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2018 World Cup: Argentina defender, Mascherano says Super Eagles are ‘disorganized ’ Argentina defender, Javier Mascherano, has said that Nigeria are capable of destabilizing them, when they meet at the 2018 World Cup. Mascherano stated this in an interview with the UK Guardian, while assessing their Group D opponents. Argentina are in Group D with Nigeria, Croatia and Iceland. This will be the third time Mascherano will be facing the Super Eagles at the World Cup. The defender-cum-midfielder was in the Argentina squad that beat the Super Eagles at South Africa 2010 (1-0) and Brazil 2014 (3-2) World Cups. “Iceland are a new team in the sense that they maybe don’t have a long football tradition but they’re a generation of players that have made history recently, with spectacular success at Euro 16, and qualifying ahead of Croatia. “Croatia are a first-class side with top players, especially in the midfield, such as Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic, Rakitic … Perisic; a team to wa...

' We will shutdown Aso Rock If Obasanjo Is harmed' - African Democratic Congress The African Democratic Congress has warned the Federal Government that it will shut down the Presidential Villa if Obasanjo is harmed. Chairman of the ADC, Chief Okey Nwosu spoke on Friday saying having failed to deliver on its campaign promises, the Buhari-led government has resorted to hounding opposition members into submission. He said when Obasanjo was supporting Buhari during the run-up to the 2015 general elections; he was described as an advocate of change by Buhari and his supporters, but the same man was now being treated as a criminal because he was speaking against the government. “What we are witnessing is the desperation of a failed government. When you have mediocre persons that are not focused on handling state power, they often go to dictatorial levels to try to achieve their aim but this time, the people of Nigeria and God are on our side and we will do what our country ne...

Chelsea hold meeting with Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic Chelsea have spoken to Slavisa Jokanovic about taking over from Antonio Conte as manager, according to reports in Italy. Maurizio Sarri was the favourite to succeed Conte at Stamford Bridge but negotiations have broken down with Napoli due to concerns around his past behaviour. It’s understood Luis Enrique is now in pole position for the role, with some reports suggesting that Chelsea are poised to unveil the former Barcelona man in the coming days However, according to Gianluca Di Marzio, Fulham boss Jokanovic has emerged as a possible managerial target for the Blues. Jokanovic, who steered Fulham to the Premier League with a playoff final victory over Aston Villa, held a meeting with Chelsea officials on Friday. The 49-year-old will hold further discussions with Chelsea on Saturday evening but his relative inexperience makes him an outsider for the job. Roman Abramovich knows Jokanovic well from the Serbian’s ...