By Duro Ikhazuagbe
With
Nigeria already qualified for the quarter finals of the Men's Football
Tournament of the ongoing Olympic Games in Brazil, Coach Samson Siasia
has promised to rest some of his starters in the last Group B game with
Colombia in Sao Paolo today.
"I had to take this
decision (to rest some of the big players) because we have qualified
for the quarter finals as group leaders, and secondly I need to rest
some of the starters because in the next phase there is a possibility of
going into extra time.
"For now the boys
have done well and I need to make the other players justify why I
selected them for this tournament. This is not a tea party so everyone
must stand up to be counted, and the only way they can be counted is if
they play well against Colombia.
Resting some
starters does not mean we are under-rating the opposition," stressed
Siasia who is aiming to improve on the silver he won in Beijing, China
in 2008.
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