More Test Games Lined Up For Manu Garba's Boys

General secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Musa Amadu has disclosed that the Flying Eagles will get more top-grade friendlies like those organised against Morocco recently.

“We plan to get more test matches for the Flying Eagles before their African Youth Championship qualifier early next month,” Amadu announced.

“Like always, we want
all our teams to be best prepared for the challenges and that is why all the national teams have been engaged in one friendly or the other lately.”

Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba has already commended the NFF for organising the two games against the Morocco U20 team last week.

The Flying Eagles were forced to a 2-2 draw in the first match in Rabat on Wednesday and were again held to a 1-1 draw in the second game two days later.

He said the matches have given him a better idea of what to expect at the U20 level, which is a lot higher than the U17 level.

He further said he would wish for more such top friendlies for his team.

The Flying Eagles will face the winners of the match between Kenya and Tanzania next month in continuation of the qualifying series for the 2015 AYC to be staged by Senegal in March.

Kenya and Tanzania played out a 0-0 draw in the first leg and the return leg in Tanzania will be in a fortnight.

Meanwhile, the Nigeria U20s will resume training in Abuja Monday morning after the rewarding trip to Morocco.

It will be a full house at the training as all the foreign-based call-ups except Isaac Success and Dele Alampasu have joined the squad.