Nigeria to face hosts Senegal for Rio ticket

“We reckon with the great fighting spirit the team has so far demonstrated and we believe the spirit will help the team to achieve the ultimate goal of lifting the trophy”.

Authorities at the 2015 U-23 African Cup of Nations holding in Senegal were forced to evict some Nigerian fans for displaying the Biafra flag. “I will be around my players to repeat it [on Wednesday]”, he concluded.

Nigeria will play Senegal for a place in the final after finishing second behind Algeria in group B.

Some Nigerian football fans were on Saturday expelled from a football stadium in Senegal for displaying Biafran flags.

In Dakar, the match between Algeria and Nigeria was always going to be a cagey affair after both teams also battled in a final group game at the inaugural tournament in Morocco four years ago with the West Africans winning 4-1.

He said he hopes to inspire his team to progress to the final after he scored against Senegal in the 1992 AFCON in Dakar.

Nigeria U23 team take on the Junior Terrenga Lions who finished as Group A winners on Wednesday for a ticket to the competition’s final as well as an automatic ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics men’s football event.

“I congratulate my team for not conceding and qualifying for the semi-finals”, he remarked.

In the first match we got our tactics wrong by playing a defensive system, with a lot of caution and it cost us the game.

Mali edged past Egypt 1-0 in the other Group B match in Mbour to finish third with three points with the Young Pharaohs bottom on two points.