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Super Eagles' Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, has
indicated interest to watch live the Golden Eaglets when they square up against
their Guinean counterparts in Sunday’s 2013 African Under-17 qualifier.
This is a busy weekend for Nigerian football with
both the Super Eagles and Golden Eaglets expectedly taking their turn at the
U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar.
While the Super Eagles play Liberia in a 2013
African Cup of Nations decider on Saturday, the Golden Eaglets have a date with Guinea in a second round, first leg game
24 hours later.
“Coach Stephen Keshi as well as other members of
the coaching crew would be watching your game against Guinea on Sunday after
ours against Liberia on Saturday,” informed Ben Alaiya, the Super Eagles’ media
officer. “We have heard and read so much about the Golden Eaglets and we want
to see things for ourselves.
“This is good for Nigerian football and hopefully
some of these players would be able to play for the Super Eagles in the nearest
future,” added Alaiya in a frank exchange with an official of the Golden
Eaglets.
The same inkling was given by Dr. Robinson Okosun,
the Super Eagles’ psychologist, saying that he is impressed with the positive
vibes emanating from the camp of the Golden Eaglets.
Meanwhile, the Golden Eaglets have added the
success of the Super Eagles in Saturday’s AFCON crunch game against Liberia as
one of their prayer points.
Musa Mohammed, the team’s captain said it’s
imperative that Nigerians should rally behind the two teams on the verge of
qualifying for their respective tournaments next year.
“The Super Eagles are our big brothers and we are
praying for them because they missed qualification for the Nations Cup
co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea,” the lively Mohammed said with a
boyish smile. “We are lucky because we would see their game on Saturday before
we play Guinea on Sunday. We want Nigerians to pray for the two teams so that
we can be successful.”
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