Expdonaloaded Sports News; AAG: Glo charges Dream Team, Falcons to go for Victory

OFFICIAL sponsor of Nigerian National football teams, Globacom has advised the U-23 national team, ‘Dream team’ and the Super Falcons, to go for victory in their respective football engagements today at the on-going All African Games in Con- go Brazzaville. The two teams will mount double assault they plot their way to reaching the finals to pick gold medals.
The Super Falcons will face Tanzania in the second Group A match, while the dream team will lock horns with Ghana in the opening match of group B as Nigerians looked for- ward to victory from the two national teams. In a press statement in Lagos on Tuesday, Globacom called on both teams to go for outright victories to pave way for early qualification for the next round. “The Dream Team’ coaching crew and players have prepared very hard for this competition and we expect them to do well while Super Falcons have the advantage of playing together for a long time,” the statement said ‎ “In addition, the remarkable history of Nigeria in the competition should propel the team to win Gold medals at the end of the tournament,” Globacom stated further. The Super Falcons won football gold twice, in the 2003 and 2007 editions of All African Games. The men team, however won the Gold medal in 1973 when Nigeria hosted the competition. “At this level, any team can out- shine the other and we expect the coaching crew of ‘Dream team’ and the Super Falcons to be wary of the opposition,” the statement concluded, while urging Nigerians to give the teams hundred percent support. Globacom had also commended the Super Falcons for defeating host Congo in their first match in the competition. The company urged the team who trashed the host, Diablesses Rouges of Congo by Five goals to one on Sunday in Congo, not to rest on their oars as they forge ahead in the tournament.