Daily Champion (Lagos)
Jude Opara
4 November 2009
Abuja — Ahead of Thursday's Round of 16 clash between the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria and their counterparts from New Zealand in the on-going FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 tomorrow, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appealed to the Abuja soccer fans to turn out in their numbers to cheer the team to victory.
Technical committee chairman of the NFF, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi told newsmen yesterday that the authorities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have made available about 40,000 tickets which would be distributed free of charge to the fans.
According to him, the tickets would be given to the soccer fans at strategic places including, Wuse market, Garki Area One, Lugbe junction, Nyanya under bridge, Mararaba under flyover, Karimu, Gwagwa, Life Camp (opposite Julius Berge Junction), Kubwa and Gwagwalada.
Chief Ogunjobi said the team is doing well and will even do better if the fans turn out in their numbers to cheer them up.
"It is our national team, we have to support them because it is our own, and we do not have any other national team to call our own but the Golden Eaglets."
The former Secretary General of the NFF further appealed to the fans not to boo the young boys saying it could be demoralizing when the home fans decide to boo their own team, adding that goals could come at any time in a football match starting from the first minute to the last.
"Fans should not boo the boys, the players are still very young and should not be booed, if we continue to support the team, the players will do well and when they do well, it is to the credit of Nigeria. We believe in the team and Nigeria will give them maximum support," Ogunjobi added.
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