Another Brazil,
Nigeria clash comes quickly as five - time world champions, Golden Eaglets of
Nigeria tackle Sao Paulo FC in a friendly game on Monday, as part of their
preparations for this year’s FIFA U17 World Cup finals starting in Brazil on 26th
October.
Having settled down in
the city of Sao Paulo and gradually adapting to the high altitude weather, the
Nigerian side will file out against Sao Paulo FC’s U17 team at the Saropoca
Sports Complex at 3pm local time, which is 7pm Nigerian time.
Speaking, in
Sao Paulo after breakfast on Sunday, Head Coach Manu Garba disclosed that the
friendly game will be a good test for the players, to see how they are quickly
settling down to the task ahead when the global championship kicks off in a
fortnight.
"The team will
play Sao Paulo FC and we want to see how they are adapting to some of the
things learnt in the training sessions since we came to Sao Paulo," Manu Garba
said.
"The friendly
game against Sao Paulo FC is one of the friendly games we have lined up for the
team. The team will play Japan next in another friendly game before the end of
the week," he added.
Nigeria will begin her
quest for honours at the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup with a game against Hungary on
October 26.
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