Episode 19: Iheanacho, Ndidi & Oshoala join the Nigeria Winners Circle!

<p><em>In this episode, I run through how our star Super Eagles have fared for their club sides over in Europe &amp; Nigeria over the past week including Kelechi Iheanacho &amp; Wilfred Ndidi helping Leicester win their 1st ever FA Cup final! Additionally Asisat Oshoala became the first Nigerian &amp; African female footballer to win the UEFA Champions League as Barcelona thrashed Chelsea 4-0 in the final.</em></p> <p><em>The final round of Premier League fixtures happen this weekend and Leicester are in danger of missing out on the Champions League despite being in the top 4 all season unless they can better Chelsea or Liverpool’s results to qualify.</em></p> <p><em>Victor Osimhen’s Napoli also play their final game of the season &amp; a win over Verona at home will guarantee qualification &amp; a return to the big time while Samu Chukwueze is back in training as he faces a race against time to be fit for Wednesday’s Europa League final against Manchester United in Gdansk, Poland</em></p> <p><em>Also, Terem Moffi (Lorient), Moses Simon (Nantes) &amp; Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux) will all be aiming to help their teams remain in Ligue 1 as all 3 teams could still get relegated on the final day of the season</em></p> <p><em>In other news, the Nigeria Football Federation has announced another friendly against Mexico, taking place at the LA Coliseum in Los Angeles on July 3rd, which should be a great occasion &amp; exposure for the national team</em></p> <p><em>Also check out the brilliant write up from the good folks at the </em><a href="https://twitter.com/The94thMin">@The94thMin</a> on the Super Eagles as I answered a few questions on our history &amp; future prospects here: <a href="https://the94thminute.com/2021/05/15/nigeria/">https://the94thminute.com/2021/05/15/nigeria/</a></p> <p><em>If you have any questions or topics you would like discussed on the podcast, we'd love to hear from you using the hashtag #NigeriaFootballWeekly or #NFWNaija via our social media channels below or send us an email</em></p> <p><em><str