Solomon Dalung, Nigeria’s minister of Sports, has been told, in clear terms, by the country’s Olympic football team, the Dream Team VI, that they don’t want to see him in their camp.
The players who are aiming to go defeat Germany on Tuesday, August 16, 2016, in one of the semi finals of the men’s football event of the Rio Olympic Games have begged not to be distracted by officials of Team Nigeria, Vanguard reports.
Specifically, they insisted that they don’t want the sports minister, Solomon Dalung, and his delegation anywhere near their dressing room before and during the match to avoid unnecessary distractions.
“We are set for the semi final clash with Germany. We have perfected our game plan to qualify for the final and win the gold medal for Nigeria like our 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games colleagues,” hinted one of the top players on Monday, August 15, 2016.
Despite the apology by Dalung for the shabby manner his ministry treated the team during their training tour of Atlanta, USA, the player insisted that it was difficult for them to forget the scandalous scenario before achieving the feat of reaching the semi final.
Dream Team players and officials were stranded for three days before being airlifted by American Delta Airline to Manaus, venue of their first group game against Japan.
