Adrenalines will run wild this weekend as Nigerians wait with on the edges to know if their soccer teams will have any chance of playing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Both the Dream Team coached by Samson Siasia and Super Falcons are on the brink of elimination after a below-par displays in their first keg matches against Congo and Equatorial Guinea respectively.

Siasia’s team managed to defeat Congo 2-1 in Port Harcourt while the Falcons were less fortunate against Equatorial Guinea, who held them to a 1-1 draw in Abuja. The return legs of both fixtures go down this weekend in Point Noire and

Bata respectively, with fears reaching feverish pitch that it may be the end of the road for the Nigerians.

Siasia’s side confront their Central African foe on Sunday, with the overall winner assured of a place at the African Under-23 Championship in Senegal, where the teams that will qualify for the Rio Olympics will be determined.

Speaking as his side departed for Point Noire, Siasia assured that he would not allow the house to crumble under his watch, promising that “we are going to pick the ticket to the Under-23 Championship in Senegal”.

The U-23 team did not qualify for the last Olympic Games in London.