Report to Camp Today or Forget Rio2016
L-R:
Former Super Eagles player and Coordinator of the Joseph Yobo
Testimonial Game Committee, Waidi Akanni; Ex international, Joseph Yobo;
Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung; and Legal Adviser to the Testimonial
Committee, Uzor Konyeaso, during Yobo’s courtesy call on the minister in
Abuja…yesterday
SIASIA’S RIOT ACT TO DREAM TEAM VI
Duro Ikhazuagbe
Dream Team VI Head Coach, Samson Siasia, has warned that any of the selected foreign-based players for the Suwon Invitational Tournament in Korea who fails to report to camp today to forget about going to Brazil for the Olympic football event in August.
Dream Team VI Head Coach, Samson Siasia, has warned that any of the selected foreign-based players for the Suwon Invitational Tournament in Korea who fails to report to camp today to forget about going to Brazil for the Olympic football event in August.
Speaking after Monday evening’s training
session at the FIFA Goal Project pitch, Abuja, an obviously angry
Siasia expressed his displeasure with most of the players who are
holidaying in the country after the break in Europe.
“Most of the players invited for the
Suwon Tournament have arrived Nigeria but are not willing to report to
camp,” observed the coach who is aiming to improve on the silver he won
at the Beijing 2008 Games in China.
He said that the only way he can select
players for the Olympics is when they train together as a team, adding
that no player will walk into his team without earning it.
“It is annoying that these boys have not placed the same importance myself and other members of the technical crew have placed on the Olympics. I have information that aside one or two players who are involved in their team’s play-off games, the others have arrived the country but have just refused to report to camp.
“It is annoying that these boys have not placed the same importance myself and other members of the technical crew have placed on the Olympics. I have information that aside one or two players who are involved in their team’s play-off games, the others have arrived the country but have just refused to report to camp.
“If they don’t report to camp on time,
how can I work on them to know their level of adaptability to my game
plan? It’s frustrating sometimes. Except for Saturday Keigo who reported
to camp on Sunday, the others have not bothered to report,” revealed
the former Eagles forward.
Siasia also disclosed that “if any of
the invited overseas-based players thinks because he has been registered
for the competition in South Korea and as such cannot be dropped,” he
has a surprise for that player.
The affected foreign-based players
include: Amuzie Stanley, Azubuike Okechukwu, Usman Mohammed, Sodiq
Popoola, Saviour Godwin, Taiwo Awoniyi and Nathan Oduwa.
Meanwhile, the Dream Team will tomorrow play a friendly with a local club side as part of its build-up for the Suwon Invitational Tournament.
Meanwhile, the Dream Team will tomorrow play a friendly with a local club side as part of its build-up for the Suwon Invitational Tournament.
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