Eaglets Ready For Iraq

Golden Eaglets’ captain, Musa Muhammed has declared that the Nigerian team are ready for tomorrow’s last group game against Iraq in the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup in UAE.

He also assured that Iraq would surely suffer the backlash after the team’s 3-3 draw against Sweden on Tuesday.

Musa said that it was unfortunate that they failed to beat the Swedes as widely expected; promising that Nigerians would see an improved performance against Iraq on Friday.

He said the players were not oblivious of the huge expectations of Nigerians, particularly that of President Goodluck Jonathan.

“Frankly, we are not happy that we didn’t get the maximum points against Sweden but Nigerians would see a good response from us against Iraq on Friday,” said the soft-spoken but hard-as-nail defender.

Musa said the Eaglets have the motivation and willingness  to be on the podium on 8 November in Abu Dhabi after  failing to win the CAN Under-17 Nations Cup last April.

“We know how important the game against Iraq on Friday is and we are going to give it our best because we don’t want to disappoint Nigerians,” he said.

“We were told before the match against Sweden that President Jonathan and so many people in government watched the match and I want to use this opportunity to thank them for their support.”