Flying Eagles Leave Nigeria For Togo By Road For WAFU U20

Flying Eagles Leave Nigeria For Togo By Road For WAFU U20 By Admin Nigeria's national U-20 team will leave Lagos for Lome, Togo by road which is about seven hours journey for 2018 U20 West African Football Union, WAFU, Cup, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The team led by coach Paul Aigbogun were due to fly out to Togo on Tuesday, but their departure has now been moved to Wednesday. The original plan was to fly directly to Togo from Nigeria, but that has now been jettisoned and the team will first fly to Lagos tomorrow before they made the bus trip to Lome, which will not be less than seven hours. At the weekend, the Flying Eagles defeated 2018 Aiteo Cup finalists Kano Pillars 3-1 in a friendly in Abuja. Their opening match will be on Sunday against Benin Republic. Arch-rivals Ghana and Niger are also in Group B. Participating teams will use this sub-regional tournament to prepare for the U20 AFCON in Niger in February, which will produce four teams for the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup.