Ladan Bosso, Flying Eagles coach has confirmed that the technical crew are enormously working to present a formidable team for the WAFU B U-20 tournament in Togo, in spite of the short time for preparation revealing that the team have begun intense training at the FIFA Goal project of the Moshood Abiola national stadium Abuja recently in preparation for the tournament.
Nigeria are drawn in a tough Group B of the WAFU U-20 qualifying tournament alongside Ghana’s Black Satellites and the Junior Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire for the tournament taking place in Togo from Nov. 18 to Dec. 2 as Hosts Togo, Niger, Benin Republic, and Burkina Faso will battle it out in Group A, from which the top two teams will qualify to represent the zone at the 2021 U20 AFCON in Mauritania.
Initially, 180 players were invited to camp but just 35 has been selected in just a week due to the time constrain, stating that the 25- man provisional squad would soon be released by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
“From 108, we have 35 players now, you can see that the team is taking shape, we have had two friendly matches, so we are trying to build on the mistakes noticed in the matches before we move to the next phase,” he stated.
The experienced gaffer said the players were selected from former U-17 national players and those within the age bracket from former U-20 team, the League, and former LMC U-17 boys and that the technical crew is also scouting Europe for some players, just in case there might need to bring them to the team.
