The Nigeria Football Federation has been duly informed while Golden Eaglets’ Head Coach, Garba Manu, has been in constant communication with the hospital and monitoring the condition of the players
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“Nigerians and indeed the NFF Is happy with the Golden Eaglets because they are a model team that we would nurture to greater heights,” Ikpeme said.
The victory means that the Golden Eaglets completed the series with a 100 per cent record, scoring 21 goals and conceding just one
The Golden Eaglets’ training on Thursday took place at a makeshift ground with a well-maintained pitch, pending the release of the team’s official itinerary by the Malian Football Federation.
The scenes at the U. J. Esuene stadium actually was turned to a carnival of some sort as the Golden Eaglets unfurled three big banners with different messages in appreciation of the state government’s support to the team
Maigari gave the players and officials the N1 million in the dressing room of the U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Cross River State following a 2-0 battering of the ‘much more matured’ Mali U-17 side in their final 2013 African U-17 Championship qualifying fixture, first leg
Nigeria’s last appearance at the Under-17 continental championship was in 2007 when the late Coach Yemi Tella guided the Eaglets to victory in Cotonou en route to Korea where they equally emerged world champions
The match earlier billed for 4pm at the team’s traditional home ground at the U.J. Esuene Sports Stadium in Calabar, Cross River State, was brought back to 2pm so that the Malian delegation could return to Bamako via Lagos as scheduled on Monday.
But for officials of the Nigerian Embassy on ground, the contingent would have been left unattended to following disclosure that the Guinean football association had misinformed them that the Eaglets’ scheduled Friday’s flight to Conakry had been cancelled
The Golden Eaglets completed a fine weekend for Nigerian football with a 3-0 win against a determined Guinean side in their second round-first leg 2013 African Under-17 qualifiers