Globacom has urged the Flying Eagles to surpass the silver medals won by the1989 and 2005 sets in Saudi Arabia and Holland as the FIFA U-20 World Cup kicks off tonight in Columbia.

Making this call in Lagos, the Chief Operating Officer of Globacom, Mohamed Jameel exhorted the team to work assiduously towards reaching the finals and winning the cup for Nigeria for the first time.

He said, “Flying Eagles should concentrate and play as a team, tackle each match with determination to win with focus on the final berth”.

Jameel stressed that the team has the advantage of having in the squad about fifteen players who had been playing together from the last U-17 team that emerged runners up in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Championship hosted by Nigeria.

He also recommended that the Technical crew of the team go for the fittest players in their selections in order to ensure that the team win its first match which according to him will motivate them to go far in the competition.