With just over twenty four hours left before the Dream Team&rsquo;s first game against Japan at the Olympic Games, players and officials have not jetted out to Brazil. <br /><br />The Nigeria U23s were due to fly to Brazil on Friday, July 29 but could not do so because of the unavailability of funds to purchase plane tickets. <br /><br />&ldquo;The players and officials did not travel on Tuesday, the players are not certain when they will travel to Brazil until they board the plane, &rdquo; a top source told <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>. <br /><br />&ldquo;They are hoping to travel today and this arrangement is not good when their first game is on Thursday(Friday morning Nigerian time).<br /><br />&ldquo;The Nigerian Federation and Sports Ministry have put the boys under a lot of stress which has destroyed their morale. &rdquo;<br /><br />In the event that officials fail to hire a private jet to Manaus, the squad will have to fly out to Brazil in batches as earlier planned.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br />Photo Credit : thenff.com<br />