As Nigeria and Germany do battle for a place in the Olympics final there will likely be plenty of interest in London as Chelsea and Arsenal players with a point to prove back home do battle in Sao Paulo.
Nigeria captain Mikel John Obi may be committed to Chelsea but he will doubtless face a hefty challenge establishing himself under Antonio Conte with the likes of N’Golo Kante and Nemanja Matic ahead of him in the pecking order.
But Mikel has his eyes on the top prize twenty years on from the anniversary of his nation’s heroics in Atlanta. He told Standard Sport last month: “Watching Nigeria beat Brazil in the semi-final and then Argentina in the final really inspired me.
“I was just kicking a football around for fun back then in the streets. But after seeing Nigeria win the gold medal, I changed.”
To fulfil his ambition of gold he’ll have to find his way past the star player of the men’s tournament so far, Serge Gnabry. The Arsenal winger has found the net in each of his four matches so far on the way to a tally of six goals.
With Arsene Wenger’s forward options already depleted after just one game Gnabry will believe he can go from forgotten man to key player if he can bring his Olympic form to the Premier League.
Date, time and venue
Nigeria take on Germany at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo on Wednesday August 17. Kick-off is at 20:00 BST. (8.00pm Nigeria Time)
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Posted: at 16-08-2016 08:12 AM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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Posted: at 16-08-2016 08:30 AM (7 years ago) | Hero
NIGERIA PLAYERS DO NOT MASTURBATE OOOOO, NO TIME FOR MASTURBATION,,,BEAT THOSE GUYS SILLY AND WIN GOLD IN THE FINAL............BUT Y'ALL BETTER BE CAREFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL...
Posted: at 16-08-2016 08:46 AM (7 years ago) | Hero
I so dumbfounded, a benefactor not in anyway related to Nigeria, Japanese plastic surgeon Katsuya Takasu flew to Rio to hand $200,000 (£153,500) to the Nigerian Olympic team, in addition to his promise to pay a $30,000 (£23,000) bonus to each player if they win gold According to him, he'll pay $20,000 (£15,350) for silver and $10,000 (£7,680) for bronze. Takasu told BBC Sport the $200,000 "is a special donation" and "it is better to deliver it to the team personally". This is so embarrassing to the Nigerian government and the so-called topnotch companies
Common sense is indeed not common.
Posted: at 17-08-2016 08:28 PM (7 years ago) | Hero
nametalkam at 17-08-2016 08:52 PM (7 years ago) (m)
Germans are pure class, they are showing us what they are made of! But kudos to the Nigerian boys they are making us proud, we are not going out without a good fight!
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