Guardian

PEPSI has congratulated Super Eagles’ Victor Moses and John Mikel Obi for winning the UEFA Europa Cup with their English Club, Chelsea.

Chelsea beat Benfica of Portugal 2-1 in the final play at Amsterdam Arena last Wednesday.

Head of Marketing, Seven-up Bottling Company Plc, Lagos, Norden Thurston, said Pepsi is happy that Moses, a soccer ambassador of the brand, has made instant impact in his first season at Chelsea, while Mikel, who was discovered and nurtured at the Pepsi Football Academy, has added the UEFA Europa Cup to the UEFA Champions league he won last year with Chelsea.

“We are delighted that Pepsi’s culture of discovering and nurturing talents either in music or sports is working and bringing honour to Nigeria,” Thurston said.

According to him, “the Pepsi Football Academy has remained a reference point in youth football development in Nigeria and beyond which has helped in producing great players like Osaze Odemwingie, Elderson Echiejile, Mikel Obi, Sunday Mba, just to mention a few. “

He said that 10 students of Pepsi Football Academy have full scholarship playing and studying in two England’s best high schools: St Bedes and Brooke House College.

Thurston urged both Moses and Mikel to bring their winning streak to the remaining matches in Super Eagles’ World Cup qualifiers to ensure that Nigeria’s flag flies at the football Mundial in Brazil in 2014 and also perform very well in the FIFA Confederations Cup next month.

Add the African Cup of Nations trophy that Nigeria won in February and the medals cabinets of Moses and Mikel are increasing by the day, he added.