Episode 59: NFF confirm appointment of Jose Peseiro as Super Eagles head coach on 1 year contract & Awoniyi reaches 15 Bundesliga goals for the season

<p><em><strong>The Nigeria Football Federation announced the appointment of Jose Peseiro on a 1 year deal on Sunday with the Portuguese manager expected to charge of the upcoming friendlies against Mexico &amp; Canada as well as the AFCON qualifiers against Sierra Leone &amp; Mauritius. Finidi George has also been appointed as the 1st assistant of the national team with Salisu Yusuf appointed the 2nd Assistant, as well as Head Coach of the CHAN &amp; U23 Teams. Usman Abdallah will be the 3rd Assistant while Eboboritse Uwejamomere will be the Match Analyst &amp; Ike Shorunmu will be the Goalkeepers’ Trainer.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>I also ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Taiwo Awoniyi scoring a brace on the last day of the Bundesliga season in Union Berlin’s 3-2 win over Bochum to reach 15 league goals &amp; 20 goals in all competitions to cap off a very impressive season in Germany as his side finished 5th to qualify for the Europa League</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>In Italy, Victor Osimhen scored his 14th league goal of the season for Napoli in their 3-0 win over Genoa over the weekend. David Okereke also scored his 7th Serie A goal of the season for Venezia in their 1-1 draw away to Roma as their relegation was confirmed.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>In the Netherlands, Cyriel Dessers scored his 21st goal of the season in all competitions as Feyenoord ended the Eredivisie season in 3rd place after losing 2-1 to Twente at home with all focus now on the UEFA Conference league final against Jose Mourinho’s Roma while in Turkey, Anthony Nwakaeme was on the scoresheet yet again for Champions Trabzonspor in their 2-1 win at home vs Altay to reach 12 league goals for the season in addition to his 10 assists.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>In European football news, Asisat Oshoala will be competing in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final this Saturday for Barcelona against Lyon &amp; she ended her league campaign as the le