Dream Team Chief Coach, Samson Siasia, has selected 25 players ahead of the African U-23 Championship final round, first leg game against Congo’s Red Devils in Port Harcourt on July 19.
The players selected are: Goalkeepers: Daniel Emmanuel, Yusuf Mohammed, Emmason Daniel. Defenders: Segun Oduduwa, Erhun Obanor, Iroha Ebuka, Amuzie Stanley, Chima Akas, Atanda Sadiq, Ikechukwu Okorie, Nnaemeka Uzoma. Midfielders: Azubuike Okechukwu, Usman Mohammed, Tiongoli Tonbara, Godwin Savior, Emeka Kenneth, Etor Daniel, Olisah Ndah, Eteobong Elisha, Oladapo Augustin and Musa Yahaya. Strikers: Taiwo Awoniyi, Peter Onyekachi, Junior Ajayi and Etebo Oghenekaro.
Siasia said the selected players would be joined by four overseas-based professionals Imoh Ezekiel, Aminu Umar, Sodiq Popoola and Gabriel Abalo for the final phase of preparations for the crucial game billed for the Adokiye Amiesiemaka Stadium, Port-Harcourt.
He urged the players who failed to make the cut not to be discouraged but to work harder to keep themselves among the pool of players that could be called up for future assignments as the team prepares for the return leg, and the All-Africa Games in Congo.
Meanwhile, the Dream Team delegation to Port Harcourt will be departing Abuja for Port Harcourt on Monday July 7.
