<h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>Nigeria demonstrated what a good away team they are by forcing a 0-0 draw in Congo Brazzaville at the weekend to win a 2016 Olympic Games football qualifier.</em></strong></h3> . <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">Known as the 'Dream Team', the west Africans advanced 2-1 on aggregate after winning the first leg in Port Harcourt two weeks ago by that score.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Nigeria also impressed on the road this year in qualifiers for the 2015 All-Africa Games, an under-23 competition like the Olympics.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">After hammering Gabon 4-1 in Libreville, they overcame Zambia 2-1 in Lusaka to reach the Africa tournament during September in Brazzaville.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">In November, Nigeria will join hosts Senegal, Algeria, Egypt, Mali, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia at an Olympic tournament, with three 2016 Rio Games places up for grabs.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">After wasting many first-leg chances, Nigeria coach Samson Siasia vowed that his team would attack a Congolese side guided by veteran French coach Claude Le Roy at Stade Municipal in Atlantic oil hub Pointe-Noire.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Keeping the promise, the 'Dream Team' spent much of the opening half on the offensive with Usman Mohammed, Daniel Etor and Oghenekaro Etebo threatening to score.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Even during a more balanced second half, Nigeria created the better chances and substitute Aminu Umar squandered a late chance to win the second leg.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Nigeria have been the most successful African football nation at the Olympics, winning the 1996 Atlanta tournament and finishing runners-up to Argentina in Beijing seven years ago.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Mali followed up a solitary-goal away victory over Gabon by winning the return match 2-0 at Stade Modibo Keita in Bamako.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The Gabonese had to score first to have a realistic chance of salvaging the tie, and they did after 68 minutes.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Unfortunately for the visitors, the goal came at the wrong end of the pitch with Mboudou Karl putting the ball into his net.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Adama Traore added a second Mali goal a minute from time to earn his team an easier-than-expected passage to Senegal for the November 28-December 12 tournament.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Mali qualified once for the Olympics football tournament, topping a 2004 Athens group before losing to Italy in the quarter-finals.</p>