The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed disappointment at the performance of the U-23 Olympic team at the CAF U-23 Championship/London Olympics qualifier in Morocco.The NFF General Secretary, Mr. Musa Amadu who spoke in Abuja on Wednesday said there was nothing the technical crew of the team asked for that the NFF did not provide.Amadu said, We are shocked at the teams poor outing in the first two matches. We are dismayed by the teams performance... and we cannot hide it.Amadu also outlined the support the NFF gave the team.To start with, the team never lacked anything all through the qualifying matches, against Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania. The team had several phases of camping and training programmes, including a three-week stay in Ibadan, Oyo State. The NFF sent the coach, Eguavoen and chairman of the Technical Committee, Mr. Chris Green to Europe to request for the release of foreign-based players, sought and paid for a training camp in Ghana where the team spent 10 days and played a number of friendly matches, and ensured the team travelled early to Morocco to acclimatise to the weather and also fine-tune final preparations.The NFF President promised the team a special package before the first match, and we promised them 200 per cent win-bonus for the second match. What else do you do for motivation'The NFF scribe equally lamented the absence of several key players.There is no doubt that the presence of players like Ahmed Musa, Rabiu Ibrahim, Haruna Lukman and Ekigho Ehiosun would have made a difference. We also tried to get Joel Obi and Uche Nwofor but their clubs blocked them.You expect a team that has been provided so much financial, moral and technical support to lift their game and play with their hearts. But the reverse is the case. It is a shame the way the team has played. There is nothing the Coach requested for that the NFF did not provide, Amadu said.
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