Nigerian soccer team ready for Argentina: coach
22/8/2008 17:40
Nigerian soccer team coach Samson Siasia said yesterday that there were no
injury worries in camp ahead of tomorrow's Olympic men's soccer final between
his team and Argentina in Beijing, local media reported today.
Nigeria
defeated Belgium 4-1 on Tuesday to reach the final while Argentina humiliated
bitter rivals Brazil 3-0 on the same day to hit the stage.
Siasia said his
boys were ready for the challenge, assuring the nation of victory.
"We are
working hard to get it right tomorrow. No injuries, no suspension and the
players are in high spirits.
"The boys are determined to do it and I believe
with that kind of focus, we'll smile after the match," he said.
Siasia told
the Nigerian press that the team went straight to business after arriving in
Beijing from Shanghai on Tuesday.
"We simply dropped our bags at the hotel
and went straight to training. As I speak with you (on the telephone yesterday),
we are at the stadium training and I believe things are going right for us to
achieve our goal in Lagos in Beijing," he added.
The former Super Eagles
striker, who scored for Nigeria in its 2-1 defeat to Argentina at the USA '94
World Cup, said he was not bothered about the threat surely to be constituted by
Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero tomorrow, claiming that his team had
mapped out plans to stop them.
Xinhua
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