Nigeria's U-23 national team football Coach, Samson Siasia, has vowed to pick the ticket to the Olympics at the instance of Ghana's Meteors in the crunch tie in Accra on November 16. Siasia who is still begging Clubs to release players for this weekend?s cracker said that he has no favourites for the game against Ghana.
"How can I have favourites for the game that means everything to me. I want to be in the Olympics and the only way to be there is by fielding the best players that can shock Ghanaians when we meet", the Silver-winning coach said. There have been hisses among the local players that the Coach wants to use them as training materials as he has reserved shirts for foreign-based players.
"It is strange for them to say that. They should know that the Olympics means more to me than me. My camp is open to all and only the fittest, those who prove themselves can grab shirts for the match against Ghana. There is no favouratism. There is nothing like reserving places for foreign-based. They should come and prove themselves", Siasia emphasised.
He agreed that the match against Ghana's Meteors would be an acid test but urged Club Owners to help him realise the dream of taking Nigeria to the Olympics. "We are talking of national assignment. We are counting days before the match. They should release these players for a national assignment?, the Coach pleaded.
Meanwhile, former Golden Eaglets goalie, Oladele Ajiboye has promised to stop Ghana Meteors Olympic Games soccer ticket quest.
"I am in the U-23 camp to contribute my quota to the qualification for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and by God's grace we shall beat Ghana," he said.
?I want to add to my U-17 World Cup attainment an Olympic honour and this is the opportunity for me to do that,? he added.
Ajiboye said he would put on hold his contract signing with Kwara United F.C until after the Olympic qualifier.
