Head coach of Nigeria’s Under-23 football team, Samson Siasia, has moved to praise his charges after they defeated Zambia 2-1 in their second leg, final round 2015 All Africa Games qualifier on Sunday.
The Dream Team VI beat Zambia’s under-23s 2-1 at the National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka to book a place in the men's football event of the AAG thanks to a brace from striker, Taiwo Awoniyi.
Siasia said it was a momentous achievement but insisted that his boys made life difficult for themselves by failing to convert the plethora of chances they created in the first leg of the tie in Abuja.
“From our games that we played earlier, we always played better away (from home). We scored four goals against Gabon.
“We don’t play that well at home. We had a couple of chances at home -clear cut chances - we didn’t score.
“Our plan was to come here and defend high up (the pitch) and so we could catch them on fast breaks and that was actually what happened,” Siasia said at the post-match press conference.
He added that the team would continue to improve as he also looks to successfully guide the country’s under-23s to a place at the football event of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Jainero, Brazil.
“We take this team very seriously because we want to qualify for the All Africa Games (AAG). It has been a very long time since we last qualified for the competition.
“We are also preparing for the Olympic qualifiers too but this one (AAG) will help us prepare a lot better because we will continue playing friendly games.
“This team has been together for just about four months. It is a team that is growing.
“With time, we will see (better performances) from this team and more chances will be created in the games we play.
“The chances we missed in Nigeria (against Zambia in the first leg) were a little bit too much.
“We came out here to do it the hard way. It was a difficult game but we thank God that we played to instructions.
“We had those chances and we took them and that’s what football is about,” he said.
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