NFF unhappy with Morocco

The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed displeasure with the antics of the Royal Morocco Football Federation for making life uneasy for the national U-23 team in the lead-up to the CAF U-23 Championship being hosted by the North African country.Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday, NFF General Secretary, Musa Amadu, said the NFF and the Moroccan federation had an understanding that the U-23 side would use the facilities in Casablanca ahead of the 15-day tournament.Amadu said, "We are shocked by their (Morocco FA) attitude. Before the team left Nigeria, we made contact with the right persons at the Federation Royale Marocaine de Football and they assured us the team would be allowed to use some facilities in their final preparation for the competition."However, it is unfortunate that our team are being denied access to training facilities, and those who have been shutting our team out keep saying they are acting on the instructions of the Moroccan FA."We are in touch with them and we believe things will get better. I will like to also add that our team are undeterred. They are looking forward to the opening match of the tournament against the Moroccans on Saturday and the attitude of the FA there is now an added motivation for our boys to go all out." Nigeria play the hosts in the opening game of the inaugural CAF U-23 Championship on Saturday at the Tangiers Stadium, starting from 5.30pm Morocco time (6.30pm Nigeria time).The Nigerian team will also play Senegal and Algeria in Group A. They take on Senegal also in Tangiers on Tuesday before moving to Marrakech, where they play Algeria on December 2.
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