The Nigerians, despite their impressive performance, lost on Sunday 0-1 at the ongoing championship in Argentina
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The emergence of their opponents followed the conclusion of the competition’s group phase on Sunday.
will face either the hosts, Argentina, or United States of America for a place in the quarterfinals
Next up for the two-time runners-up of the FIFA U20 World Cup is a clash with Italy at the same venue on Wednesday evening
He said this to a delegation of Nigeria Football Federation chieftains, led by the President, Ibrahim Musa Gusau.
Korea Republic struck quickly through Lee Kangin, who converted his penalty kick in the fifth minute
Ex-international, Wahidi Akanni on Tuesday, said that the performance of the U-20 Flying Eagles at the ongoing World Cup in Poland was not impressive.
Senegal defeated Nigeria’s Flying Eagles 2-1 in their round of 16 clash on Monday night at the ongoing FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland.
Senegal, second at Africa’s continental tournament in Niger Republic earlier in the year, where Nigeria finished fourth, topped Group A in Poland to reach the Round fo 16, with Nigeria just squeezing through as one of the best four third-place finishers
Rafael Leao kicked things off for the Portuguese in the 19th minute
After a below par outing against Team USA in Bielsko-Biala on Monday night, Nigeria’s U20 boys know they must earn a result against group leaders Ukraine at the same venue on Thursday to prolong their stay at the FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland.
Looking already good for the knockout stages following a commanding 4-0 win over Qatar in Tychy on Friday, the two-time runners-up were taken to the cleaners by a smooth-playing American side that was vastly superior in pace, technical hue, all-round play, awareness, guile and marksmanship
The last time Nigeria won their opening match at the FIFA U-20 World Cup was back in 2011, against Guatemala.
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles delivered a bold statement of intent on Friday at the 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup with a 4-0 whipping of Qatar in their Group D opening match.
Flying Eagles’ midfielder, Tom Dele-Bashiru, has been tipped to shine at the fast-approaching FIFA U 20 World Cup in Poland.
Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, will fly into Germany on Sunday morning for a final training camp ahead of this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals in Poland.
Head Coach Paul Aigbogun says his Flying Eagles will take it one match at a time when the whistle goes for kick-off at the 21st Africa U20 Cup of Nations taking place in Niger Republic from February 2 to 17.
While banking on divine intervention for victory against the Spaniards, Dedevbo says he will embark on a total make-over for the all-important encounter on Sunday
The delegation of 21 players and officials, led by Head Coach, Peter Dedevbo, will fly out of the country aboard an Emirate Airlines flight from Lagos on Sunday evening
Tetteh, who won the 2009 World Cup in Egypt, retained majority of the players who featured at the African Championship in Senegal early this year where they won bronze