The U-17 World Cup games results in several attempts hasn’t been the best of result Nigerians have hoped for with the yet to progress past the quarterfinal stage in five attempts – a jinx Olowookere is seeking to break this time in India.
Having gone through three weeks of intensive training in Abuja, Olowookere, has selected a 21-final squad from the invited provisional list of 35 as they seek to go all out and make history.
Olowookere admitted that in terms of what is expected of them, of course, it’s nothing short of victory as he reveals that they have been working hard towards the goal, even as part of the team’s slogan, “to work and make ourselves and Nigeria proud,” hoping and praying that God crowns all thier efforts with success.
“There’s a need to challenge ourselves and deliver to the expectation of Nigerians – working assiduously, having the blood of Nigeria flowing in our veins, and aiming to be champions.”
“Understanding that Nigeria didn’t qualify for the last edition and has not gone past the quarterfinal, we are putting all our effort to do better than previous editions, at this World Cup in India.”
Nigeria will represent Africa along with the debutante duo of Tanzania and Morocco and are expected to spend 10 days in Turkey before jetting off to India from Istanbul on October 6.
