Bala Ka’oje, a former Minister of Sports, said
that the country’s poor preparations to the Rio Olympics contributed mainly to
the team’s semi-final 0-2 loss to Germany on Wednesday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The two goals scored in each half of
the match were all the Germans needed to ensure the Dream Team did not play in
the Rio Olympics football final.
Ka’oje said that the over reliance
of the sports administrators, especially the football administrators on luck,
failed the Dream Team VI at the ongoing Olympics.
According to Ka’Oje, rather than
prepare adequately for competitions, sports administrators, especially those in
the football circle, preferred to prepare teams for competition few weeks to
major tournaments.
Ka’Oje blamed the present sports
administrators for the Dream Team’s semi-finals loss, noting that efforts
should be done to ensure the team grabbed the bronze medal at the expense of
Honduras.
“I feel so disappointed watching
that match; Siasia’s game plan especially his substitutions were wrong.
“The team lacked coordination at
some point and some of the changes made were unnecessary.
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