Striker Taiwo Awoniyi tops the list of 25 players picked by Dream Team VI head coach, Samson Siasia, for the final phase of preparations for next weekend’s crucial 2016 Olympics qualifier against the Red Devils of Congo at the Adokiye Amiesiemaka Stadium, Port- Harcourt.
The Flying Eagles’ rising star and 20 other home-based players will depart Abuja for the Garden City, Port Harcourt, tomorrow, ahead of the July 19 clash. Other home-based strikers on the list are Peter Onyekachi, Junior Ajayi and Etebo Oghenekaro while the goalkeepers are Daniel Emmanuel, Yusuf Mohammed and Emmason Daniel.
Captain Erhun Obanor tops the roll call of defenders on the list that also include Segun Oduduwa, Iroha Ebuka, Amuzie Stanley, Chima Akas, Atanda Sadiq, Ikechukwu Okorie and Nnaemeka Uzoma while the midfielders are Azubuike Okechukwu, Usman Mohammed, Tiongoli Tonbara, Godwin Savior, Emeka Kenneth, Etor Daniel, Olisah Ndah, Eteobong Elisha, Oladapo Augustin and Musa Yahaya.
According to Siasia, home-based players would be joined by four overseas-based professionals Imoh Ezekiel, Aminu Umar, Sodiq Popoola and Gabriel Abalo in Port Harcourt as the team fine tunes its strategies to confront the Congo Red Devils.
He urged the players that failed to make the cut not to be discouraged, but rather work harder to keep themselves among the pool of players that could be called up for future assignments.
The U-23 gaffer instructed the players released to join their clubs for league games at the weekend to report at the team’s camp in Port- Harcourt tomorrow, unfailingly, or risk automatic ejection from the squad.
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