Thursday, November 26, 2015

CAF U23: Awoniyi, others arrive Senegal

NIGERIA'S U-23 national team, tagged Dream Team 6 have landed in Senegal to begin their quest for a qualification ticket to represent Africa in the mens football event of the Rio Olympics in 2016.
The delegation of 21 players, 10 officials arrived the Leopold Senghor International Airport, Dakar at 1.00am local time aboard an Arik Airline flight and were received by the head of chancery Embassy of the federal republic of Nigeria, Haruna Musa on behalf of the ambassador.
After airport formalities, the team was immediately taken by road to M'bour, venue of its first two group games, and  later arrived the hotel reserved for them, the Framissima Palm Beach at about 3.00 am local time.
The team later in the evening had its first training session.
Meanwhile with the arrival of the Dream Team, all the participating teams have now arrived Senegal as Nigeria were the last team to arrive.