Flying Eagles arrive Kaduna ahead of Lesotho clash

The national U-20 team, Flying Eagles on Sunday arrived in Kaduna from
Abuja ahead of a final 2015 African Youth Championship (AYC) qualifier
against Lesotho on Aug. 16.

A statement by the team's Media Officer, Samm Audu, said the squad of
25 players, led by coach Manu Garba arrived on Sunday afternoon after
a short bus ride from Abuja.

The statement also said that the team was putting up at the African
Continental Hotel in Kaduna, where they had lodged when they hosted
Tanzania in the previous round of the AYC qualifiers.

"The Flying Eagles will begin training on Monday at the Ahmadu Bello
Stadium in Kaduna, where the qualifier against Lesotho will be played
on Saturday,'' the statement said.

The return leg match will be played a fortnight in Maseru with the
overall winners advancing to the 2015 AYC in Senegal in March.

It also said that Lesotho's U-20 team was expected later in the week
in Kaduna, adding that Senegalese referees had been appointed for the
match.

It quoted Flying Eagles defender, Zaharadeen Bello, as saying that the
team was very much at home in Kaduna.

"We are very much at home in Kaduna after we thrashed Tanzania 4-1 in
the previous round.

"We hope to again prove how much at home we are here with another
convincing victory against Lesotho on Saturday," the statement said.

It also said that midfielder Abdullahi Alfa was expected to join the
squad on Monday after undergoing trials in Norway.

"He is the only player on the 25-man squad named at the weekend who
has yet to be in Kaduna,'' it said.
(NAN)