Less than 72-hours before the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Brazil, ex-national team skipper, Segun Odegbami (MON), has visited the Super Eagles' hotel and later joined the team at its training ground.
The retired player, who is popularly called 'Mathetical' during his active days, was part of coach Stephen Keshi led Eagles' last training session in the United States of America on Monday.
Reports quoted Odegbami saying: “I like what I saw at the training ground, the hunger of the boys, the confidence they displayed and the way and manner the coaching crew conducted themselves.
“Something tells me history is in the making with this team."
It was also gathered that Odegbami told the team that he was motivated to come and join their training because of the quality of the players and coaches.
It was also gathered that Odegbami told the team that he was motivated to come and join their training because of the quality of the players and coaches.
* Segun Odegbami, 2nd from left, and handlers of the Super Eagles
It was added that the player who was part of the Nigerian team that won the African Nations Cup on home soil in 1980 stated that if he had been invited early enough that he would have trained with the team but for the lateness of the invitation.
“That means we will need double ambulances here”, Keshi retorted.
“That means we will need double ambulances here”, Keshi retorted.
The Nigerian team had their last training session on Monday evening in Jacksonsville, Florida, the United States of America, and are expected to depart for Brazil via an American Airways on Tuesday.
* Odegbami
A source in the Eagles' camp informed that the NFF and FIFA have perfected plans to give the team a grand welcome at the airport in Brazil, including a media press conference and reception by the city authorities in Sao Paulo, before the team will retire to its camp base in Brazil’s bustling commercial capital.
The Super Eagles were defeated by the US 1-2 in the their last warm up match played early morning on Sunday.
Nigeria is in group F along side Argentina, Iran and Bosnia Herzegovina and would play its first match against the Asians on 16 June.
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