NIGERIA IN GROUP OF DEATH.-- TO PLAY EGYPT, ALGERIA AND MALI

The draw for the group stage of the CAF U-23 Championship was held in Cairo this morning and saw North African rivals Egypt and Algeria placed together in Group B.
The junior sides for the Pharaohs and Fennec Foxes are joined by West African rivals Nigeria and Mali.In Group A, hosts Senegal were pooled with South Africa, Zambia and Tunisia.
The U-23 Championship will be held in Dakar and M’Bour from 28 November to 12 December.
The top three teams at the tournament will qualify for next year’s Olympic Games in Brazil.  

Meanwhile, Nigeria U23 team, Dream Team VI, will slug it out with fellow West Africans Burkina Faso for a place in the gold medal match of the 11th All Africa Games football event on Tuesday in Brazzaville, Congo.
The match will be played at Stade Massamba Debat and kick-off time is 6.30 pm on Tuesday.
Nigeria are seeking a second gold medal in men’s football event of the AAG after their first gold on home soil in 1973.
Burkina Faso, on the other hand, qualified for the last-four after they proved the luckier team in a drawing of lots after they tied on all statistics with Sudan at the end of action in Group A.Coach Samson Siasia led team are yet to lose a game in the competition and hope to crush the Burkina Faso to cruise into the final.the coach also noted that his team is working hard for the game and solving the goal scoring problem of the team.
Warri Wolves forward Etebor Oghenekaro said they are ready for Tuesday’s semi-final because their target is to win gold in Congo.The other semi-final is between hosts Congo and Senegal.