Osimhen deserves his place in Dream Team -Siasia

Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia has said what Victor Osimhen achieved at the recent U17 World Cup in Chile was not a fluke and the youngster deserves his place on his final squad for the U23 AFCON.

Osimhen scored a record-breaking 10 goals in Chile and was a late replacement for Granada of Spain striker Isaac Success.

"The young man (Victor) did not replace anybody 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 was no fluke," Siasia declared at a pre-match press conference in Mbour on Saturday

A confident Siasia was bullish about his team’s chances in Senegal.

"We were the last team to arrive Senegal and by extension we will be the last team to leave Senegal,” he said

“For me my target is to play five matches here in Senegal, and with the team I have on ground here in Senegal, that target of mine is achievable."

He further disclosed that because Nigeria did not qualify for the last Olympics in London, he does not have any excuses not to qualify for Rio, adding his major target is to win Olympic gold after he a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.