WHY THE DREAM TEAM LOST!

Ekpor Temple

Considering the hype around the Imama Amapakabo tutored Olympic Dream Team, many had tipped the young lad favorite to deliver victory for the nation when they filed out Yestady against Libya in an AFCON U-23 qualifier, but the reverse was the case. 

What went wrong? is the question that spellbound many.

The importance of the Dream Team cannot be over emphasize as they are direct replicas of the main national team.

And with the quality of a coach in Imama with a blend of quality players like Chukwueze, Nwakali and some home base who have played with the team in the past it was glaring that the squad should be good enough to thread battle and get all three points from the Libyans.

Regardless of the Controversy that trail's the kick off of the The Libya vs Nigeria match among the Nigeria football House, the game ended with the home side inflicting a 2-0 scoreline to Nigeria's Dream Team VII at the Stade de Ben Guerdane in Tunis.

Zakaria Alharaish netted the opener in the first half before Nigeria’s goalkeeper Adamu Abubakar was sent off; the north Africans doubled their lead in the second half to finish the contest 2-0 ahead of Monday's reverse fixture in Asaba

With such an awful performance that leaves Dream Team VII with a mountainous task in the reverse fixture on Monday, March 25 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba. Many pundits question the Tactical ability of Imama Amapakabo adopting to field a defensive setup of Local home base and all foreign midfield and Attack.

Quoting one of the Pundit who spoke to us in anonymity said "The Tactical formation of Imama killed the game. what sort of tactics is that, where in recent time have we seen a coach play such sentiment in squad selection. The Coach need to readdress some technical issues if we must assured of  any hope of going pass the Libyans next week in Nigeria". 

Meanwhile, report emanating from Super Eagles official Twitter handle, revealed that all 23 players invited for the match took active part during the session at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.