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2012 Africa Club Championships
Dolphins, Sunshine get opponents
By CHIMAOBI UCHENDU
Monday,
December 12, 2011
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Nigeria Premier League (NPL) champions, Dolphins Football Club of
Port Harcourt have been drawn against Sony de Ela Nguema of
Equatorial Guinea in next year’s CAF Champions League.
According to the fixture released by Confederation of Africa
Football (CAF) yesterday, Nigeria’s other representative at the
competition, Sunshine Football Club of Akure was drawn bye to await
the winner between Orlando Pirates (South Africa) vs Recreativo de
Libolo (Angola) for a showdown in the weekend of March 23 and 25 of
2012.
On the other hand, Dolphins will face Coton Sport of Cameroon, if
they scale the Equatorial Guinea hurdle.
In the CAF Confederation Cup fixtures released, Heartland and Warri
Wolves were drawn by to await the results of preliminary rounds.
Heartland, will, however, face the winner between Sewe Sports Club
of Cote d’Ivoire and Us Haut Nkam of Central Africa Republic in the
weekend of Febuary 17, 18 and 19, while Warri Wolves awaits the
winner between US Duala of Cameroon and FC Kallon of Sierra Leone.
The teams drawn against Nigerian teams are familiar foes as Coton
Sport were Enyimba International of Aba’s foe at last year’s
Champions League, FC Kallon of Sierra Loene were the nemesis of
Ocean Boys at the CAF Confederations Cup.
Home-based must earn Eagles' call-up - Keshi
Written by David Olagunju Tuesday, 13 December 2011
The former Togo's coach wants to pick 10 domestic players to join his Super Eagles A squad, but says that will only happen if they earn it.
Keshi is expected to name a squad of 30 domestic players this week for a training camp in Abuja this month, but he insists there will be no free passes.
"The local league is the foundation of our football, and we want to get about 10 players from the league into the Super Eagles.
"But they have to prove that they can get there on merit. We are not just going to include them in the team because we want home-based players.
"Our target is to get 10 but if we find that only two are good enough, then we will take just that two and leave the rest," Keshi said.
In saying that however, Keshi reiterated his belief in the ability of players from the domestic league.
"I don’t believe there is any position we have a problem in the team that we cannot find a home-based player to solve it," he said. "I think what they need is guidance and somebody to believe in them and they will excel, if they work hard."
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