Flying Eagles Toface Morocco In A Two Legged Tie

Flying Eagles Toface Morocco In A Two Legged Tie Bada Akintunde Flying Eagles Toface Morocco In A Two Legged Tie Nigeria's Under-20 national team are set to face their Moroccan counterparts in a two-legged friendly next week.

The side are billed to travel to Morocco with a 20-man squad on April 6, for the friendly games which will take place in the City of Casablanca on April 9 and 11 respectively.

The Flying Eagles regrouped in Abuja on Sunday to commence preparation for the 2015 African Youth Championship qualifier in May.

Coach of the team, Manu Garba, called up 35 players, including seven foreign based players who are expected to join the rest of the team this week at the Serob Legacy Hotel in Area 1, Abuja, were the team are camped.

The team secretary, Aliyu Ibrahim, said letters to their various foreign clubs have been sent out to that effect.

Nigeria who are six-time winners of the African Youth Championship (AYC), will face the winners of the qualifying match between Kenya and Tanzania next month so that the team can continue with the qualifying tournament which will be hosted by Senegal in March 2015.

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