He said the team had assumed it could simply buy plane tickets to Rio at the last minute just like Nigerians do in their home country to book travel.
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The team, however showed no sign of jet lag as Roma striker Umar Sadiq unlocked the scoring sheet for Nigeria in the 6th minute and was leveled by Shinzo Koroki’s penalty shoot three minutes later.
And so the Nigerian soccer team is just sort of stuck in Atlanta, with no idea when they’ll get moving, and with a massive game scheduled in less than 36 hours.
Jinadu said the mood remained upbeat among the players as they headed to Brazil at the last minute.
At the restart of the game, Nigeria took control of the game once more and posed a serious threat every time they ventured forward.
The team spokesperson said Delta has intervened and will provide a plane.
The Nigerian men’s football team has been training for the Olympics in Atlanta since July 3.
Controversies trailed the U-23 team’s preparations while in America, with their coach Siasia, who led the side to a silver medal finish at Beijing 2008, saying they had to resort to begging to make ends meet.
The Japanese were able to find their fourth and final goal in stoppage time when Musashi Suzuku curled a shot from inside the box past Nigeria’s goal keeper and make it 5-4.
“Nigeria’s defeat of Japan is the work of God because given the Dream Team’s late arrival in Brazil, many people already gave that match to Japan”.
Let them land, get to the stadium for a proper warmup and begin their Olympics as well as possible at this point.
They managed to beat Japan 5-4 in their first group game in the football event of Rio 2016.
However, Nigeria’s night of glory was completed seconds later when the referee blew for full-time, finishing off a remarkable, and exhausting day for a team whose plight captured global attention and sympathy.
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