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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

#Rio2016 Olympics: NIGERIA vs COLOMBIA Wednesday August 10th, 2016 (11pm Nigerian time)...MUST WATCH

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hehehehe....While the U-23 Eagles can afford to rest players, the Colombians are going for broke with all the weapons in their armoury as they must win to progress into the quarter-finals.
In Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, Colombia beat Nigeria, thanks to a 55th minute goal by Benjamin Cardona which confirmed Nigeria’s exit.
It was Nigeria’s last group game after losing 3-1 to Kuwait and drawing 1-1 with Czechoslovakia in their first two games.


Nigeria’s under-23 coach Samson Siasia has assured that his team will continue to take it one game at a time in the ongoing Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016.
Answering questions at the post match press conference after the 1-0 victory over Sweden, Coach Siasia said for now his attention is on the team’s last group game against Colombia and as such he is not bothered about avoiding host nation Brazil in the quarter –final stage.
“I think for me and the boys all we are doing now is taking it a game at a time, we are not bothered about the team we will be playing in the quarter finals, let’s play Colombia first and from there we will think of our opponents at that stage.
“The issue of the team I will prefer to play in the quarter final stage doesn’t arise now; what is uppermost in my mind is getting my boys focused for every game.”
Speaking on his defence –line that has been termed as being the weak link in the team, Siasia said: “As you all can see, today my defence line didn’t concede any goal, yes myself and my technical crew worked very hard to correct all the lapses we noticed in our first game and I am happy my boys stood their ground and kept a clean sheet today. All I can say for now is that it’s work in progress.”
There are concerns over Nigeria’s backline that conceded four times against Japan in the opening game.


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  1. Nigeria is yet to win medals in 2016 Olympics.
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