Nigeria’s U23 Eagles camped in Ibadan and played a number of friendly games in preparation for this encounter and coach Salisu Yusuf along with a contingent of 18 players and 5 officials, travelled out on Thursday night.
The first leg of the qualifier will hold, Saturday, at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, where Nigeria will be hoping to get away with a favourable result especially after the Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) task force on youth competitions, Aminu Balele Kurfi revealed that the boys will be rewarded with $20,000 if they pick a win.
The return fixture will be on Saturday, 29 October at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan and the winner of the encounter will progress to the next qualifying round.
-FL
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