NFF Backing Dream Team To Qualify For Olympic Games
Published: November 27, 2015
NFF President Amaju Pinnick has motivated Nigeria’s Olympic National Team ahead of their first game of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations against Mali on Sunday, November 29.
The Dream Team won the football event at the 1996 Olympic Games and finished in second position 12 years later but missed out on qualification for the London Games after losing to Morocco and Senegal at the Africa U-23 Championship.
“Presently, we are on a roll of good results and we are determined that those must continue, ” Pinnick told thenff.com.
“It’s been an exciting past few months during which we have won U-17 World Cup, qualified for the U-20 Women’s World Cup and reached the group stage of the African series for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
“The NFF is backing Samson Siasia because he is always keen to succeed. He has brought new, exciting faces to the group and there is confidence all around again. The ticket to the Olympics is non –negotiable.”
The Nigeria U-23s play their first match of the campaign against Mali at the Caroline Faye Stadium in Mbour on Sunday evening.
The Dream Team won the football event at the 1996 Olympic Games and finished in second position 12 years later but missed out on qualification for the London Games after losing to Morocco and Senegal at the Africa U-23 Championship.
“Presently, we are on a roll of good results and we are determined that those must continue, ” Pinnick told thenff.com.
“It’s been an exciting past few months during which we have won U-17 World Cup, qualified for the U-20 Women’s World Cup and reached the group stage of the African series for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
“The NFF is backing Samson Siasia because he is always keen to succeed. He has brought new, exciting faces to the group and there is confidence all around again. The ticket to the Olympics is non –negotiable.”
The Nigeria U-23s play their first match of the campaign against Mali at the Caroline Faye Stadium in Mbour on Sunday evening.
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