Nigeria U-23 To Play Wikki Tourists

Emerging Nigeria U-23 men’s football team are expected to depart Abuja for Bauchi on Thursday for a test match against newly promoted Glo Premier League outfit Wikki Tourists.

Coach Samson Siasia is building a new crop of youth internationals capable of qualifying Nigeria for both the All Africa Games and the Rio Olympics in Brazil in 2016.

Several foreign-based professionals have already arrived at the Fifa Goal Project screening scamp in Abuja for the second phase of the exercise.

Samson Siasia is Assembling the Dream Team VI for the All Africa Games and Rio 2016.
Samson Siasia is Assembling the Dream Team VI for the All Africa Games and Rio 2016.

Bauchi-based Wikki returned right back to the top flight following a season in lower Nigeria National League (NNL).

The Dream Team VI will play against Gabon in an All Africa Games qualifier at the end of February.