Head Coach of the U-23 national team (Dream Team), Samson Siasia has said the team will go on a break for some days after gaining qualification for the African U-23 Championship scheduled to hold in Senegal later in the year.
Siasia said the break will afford the boys the opportunity to rest before converging to start preparation for the All Africa Games which begins September 4th in Congo Brazzaville.
He expressed optimism that the boys will get better after the Games as they will have the opportunity to play more competitive games and by the time they regroup for the African U-23 Championship in Senegal, the team would have become much stronger, ready to pick a ticket for the Rio Olympics.
While reflecting on the performance of the team in Brazzaville where the boys played out a goalless draw against their hosts, Siasia said his boys played like true heroes.
“Playing a match like this is always difficult, but then I knew our best tactics for this game was to go all out and attack, because if they scored a goal against us, we would be out of the race. My boys did what I told them, but then we missed a couple of clear chances that are unpardonable. However, we did the job and we are into the African U-23 finals.”