Samson Siasia reacts to Dream Team draw for the 2016 Olympics (Twitter/ebikagboro) |
The Dream Team of Nigeria were drawn in Group B alongside Group B Sweden, Colombia and Japan in the draw that held on Thursday, April 14 at the Estadio Maracana’s auditorium.
Sweden are the European U21 champions, Japan are Asian champions while Colombia finished runners up to Argentina in the South American tournament.Reacting to the draw, Siasia said that the group will be difficult but expressed confidence that Nigeria will progress.
“Like I said, all the teams are tough there are no more easy teams to beat . It's all about good preparation,” Siasia told Goal.
“We hope to prepare very well for the tournament and treat all teams equally with respect and map out our programmes and strategy. I am sure of qualification from the group with hard work from us.”
Nigeria will kick off their campaign on August 4 against Japan.
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