The skipper of the FIFA Under -17 World Cup winning Golden Eaglets, Musa Mohammed, has tipped the Nigerian senior women team, the Super Falcons to excel in the African Women Championship (AWC) billed for Namibia.
Musa Mohammed
Mohammed was impressed with intensity of the girls training and their commitment to the training drills of their coaches.
He was with his Flying Eagles team mates at the FIFA Goal Project pitch on Wednesday morning, where he said he expects the girls to over run their Cameroonian counterparts when they meet in a friendly next week.
“I like what I saw this morning. I am impressed with the way the girls play.
“I like the high spirit in the team and I believe they would beat Cameroon and Rwanda easily if they keep on working hard.
“I will continue to pray for the Falcons to win in Africa and do well at the world stage.
“I believe this team will bring glory to Nigeria because they have been working hard and the players are very committed, he stated.
The Besiktas of Turkey defender also urged the Falcoms to also pray for the Flying Eagles and for to progress in his career.
Ameobi keen to leave Newcastle
Super Eagles striker, Shola Ameobi has accepted that his time at Newcastle United is coming to an end.
The striker admitted that the time will come to look at that once the season has ended.
“We’ll discuss everything about my future at the end of the season, said Ameobi to the Evening Chronicle.
“I haven’t really thought about what might or might not happen at all yet because this isn’t the right moment.
“There’s a lot going on at the moment, and things are pretty tense.
“We have to make sure we don’t let this season fizzle out, and then once it’s finished, that’ll be the time to get around a table and talk about the future.
Ameobi is one of the players expected to make the Super Eagles provisional list for the 2014 FIFA World cup