NIGERIA coach, Stephen Keshi is to be part of the country's Olympic team as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) puts all hands on deck to ensure qualification for London 2012.A top official informed MTNFootball.com that Keshi will reunite on the bench with his former international teammate and Dream Team V coach Austin Eguavoen after the friendly matches against Botswana and Zambia.'Keshi will be part of the technical crew for the final Olympic qualifiers in Morocco,' the official disclosed.Nigeria is pitched against host nation, Morocco, Senegal and Algeria. The Eguavoen's boys will kick off the tournament against Morocco on November 26 in Tangiers.Like former coach, Samson Siasia, Keshi's contract gives him oversight responsibility for the country's other teams.Keshi has already maintained that he plans to get all the country's teams playing the same style and formation.'Keshi said that by so doing, there will be a lot smoother transition for the players from one national team to the next,' a source informed.In the meantime, the Olympic team arrived Accra, Ghana, Saturday night with a 35-man contingent for their final phase of camping ahead of the final Olympic qualifiers in Morocco.The contingent, led by the first assistant coach Stanley Eguma, comprised 26 players and nine officials.Head coach Eguavoen, who formed an advance party to inspect the Lizzy Sports Complex, will join the rest squad Monday.'This is a good camping facility, the environment is excellent and with over six training pitches and flood lights; we will be able to try out a lot of techniques in the next 10 days,' stated Eguma on the team's arrival to the sports complex, which is owned by former France international star Marcel Desailly.The U23s observed Sunday as rest day with field work scheduled to begin on Monday morning.
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