Heavy down pour disrupts Dream Team first training

HEAVY down pour on Sunday evening forced Nigeria National U-23 side to cut short its first training session since arriving, Casablanca, Morocco.The Dream team V, after a little over fifteen minutes drive from its Hotel Anfa Port camp to the sports facility of Raja Casablanca, was fired up for its first practice session despite the freezing weather with temperature put at 11 degrees Celius.All the 19 players, Technical crew members, Medical team, Media officer, Camp commandant and Equipment Manager, engaged in the warm up exercises in a bid to keep warm.However, as the training session progressed; the down pour got heavier, a situation that forced Coach Austin Eguavoen to call off the practice session.'I commend your courage and enthusiasm to go on with the training, but we must stop so as not to incur unnecessary injury to ourselves.' stated Coach Eguavoen after players insisted on continuing with training despite the rain.
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