Top 10 Soccer Comebacks that inspired the Nigeria's fight back against Morocco.

During the CHAN tournament currently going on in South Africa, the Nigerian soccer team crawled their way back from a 3-0 deficit, to win the game 4-3. Yeah, Miracles do happen occasionally.

10. Nigeria vs Morocco (CHAN 2008).

9. Nigeria vs USSR 1989 (Miracle of Dammah).

The youth team of Nigeria equalized from 4goals down against the Soviets to take the game to extra-time and then a triumphant penalty shoot-out.

8. Chelsea vs Arsenal (1999)

Arsenal were losing by 2 goals and Kanu waved his magic wand and won the game on his own 2-3 with a stunning hat-trick.

7. Manchester United vs Tottenham (2000/2001)

6. Deportivo v. AC Milan: 2004 

5. Manchester United vs Bayern Munich (1999)

With the UEFA championship league to play for, and a goal down it  took Manchester United 2 minutes of stoppage time reverse that and win the game.

4. Inter vs Sampdoria 

Inter came back from 2 nil down to win the game 3-2 . Sure, some would say ManUtd does that all the time.

3. Manchester City vs Queens Park Rangers (2011/2012)

Hollywood, make this movie! screamed the commentator , when Arguero's darting run ended with a shot into the QPR's net, signaling the start of the celebrations of their first championship title in over 40 years.

2. Newcastle Vs Arsenal 

1. Liverpool vs ACMilan UEFA Champions League final (2005)

Top 10 Most Ridiculous Dives Ever.

1. Oh my God

2. Wink Wink

3.You just didn't

4. That hurt.. really.

5. That is  a perfect10

 6. ..and action

 7. Sorry Tores

 8.Anticipate

9. Enuff said..

10.your leg or face?

And The Oscar goes to ...Top 5 Dives that Changed History

• The diving scourge has taken new heights and is now threatening the credibility of the sport. In this post, we will highlight a few of such dives that had huge impact on the course of history.

In no particular order.

1. Rudy Voeller

Italia '90 was the first world cup final to see a red card given.  But many would remember it for the alleged dive by Rudi Voeller that won the penalty for Germans. Their opponents, Argentina, led by the mercurial Diego Maradona had resorted to plan "B"- Hyper negative football, at some stage in the competition, when their previous free-flowing style that won the World cup in Mexico'86 was not getting them the results. Brazil, and the hosts, Italy, were victims of such negative game play.

2. Rooney -Ending the Arsenal 49 Unbeaten 

The Invincibles went to Old Trafford hoping to persevere their unbeaten run and they would have; in a fair fight. What they got on that the day, was the one of the ugliest premiership matches from a Man. United team that were hell bent on ending that run, especially  after discovering that Arsenal players had "50" printed t-shirts underneath their jersey.

3. Porto Team ,2003

The Jose Mourinho led Porto team  rolled, huff and puffed throughout the 90 minutes plus extra-time to ensure that there was no fluidity in their opponents' game. It was the UEFA Cup final with everything to play for or as seen during the game, not to play for.

4. Barcelona vs Jose Morinho

Mourinho was on the receiving this time around, in the semi-final of the  UEFA Champions League, against probably the best footballing team in the last decade. In fact, Jose Morinhno once said he anticipates playing with one man down against Barcelona, that he prepares for it in training. 

5. England vs Argentina

Beckham's red card in the world cup against Argentina to some, was justified. But his retaliation would not have been punished if the Argentinian player had not made the most of it.

Why Mikel should have won the CAF African Footballer of Year Award.

The annual CAF awards may have come and gone, with Man City's Yaya Toure winning the accolade of African Footballer of the Year award but the discussion of who really deserves it continues. Evidently, the decision to pronounce Mr. Toure as Africa's best footballer left sour taste in some mouths. CAF went against precedence of anointing the most prominent player of the  Nations Cup as the Best Player in Africa and gave it the most Marketable choice.

We proffer a few reasons why Mikel should have been the man to be crowned 

1. Chelsea won the UEFA Cup

Chelsea won an European trophy and Man. city won none throughout 2013 which should give Mikel then edge over Toure. Especially when Mikel played an important role in the run-up to lifting the trophy.

2. Nigeria won the African Nations Cup

Mikel led the the Nigeria's Super Eagles to the African Nations Cup victory in January, 2013. On the road to lifting the trophy, Toure and Mikel met in the mouth watering clash of Africa's finest and Mikel's Super Eagles came out top.

3. If Cannovoro can win Ballon d'Or so can Mikel

Mikel Obi does not score many goals but his steady performance in protecting the Chelsea back-line is note worthy. His defensive play and ball holding ability preserves the score line and stabilizes the game for the blues. Although, Yaya Toure scored much more goals, as some would argue,but that is not what the game is all about.

Premier League Best IX of the Half-Season 2013/2014.

We've come to the mid-way point in the English Premier League. This season started with Liverpool at the top after 3 games only to be eclipsed by the Arsenal. Who then led the pack till the end of the year. In between Arsenal's lead, Man. City, who initially were struggling away at the early part of the season, almost ended the first half as the League Leader. Such has been the very competitive nature of this championship. Six points separates first and fifth, which promises that we'll have to wait to the bitter end to determine the winner.

The relegation battle between the bottom teams of Sunderland,Westham, Crystal Palace and Fulham also produced equal excitement.

There had been some outstanding performers and this list hopefully will be a fair reflection on the impact those players have had on their respective teams and the championship in general.

The team will be in a 4-4-2 formation

Luis Suarez (Liverpool). Arguably the best Striker in the world right now. 19goals in 14 games and equalling Andy Cole's record of quickest to 20 goals in a season, in just 15 matches! Remarkable numbers from the Uruguayan. 

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

has carried a woeful ManUtd team all season. Rumored to be his way to rivals,Chelsea in June. Only time will tell if his reversal to stay will come back to haunt his career.

Mesut Ozil (Arsenal)
The missing piece of Wenger's jigsaw in finally ending their trophy drought. He has galvanized the team and propelled their ascension to the top of the league. His purchase, by the way, broke Arsenal's transfer record and proved that investment in marquee signings, was what Wenger should have done earlier.

 Eden Hazard (Chelsea)  We all knew, he had it in him but this season Eden's play has truly been hazardous to opponents. The silky midfielder has been a menace to defenses and provided the goals since the Chelsea Strikers have drawing blanks.

Yaya Toure (Man. City)

Man city's talisman has been instrumental in his teams performances this season. And has added free kicks to his repertoire. 

Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal)

Has been in phenomenal form. Scoring tons of goals this season. Maybe its something he ate or maybe it is the Ozil effect that has rubbed off the rest of his team mates to raise their game.

Luke Shaw (Southampton)
Has been a revelation for Southampton  Fast and strong. Leighton Baines also deserves a mention here.

Phil Jagielka (Everton)

One of the most consistent performers in the EPL. Enuff said.

Per Mertesacker (Arsenal)

Has held forte for the Gunner's defense this season. He has been able to organize and provide the leadership that had previously been lacking in this Arsenal side

Seamus Coleman (Everton)

Easily the best right back n the league. To think that he costs Everton just 50,000 pounds.  In todays big money spending that is bumper bargain and he is worth every penny.

Tim Howard (Everton)

In a season of not very convincing performances in goal ,Tim Howard stands out. Everton's back line has been very strong thus far.

   






Manager: Brenden Rogers (Liverpool)

Easily the most improved manager of the most improved team this season. What stood him out was his ability to convince want-a-away striker Suarez, not just to stay in Liverpool, but drop his petulant habits and play the best football in his career.

Adieu Eusebio. Soccer Legend Dies at 71.

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM, commonly known simply as Eusébio, is a retired Mozambican-born Portuguese football forward. He is considered one of the best footballers of all-time by the IFFHS, experts and fans.

Portugal football legend Eusebio, who was top scorer at the 1966 World Cup, has died aged 71 from a heart attack.Born in Mozambique in 1942 when it was still a Portuguese colony, Eusebio da Silva Ferreira went on to play 64 times for Portugal, scoring 41 goals.

The Benfica striker's nine goals at the 1966 World Cup in England included four against North Korea.

He scored 733 times in 745 professional matches.He had been admitted to hospital several times over the past year for the treatment of heart and respiratory problems.

Famed for his blistering acceleration and dazzling dribbling skills, Eusebio was named European Footballer of the Year in 1965.

He won the European Cup with Benfica in 1962 and was in the side that lost to Manchester United in the 1968 Wembley final.

Eusebio enjoyed 10 league championship victories and five Portuguese cup triumphs in his 15 years at the club and was Portugal's top league scorer seven times.

Source: BBC Football , Wikipedia