…Siasia pencils down Iheanacho, Iwobi

— 18th April 2016

DREAM Team VI han­dler, Samson Siasia has penciled down the duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi to make his final squad to the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The coach, who is fac­ing dilemma of getting commitment from Euro­pean clubs on the release of players to the national team’s camp, maintained that he is sure of few names including Iwobi and Iheanacho, despite not yet decided on his fi­nal list for the Games.
He however assured to give all the invited player the opportunity to fight for a shirt in the team.
Siasia has invited 30 players as the fulcrum of his preparations for the summer games, but efforts to have the as­surances of the clubs on the release of the players have not yielded the de­sired results.
SiaOne is however un­der pressure to prepare the final team list that will be submitted to the Nige­rian Olympic Committee on or before April 19.
Nigeria has been drawn in the Group B of the 2016 Olympic Games alongside Japan, Colom­bia and Sweden.
The Siasia side will open its campaign against Japan on August 4 at the 41,000-seater Arena da Amazonia in Manaus.