AYC: Flying Eagles Coach Extends Camp Deadline

Flying Eagles Coach John Obuh, has said that any player who fails to report to camp in the next two weeks will not be part of the 2011 Africa Youth Championship (AYC)

to be held in Libya.

Coach Obuh said in Abuja on Monday shortly after the team’s training session, that the extension was given to enable more invited players to arrive at the camp.

He said: “I don’t know what to do at the moment, I just have to go on with my preparations.

“You know that this camping session is just for two weeks, I will not consider any player who fails to report to camp after two weeks for the next phase of the preparations for the AYC.”

The coach said only 12 out of the 34 invited players trained on Monday evening at the Abuja National Stadium Complex.

He said that he was still expecting more players in continuation of the team’s preparations for the AYC.

He, however, added that the poor response to camp would not stop the team from going on with its preparations for the tournament in Libya.

The AYC will hold between March 18 and April 1, 2011, in Libya.

Meanwhile, the Super Eagles had their first training session under Coach Samson Siasia in preparation for an invitational tournament in the US.

The team held its first training session at the FIFA goal Project, Abuja, on Monday evening with only eight of the invited players.

The Super Eagles will play Iraq, Malaysia and Poland in Group A of the US President’s Celebration Soccer invitational tournament in February.

The tournament, taking place between February 12 and February 20, would feature eight teams at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.