{"id":444098,"date":"2011-06-20T07:17:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T07:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/20\/nigeria-we-are-battle-ready-obiora\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T07:17:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T07:17:03","slug":"nigeria-we-are-battle-ready-obiora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/nigeria-we-are-battle-ready-obiora\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: We Are Battle Ready &#8211; Obiora"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"35.4764246456\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.champion.com.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/dailychampion180.jpg\" alt=\"Daily Champion (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Daily Champion (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>17 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>PLAYERS of the National U-23 team otherwise called the Dream Team V have declared war against their Tanzania counter part, the Vijana Stars, in this weekend&#8217;s second leg second round London 2012 Olympic game qualifier billed for the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.<\/p>\n<p>The Dream Team V fell to an 82nd minute goal in the first leg game in Dares-Salaam and would need at least two unreplied goals to beat the young Taifa Stars who would have the full compliment of their players in the return leg this weekend in Benin City, to the final phase of the Olympic qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>The Coach Jamhuri Kihwelo tutored Vijana Stars, have boasted to give the Dream Team V a run for their money despite admitting after their first leg victory that the return leg would be a difficult encounter for his side.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the must win game for Nigeria, Inter Milan defensive midfielder, Obiora Nwankwo asserted that the Dream team is aware of the task ahead and are in the right frame of mind to deliver come Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all know its a much needed game and we have been doing our best ever since we came back from Tanzania to see that we leave up to expectation come Saturday&#8221; All we ask is that Nigerians continue to pray for us because we need much of that right now&#8221; Obiora said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; We will continue to encourage ourselves as a team, we will go all out to do what we know how to do best because the atmosphere is perfect and I can say that we are battle ready,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Vijana Stars have shifted their arrival to Friday, and would be camped at ISNO hotel, GRA Benin city.<\/p>\n<p>Match officials for the game are from Senegal while the match commissioner Zombre Emmanuel is from Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106200156.html\" title=\"Nigeria: We Are Battle Ready - Obiora\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: We Are Battle Ready &#8211; Obiora<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 17 June 2011 PLAYERS of the National U-23 team otherwise called the Dream Team V have declared war against their Tanzania counter part, the Vijana Stars, in this weekend&#8217;s second leg second round London 2012 Olympic game qualifier billed for the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City. 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