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Bronze winning Dream Team VI returns from Rio

Dream Team VI arrive Lagos from Rio 2016
Dream Team VI arrive Lagos from Rio 2016
The contingent was welcomed by an excited crowd who was eager to see their bronze-winning Olympic heroes.
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The Nigeria U-23 team on Monday, August 22 arrived back in the country after winning bronze at the

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The Dream Team VI beat Honduras on Saturday, August 20 3-2 in the third-place match to win bronze –Team Nigeria’s only medal at Rio 2016.

Led by Coach Samson Siasia, the players and officials of the Dream Team VI arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 8:30pm of Monday.

Several members of the team like John Mikel Obi and William Troost-Ekong had travelled straight to their bases in Europe from Brazil.

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12 players and seven officials of the Dream Team arrived Lagos and are lodged at the Sheraton Hotel.

The Dream Team VI played six matches in Rio 2016, winning four and losing two.

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