Ahmed Musa to miss Super Four tourney
Ahmed Musa, the
highest goal scorer in the just concluded 2009/2010 Nigeria Premier
League season with a record 18 goals, will miss this year’s edition of
the Super Four competition holding in the south-west Nigerian town of
Ijebu-Ode from August 2-8 due to international engagement with the
Nigerian U-20 team, the Flying Eagles.
Musa, who eclipsed
the 17-goal mark that had stood since 1990, will be travelling with the
Flying Eagles to Conakry, Guinea for the return leg tie of the Africa
U-20 Youth Championship (AYC) qualifying match slated for next weekend.
The Flying Eagles
won the first leg encounter decided last weekend in Abuja 2-0 and will
head to Conakry with the aim of emerging victorious to secure a place
in the next round of qualifiers for the AYC which is scheduled for
early next year in Libya. The tournament in Libya will serve as the
qualifying tournament for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup which comes up
in the South American nation of Colombia.
Musa however
expressed optimism that, the calibre of players in the Kano Pillars
team will go all out to win the Super Four competition despite his
absence as they hope to use the trophy to compensate their teeming fans.
“I know and I believe that my teammates will do a good job and I have confidence in them to win the competition,” he said.
The Super Four
tournament is a competition organised for the top four finishers in the
just concluded league season. This edition will have champions, Enyimba
International, runners-up, Kano pillars alongside Kwara United and
Sunshine Stars.
Meanwhile Musa will
be joining VVV Venlo of Holland immediately after the qualifying match
after agreeing terms with the modest Dutch club.
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