24th FIFA U20 World Cup: Nigeria’s flying eagles fight in Australia in another friendly match

Tuesday the boys of the U20 of Nigeria, Flying Eagles, will face their Australian counterparts in a friendly match. The meeting is part of the preparations of both teams for the FIFA U20 World Cup finals starting from Chile Saturday.

The game, which will be played at the Complejo Deportivo Ruca Mapu in the city of Santiago, will begin at 17:00 in Chile (13:00 in Nigeria).

On Saturday, the Chile’s boys forced the flying eagles to a 1-1 draw in a friendly in Rancagua, with Ahmed Akinyele who scored for Nigeria in the 18th minute, before a 36th minute equalizer of Felipe Faúndez.

Australia will play in group D together with Italy, Cuba and Argentina, while Nigeria will compete for Norway, Saudi Arabia and Colombia in Group F.