ABUJA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to cheer up the senior national team representing the West African country at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil if they qualify for the quarter-finals stage of the competition.
The African champions will play against France on Monday in the Round of 16 stage of the biggest soccer competition in the world, having come second in Group F.
Expectations were high in Nigeria that the Super Eagles will soar higher than their French counterpart in Monday's encounter, thus making the Nigerian leader to charge the team to win the match, according to a spokesperson of the senior football team.
Jonathan had promised to travel to Brazil, to watch the Nigerian players prove their mettle against their quarter-finals opponent and proceed to the round of the competition, said the team's image maker and other sources.
"That is a very big motivation for us to know that the president will come to and visit us. We are determined to go there and make the country proud," said Ben Alaiya, spokesman of the Super Eagles.
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