Nigeria’s preparations for Mundial 2014 in Brazil peaked on Sunday evening in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, when ex-national team skipper Segun Odegbami (MON), visited the team’s hotel and later joined the team at its training ground.
Segun Odegbami
Odegbami said he was motivated to come and join the team’s training because of the caliber of players and coaching crew that the team parades.
He even threatened jokingly at a point while discussing with team skipper, Joseph Yobo and Coach Stephen Keshi, that he would have joined the session but for the lateness of his invitation letter.
“That means we will need double ambulances here, “Keshi retorted.
At the end of the nearly two hours of training, Odegbami said: “I like what I saw at the training ground, the hunger of the boys, the confidence they displayed and the way and manner the coaching crew conducted themselves. Something tells me history is in the making with this team.
Already, the NFF and FIFA have perfected plans to give the team a grand welcome at the airport, including a media press conference and reception by the city authorities in Sao Paulo, before the team will retire to its camp base in Brazil’s bustling commercial capital.
