The Nigeria Football Federation has finalised arrangements for U20, the Flying Eagles to sharpen their skills and competition-readiness with two friendly games against host nation Chile and Australia ahead of this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals.
Head of International Competitions, Dayo Enebi Anchor, confirmed that the two time silver medalists of the FIFA U20 World Cup will take on host nation Chile, who plays in Group A of the competition alongside New Zealand, Japan and Egypt, on Saturday September 20.
Nigeria, who also won bronze medals when USSR hosted the championship in 1985, will then confront Australia who play in Group D alongside Italy, Cuba and Argentina, on Tuesday, September 23.
Nigeria reached the quarter finals of the last edition hosted by Argentina before a lone-goal defeat by Korea Republic after extra-time I’m Santiago Estero.
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