The Dream Team VI hit home soil after qualifying for the African U23 Championship after holding the Junior Red Devils to a 0-0 draw in Pointe Noire
Nigeria U23 have returned home after beating Congo U23 to the 2015 African U23 ticket billed for Senegal in December.
The Dream Team qualified 2-1 on aggregate after holding Claude LeRoy’s side to a 0-0 draw in Pointe Noire to stand a chance to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio after missing out of the 2012 edition staged in London.
Siasia’s lads led by chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, Felix Anyansi landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Tuesday afternoon aboard an Ethiopian Airline.
Meanwhile, the team has been given a week break to visit their families and prepare for the task ahead.
Nigeria , Algeria, Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia, Senegal and Gabon will compete in the eight-team tournament that will take place in December in order to find Africa’s three representatives at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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