Nigeria U20 side, the Flying Eagles of Nigeria, have arrived in the city of Talca on Thursday afternoon ahead of their group games in this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup tournament in Chile, www.aclsports.com reports.
The Aliyu Zubair-led side have been placed in Group F alongside Norway, Saudi Arabia, and Colombia, and with the games to be played in Talca.
The Flying Eagles, who are two-time World Cup runners-up, were received by officials of FIFA and the Local Organizing Committee upon arrival. The team are lodged at Hotel Diego de Almagro in Talca, and they later trained this evening.
The squad concluded a 12-day training camp in Santiago, featuring friendly matches against Chile and Australia, as part of their preparations for the FIFA U20 World Cup set to begin on Saturday, September 27. In their friendly matches, the Flying Eagles played a 1-1 draw with host nation Chile, before defeating Australia 3-1 in Santiago on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Ikorodu City defender Freedom Marvellous, who was initially named in the squad for the tournament, has been replaced by Wikki Tourists’ Haruna Aliyu after the former picked up a knee injury in training. Aliyu will join the rest of the squad on Friday.
Nigeria will face Norway on Monday, 29th September at Estadio Fiscal de Talca in their tournament opener, before other games against Saudi Arabia and Colombia.
