BY ISAAC OLAMIKAN

Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi will not forget in a hurry the heat he got from the Abuja Football College on the two occasions his boys played with the youth side in the course of the national team’s preparation for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

In the first encounter the Super Eagles won with a 4 – 2 goals margin but in the second encounter they were lucky to escape defeat as they forced the youngsters to a pulsating 3-3 draw.

Some of the soccer lessons the national team acquired from the two encounters were very fruitful as it ended up lifting the continental trophy.

“The Abuja Football College was founded in January 2012 by some Nigerian businessmen who are interested in lifting the standard of the game of football in the country,” revealed the academy’s Head Coach, Matijevic Bozidar.

The Croatian boasted that the football artistry displayed by his wards (whose ages range between 15 and 18 years) in the two encounters with the Super Eagles is just a tip of the iceberg as more of such is in the offing soon.

He disclosed that Nigeria has got very talented youngsters and what they need to explode on the world stage is tactical and technical discipline which he said he and his technical crew which includes his

Italian born colleague, Goobo Renzo, are impacting on the boys.

Bozidar said that last year five of the boys were offered full scholarship to study in Europe and learn the modern techniques of football, adding that by June the team will be in Europe for three weeks to participate in some tournaments.