The Turkey Technical Centre in Istanbul will witness some interesting football when five –time world champions, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria file out against their counterparts from Turkey, host nation of the UEFA/CAF U17 International Tournament, on Sunday.
Eaglets and their officials arrived Instabul on Friday and had their training at the Turkey Technical Centre on Saturday morning before the team’s officials proceeded to attend a technical meeting of all the eight participating teams at the tournament.
Speaking after the technical meeting, Manu Garba, the chief coach of the team informed that the tournament is a perfect opportunity to test the readiness of the players for the task ahead at the next month’s FIFA Under 17 World Cup in Brazil.
“I am very optimistic that the tournament will come good for the players to stand the test of time in Brazil . Playing Turkey will definately be a strong test for the team.” Manu told www.thenff.com
Angola will battle Scotland in another game on Sunday.
The eight participating teams are Turkey, Nigeria, Scotland, Angola, Cameroon, Senegal, Paraguay and Guatemala.
Coach Olatunji Baruwa and two other officials at the technical meeting on Saturday evening
Below are the Eaglets representing Nigeria in Turkey :
1. Joseph Oluwabusola GK
2. Sunday Stephen GK
3. Suleiman Shaibu GK
4. Shedrack Tanko DF
5. Ikenna Ferdinand DF
6. Usman Mohammed DF
7. Charles Etim DF
8. David Oduko DF
9. Samson Tijani MF
10.Mubaraq Adeshina MF
11. Shuaibu Abdulrazaq MF
12. Akinkunmi Amoo MF
13. Olatomi Olaniyan MF
14. Peter Agba MF
15. Ibraheem Jabaar MF
16. Fawaz Abdullahi MF
17. Suleiman Lawal MF
18. Olakunle Olusegun FW
19. Mayowa Abayomi FW
20. Wisdom Ubani FW
21. Divine Nwachukwu FW
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