UCL: We’ll shock Real –Iheanacho

NIGERIAN teenage international, Kelechi Iheanacho, has declared that Manchester City would shock star studded Real Madrid in today’s UEFA Champions League semi final at Etihad.

Iheanacho told City’s official website that they would strive to win the first leg and take the advantage to the Bernabeu for the return leg.

In his words: “We really need to win here (Etihad) because at their home it’s not going to be an easy game. It’s a great achievement for the club to be in the last four of the tournament but it would be a dream to get to the final so we’re really hoping for that.”

Iheanacho who banged in a brace in City’s last weekend’s comprehensive 4-0 demolition of Stoke City in the EPL said the victory had put the club in the right mood to get past Real.

“The game against Stoke was great preparation for us before we play Real Madrid. On Tuesday, (today) we need to be focused and work hard because Real is a good side. We are prepared to face them,” Iheanacho said.

Abandoned match: Giwa incurs more fine

THE disciplinary board of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday upheld the sanctions slammed on Giwa FC by the League Management Company (LMC) even as it further punished the club.

The disciplinary body in a release made available to Daily Sunsports, disclosed that apart from endorsing the initial fines imposed on the club , she had slammed another N500,000 fine on the team for failing to cooperate with it.

The release stated in part: “The NFF Disciplinary Board further noted that for failure to cooperate with the Disciplinary Board which is a breach of Art. 42.1 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, Giwa FC is hereby further fined the sum of N500,000 which is to be paid to the NFF as procedural cost for the NFF Disciplinary Board this decision is in line with Art. 59.1 of FIFA Code of Ethics.”

The NFF disciplinary board noted that Giwa FC failed to honor the invitation extended to it to defend itself after it incurred LMC’s wrath.

“The NFF Disciplinary Board wishes to state clearly that adequate invitation notice was served to GIWA FC requesting that they forward their written submission to the secretariat of the NFF Disciplinary Board and also appear before the Board on 25th April, 2016 by 10:00am. This invitation was not honoured by GIWA FC,” the release stated.

It would be noted that the LMC had last week fined Giwa a total of N6.75m over the abandoned week 11game against Rangers. The LMC had further ordered the last 16 minutes of the game be decided at the Abuja National Stadium on the 27th of April (tomorrow). It was not yet clear if Giwa would be in Abuja to finish the game in which they were down by a goal