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 11

game against Rangers. The LMC had further

ordered the last 16 ml.