The Nigeria U20 team, the Flying Eagles are battle ready for their opening game in the Africa Youth Championships against hosts, Senegal.
Flying Eagles Coach, Manu Garba is positive of his side starting on a bright note and has stated that they will be gunning not just for a win but a ‘convincing’ one over the hosts in Sunday’s opener.
“We want to win convincingly because in any tournament your opening match is very crucial. It will boost your confidence,” said Manu.
“With the U17s (2013 CAF U17 Championship), we started very well by beating Ghana 6- 1before we went all the way to the final.“
We also trounced Mexico 5-1 in our opening match at the 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup and then went on to win the tournament.
“This is how we wish to start the competition in Senegal, even though we respect and do not underrate our opponents, who will be playing at home in front of their fans.”The coach added:
“We want to win all our matches and by implication it means we want to be champions in Senegal and go to the World Cup in New Zealand as African champions.”
Nigeria have emerged tops at the AYC on six occasions and are looking forward to their seventh title in Senegal.