Nigeria’s national U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, have started preparing for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Santiago, Chile, ahead of their opening game of the championship, which will be hosted by the South American country.
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The Nigerians arrived in Chile on Tuesday and had their first training session in Santiago on Wednesday evening at Cancha Liga Training Pitch.
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The session, which lasted for two hours, was supervised by head coach Aliyu Zubair. This comes after a recovery session in the morning at the team’s base, Le Meridien Hotel.
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The Flying Eagles were scheduled to continue training yesterday in their build-up ahead of a friendly game against the Chile U-20 team tomorrow.
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Nigeria is in Group F of the championship alongside Norway, Saudi Arabia and Colombia.
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The Flying Eagles reached the quarterfinals of the last edition of the championship hosted by Argentina before losing to the Republic of Korea.
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The championship will hold from September 27 to October 20, with the seven-time African champions facing Norway in their opening fixture on September 29.
