By Daily Sports Nigeria on March 24, 2025
The Flying Eagles are heading into the third week of their closed camping in Katsina in preparation for this year’s U-20 AFCON in Ivory Coast.
Coach Aliyu Zubairu’s side have been in the Northwest state, in the first phase of their final preparations ahead of the tournament which will be played from April 26 to May 18 while fixtures have also been released by CAF.
Nigeria will commence their participation in the 2025 AFCON finals with a game against the Young Pharaohs of Egypt on Wednesday, April 30, at the 20,000-capacity Amadou Gon Coulibaly stadium in Korhogo.
The encounter is billed to kick off at 5 pm Ivorian time (6 pm Nigeria time).
After their opening game, the Flying will next take on Morocco’s Young Atlas Lions at the same venue, starting at 8 pm local time (9 pm Nigeria time) on Saturday, May 3.
Nigeria, who qualified for the finals following a successful defence of their WAFU B U-20 Championship title in Lome in October 2024, will then wrap up their group B campaign with a session against South Africa, also in Korhogo on Tuesday, May 6, starting from 5 pm local time (6 pm Nigeria time).
As the tournament serves as the qualifier for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, a semi-final spot in Ivory Coast will guarantee the Flying Eagles a spot in this year’s tournament which will be played in Chile from September 27 to October 19.
The Flying Eagles reached the quarter-finalists of the last edition of the FIFA U20 World Cup in Argentina in 2023.
Source Punch Ng
Posted March 24, 2025
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