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2013 AYC U-20 Prep: Nigeria,Benin friendly cancelled

Nigeria’s Under-20 national team, the Flying Eagles’ proposed friendly match with Benin Republic which was supposed to hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Saturday … Continue reading 2013 AYC U-20 Prep: Nigeria,Benin friendly cancelled


Nigeria’s Under-20 national team, the Flying Eagles’ proposed friendly match with Benin Republic which was supposed to hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Saturday July 15th has been suspended.

Benin Republic U-20 team could not make to Lagos as they were scheduled to arrive today and it was due to a court injunction restricting the team to travel down to Nigeria for the junior international match, the Benin FA said.

By strategy, the Flying Eagles planned to use the botched friendly match as a build-up towards their preparation for the upcoming African Youth Championship qualifiers against the Junior Taifa Stars of Tanzania in Dar-Es-Salaam on July 28 and Ghana in the first leg of the 2013 African Youth Championship qualifier.

The Match was also supposed to be a litmus test for a team that has been put together so as to know their weak points, going by the shameful outing at the Cape Town International Challenge in South Africa.