Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have arrived Ingolstadt, Germany on
Sunday for their final preparation ahead of the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals
in Poland.
The team will spend
three weeks in Germany before flying into Poland for the tournament billed to
hold from May 23 to June 15 2019.
Nigeria have
been drawn in the same group along with Qatar, USA and Ukraine at the 2019 FIFA
U-20 World Cup finals.
Nigeria finished as runners–up at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in
Saudi Arabia in 1989, losing to Portugal in the final. The Flying Eagles also
lost to Argentina in final of the 2005 edition in The Netherlands.
Nigeria however
won bronze medals in the old Soviet Union (USSR) in 1985 when the Flying Eagles
defeated the host nation on penalties in the third-place match.
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