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  • IDEYE INSISTS: I’m fit for Ethiopia

    IDEYE INSISTS: I’m fit for Ethiopia

    • Absence from Dynamo due to three-match suspension

    Brown Ideye has said he is fit while dismissing reports he will miss next month’s World Cup playoff against Ethiopia due to injury.

    Speaking in a special interview with MTNFootball.com from his Ukraine base, Ideye said: “I am only serving my three-match suspension, I am not in any way ruled out. I am shocked at these reports back home. I have not been in the team because I was also asked to rest after the muscle strain I suffered.”

    Brown, who was a second half substitute in Addis Ababa against Ethiopia in the first leg World Cup qualifier, further stated: “I have resumed training and will join the full squad by next week and hopefully be available for selection in next weekend’s game. I am fit and ready to go for the Eagles. There is no truth in the report that I am injured and ruled out.”

    The Eagles go into a November 16 return leg match in Calabar with a 2-1 advantage from the first leg in Ethiopia.

  • I’m fit for Ethiopia’s clash – Ideye

    I’m fit for Ethiopia’s clash – Ideye

    Brown Ideye has said he is fit for next month’s World Cup playoff against Ethiopia.

    The Dynamo Kyiv striker dismissed report that he will miss the crucial encounter because of injury.

    Speaking in a special interview with MTNFootball.com from his Ukrainian base, Ideye said, “I am only serving my three-match suspension, I am not in any way ruled out. I am shocked at these reports back home.

    “I have not been in the team because I was also asked to rest after the muscle strain I suffered.”

    Brown, who was a second half substitute in Addis Ababa against Ethiopia in the first leg World Cup playoff, further stated:”I have resumed training and will join the full squad by next week and hopefully be available for selection in next weekend’s game.

    “I am fit and ready to go for the Eagles. There is no truth in the report that I am injured and ruled out.”

    The Eagles go into a November 16 return leg match in Calabar with a 2-1 advantage from the first leg in Ethiopia.

     

     

  • Muscle injury latest: Ideye jogs alone

    Muscle injury latest: Ideye jogs alone

    To continue programme Monday

    Recuperating Super Eagles forward, Brown Aide Ideye is currently training alone from the rest of Dynamo Kiev squad SportingLife can authoritatively report.

    The Nigeria international, who returned to Kiev from international duties with a muscle injury, is expected to continue his special training in the coming week if words coming out of the Ukraine Premier League campaigners are anything to go by.

    Reacting on Ideye’s state of health, Dynamo Kiev first team doctor, Leonid Mironov stressed that the Nigeria-import who missed Thursday’s Europa League 3-0 win over FC Thun returned to training on Friday to make up for lost time.

    “Brown Ideye is close to return after arriving from Nigeria with a muscle injury. Already, the Nigerian in now working with a small team on an individual programme. Most likely, he will be back to training on Monday and Tuesday,” Mironov told the club’s official website.

  • Ideye out for 10 days

    Ideye out for 10 days

    Brown Ideye has been ruled out for 10 days after picking up a strain while on international duty with Nigeria.

    The striker injured himself while training with Nigeria, and missed the last two training sessions before the Super Eagles 2-1 defeat of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.

    But he came on as a substitute during the game and helped turn the tide for the Eagles.

    On return to Kyiv however, the injury returned and he has been given 10 days to rest.

    “The medical staff here told me it’s nothing serious, it just needs rest and I’ve been told to take 10 days to rest it,” Ideye told KickOffNigeria.com.

    “I’m just going to focus on getting well and returning to action as soon as possible.”

    Ideye has formed a delightful partnership with Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike, and his introduction in Addis saw Emenike flourish as he went on to claim the goals that secured victory.

  • Arsenal Kiev 0-2 Dynamo: Ideye absent, Haruna impresses

    Arsenal Kiev 0-2 Dynamo: Ideye absent, Haruna impresses

    Super Eagles forward Brown Ideye failed to make the final cut for the Dynamo Kiev squad that secured a vital 2-0 away victory over Michael Odibe’s Arsenal Kiev on Sunday in a Ukraine Premier League week 13 fixture despite being listed in the travelling squad.

    Lukman Haruna, who came on in the second half replacing Sydorchuk in the 70′ minute, posted a superb performance to help provide solidity for his back four, ensuring the White Blues departed Stadion Dynamo im Valery Lobanovsky with maximum points while his compatriot on the opposing team Michael Odibe was not listed for his side.

    Two first half strikes from Jeremain Lens and Andriy Yarmolenko with assists from Miguel Veloso and Belhanda respectively was all Oleg Blokhin’s men needed to return home with all available points.

    The victory becomes Dynamo’s second on the road in their last five and Arsenal’s second home loss in their last five matches in the league.

    Oleg Blokhin’s men have now moved into fourth spot on the log with 24 points from 13 games, five behind leaders Shakhtar Donetsk while their host on Sunday are placed third from bottom with ten points from the same number of games.

  • IDEYE WARNS EAGLES: Let’s respect Ethiopians

    IDEYE WARNS EAGLES: Let’s respect Ethiopians

    •Says love is the magic of Eagles successes

    Super Eagles and FC Dynamo KYIV OF Ukraine striker, Brown Ideye has told his teammates to show respect to their opponent, the Walyas Antelopes of Ethiopia when the two countries slug it together in Addis Ababa on Sunday for the 2014 World Cup ticket in the all important first leg, play-off match.

    Ideye, who is optimistic that his team would beat the host team like they did the last time during the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, offered that the Ethiopian national team has really matured and improved compared with the last time the two teams met and now that Nigeria would be playing them on their home ground, the Eagles must treat them with respect and go for the kill.

    “Every good team wants to win and the Super Eagles is a good team. But we should give respect to the Ethiopian national team. For them to get to this stage of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, then they deserve not only a pat on the back but respect. But as African Champions, I believe the Super Eagles need this qualifier more than Ethiopia and that is the reason why we are giving our all to ensure we book the ticket for Brazil.

    “The match in Addis Ababa will be 50-50 since the two teams will play together on that pitch. So the issue of bad pitch, bad weather should not be any excuses. So we have to play there and get the result that will suit our World Cup qualification,” he said.

    Ideye also revealed that the main factor that has been giving the Eagles results so far is the bonding of the team. “The main ingredients that have bonded us together as a team in the Eagles are love and support. I believe that we support each other on and off the field of play, either the players on the field and the ones on the bench, we support each other. During difficult times we tried to encourage each other,” he disclosed.

    The Ukraine-based forward however rues lack of scoring goals for club and country but adding that is also part of the game.

    “I feel terrible, every striker wants to score, and every striker wants to win. Sometimes you hit the target and sometimes you fail to hit target, it does not make you a bad player. You just have to keep on working very hard. Though, it affects you when you miss such good chances but you have to push it aside and move on because even in the same game you can still score, so you have to push such thing behind you,” he told SportingLife in Abuja yesterday.

  • Dynamo Kiev fan erects billboard to congratulate Ideye

    Dynamo Kiev fan erects billboard to congratulate Ideye

    Nigeria international Brown Ideye will celebrate his 25th birthday on October 10, just three days before the Super Eagles tackle Ethiopia in a crucial World Cup play – off game.

    A loyal fan of Dynamo Kiev, who does not want his name in print, has erected a billboard in honor of the attacker.

    “We just want to support Brown in his difficult period because most of the season, he sits on the bench as substitute.

    “Dynamo, in turn, too, not the best times. This poster I want to not only congratulate my idol, but also to show that I was with a team of heart and soul!” the supporter told the electronic version of TV Channel, ICTV.ua.

    According to estimates, the unnamed supporter must have spent 4,000 Ukrainian Hryvnia (equivalent of 360 euros) to erect the billboard excluding fees for the poster.

  • Ideye reacts to Demersi Mbokani

    Ideye reacts to Demersi Mbokani

    Dynamo Kiev attacker Brown Ideye has reacted to statements credited to strike partner Demersi Mbokani , who said he wanted to be included in the starting eleven in every game played by the capital club.

    “Yes, I have read the statements of Demersi. I understand it because everyone wants to constantly play in the starting line-up. I believe that the correct answer to this question can only be answered by our coach as he is the most important element of our team. Blokhin knows the form of the player,” Brown Ideye, who has been named in the Nigeria roster for the World Cup qualifier with Ethiopia, told dynamo.kiev.ua.

  • IDEYE ROARS: I want to play always

    IDEYE ROARS: I want to play always

    Super Eagles forward, Brown Ideye prefers spending more time on the pitch to sitting on the substitute bench after scoring his first Ukraine Premier League goal in 2013/14 season against FC Karpaty Lviv last weekend.

    The former Ocean Boys and Sochaux forward told journalists moments after his first goal despite his bench role at Dynamo Kiev this term, he was hopeful of playing regularly in the coming weeks.

    “I want to take the field in every match. But in any case I always give one hundred percent when i get the nod,” he said.

    Speaking further, Ideye revealed that the team’s struggle in the current campaign is due to the new additions to the squad.

    “It’s important that Dynamo managed to win. We’ve demonstrated good play. I’m happy as I scored.

    “Everyone is satisfied.

    “There are a lot of foreign players in our team, who used to play in Europe. Everyone wants to introduce his own traditions to Dynamo. For example, the music in the locker room, which helps to tune in to the game. Hopefully, we can still make it in Premiership this season.

    “Things happen in football, but to do that we must win every game,” the Eagles sriker added.

    Ideye has now scored three goals in the 2013/14 with two goals coming in the UEFA Europa league.

  • Ideye ends goals drought in Ukraine

    Ideye ends goals drought in Ukraine

    Nigeria international Brown Ideye scored his first league goal of the 10-week-old Ukraine Premier league on Sunday, MTNFootball.com reports.

    Ideye scored the only goal of the game, which gave Dynamo Kiev the maximum three points against Karpaty.

    The former Sochaux of France forward scored in the 84th minute, two minutes after he was thrown into the fray as a replacement for Sergiy Sydorchuk.

    The big forward, who scored a brace in Nigeria 4-1 drubbing of Burkina Faso in a friendly, has scored two goals this season for Dynamo Kiev in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.

    He has played only four games in the league this season.

    Compatriot Lukman Haruna was not listed for the Karpaty game.