
The Nigeria Flying Eagles are determined to secure a win against Ivory Coast in their second Group A match of the 2024 WAFU Zone B U-20 Championship at the Municipal Stadium, Lome, on Thursday.
The team’s media officer, Sharif Abdullah, said the players have resolved to approach the game all guns blazing to achieve the desired result in a meeting at the instance of the skipper, Daniel Bameyi, on Monday.
After losing 1-0 to Burkina Faso in the first match, the Flying Eagles are condemned to beat the young Elephants in order to rekindle their title defence and qualification for next year’s U-20 Men’s Africa Cup of Nations.
Abdullah said the players are in high spirits and beaming with confidence, looking to once again overcome the challenge of storming back into contention after losing their opening match in a major international championship.
He said, “The spirit in the camp is extremely high; the boys know what is at stake is either a win or nothing. So, there are a lot of motivations. They have had a meeting among themselves, talking about how to draw inspiration from the defeat in the hands of Burkina Faso.