Siasia drafts 4 foreignpros to Dream Team VI
Siasia drafts 4 foreign
pros to Dream Team VI
Nigeria’s U-23 national team popularly called Dream Team
VI has invited four foreign based players to join the other
three players also invited from the Africa Youth
Championship Champion; the Flying Eagles to boost his
team ahead must win return leg, final round qualifier of the
2015 All Africa Games slated for Congo Brazaville.
Sporting-Life exclusively gathered from the Dream Team VI’s
Chief Coach Samson Siasia yesterday in Abuja that he had
already sent invitations to the players’ clubs through the
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the players invited are:
Club de Africaine of Tunisia’s attacking midfielder, Patrick
Nwankwo , Paul Nwachi from Denmark, Atanda Ololade
Sodiq from Apolonia Fier FC of Albenia’s central defender
Atanda Ololade Sodiq and Osmanlispor of Turkey’s
midfielder Aminu Umar.
The four players are expected to hit Serob Hotel Abuja camp
of the team latest next week Monday after helping out in
their club’s weekend matches while the three Flying Eagles
invitees: striker Taiwo Awoniyi, right back Musa Mohammed
and left back Mustapha Abdullahi will join the team today.
“Yes it is true I have discussed with the Nigeria Football
Federation to send invitations to the following players
Patrick Nwankwo, Paul Nwachi, Atanda Sodiq and Aminu
Umar to join the team for our return leg match against
Zambia in Lusaka.
“Also three of the invited four Flying Eagles players namely
Musa Mohammed, Taiwo Awoniyi and Mustapha Abdullahi
will join the team tomorrow morning (this morning) for
preparations for Zambia’s match too”, Siasia told Sporting-
Life shortly after the team’s workout at the main bowl of
the Abuja National Stadium yesterday.
Sporting-Life can also report that goalkeeper Dele
Alampasu of the Flying Eagles who was also invited could
not make it as a result of injury.
Coach Siasia was initially unhappy that the Flying Eagles
trio failed to join the team as scheduled since Sunday but
had to pardon them and gave them up till today to join the
team.
“We don’t have the luxury of time on our hands and there is
need for these guys (players) to have more training time
together to blend and gel together. But they have told me
that it was the elections that prevented them from coming
to camp on time. So I am expecting them to join the team
tomorrow (today)”, Siasia disclosed.
pros to Dream Team VI
Nigeria’s U-23 national team popularly called Dream Team
VI has invited four foreign based players to join the other
three players also invited from the Africa Youth
Championship Champion; the Flying Eagles to boost his
team ahead must win return leg, final round qualifier of the
2015 All Africa Games slated for Congo Brazaville.
Sporting-Life exclusively gathered from the Dream Team VI’s
Chief Coach Samson Siasia yesterday in Abuja that he had
already sent invitations to the players’ clubs through the
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the players invited are:
Club de Africaine of Tunisia’s attacking midfielder, Patrick
Nwankwo , Paul Nwachi from Denmark, Atanda Ololade
Sodiq from Apolonia Fier FC of Albenia’s central defender
Atanda Ololade Sodiq and Osmanlispor of Turkey’s
midfielder Aminu Umar.
The four players are expected to hit Serob Hotel Abuja camp
of the team latest next week Monday after helping out in
their club’s weekend matches while the three Flying Eagles
invitees: striker Taiwo Awoniyi, right back Musa Mohammed
and left back Mustapha Abdullahi will join the team today.
“Yes it is true I have discussed with the Nigeria Football
Federation to send invitations to the following players
Patrick Nwankwo, Paul Nwachi, Atanda Sodiq and Aminu
Umar to join the team for our return leg match against
Zambia in Lusaka.
“Also three of the invited four Flying Eagles players namely
Musa Mohammed, Taiwo Awoniyi and Mustapha Abdullahi
will join the team tomorrow morning (this morning) for
preparations for Zambia’s match too”, Siasia told Sporting-
Life shortly after the team’s workout at the main bowl of
the Abuja National Stadium yesterday.
Sporting-Life can also report that goalkeeper Dele
Alampasu of the Flying Eagles who was also invited could
not make it as a result of injury.
Coach Siasia was initially unhappy that the Flying Eagles
trio failed to join the team as scheduled since Sunday but
had to pardon them and gave them up till today to join the
team.
“We don’t have the luxury of time on our hands and there is
need for these guys (players) to have more training time
together to blend and gel together. But they have told me
that it was the elections that prevented them from coming
to camp on time. So I am expecting them to join the team
tomorrow (today)”, Siasia disclosed.
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