Flying Eagles In Germany Ahead U-20 W/ Cup

Nigeria’s under-20 men football team, the Flying Eagles, arrived in Germany this week for camping ahead of the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Turkey.

The team’s Media Officer, Samm Audu, said in a statement in Abuja that the team arrived the Frankfurt International Airport on Tuesday.

The statement also said the team’s second batch of players would  join the squad after they would have received their entry visas later.

It added that the team trained for an hour and a half later in the evening at the home ground of local side 1.FC 1928 Elfershausen, which is a walking distance from their hotel.

The statement further said that the team is billed to play its first test game on Wednesday evening.

The Flying Eagles will feature in the Toulon Football Tournament in France at the end of this month.

The tournament is part of their build-up for the World Cup, where they have been drawn alongside Portugal, South Korea and debutants Cuba in the first round.