BY JUDE OPARA, Abuja
National Under-23 coach, Samson Siasia has invited five members of the Flying Eagles squad to the FIFA Under-20 World Cup to fortify his team ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games qualifier their counterparts from Congo next month.

Top on the list is talented goal scorer, Taiwo Awniyi who scored the two goals that gave Nigeria the 2-1 win over Zamia in Lusaka, captain of the Flying Eagles, Musa Mohammed, Saviour Godwin, defender Onyinye Ndidi who plays professional football in Belgium as well as midfielder, Musa Yahaya who just joined English side, Tottenham Hotspur.

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Siasia told Vanguard Sports yesterday that there is the need for him to call up some of the boys from the Flying Eagles especially those who were with the team when they defeated Zambia 2-1 in Lusaka last April in the 2015 All Africa Games qualifier slated for Congo Brazzaville later in the year. He however revealed that he gave them one week break so as to refresh after returning from the world cup tournament.

The former Super Eagles striker also said the focus of his team is to do well so as to win the support of Nigerian fans adding that to achieve that means that he team must begin to score goals, even as regretted that so far the boys have not been able to convert the chances they create in every match they play.

“We want to do well; we want to win the heart of Nigerian fans and to do that means that we have to score goals because if you don’t score goals you cannot win matches, yes it is still a team that is growing but even when we play weaker teams, we have to score goals but we are not scoring goals, it is a big problem and that is what we are working at right now.

“For the match against Congo here in Nigeria, we have to prepare very well because you cannot give what you don’t have, we have to improve in the areas of goal scoring as I said earlier and to build the confidence of the boys because we can keep possessions but we must have to put that ball inside that net to win matches.”

Siasia also revealed that beginning from next week; he will start decamping some of the 35 players from the camp so as to have a manageable number so as to put them in the mood ahead of the Olympic qualifier.