Football
Nigeria’s
U20 boys have arrived in Bad Goegging Munich in Germany for a three –week
intensive final camping programme ahead of the FIFA U20 World Cup finals in
Poland.
A
delegation comprising team officials and 23 players traveled aboard a Lufthansa
Airline flight from Abuja on Saturday night and arrived in Frankfurt just
before 6am, before a 4-hour road trip to the city. The delegation is staying at
The Monarch Hotel.
At
the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Saturday, the seven –time
African champions welcomed the General Secretary of Nigeria Football
Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, who charged the team to adopt good character
and discipline as winning words in the camp and at the global championship,
while eschewing any conduct that could tarnish the image of Nigeria.
“A
good name is forever better than gold. While we implore you to go out there and
put in the best efforts to win your matches and do the country and the African
continent proud, it is important that you do so with good conduct, discipline
and dedication, and with respect for the good name of our dear country.
“You
are flying the country’s flag and also flying the continent’s flag. It is
therefore incumbent on you to show good character on and off the field of play
at all times and abide by the tenets of fairplay,” Dr. Sanusi said.
While
advising the players and team officials to valorize hard work and patriotism,
Dr. Sanusi assured that the NFF is committed to giving the team its full
support, including payment of their bonuses and allowances in the training camp
and at the championship in Poland.
In
his response, team captain Ikouwem Utin thanked the Federation for the support
given the team so far and pledged that the players would give their very best
to do Nigeria and Africa proud in Poland, while maintaining discipline as their
watchword.
The
Flying Eagles, two –time silver medallists at the FIFA U20 World Cup finals,
will fly out of Germany to Poland on 19th May, five days before their opening
match of this year’s competition against Qatar’s U20 team in Tychy.
They
would afterwards tackle the United States of America on Monday, 27th May in
Bielsko-Biala before comcluding their group phase assignment against Ukraine on
Thursday, 30th May at the same venue.
The
24 –nation championship will hold 23rd May – 15th June.
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