SmartCity Football Club head coach, Tela Tom-Dollar has stated that his players must be determined and work harder, so as to achieve their aim in the upcoming NLO season.
The former Nigerian international, who played for Katsina United and Bochum Fc in Germany said this, after watching his side defeat a football academy team in Lagos by 2-1 in a friendly match played at the Soccer Temple Stadium in Agege.
Reacting after the match with Sports 247, when being asked about what will be his team’s motivation, ahead of the resumption of the NLO season, Tela stated that his players has to be determined and train very hard, ahead of the league’s resumption in February, if they are to achieve their aim for the season.
“We have the quality in our Team. All we need to do is to train harder. The players have to be determined and train harder for us to achieve our aim this season and I believe, by God’s Grace, we will do so”, he admitted.
The Experienced Gaffer while still speaking, was asked what motivated him to venture into Coaching, he admitted that it was due to the fact that he wanted to impact positively into the careers of younger players in the country, as well as bright football talents.
“I ventured into Coaching because I saw that I needed to impact on younger talents to help them achieve something. Because as a player, what you achieved, you always want to impact it on upcoming players. Some players have talents but don’t make use of it, but I always want to help such players, so that they don’t use their talents wrongly,” he emphasized.
Tela Tom-Dollar will hope to guide his team (SmartCity Fc) to achieving greater things when the NLO season commences in February.
