Woke up again to this Phenomenal song, "Essence" from Naija Wonder "Wizkid". For weeks now this song has been putting smiles on millions, Yours truly included. Bravo bro. Worth a listen if you haven't
#Wizkid
Meet the 6 Technical Experts in Qatar,assembled by FIFA Worldwide to bring you Enhanced Football Intelligence (EFI'S) of every game under leadership of "sir" Arsene Wenger; Klinnsman, zaccheroni,Cha,Oliseh,Mondragon and Zubi. You can get live podcasts after each game from FIFA.
I am totally heartbroken but at the same time so proud of our "Extra Super" Falcons today. In spite of all the hardship & at times inhuman mistreatment, they have put Nigeria back up in world Football. God bless them all!!
Extremely honoured to have been appointed by FIFA as a Technical Expert for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. In privileged company of "Sir" Arsene Wenger, Jurgen Klinnsman and 3 others. Work started last night .
Qatar 2022 is looking great and ready.
Congratulations to Ademola Lookman for joining this exclusive list of Nigerians who were worldwide acclaimed! Naija's all-time magnificent 7 just became THE MAGNIFICENT 8. Delighted and welcome to the Club Lil bro
I finally get an opportunity to watch a world cup match (Morocco vs Belgium) with my best friend, wife and mother of my 2 beautiful kids,Hafi. What a joyful moment as Morocco won for Africa. Bravo le Maroc et allez l'Afrique.
Ola Aina! Ola Aina !! Ola Aina!!! What a vintage, Naija like, exceptional performance he put up, as Super Eagles got their groove on to down Cote D'ivoire 1-0. Frank Onyeka & Calvin Bassey worked herculean too! Bravo boys!!
Are there still worthy superlatives to qualify this "Alien" of a footballer in Cristiano Ronaldo? Juventus qualifies thanks to his 3 goals & an exceptional well prepared team work vs A. Madrid. CR7 is Unbelievable. 34 years old & still arguably the world's best? Phenomenal !!
I am very impressed by the quality of Offensive Runs Taiwo Awoniyi makes for Nottenham Forest not to talk of the quality Goal he scored. Bravo Taiye. 👍🏼👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
R.I.P. Bro! Five years ago Today,We lost this talented ex-Super Eagles International,Thompson Oliha.
Join me in sharing the word of Remembrance and prayers for his soul and Family. Tommy we Miss you !!
10 years ago today we lost in my opinion,the greatest entertainer ever in Michael Jackson. He was & still is my favourite. May your blessed soul rest in perfect peace Michael! Simply The king of music.
African legends Must speak out in support of Caster Semenya. This is unacceptable! She is born female. Forcing her w/naturally high testosterone to give up ownership of her body, take drugs to compete is dangerous & discriminatory.I stand behind her 100%.
4 years ago today,we lost 1 of Africa’s greatest legends,Stephen Keshi. AFCON winning captain player & coach,qualified Togo & Nigeria to world cups,2nd round 2014 world cup coach & an exceptional leader. Lets celebrate this great man.“Coachitto Skippo” we miss you.R.I.P big bro!
Remarkable coaching work by Mikel Arteta tonight vs Chelsea 2-2! With one man sent off,Away from home, changes players' animation,exit of Otzil at the right moment & keeping Martinelli on are some of the highlights of his coaching prowess,in my Opinion! Very Entertaining
#CHEARS
Congrats & Respect to Arsenal & coach,Arteta. What seemed a season to forget just days ago, ends a huge success for Arsenal: FA Cup winners,Europa Liga qualification,beat Liverpool and Holders Man. City.. extremely pleased 4 Arteta, who wins the FA as player & coach for Arsenal.
Always a pleasure lodging at Chelsea's Stamford bridge Hotel. This iconic Gianlucca Vialli's portrait is touching as is inspiring. R.I.P Grande Lucca🙏🏽
9 years ago, today, we lost Nigeria's greatest striker, ever, Rashidi Yekini, to a sudden illness, May his blessed soul rest in Peace. R.I.P Baba Rashidi
Feel blessed to still be able to run my private "Amazon-like" Farm at home. My own Afro space & spot in Belgium. Na "Naija" soup get Dis Tomatoes Today. Have a blessed Sunday Y'all
I confirm: Due to my refusal to participate in Illegal activities at Fortuna sittard & violate the Law,i have been Suspended from my duties as Coach by the Foreign Owners of Fortuna.Unfortunate for the lovely fans, my players & our hard fought phenomenal positioning for Promotion
Senegal seems to have taken this totally reborn Cote D'ivoire side for granted! Every Title favorites,needs to respect the opposition and play them with total ruthlessness! If care is not taken,Senegal could just be heading back home!!
This AFCON '24 is a total blast!!
#SENCIV
Dutch court finds Fortuna Sittard guilty for not being a good employer to Sunday Oliseh and sanctions Fortuna. Most importantly The Knvb Court stated that Oliseh has not acted as a bad Employee!!
Consequentally negating false claims by Fortuna. God is Great!
Arsenal totally deserved victory over Man. City. This doubtful red card saved Man. City some thrashing from a well organised Arsenal side in my opinion. conpact,direct playing with a world class goal keeper. Arsenal could be champions this year!
Victor Boniface was once again extraordinary as Leverkusen grabbed it's first ever Bundesliga title with 5 games left to play. Boniface is strong,skilful,intelligent,mobile,calm under pressure and i am convinced he will lead Nigeria to AFCON glory & more soon. Congrats Bro!!
Sadio Mane once again Vs. Bayern, confirmed that he is one of the best 10 players in the world! Liverpool would definitely not be where they are today without him! 9 goals in Liverpool's last 10 matches! simply World class.
An evening to remember as BVB Dortmund celebrated every legend that ever won a title for this legendary club. Honoured to be there and have an Emotional Reunion with ex-colleagues like Ahmed Madouni, Marcio Amoroso,Otto Addo, Roman Weidenfeller,Lars Ricken, Tanko, etc.
Getting ready for the Man. City Vs Arsenal top game later today here in England. My English friends have been arguing all weekend. I feel the winner today might just win the premier league.. what do you think? Happy Easter to you and stay blessed !!
The King Of Football Pelé peacefully passed on today, but his legacy lives on & will never be forgotten nor equaled.
Thank you, Sir, for being my hero, and inspirator, plus the joy you gave to Billions Worldwide.
R.I.P King Pelé
#Pele
Little did my teammates and i ,present at the '96 Olympics with him,filled with emotions know that we were going home with Gold for our people!! Naija is capable of great things when inspired
Bravo !! Super falcons of Nigeria have For the first time in 20 years progressed to the knock out stage of the world cup. These girls deserve it. Now we face Germany in the round of 16.
Watching man. City vs Lyon,cannot help but marvel @ the phenomenal progression Memphis Depay has made since leaving Man U for Lyon,both for Lyon & D Dutch national team. happy for the lad.
Extremely impressed by the maturity and discipline put up Versus Arsenal, by Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi as they played decisive roles in Fulham's victory - over a seemingly, mentally tired Arsenal. Encouraging for the AFCON. Una do well !!
Extremely impressed by Alex Iwobi's performance Vs Leicester Today. Simple, clairvoyant, hard-working, tracking back, changing play, and dictating the tempo, especially at a time when his club's survival in the 1er league is on the line. Kudos Lil Bro!!
Arsenal Tactically ,Technically,physically & mentally outclass Tottenham.
Arguably Arsenal’s best all round demonstration of greatness in Years. Credit to the players & Unai Emery. Had so much Fun watching
Our exceptional 2-3 victory yesterday vs Jong PSV,coming back from a 2-0 deficit is my Landmark 20th victory as Coach of Fortuna Sittard after 35 games in charge with 8 draws! God is Great !!
From paying 30naira to watch champions league football for night back then for 323 army barrack akure
To playing my first champions league game
Proud of this moment
Technically,tactically, physically, mentally & whatever positive ...ly you can think of, Eguavoen's led super Eagles,i feel, dominated Egypt & is, the best S.E performance in recent years. At this rate,we can be extremely optimistic my people.Moses Simon player of the match?
Exceptional, sovereign & “Champion-like” performance by this season's Arsenal till now. Tactically classy, with & without D ball, coupled with well-orchestrated transitions with runs into pockets that hurt Man. United Today. Don’t bet against this team!
#ARSMUN
This brought tears to my eyes!! Thank you Duke Udi. Hopefully you now understand why our beloved Nigeria needs us all to collectively put her and our brothers & sisters first. Ignore backstabbers & watch God make them miserable..
I really find this Latest Super Eagles Jersey and outfit not only unique but inspiring! Really well thought out and Designed. One thing is for sure,the Opponents in Russia will be queuing to change shirts after the games. World Cup 2018 is here!
Haba This nightmare go ever end? Woke up to this shocker this morning. Our homebased suppose dey beat Lesotho na! dem even first us score!!!! The painful part be say, no consequences for these national embarrassments sef!
Yes,We have Qualified for D playoffs to promotion! Wow, 6th consecutive Victory yesterday Vs Jong Utrecht 3-1,stay top of the league into D new year & automatic qualification for D playoffs.
Only God can help wield such a miracle: From Relegation struggle 2 Playoff in 12 months!
Our World Cup 2018 is on! Great result for the Super Eagles vs Iceland.The boys all did well especially in d 2nd half, particularly impressed with Musa,Ndidi,Uzoho & Balogun. Great that you all supported & prayed like we implored earlier,cheers guys; -)
2 of the 3 greatest Joys of my life, My children, are all suited up and ready for the AFCON Final,Super Eagles versus Cote D'ivoire. Tension dey my house ooo .. Lol
I implore you, If there is ever a time when we all have to come together ,pray and support the super eagles,it is today vs Iceland.I believe our boys will win, they need our full backing & Prayers.
With Argentina Faltering,a win could just usher us the path to the 2nd Round
4 years ago I believed and shared this in Malaysia. Today the "beautiful bombshell" has struck the world. Watch and enjoy. I sincerely believe when we have faith, more can shock the world like My in-laws are doing... lol thanks Rogier Schultz
Extremely pleased to see the high level Alex Iwobi & Wilfred Ndidi are playing tonight. Matured and composed. Iwobi's decision making is remarkable. Emery's Arsenal is playing world class football!!
Chelsea extremely deserved to win the CL in my opinion. Especially pleased for my favourite defensive midfielder and goalkeeper of the season. N'golo Kante has now won it all: Premier League, Champions League and The world cup. He ran over 12kms in 90mins today!! Incroyables
Victor Osimhen! Victor Osimhen!! Extremely impressed not only by his offensive runs ,defensive work but even on cornerskicks against,tormenting of the Cameroonian defence, but mostly by his leadership and hunger to win! Bravo to our African Ballon D'or
Goal Nigeria. OSHIMEN ASSIST
After this I don't want to hear that nonsense Oshimen won't be good for Chelsea. We are literally screaming for him. The pressing, the desire, the passion is unmatched.
Our victory over Jong Ajax 2-1 today
@FortunaSittard
not only makes it a record 7 victories in a row,but secures us the 2nd Period title. Fortuna's 1st title in 23 years.God is Great!
Sad day :Carl Ikeme retires from football after leukemia! A great human being,goalkeeper,ambassador for football & Nigeria,U showed so much courage & strength facing this illness.God bless you Carl,we will miss U on the pitch but we are extremely glad 2 have you with us still.
Pleased to confirm that,I have accepted the Gracious invitation by Our Fatherland’s President Buhari’s charge, in the company of 16 Top Compatriots, via Our Sports Ministry, to produce a Ten-Year football development masterplan for Dear Nigeria.Honored to serve Nigeria once again
After 48 years of trying Morocco has made Africa into world superpower status in football. Ecstatic & privileged to be here at Al Thumama Stadium to witness Morocco do it. Wifey jokingly predicted this when she came to Qatar! Guess our wives are always right after all.
Wow! Very impressed with the authoritative,creative,organised,collective and offensive play of Manchester United vs Cardiff. Such a pleasure to watch.
Congrats to coaching classmate, Ole Solksjaer 👏👏
I would like to wish Didier Drogba A prosperous life after football as he retires at 40 ! One of the greatest exports from our mother Africa continent. Join me in wishing this legend from Africa, all the best !
Congratulations to the Players of Fortuna Sittard,fans,club and all well wishers as Fortuna Sittard Gains Promotion to the 1st Division, Proud to be Chief Coach Of this team.God is great!
Change of Coach to a Local one 4 days ago & Cote D'ivoire are in my eyes,now,potential title contenders with Naija! 5 days ago,they were begging Morocco to beat Zambia to help them qualify,Tonight they eliminate Title Fav's, Senegal. Football is A fantastic, Crazy Rollercoaster.
Reminder:
No AFCON defending champion has qualified for the quarterfinals of the next edition since Egypt in 2010.
2021 Algeria (group stage)
2019 Cameroon (R16)
2017 Côte d’Ivoire (group stage)
2015 Nigeria (didn’t qualify)
2013 Zambia (group stage)
2012 Egypt (didn’t qualify)
Working with Arsene Wenger is totally enriching. His ability to be a leader of FIFA Experts, whilst still leaving room for huge inputs from experts as he guides us forward to the Qatar2022 World Cup, is simply, phenomenal
#Qatar2022
Today 1st Of May 2018 officially ends my contract with Fortuna Sittard as Chief Coach. A big thank you to all who helped make this past 17 months a phenomenal success, especially Gino Facenna,Alex Voigt,my players ,people of Sittard and all well wishers. Stay blessed
Extremely pleased for Naija's own Wilfred Ndidi for the exceptionally impressive performance he put up vs Chelsea. played simple, effective, and showed personality.
Extremely pleased for Paul Pogba & Man. United in general at this demonstration of world class football: Build up,defense and in finishing,Pogba's been just brilliant the last 3 games. happy 4 D lad!!
Sadio Mané leads "Superb" Senegal to win Arguably, the most qualitative AFCON in the past 20 years in terms of Tactics, passion, and surprises.
African football has come of age !! I am excited...
Great fun meeting Jurgen Klopp and helping to celebrate the career end of Dortmund's great Roman weidenfeller.
Had to put on my football boots again though 🤣
Extremely pleased,the world has finally discovered the extraordinary talent of Alphonso Davies of Bayern Munich. He has it all: Pace,skills,vision,endurance,intelligence and an insattiable will to win. Bayern did not accidentally crush Barca,they were all round better in my view.
Ajax in the Champions League Semis is probably the best news,for saving world club football as we know it in a long time :A Built team & playing it's style as opposed to buying stars to win. Purposeful team Hard work pays, if u know how! Extremely pleased 4 my ex club & d fans.
Finally Africa wins it's 1st world Cup but in french colours lol. Congratulations France,well deserved. Love the Croatian spirit though & their great team spirit.
So far i am having so much fun watching this Chelsea side play this season. Full of movement, goals,well structured off the ball and better organised networking. They could do something this year. Don't bet against them.
#Chelsea
Arsenal put up a highly organized,Modern, Mature & credibly well rounded performance today Vs Fulham. I believe,Should they continue this way versus other opponents, Arsenal fans have the right to be extremely optimistic this season. Impressive!
You'd better be not be missing this. This Probably the highest level of football 1st half of the year. Exceptional stuff from the 22 players & 2 coaches.
Eden Hazard once again is after my heart. 😉 Out of this world!!
Wow, Dortmund's coach Favre' s tactics slam dunks Bayern Munich 3-2., had fun watching my former team excel. Fans were exceptiinally electric once again
Bravo!! Extremely impressed with the refereeing yesterday
#LIVCHE
By first ever female referee, Stephanie Frappart @ the
#SuperCup
Always close to the action,authoritative,precise and just added something positive to this highly contested encounter. Football needs more like her!
Wilfred "Superman" Ndidi is back in midfield & Leicester go back to winning ways in style, 4-1 ! Extremely happy for the young man. Personally feel he is the best defensive midfielder in the Premier league, so far this season.
Feeling extremely honoured to have been bestowed the privilege in the company of legendary Italian maestro,Alberto Zaccheroni as FIFA Experts for today's opening FIFA World Cup match;Qatar vs Ecuador. You can listen to the live FIFA Podcast here
My heart goes out to the people of Egypt as Mo Sallah is injured & risks missing The World Cup! This is a loss for Africa as a whole.We wish him a speedy recovery.Would be great to see this legendary player at the World Cup 2018
Impressed by Arsenal's tactical evolution today. Football played like Chess! Exceptional coaching by Emery & Guardiola. Arsenal fans should be optimistic.Remember they played against an Incredibly strong team in Champions,. Best Gunner 4 me=Matteo Guendouzi
At the Emirates to see Emery's Arsenal take on klopp's Liverpool. A win for Arsenal will open doors 4 talented Iwobi .Atmosphere electric when 2 Giants clash
Fulham stadium is the Venue, watching England U21 take on Croatia in London for D UEFA Pro license Refresher, on invitation by the ever resourceful English FA. Impressive Youth development from both teams.
5 matches,4 goals and 2 assists; Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson is truly lmpressive, rekindling the Form he showed at Villareal. Just love it when Africans excel after facing challenges. Keep it up lil bro !
Top goalkeepers win points,Aaron Rammsdale once again confirmed my belief that he is an asset to Arsenal's title chase with his 5 star performance vs. Liverpool. If Arsenal wants to be champion, there is a need to muscle up against top opponents, in my opinion. Superb point won!
Get a copy from Amazon of my book "Audacity to Refuse" to find out how we refused to accept prejudice & more to pull this off!
I felt out of this world on that podium with D Nigerian flag being raised highest. Nothing beats being crowned world champions as an underdog.
At the Al Thumama Stadium to work on Senegal vs Qatar,, guess who I ran into? Spanish legend Fernando Hierro (middle),the last time I met him, he was heading the ball out to my direction as I was blessed to strike the goal versus Spain in France '98. We had lots of laughs..
had a blast with Super Eagles team mate and bro,Yakubu Aiyegbeni . Michael Essien,Diouf,Nkono,Ba,....Worldwide legends were gathered here in Qatar for 2 days, of 6 a side games by FIFA.
Woke up this morning with Sad memories as, 8 years ago today, I sadly lost a friend,teammate,father,husband to Ify & National Hero, Super Eagle of Nigeria's Uche OKAFOR.