Minister of Sports expresses Optimism over Olympic Eagles clash with Tanzania

Minister of Youth and Sports activities Improvement, Sunday Dare and the top coach of Capturing Stars Sports activities Membership of Ibadan, Gbenga Ogunbote are hopeful that the Nigeria U23 Males’s nationwide crew will choose constructive outcome in opposition to Tanzania in Dare es Salaam.

Nigeria’s under-23 male soccer crew may have an excellent outing in opposition to Tanzania on Saturday in Dar es salaam.

The minister was in Ibadan and watched the crew in a warm-up match in opposition to an NPFL facet, 3SC expressed optimism forward of the primary leg in Tanzania.

The crew has been tenting in Ibadan forward of Saturday’s match in opposition to Tanzania.

The Nigeria crew will head to Tanzania on Thursday for the primary leg conflict within the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Beneath-23 qualifiers in opposition to Tanzania.

Dare expressed hope that the crew would have an excellent outing, urging the gamers to exhibit their abilities in a ruthless method to safe victory within the sport.

The minister mentioned the match in opposition to 3SC was an necessary experiment, contemplating Ibadan as an historic metropolis and 3SC’s family title in continental soccer.

“Nigeria is a football-loving nation.” Dare started.

“Even Mr President (Muhammadu Buhari) mentioned that soccer is our asset and nationwide satisfaction.

“These younger ones ought to know they’re carrying the satisfaction of Nigeria and Nigerians,” he mentioned.

Equally, the Nigerian under-23 male nationwide soccer crew, Salisu Yusuf, expressed the hope of an excellent outing in Tanzania despite the crew’s late preparations.

He disclosed that 23 out of the 30 gamers in camp can be travelling to Tanzania for the sport.

The coach mentioned three of the gamers would miss the primary leg of the sport because of minor accidents.

He mentioned they’ve performed sufficient scouting of their opponents’ final video games by a video tape, expressing the hope of a effective outing in Tanzania.

Additionally, Gbenga Ogunbote, the 3SC Coach, mentioned the under-23 crew have an excellent crew, whilst he mentioned “although, there are nonetheless some areas to cowl”.

He mentioned whereas their preparation for the match was quick, the crew was nonetheless adequate to meet up with time.

Ogunbote additionally expressed hope that the crew would have a powerful outing in opposition to their Tanzanian counterparts.

The second leg of the sport can be performed on the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan on October, 29.

-bsnsports