• Team Arrives Windhoek
AFTER scooping the maximum points against Kenya in Nairobi on Wednesday, President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari has charged the Super Eagles not to lose focus of the three points at stake when they confront Namibia Wednesday. Speaking before just before the players departed Nairobi for Windhoek, Maigari said, “It is important that we keep our focus. There are no longer small teams in international football and I believe you will approach the match with your usual seriousness and total dedication, which saw to the fall of the Harambee Stars.
“President Goodluck Jonathan, the Sports Minister and Nigerians are happy and proud of you for the result against Kenya. Let us put the icing on the cake by winning in Namibia.”
He insisted that Nigerians are expecting the Eagles to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in
Brazil after triumph at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
Top officials of the Nigeria High Commission in Windhoek, including Ambassador Nath Olorunfemi, received the Super Eagles on their arrival on Friday, and the High Commissioner immediately assured the team and the NFF of adequate support before, during and after the match with the Brave Warriors.
“We will mobilize all Nigerians in Windhoek, through the Nigeria community, to come to the Stadium on match day and support you,” Olorunfemi said.
Nigeria tops Group F of the 2014 FIFA World Cup African qualifiers with eight points, and will qualify for the two-leg final qualifying fixture if they win on Wednesday and Malawi fail to beat Kenya in
Blantyre same day. Malawi have six points, followed by Namibia with four, and Kenya have only two points.
Meanwhile, Eagles arrived Windhoek, the capital of Namibia on Friday and immediately moved to the Country Club Resort, Windhoek.
They will be there for six days, training for the match on Wednesday and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup tournament, which begins in Brazil on Saturday.
On Thursday night, the delegation was hosted to a dinner at the Nigeria House in Nairobi by Ambassador Akin Oyateru.
Oyateru, urged the team to show similar
guts and go-go spirit as they did against the Harambee Stars. “This is a big opportunity for myself and other officials of the Nigeria High Commission here. You really made us proud. We all have faith in you and you have shown what you can do by rejuvenating our football with that triumph at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. And you have not let us down since then.
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