Note: This piece is longer than I typically write on here. I wrote it…
Kick-off in the pivotal encounter between Nigeria and Zambia in Uyo is five hours away as I write this. Have devoted a bit of thought to the game, and will set it down here.
LINEUP
By the standard of their first league meeting last season, yesterday’s encounter at Stamford Bridge was not as good an advertisement for Conte vs Guardiola as the Premier League’s definitive managerial duel.