3SC CONFIRMS AGOYE AS HEAD COACH

The management of 3SC football club has confirmed the Chief Coach of the team, Olumide Edith Agoye, who is also an ex- player, as the substantive Head Coach for the next football season.

Agoye was the Chief Coach under Fatai Amoo as the Technical Adviser in the last dispensation.

The decision to make Agoye as the Head Coach was taken by the club management after an exhaustive interview session involving several coaches.

The club’s Executive Chairman, Mr Gbolagade Busari said the management settled for Agoye primarily because of his knowledge about the composition of the team and to maintain continuity in the development of the young players who will form the fulcrum of the new Shooting Stars.

“Majority of our players are from the feeders and to continue inspiring their development, we felt Agoye is in good position to do this,” Mr. Busari said in a statement issued on Thursday afternoon in Ibadan.

He further said the mandate given to the new Head Coach is to work assiduously to return the team to the elite of the Nigeria Premier League.

3SC Relieves Amoo Of His Contract

The Management of Shooting Stars Football Club has relieved the Team’s Technical Adviser, Fatai Amoo, of his post.

The management equally said that it is reviewing the status of all the remaining technical crew members, saying that decision will soon be made on them.

In a statement issued in Ibadan by the club Media Officer, Jubril Arowolo, on Monday, the management confirmed that Mr. Amao will not be leading the team in the professional league campaign next season, noting that the team will forever be grateful for the former Technical Adviser’s commitment and input to the team.

Jubril explained that the management came to the conclusion to relieve Coach Amoo’s contract after reviewing the performance of the team in the Nigerian Premier League last season, adding that the positions of other technical crew members are also under review.

Coach Fatai Amoo

“The management acknowledged the effort of Mr Fatai Amoo to inspire the team during the failed season. We wish Mr. Amoo success in his future endeavours as we will not forget his positive impact on the team,” Jubril said.

Amoo Excited As Nigeria U-23 pip Brazil 1-0

The interim head coach of the Nigeria U-23 team, Fatai Amoo has said the display of his boys against host Brazil has justified their emergence as the African champions, and shown that they really can win gold at the Olympics in Rio come August this year.

Speaking after the Dream Team defeated Brazil by a lone goal, Coach Amoo admitted that his boys struggled to contain the hosts in the first half as they launched their attack from the left wing, but the team was able to redress that in the second half.

“The first half was very difficult for us, but then it is expected, having in mind that we scored an early goal and as such it was expected they would come all out against us to get the equalizer, but I must give my boys a lot of credit for holding their own.

“The boys did a great job if you recall that 80 percent of the boys we brought here were just meeting one another for the first time, and we needed to see all of them in match situation. I’m happy we have seen them and this is hopiing that as we play more friendlies, we would discover more players that will compete for jerseys before the Olympics proper.

“No doubt, our goalkeeper (Emmanuel Daniel) kept us in the game with a number of great saves before he was substituted. Even the substitute (Yusuf Mohammed) also did his bit. All in all, some players like Ezekiel Imoh and Sodiq Popoola were outstanding and I am happy for the team.”

Brazil, who are yet to win Olympics football gold, created the better chances, but they either failed to put them away or goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel and his defence were resolute in keeping them out.

Ubong Ekpai fired the match winner for Nigeria off a rebound after just four minutes, when Imoh, who was a thorn in the flesh of the Brazilians went past his marker and his resultant pull out saw Popoola hitting a shot that rebounded for Ekpai to score.

Thereafter, Brazil threw everything at Nigeria, coming close in the 19th minute through Felipe Anderson and on 27 minutes, when Alisson’s angled header crashed against the crossbar.

Turkey-based Nigeria defender Musa Mohammed was booked in the 16th minute, for stamping on a Brazilian midfielder.‎ For the second half, Brazil made three changes, throwing in Wallace, Clayton and Wendell.

Clayton threatened the Nigerian goal just two minutes after his introduction, but goalkeeper Daniel was alive to his responsibilities. Malcolm and Andreas Pereira of Manchester United were also brought on but they just could not get past the Nigeria backline. ‎

‎Nigeria made four changes, which saw Victor Osimhen come in for Taiwo Awoniyi, Junior Ajayi for Ekpai, Amaefule Chizoba for Keigo and Sincere Seth for Ovbokha.