Despite a late arrival to the games, Siasia’s team put up a spirited
performance at their opening match to defeat the Japanese team.
Dream Team coach, Samson Siasia says he has not been paid for five months (Twiiter/NFF)
Samson Siasia has described the first victory of the Nigeria U-23 national team at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympics as a miracle.
In
a report by Punch Newspapers, the coach attributed the 5-4 victory over
Japan to sheer miracle saying the team's performance defied science.
Dream Team played without the logo of the NFF on the Nike strip (FIFA.com)
In his words, “I
just can’t describe what happened today. My boys defied science to win
this game; what gave us this game was the mental toughness of the boys.
For a team not to train for two days and put up this type of performance
is a miracle.”
Continuing, Siasia said, “When
players are tired they tend to lose focus. That is why we conceded four
goals. For now, all I can say is I just want to go and savour this
victory with my players."
Despite a late
arrival to the games, Siasia’s team put up a spirited performance at
their opening match to defeat the Japanese team and climb to top of
Group B after Sweden and Colombia played out a 2-2 draw.
AS Roma’s star, Sadiq Umar grabbed the opening goal as Oghenekaro Etebo registered his name on the goal sheet with four goals to drive home the 5-4 victory over Japan.
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