Flying Eagles of Nigeria will be playing the opening
game of the 19th edition of Africa U20 Championship against the host
Senegal at the Leopold stadium Dakar this weekend, Sunday March 8, 2015.
Nigeria U20 team have been handed a hard hitting
opponents in Group A, which comprises host Senegal, Congo, and Cote d’Ivoire.
Some commentators believe Flying Eagles may not fly high in Dakar.
Except you do not know the reputation of the Manu
Garba tutored squad, then I can reassure you Flying Eagles may not need to fly
in Dakar, they will shall over most teams in the Africa championship.
Most fans in
Nigeria aren’t thinking whether Flying Eagles will qualify or not, but how
many goals will the team score to qualify for FIFA U20 World cup to be held
later in the year.
It takes something more to tame this ruthless Eagles
from feasting on their opponents . The team is looking invincible in its build
up to this championship.
Flying Eagles soar above Caf Champions league teams:
Kano Pillars, Enyimba, Warri Wolves and Dolphins as well as the U23 national
team, to clinch the Super 6 trophy in Nigeria. They also proved their
superiority over the Ghanaian U20 team in their two legged international
friendly matches played in Accra.
In case you don’t know, most of the boys in the
Flying Eagles team graduated from the victorious Golden Eaglets that won
FIFA U16 world cup in UAE 2013. Added to them, are some of the boys
dropped from the U16 squad because they were slightly over aged.
Something going for the team now is the boys have
been together for a long time and have all tested competition both in Africa as
well as the world football terrain – talking about experience.
Although, the team will miss the services of
Manchester City’s duo Kelechi Iheanacho, who won the Most Valuable Player (MVP)
at FIFA U16 World cup and Christian Nwakali. Musa Yahaya and Isaiah Success are
also not part of the team in Senegal now. But the Coach Manu Garba has assured
Nigerians, as we saw inn the Super 6 tournament that he has adequate replacement
for the boys unavailable.
Three days after Flying Eagles may have done with
host Senegal, they will face Congo and then Cote d’Ivoire in the final Group
Match. The Semi Finalist will represent the continent at 2015 FIFA U20 World
Cup in New Zealand.
