THEY FACE JAPAN in their Rio 2016 opener on Thursday night local time but the Nigerian football team aren’t even in Brazil yet.
According to the BBC, the squad are stranded in Atlanta because the airline supposedly flying them to South America hasn’t been paid yet.
Such payment is usually handled by the country’s sports ministry but the ‘logistical mix-up’ has now severely affected Nigeria’s preparations.
The team have been drawn in Group B and will also face Sweden and Colombia.
Nigeria have good pedigree when it comes to the tournament.
They won the gold medal 20 years in, ironically enough, the same American city where they’ve been left stranded.
In 2008, they finished as runners-up to an Argentina side that featured the likes of Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Angel di Maria and Juan Roman Riquelme.
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ENGLISH premier league- just in location
Lower quality but more interesting football back then
Brexit might bring back that reality sooner than people think
Is it any wonder it’s never happened again… Villa lost 4-1 to Coventry!
Ironic it was a foreginer who scored the winning goals tho…
Bernard Brogans long lost relative.
And not many English managers either !
I wonder what Premier team had the most Irish players in it?I remember Charlton Athletic had Matt Holland,Mark Kinsella&Dean Kiely at the same time.That would be hard to beat,I reckon.
@Frank MacNamara: Villa with Stan (the gaffer), McGrath, Townsend and Houghton maybe