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The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick has congratulated Super Eagles striker Victor Moses for his triumph in the English FA Cup with Chelsea FC.
A lone strike from the penalty spot by Eden Hazard against Manchester United at Wembley brought joy to the blue side of London and made Moses the sixth Nigerian to experience glory in the oldest knockout competition in world football the FA Cup.
Before him were John Fashanu, Daniel Amokachi, Nwankwo Kanu, John Utaka and Mikel John Obi.
Obi who is super Eagles captain Moses and others at the FIFA World Cup, won also with Chelsea.
Pinnick also applauded the good number of Super Eagles’ players who finished the season on a high, and those who were instrumental to their clubs’ accomplishments during the season, stating that confidence is key to facing the opposition at the FIFA World Cup.
Moses, who is the reigning NFF Football Awards Player of the Year, was the Super Eagles’ highest goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup African qualifiers with three goals.
He netted a brace against Algeria in November 2016 and got the third in the 4-0 whiplash of African champions Cameroon on 1stSeptember 2017, which set the Eagles on the path to Russia.
The Chelsea wingback, who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Eagles, is expected in Uyo for the Monday may 28th international friendly against the Simba of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Port Harcourt.
The Super Eagles will then take on England in a prestige encounter at Wembley Stadium in London on 2nd June, before tackling the Czech Republic in Austria on 6th June.
The team will camp for nine days at the Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria before flying to their team base camp in Yessentuki, Stavropol region of Russia on 11th June.
