Super Eagles' defender, Kenneth Omeruo,
made a surprise visit to the Golden Eaglets' training session at the
NFF/FIFA Goal Project Pitch in Abuja, with a clarion call on the players
to push themselves hard to attain stardom.
Omeruo, a member of the silver-winning
Golden Eaglets at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup hosted by Nigeria, told
the budding youngsters desirous of making the Chile-bound 2015 World Cup
team to count themselves very lucky, adding only hard work and prayers
can see them through.
"My mission here today is to come and
encourage you and from my own experience, it is only hard work that can
get you to the top," said the Chelsea defender who is on loan at
Middlesbrough in the English Premier League.
"I met a huge crowd more
than what I saw here today when I came for the Golden Eaglets screening
in 2009; though we, Nigerians always believe you must know somebody to
make it, I was able to make the team and got to play through hard work
and prayers."
Speaking further, he enjoined the
players to guide against acts of indiscipline and listen attentively to
the instructions of the technical crew.
Golden Eaglets' captain Kelechi
Nwakali, who spoke on behalf of the players, thanked Omeruo for the
encouraging visit, pledging that the youngsters would tow the inspiring
path of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner.
"We are happy that you are here today
to give us useful advice," Nwakali said matter-of-fact."You are our hero
and we are going to do everything you have told us in order to make
Nigeria proud in Chile."
Coach Emmanuel Amuneke rounded off the
session by also commending the surprise guest even as he praised the
Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) for its support to the Golden Eaglets.
"Once again, I want to use this
opportunity to thank the NFF for giving me the type of people I'm
working with because their experiences have been of tremendous help in
moulding these boys," noted the former African Footballer of the
Year. "We are not only teaching these boys how to play football but we
want them to be useful members of the society in the future and I want
to thank the technical crew and backroom staff in this regard."
The 1996 Olympic football gold medal
winner further said the Golden Eaglets technical crew was making
painstaking efforts in selection of the players due to the obvious
challenges at this level, adding he was confident Nigeria would be hard
to beat in Chile come October.
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