Flying Eagles Set For Sunday Opener In Niger Republic

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Nigeria’s youth national team, Flying Eagles have settled down in Niger Republic and already looking forward to their opening match on Sunday, following their arrival on Thursday for the African U-20 Cup of Nations, which kicks-off in Niamey on Saturday.

The Nigerian team are in Group A, where they will start against Burundi, before taking on South Africa in their second match and end versus the hosts, Niger Republic.

Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana are in Group B of the continental youth competition, from which  all four semi-finalists will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.

Niger Republic are debutantes whilst Burundi are making a return after their historic exploits in 1995, when they lost to Cameroon in the final.

Seven-time winners, Nigeria are staging a return after missing the last edition that was hosted by Zambia in 2017.

Up till last week, 30 players were in the Nigerian camp, until Coach Paul Aigbogun sent his final list of 21 to Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) before the deadline set by the continent’s soccer governing body.

The Flying Eagles were initially scheduled for a friendly away to Saudi Arabia last Tuesday, to cap their build-up programme, but the match was postponed until after the U-20 AFCON.

The Flying Eagles will now play their first game against Junior Itamba of Burundi on Saturday, February 2, then line out against Amajita of South Africa on Tuesday, February 5 and Niger Republic on Friday, February 8.

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