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Olympic Eagles forward Stephen Odey has expressed his optimism for success ahead of  Thursday’s Under 23 African Cup of Nations final round qualifying, first leg battle against Sudan at the Al Merriekh Stadium in Omdurman. Odey was named in Coach Imama Amakapabo's 18-man squad that will face the Sudanese and battle for a place in the third edition of Africa's U23 football event scheduled to take place in Egypt later this year. The ex-MFM FC striker revealed in a chat with nigeriasportsarena.blogspot.com that he is looking forward to a remarkable victory over the Sudanese as he makes his debut with the Nigerian U23 Football team. “ I’m excited to have made the team that will play against Sudan but I will be more excited if we defeat them tomorrow to mark my debut with this team. “This will be the first time I will be having an opportunity to play for the national U23 after I featured for the Super Eagles team against Corsica and  CHAN team in Kano against Benin. “...

Olympic Eagles exciting winger Olabiran Blessing Muyiwa has disclosed that the Imama Amapakabo charges will soar when they face Sudan in tomorrow’s (Thursday) Under 23 African Cup of Nations qualifying match. The Nigerian team will lock horns with the Sudanese on Thursday in the first leg of the final round of U23 AFCON qualifier at the Al Merriekh Stadium in Omdurman. Olabiran who was among the 18-man squad that will trade tackles with Sudan for a place in the next edition of U23 AFCON, says that the Imama led team will finish the job in Omdurman with a victory over their hosts. “ I’m glad to be invited once again, this is the time to continue from where we stopped against Libya and finish the job in Sudan. “ Anything is possible in football but we are very positive as a team and we are going for a victory so as not to put ourselves and our fans back home under any form of pressure,” the FC Tambov  of Russia forward told nigeriasportsarena.blogspot.com Olabira...

Olympic Eagles captain Azubuike Okechukwu will lead, forwards Stephen Odey, Olabiran Blessing Muyiwa, Sunday Faleye and 14 other players to Omdurman for the  U23 AFCON final round qualifying, first leg battle against Sudan  coming up this Thursday. The delegation of 18 players and 12 officials departed the shores of Nigeria from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja aboard an Ethiopian Airline flight on Tuesday afternoon. Africa’s first –ever winners of the Olympic men’s football gold, the Olympic Eagles are scheduled to play their first leg of the final round of the U23 AFCON qualifiers against the Sudanese on Thursday at the Al Merriekh Stadium in Omdurman. Amapakabo and his lieutenants have been taking the team through training sessions and general build –up programme for several weeks at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The return leg is billed for the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on Tuesday next week. The Confederatio...