Both Nigeria and DRC started out brightly on Saturday at the Ahmed Zabana Stadium but like it was in previous group games, the Flying carved out clear-cut openings
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Ambassador Barka, who has been away on official duty in Nigeria, visited the country’s U20 team on Tuesday evening to urge them to fly Nigeria’s flag high at the 2013 AYC, which kicks off on Sunday
The Nigeria U20 team will spend a night in Algiers before they fly out to Oran on Thursday by 9.10am.
It will also be an hour’s flight, according to Team Secretary, Aliyu Lawal Ibrahim
The Nigeria U20 players previously received $1,000 and an improvement of this win bonus is expected to ginger the team in their title defence
The Flying Eagles are the defending champions and Keshi, who led Nigeria to win a third Africa Cup of Nations title last month in South Africa, said he has full confidence in the country’s U20 team
There are currently 29 players at the team’s training camp in Tunisia, with only Denmark-based Edafe Egbedi still being expected
The temperatures have dipped to as low as three degrees centigrade during training, but the Nigeria U20s are determined this will not affect their schedule or their resolve to keep their African Youth Championship in Algeria next month
The Egyptians created the better chances, especially in the first half, but poor finishing or some resolute defending by Nigeria ensured there were no goals going into the break
They will play two warm-up matches against their Egyptian counterparts on Wednesday and Friday at the Degla Stadium in Cairo.
Egypt, which placed third at the 2011 AYC in South Africa, are drawn in Group A at the 2013 competition, while defending champions Nigeria are in Group B
The squad will depart Abuja on Monday afternoon for two warm-up matches in Cairo against their Egyptian counterparts before they fly out to Tunisia for a three weeks training camp ahead of their title defence
The match, which was played to put both teams in shape ahead of their various assignments this year, lived up to its billings but it was the Warri-based team that controlled the first half while the second half belonged to the Flying Eagles, with Ajadi Abdul and Heartland player, Bright Ejike, dictating the pace
The Nigeria U20s are also billed to fly out to Cairo for two more international test matches against another 2013 AYC finalist, Egypt
Team Secretary, Aliyu Lawal Ibrahim, disclosed that the foreign pros have been given a Sunday deadline to report to the Flying Eagles training camp in Nanka, Anambra State
According to the team Secretary, Aliyu Auwal, the Nigeria U-20s are also expected to take on their Benin counterparts in a warm-up game on February 16