It is Monday morning, the Super Eagles are preparing to head to Cairo. The team’s itinerary is to travel to Cairo this morning, settle down in their new base, and train this evening. It is not clear if the team will be flying...
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The Afcon 2019 Daily Diary Entries
Afcon 2019
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 16
The celebrations ended at 11:59 pm last night in Alexandria. That was Gernot Rohr’s strict instructions to the players after the celebrations in the dressing room of the Alexandria stadium, venue of the most entertaining match at AFCON 2019 so...
Afcon 2019
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 15
It is D-Day. The die is cast. There is nothing more to be done. From 5 pm today, the world will witness another one of the epic confrontations between two of the keenest rivalries in African football. Yesterday was all talk. Today...
Afcon 2019
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 14
The Helnan Palestine Hotel was not the centre of activity yesterday. Nothing happened there except the almost quiet entry and exit of the Super Eagles to their training ground and back. There were no visitors, no interviews, no roaming around,...
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AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 13
With two days to go, the countdown has begun. Gernot Rohr is keeping everything close to his chest. Last night, after dinner, he allowed the media a last interaction with the players. The players were free to talk and express their...
Afcon 2019, Featured
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 12
Let me reiterate that I am not in Egypt. My passport is still in ‘detention’. I am in Lagos anchoring the television presentation of some of the matches of AFCON 2019 involving the Super Eagles on NTA, in an NTA/Hotsports collaboration....
Afcon 2019, Featured, Football
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 11
If I was in charge of Nigerian football, yesterday, I would have taken some very drastic decisions on the structure of the Super Eagles. Gernot Rohr should thank his lucky stars I am not. I shall, however, express my personal thoughts...
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AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 10
Yesterday, June 30, is a day to forget in a hurry. Unfortunately, for a long time to come Nigerians will not be able to forget the day and the humiliating match it etched into their football history, forever. True, football is...
Afcon 2019, Featured
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 9
The Super Eagles are prayer warriors. One underlining characteristic of all national teams of Nigeria is that they all pray fervently. I know this because I have been personally involved as a player, a Manager and an administrator through several decades, from the Green...
Afcon 2019
AFCON 2019 Daily DIARY – Day 8
Yesterday was a very busy day inside the Helnan Palestine Hotel, the camp of the Super Eagles in Alexandria. The day was set aside for the players and the media to meet, interact and chat. The usually very quiet lobby of the...
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