28th August, 2014
The management of Nigeria’s national telecommunications carrier Globacom believes the feat recorded by Azeezat Oshoala at the just concluded Canada 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup was the beginning of good things to come for the player in her football career.
Globacom also extolled Oshoala’s sterling performance which earned her the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards of the competition and charged her to go ahead and achieve more glory in the field of play in future.
“Your career has just started and you have what it takes to be among the world’s best in football,” Globacom stated.
The telecommunications giant expressed optimism that Oshoala and her teammates in the Super Falconets will achieve much more in years to come if they are kept together as a team after winning silver medal of the World Cup. Glo noted that the team look well to bring home better results in future tournaments.
The company, however, congratulated the Falconets for what it called an outstanding performance in Canada. Globacom said that even though they lost the cup to the Germans, the girls made a good showing and gave a good account of themselves. To qualify for the finals, the Super Falconets had defeated New Zealand and North Korea in the quarter and semi-finals respectively.
“The Falconets, in spite of the loss to Germany in the final of the competition, put up a stiff competition against the highly-rated German team. But for certain technical anomalies, the Falconet would have picked the trophy. They displayed the Nigerian can-do spirit and high-level patriotism.”
Globacom applauded the handlers of the team for their dedication to duty, determination to excel and for making the nation proud at the mundial.
“We at Globacom are proud of the Falconets and the coaching crew for distinguishing themselves as the best in Africa and officially, second in the world. We will continue to support our national teams in every way possible,” the statement added.