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AFP FOOTBALL BRIEFS
UNDATED. July 16: AFP football briefs on Sunday:
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LAGOS. Nigeria: Nigeria's underfire coach Jo Bonfrere said Saturday the Super Eagles will qualify for the 2002 World Cup by beating arch-rivals Ghana home and away
"We beat Sierra Leone 2-0 and Ghana beat them 5-0. If again we beat Sudan 3-0 and they beat Sudan 10-0. no problem as long as we beat them home and away." Bonfrere said
"We have the players to do that and if we train well, plan well and the boys are determined. we will beat Ghana."
Bonfrere has come under fire from both the fans and the media since Nigeria's shocking 2-1 loss to Liberia in Monrovia last week.
Currently Nigeria's rivals the Black Stars of Ghana lead Group B of the qualifying scries for the 2002 World Cup following their comfortable 5-0 spanking of Sierra Leone in Accra
Sudan and the Super Eagles are tied on 3 points each with the Sudanese ahead on better goals' difference.
Sierra Leone are bottom ol the table after falling to win their first two matches.
The next round of qualifying matches take place January next year.
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LAGOS Nigeria’s hero at the last African Nations Cup Julius Aghahowa was Saturday recalled to the country's Olympic team despite being'written off by Dutch coach Jo Bonfrere as "fat and unfit".
Julius will Join the Olympic team when we reconvene in August." Bonfrere told reporters t here.
He is a good player but he disappointed me greatly when he turned down an invitation to play for the Olympic team twice.
"He showed up after our World Cup game against Sierra Leone but 1 had to send him back to his club because he had not been training for months and was in very Dad physical shape," the Dutchman said.
Aghahowa was Nigeria's 'Super Sub' at the Nations Cup in February as he twice came off the substitutes bench to score vital goals for the Super Eagles.
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VITORIA. Spain: Croatian international Jurica Vucko was on Saturday presented by his new club Spanish First Division side Alaves.
The 23-year-old striker has signed a four-year contract with the Spanish minnows.
Previously with Croatian side Hajduk Spilt, the player signed his contract Saturday, saying that he was proud to play in the Spanish league which was one of the strongest in Europe.