The Estriol of Portugal new buy, who was left out of the team’s clash against Senegal, broke his arm in one of the team’s build up towards the Under 20 Championship
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Both players were selected randomly for the exercise
The Manu Garba-tutored team signaled their readiness for serious business as Kalmar of Sweden forward, Taiwo Awoniyi, beat an offside trap to register the tournament’s opening goal in the early minute of the tie
The Flying Eagles battle the host in the AYC opener
Ezeh battled a hamstring injury at the 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup and so had to make do with a goal and a bit role as Nigeria romped to a record fourth world championship at that level
Congo, who are in Group A along hosts Senegal, Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire, could not train at the stadium because officials there said they were yet to be paid for the use of the arena
Hotel Al Afifa is located in the very heart of Dakar, close to all the administrative buildings and embassies
A statement by Ademola Olajire, the Assistant Director of Media of the Nigeria Football Federation, said the team arrived in Dakar in the early hours of Thursday
The Flying Eagles Secretary, Aliyu Ibrahim Awal, disclosed that the team will fly out of Abuja via Lagos and Banjul, Gambia, to Dakar
The Nigeria U-20 currently have a 28-man provisional squad that includes Belgium-based defender, Wilfred Ndidi, and Dolphins FC new signing, Christian Pyagbara.
Like it was in the first match, Wednesday’s match was one of two halves – the Ghana Black Satellites dominated the first half and the Flying Eagles bossed the second half to make the most of their chances and win the game
Ugbade said: “We are happy that a deal has finally been reached for his signature after undergoing several trials abroad and hopefully, this should be a sign of better things to come for him in his career
Alampasu was in goal when Nigeria won their fourth FIFA U-17 World Cup two years ago in UAE, pulling off several saves in the tournament
Both players, according to Dolphins media officer, China Acheru, left the camp of the team on Tuesday and did not return with them to Port Harcourt after the Super 4 ended in Abuja
The Flying Eagles, who were invited alongside the national under-23 team to the competition for the top four clubs on the domestic scene, recorded an unassailable lead with 12 points
In the friendly match played at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Sunshine Stars’ striker, Prince Aggrey. opened scoring for the Nigerian Under-20s after 13 minutes
This was as a result of their inability to join the team’s pre-competition camp in Kaduna, after their clubs informed the Nigeria Football Federation this week of their unavailability
In the statement issued by the team’s Media Officer, Samm Audu, Ibrahim said the players have given the Flying Eagles technical crew good assurances
Olympic gold medallists in Atlanta, USA in 1996, the Dream Team faltered at the 2000 Games in Australia, failed to qualify for the Athens 2004 Games, won silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and failed to qualify for the London Games in 2012
The Nigeria Football Federation disclosed this after an emergency meeting held on Thursday morning in Abuja