By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
The Flying Eagles plan an extended training camp in Egypt ahead of next year’s Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, reports Prompt News.
Ladan Bosso’s side started preparations for the biennial competition in Abuja last week Monday.
The team engaged in three friendlies against local sides, winning all without conceding a goal.
“The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with the push from the Task Force plan to get the Flying Eagles to set up an extended training camp in Egypt before the AFCON,” a top official of the soccer house told SCORENigeria.
“The team enjoyed a good advantage at the WAFU qualifiers when they arrived ahead of time in Niger and played two warm-up games against the host country.”
Egypt will host the U-20 AFCON from February 18 to March 12, 2023.
The top four teams will join 24 other countries at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia.
Hosts Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal, Gambia, Uganda, Benin, Zambia, South Sudan and Mozambique have qualified for the 12-team tournament.
