Monday, 16 November 2015

Siasia, U-23 Team Escape Plane Crash

Nigeria’s Olympic team escaped a plane crash on their way to Gam

bia for final preparation ahead African U-23 Championship. The U-23 team tagged Dream Team VI chose Gambia for their training camp after visa issues halted the trip to Morocco.

Nigeria’s Olympic team escaped a plane crash on their way to Gambia for final preparation ahead African U-23 Championship. The U-23 team tagged Dream Team VI chose Gambia for their training camp after visa issues halted the trip to Morocco.

Goal reports that the team could leave Ghana on Sunday evening depending on any new flight arrangements by the Nigeria Football Federation.

The Africa U-23 Cup of Nations will be played in Senegal from November 28 to December 12. Nigeria are drawn in Group B at the U23 Nations Cup along with Egypt, Mali and Algeria.

The top two teams will advance to the knockout stage of the competition with the best three teams qualifying automatically for Rio 2016.

Four years ago, Nigeria failed in Morocco to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.

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