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Siasia adds Ekpolo, Oduwa to Olympic team

By Editor
26 October 2015   |   4:19 am
Head Coach of the U-23 national team, Samson Siasia, has invited FC Barcelona B team defender, Godwin Elohor Ekpolo and Nathan Oduwa of Glasgow Rangers to camp for the second Africa U-23 Nations Cup billed to hold in Senegal from November 28 to December 12.
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Head Coach of the U-23 national team, Samson Siasia, has invited FC Barcelona B team defender, Godwin Elohor Ekpolo and Nathan Oduwa of Glasgow Rangers to camp for the second Africa U-23 Nations Cup billed to hold in Senegal from November 28 to December 12.

Coach Siasia told thenff.com that the players were invited to come and fight for jerseys in the team, adding that he intends to build a team that will not only do well in Senegal, but also excel at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro next year.
“After the African Games in Congo, I noticed some departments of the team that needed to be worked on, so I decided to extend my dragnet in search of players who have shown interest in playing for Nigeria in a bid to build a solid team that will be the pride of all Nigerians,” Siasia said.

Siasia, however, appealed to Nigerians to be patient with him and his technical team in their task.
Meanwhile, Coach Siasia has directed all clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League requesting for the release of their players for league games to send their request to the General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, as he (Siasia) has no power to release any player.

Expressing displeasure at the requests being made by these clubs for the release of their players, Coach Siasia said: “While I understand with them that they need their players for club engagements, I also want to remind them that they need to co-operate with us to qualify for the football event of the Rio Olympic Games, and the only way we can achieve this objective is by having all the players in camp to train so we can pick only the best legs.”

The U-23 boss disclosed that for now, no player will be released from the camp, and that aside those in the Super Eagles B that are in Ouagadougou for Sunday’s CHAN qualifier against Etalons of Burkina Faso, all other players must report to camp and be part of the team’s training session today.

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