Alhaji Aminu Maigari, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, has told the Golden Eaglets to remain steadfast on giving their best at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the UAE.
Nigerian football has witnessed huge boom under the watch of Maigari, especially with the qualification of the Golden Eaglets for the African cadet championship in Morocco for the first time since 2007 from where the youngsters eventually secured a berth to the World Cup since Nigeria hosted in 2009.
“You guys should please just do your best for the country and we know what this team is capable of doing,” Maigari said in a telephone conversation, even as he asked after the general welfare of the team at their Dubai training camp.
He added: “I want to believe everything is going well in camp as well as the training schedule.
“We have absolute confidence in this team and all Nigerians, including President Goodluck Jonathan,want you to go out there and give your best.”
Incidentally, Maigari’s early morning goodwill message coincided with the recording of a routine video with Eaglets striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, who in turn pledged the team’s unflinching commitment in the UAE.
“Everything is on course with our preparations here in Dubai and by the special grace of God, we shall be ready for the World Cup challenge,” said Iheanacho, five-goal scorer at CAN U-17 last April. “Our coaches have been telling us to keep our calm and be focussed.
“My teammates and I have been waiting for this opportunity and we know we are privileged to be picked by the coaches.
“We are being trained to handle the pressure and we want to assure Nigerians that we are going to be ready for the World Cup.”
Iheanacho looks forward to a dream partnership with Success Isaac.
He said: “There is no rivalry between Success and I as we are all united in this team and I want to assure Nigerians that we are going to give our best effort.”
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