The Nigerian Olympic soccer team is reportedly stuck in Atlanta as a result of a mix-up with the Nigerian goverment purchasing airline tickets for the team to fly to Brazil.
The team has been training in the city for the past several weeks ahead of the Summer Games. They were supposed to depart Atlanta last week.
The team is supposed to play Japan at 9 p.m. Thursday in Manaus.
According to the story The Guardian:
“The Nigerian government [sports ministry] is responsible for booking the tickets for the team to travel but we heard there is a logistical mix-up with payments,” a source close to the Nigeria Football Federation told the BBC. “The money paid by the ministry for the charter flight did not hit airline’s account on Tuesday so they refused to fly the team to Brazil.”
The Nigeria team has trained at several sites around the city, including Emory, Silverbacks Park and the Georgia Soccer Park.
It scrimmaged the Charleston Battery, which featured several Atlanta United players, a few weeks ago.
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