Depart for Uyo today
The victorious Golden Eaglets flew back into the country Tuesday evening from Bamako where they secured the ticket for the 2013 African Under-17 Championship to be held in Morocco.
The team contingent led by Alhaji Muazu Suleiman, the chairman of NFF’s Referees Committee, arrived in Lagos about 4pm aboard ASKY Airlines and was the cynosure of all eyes at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja where they were received by Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme, the Director Technical of the NFF amongst others.
Ikpeme said NFF and indeed all Nigerians were happy over the manner the players distinguished themselves throughout the qualifiers where they recorded six wins in as many games to break the country’s inability not qualifying for the continental cadet competition in the last two editions, adding that the team would be exposed to solid preparation before the championship proper in Morocco.
“Nigerians and indeed the NFF are happy with the Golden Eaglets because they are a model team that we would nurture to greater heights,” Ikpeme said.
“We are delighted that they qualified for the Under-17 Championship in Morocco and the federation would be waiting for the report and programme of the coaching crew towards their preparation for the Morocco showpiece.”
The Golden Eaglets will in the meantime, depart Lagos for Uyo on Wednesday where they are expected to play an Akwa Ibom Selected team in honour of Governor Godswill Akpabio who will be marking his 50thbirthday this weekend.
In a related development, the Golden Eaglets’ assistant coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, is mourning the death of his father in-law, Mr. Miguel Alonso, in Spain.
The father of his wife, Fatimah, who died after a brief illness last Wednesday, was aged 73.
“My father-in-law was a very good man and I cannot forget all what he did for me and my wife,” a crestfallen Amunike said.
“Of course, I would have loved to be with my wife and the rest of her family when her father was sick but for the Golden Eaglets job.”
The victorious Golden Eaglets flew back into the country Tuesday evening from Bamako where they secured the ticket for the 2013 African Under-17 Championship to be held in Morocco.
The team contingent led by Alhaji Muazu Suleiman, the chairman of NFF’s Referees Committee, arrived in Lagos about 4pm aboard ASKY Airlines and was the cynosure of all eyes at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja where they were received by Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme, the Director Technical of the NFF amongst others.
Ikpeme said NFF and indeed all Nigerians were happy over the manner the players distinguished themselves throughout the qualifiers where they recorded six wins in as many games to break the country’s inability not qualifying for the continental cadet competition in the last two editions, adding that the team would be exposed to solid preparation before the championship proper in Morocco.
“Nigerians and indeed the NFF are happy with the Golden Eaglets because they are a model team that we would nurture to greater heights,” Ikpeme said.
“We are delighted that they qualified for the Under-17 Championship in Morocco and the federation would be waiting for the report and programme of the coaching crew towards their preparation for the Morocco showpiece.”
The Golden Eaglets will in the meantime, depart Lagos for Uyo on Wednesday where they are expected to play an Akwa Ibom Selected team in honour of Governor Godswill Akpabio who will be marking his 50thbirthday this weekend.
In a related development, the Golden Eaglets’ assistant coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, is mourning the death of his father in-law, Mr. Miguel Alonso, in Spain.
The father of his wife, Fatimah, who died after a brief illness last Wednesday, was aged 73.
“My father-in-law was a very good man and I cannot forget all what he did for me and my wife,” a crestfallen Amunike said.
“Of course, I would have loved to be with my wife and the rest of her family when her father was sick but for the Golden Eaglets job.”
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