Saturday, August 6, 2016

Umar arrives Dream Team Manaus camp

By Rasaq Oboirien
AMINU Umar has arrived the country's Olympic Dream Team camp in Manaus, reports NaijaSportsXtra.blogspot.com.
Timi Ebikagboro broke the cheery news on his official twitter handle, @ebikagboro on Saturday.
According to Ebikagboro's tweets: ,Aminu Umar joins the rest of the squad in Manaus, we are now a very full house, let's go.
"Umar arrived the Dream Team's Tropical Hotel camp at about 11.34pm local time to the warm embrace of coach Siasia and team secretary, Sirajo.
Osmanlıspor striker is expected to make his first-ever appearance at the Olympic Games on Sunday night when the Dream Team face Sweden in a Group B clash.
The ex-Flying Eagles ace was not involved in Nigeria’s 5-4 win over Japan on Friday morning because he had featured for his Turkish club in the Europa League on Thursday.
Nigerian take on Sweden at the Amazônia Arena, Manaus
Umar will train with his other mates today, as Siasia and his assistants will pay much attention on him with a view to knowing his fitness level.
Meanwhile, the Dream Team and their Columbian counterparts depart Manaus for São Paulo on the same flight on Monday.