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By Johnny Edward.
Flying Eagles coach, Ladan Bosso is confident the team will have to be at their best after they were drawn in the ‘Group of Death’ of the U20 World Cup.
Nigeria have been pitted against five-time champions Brazil, top European team Italy and the Dominican Republic in the first round of next month’s World Cup in Argentina.
They will open their campaign on May 21 against The Dominican Republic in Mendoza before taking on Italy two days later at the same venue. Their final group fixture is against Brazil in La Plata on May 27.
“Yes, many people have described our group as tough, but I believe that will get us to be at our best right from the onset,” Bosso told SCORENigeria.
“The World Cup was never going to be easy, but now it also means we cannot afford to be relaxed or complacent, we have to come with everything right from our first match.
“The reward for all our efforts will be qualification to the knockout rounds of the tournament.”
Bosso said he has already begun compiling a full dossier on the Flying Eagles immediate World Cup rivals that will inform his game plan against them.
This week, the Flying Eagles opened training camp in Abuja with the bulk of the squad who qualified the country at the recent U20 AFCON in Egypt.
The Flying Eagles coach disclosed that he expects invited foreign-based pros to join in the new week.
Our correspondent learnt that AC Milan highly-rated youngster Victor Eletu is one of several foreign-based pros expected to storm the Flying Eagles training camp this week ahead of next month’s U-20 World Cup in Argentina
Eletu, 18, is a ball-playing defensive midfielder, featured for Milan U-19s in Friday’s UEFA Youth Champions League semi-final against Hadjuk Split of Croatia.
The left-footed ace has already featured for the Milan first team.
He has signed a pro contract with the Italian giants till 2025 after he came through the youth ranks.