The U23 team of Nigeria will later today have their first training session in Egypt after arriving for the Africa U23 Cup of Nations yesterday ahead of the start of the Africa U23 Cup of Nations on the 8th of November.
Coach of the Nigerian team Imama Amapakabo listed his 21 man squad yesterday with six players players from the Nigeria local scene with the rest based outside the shores of Nigeria.
The coach has been in camp with the players in Abuja for the past six weeks perfecting strategies for their campaign at the tournament where they are grouped with Ivory Coast, Zambia and South Africa.
Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has been drafted to the team by the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) to work as assistant to Imama but not directly on the bench.
Rohr is to advice the coach on technical issues, something Imama use to do as his assistant in the senior national team of Nigeria since the suspension of Salisu Yusuf following an allegation of bribe for spots while he was head of the CHAN team of Nigeria.
They are both expected to work together for the good of the team with the aim of qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics their main target as it is the essence of the tournament. Nigeria are presently the defending champions and they will begin the defence of their title on the 9th of November against Ivory Coast.
