The national Under-20 men's team, Flying Eagles is stepping up preparation for the two–legged 2011 African Youth Championship qualifying fixture against Guinea which begins next weekend.
Coach Sam John Obuh, who has been in charge of the team since they were U-17s, said on Tuesday that 15 players will be decamped this week ahead of next weekend's home game against the Junior Syli Nationale.
Victory over Guinea will leave the Flying Eagles with just one more round to go before qualification for the finals which will take place in Libya early 2011.
Nigeria won the African Youth Championship four times successively in the 1980s, and again in Benin Republic in 2005, and finished runners–up to host Ghana in 1999 and again to host Congo Brazzaville in 2007.
At the last FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt, Nigeria reached the Round of 16 before losing 2-3 to Germany in Suez.
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