February 11, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Under-20 football team is gearing up for their pre-AFCON training camp in Morocco, with a friendly match against the Republic of Congo scheduled for Sunday, February 12.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the match after successful negotiations. Additionally, the team is set to play a second friendly on Wednesday, before they depart from Casablanca.
The opponent for this match is yet to be confirmed, with Benin Republic and Central African Republic being potential contenders. However, Gambia has been ruled out of consideration.
One player, who will not be joining the team in Morocco is İstanbulspor’s rising star, Michael Ologo. Despite being recommended to coach Ladan Bosso by one of his associates, the 19-year-old central defender missed out on a place in the final 21-man squad.
Bosso did not want to risk including Ologo due to his fitness issues, as he was dealing with a health ailment for a large part of the team’s preparations in Abuja and did not feature in most of their preparatory games.
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