Nigeria Olympic team coach Samson Siasia has lashed out at how “disrespectful” the authorities have been to his team, saying he will now support the boys should they insist on boycotting Saturday’s quarterfinal against Denmark.

Siasia’s scathing comments on national radio Friday confirmed AfricanFootball.com super exclusive of the previous day on the latest crisis that has engulfed his team in Brazil.

“We have been disrespected from all angles – the sports ministry, the Nigeria Football Federation. Is that how you will treat your own children? We are not street kids,” former Super Eagles coach Siasia fired away on Brila FM sports radio Friday morning.

“We have only been paid allowances for 11 days. There is no match bonus. What of all the months we have been training in Nigeria and Atlanta? That’s not fair.

“I have not received my salary for the past five months.

“Everything is upside down and the boys don’t want to play anymore. Whatever they want to do, I’m with them. They are right for fighting for their rights.”

Siasia continued: “The country already has a bad image, but through football it has got some good image, but still they won’t let us play.

“I have begged these boys, but I cannot do more than what I have done to get this team up to this point.

“I have done my best and now I am tired.”

Siasia also put a lie to an official statement by the NFF that there was no order for kits to be returned to Nigeria after the Rio Olympics.

As usual, the NFF were quick to dismiss a media report that the NFF secretariat

Samson Siasia.

You are a representative of the Nigerian Government,and by publicly embarrassing them while still at her Service is bad.

He should resign if he is not satisfied with his Job.

Wa Ogbeni calm down..

Siasia and his boys are an embarrassment
No wonder he took mikel along and made him captain to reenact what the super eagles did 2years ago in Brazil.


I think it is high time anybody representing Nigeria henceforth must sign a code of conduct

pharmagba:
Siasia and his boys are an embarrassment
No wonder he took mikel along and made him captain to reenact what the super eagles did 2years ago in Brazil.


I think it is high time anybody representing Nigeria henceforth must sign a code of conduct

It's just as if some of u are being brainwashed or cursed, what image are u guys talking about? Is it the image your useless president has destroyed already by terming you and your family fantastically corrupt?

I support the boys to boycott the match, you can't give Lai Mohammed 10m to China for useless trip then look the other way round for our national interests.