Head coach of Nigeria’s U-23 national team, Samson Siasia, has insisted he selected Victor Osimhen on merit.
The former Super Eagles handler, called up the 16-year-old who emerged as the Golden Boot, at the just concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup, ahead of the African U-23 Championship in Senegal.
“The young man (Victor) did not replace any body or made this team on emotions, he earned his place as he showed maturity in training, besides, don’t forget he scored ten goals in Chile, and you don’t score such amount of goals in such a competition in error, I brought him here to show the world that what he did in Chile is no fluke,” Siasia said at an official press conference organized by CAF in Mbour.
On the chances of the Dream Team VI picking one of the three tickets to the Olympic Games next year, Siasia said: “We were the last team to arrive in Senegal and by extension we will be the last team to leave Senegal, for me my target is to play five matches here in Senegal, and with the team I have on the ground here in Senegal, that target of mine is achievable.”
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