Siasia ready for Trinidad and Tobago

Head Coach of the National U-20 team, Samson Siasia said on Thursday that he has a team ready to confront the U-20 team of Trinidad and Tobago in an international friendly game at the National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday.

“We are working very hard even though many of the uninvited players disappointed and we have turned back a large number. I believe we will be able to raise a good team to play the boys from The Caribbean,” said the former World Cup star.

Siasia is working on producing a high –quality team that will do Nigeria proud at the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Egypt later in the yearand the Trinidad and Tobago test is his first since taking the job anew penultimate month.

The match was earlier slated for Monday but the Trinidadians, who are on a world tour of sorts as they prepare for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, have pleaded for 24 hours relief as they are also scheduled to play the U-20 team of Niger Republic in Abuja on Sunday.

Siasia’ boys are presently training at the Old Parade Ground as the training pitches of the National Stadium, Abuja are being worked on for the FIFA U-17 World Cup finals that Nigeria host later this year.

A 25-man Trinidad and Tobago contingent arrived in Abuja on Tuesday and are staying at the Bolingo Hotel. The Flying Eagles are scheduled to leave for Malaysia at the end of the month, to defend the Intercontinental Cup won last year by the Nigeria U-23 team.