The Golden Eaglets
at the weekend took delivery of equipment of different shapes and sizes
which
are mainly the new Adidas kits from the Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF).
The shipment landed
at the team’s Princeville Hotel camp much to the delight of officials
and players.
Mr. Suleiman Abubakar, the co-ordinator of the team, is of the view that
the
National under-17 team are well motivated and in good spirit ahead of
the
forthcoming CAF Under-17 African Youth Championship qualifiers.
Abubakar,
who
featured for the Nigeria Airways Football Club in his hey-day, said it
is imperative
for the players to familiarize themselves with whatever they are going
to use
in future engagements.
“It
is necessary
that the players are exposed to whatever they are going to use under
match
situations particularly the boots, so that it would not be alien to
them,”
Abubakar said. “Apart from this, you can see that the players were
really excited
when they got their stuffs and it would undoubtedly motivate them.”
Players
and officials
had been provided with kits all along but the latest arrivals are to
replenish
the stock of the team. The equipment include playing boots and its
accessories,
track suits; jerseys amongst others.
Musa
Mohammed Shehu,
the interim captain of the team, said philosophically that to whom much
is
given, much is expected, and adding that the players considered it a
privilege to
play for the Golden Eaglets.
“We
are happy with
all the positive things that have been happening to us since we were
picked to
play for the Golden Eaglets," the soft-spoken lad said.
“It
is a great
opportunity to be here and we are really impressed about everything the
NFF and
our officials are doing for us. We would do our best to win our matches
starting with the game against Niger next month,” he stated.
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