Nigeria Fkying Eagles have arrived Argentina, this year's host for the FIFA U20 World Cup, Nigeriasoccernet.com gathered.
The two-time runners up arrived Argenitan capital Buenos Aires for a planned 10-days mping programme for the World Cup Finals.
A contingent of 20 players and 10 officials departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Saturday night aboard a Turkish Airline flight and travelled through Istanbul before heading to the “land of the Pampas.”
With a record of having finished with the silver medals in 1989 and 2005, and with the bronze medals in 1985, the Flying Eagles are hoping to break the duck and collect the top prize in their 13th appearance at a tournament they first graced in Mexico 40 years ago.
Nigeria will campaign in Group D alongside Dominican Republic, Italy and Brazil in that order in the group phase.
Their first two games will hold in Mendoza, in the far west of Argentina, against the Dominican Republic on 21 May and against Italy on 24 May, before they fly to La Plata to play Brazil on 27 May.
By Oluwayemi Omolagba