Minister of Sports and chairman, National Sports Commission, Yusuf Suleiman has congratulated the Flying Eagles for qualifying for the quarter finals of the on-going FIFA U-21 World Cup in Colombia. The coach John Obuh led boys Wednesday night defeated England 1-0.
Suleiman expressed delight with the performance of the players whom he said were motivated to triumph by President Jonathan’s encouragement through personal telephone calls and material support.
He attributed the team’s success in the tournament to hard work, commitment and patriotism occasioned by government’s adequate support. He urged the team and its handlers to win the coveted trophy so that the huge support from government and football loving Nigerians would be justified.
The minister called on Nigerians to continue to support the national teams while pledging government’s commitment to the welfare and empowerment of the Nigerian youths.
Nigeria will this weekend take on France in the quarter finals. In their first match the national U-20 side beat Guatemala 5-0, won 5-2 against Croatia in the second and netted two goals to nil against Saudi Arabia in the third match. They triumphed over England 1-0 in the round of 16 against England.
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