Friday 12 August 2016

Nigeria's Dream Team Threaten to Boycott Olympics

Nigeria's Dream team 6 have threatened to boycott their quarter final match against Denmark on Saturday.The team has already refused to attend trainings in preparation for their match against Denmark is protesting against non payment of match bonuses.Speaking to Brilla Fm ,coach Samson Siasia stated that the team has not been treated fairly in the Rio Olympics.He said he has tried to encourage the players all these while but of they insist on boycotting the Denmark match,he has no choice but to go with the players.He also stated that he has not been paid his salary for the past five months and all the match bonuses accrued to them for their trainings both in Nigeria and Atlanta has not been paid by the NFF. Speaking further,coach Siasia said Nigeria already has a bad image which football can help to erase but the NFF is not encouraging the players to rebuild the country's image. It will be recalled that the NFF announced just this week that it has paid the players their allowance for Eleven days upfront.

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