Flying Eagles, Ghana square up in friendlies

Lagos - Nigeria’s under-20s, the Flying Eagles, will face their Ghanaian counterparts in two successive friendlies next week, SuperSport reports.

It had earlier been mooted that the two countries would host each other – with the coach Manu Garba's side playing hosts to the first game in Abuja but the plan had to be abandoned.

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Supersport.com has been informed that both games between the two sides preparing for the 2015 Africa Youth Championship (AYC) will be hosted by Ghana – the first on Monday, February 16, at the Accra Stadium and the second three days later to finish off the bi-friendly at the Tema astro-turf park.

Ghana face South Africa, Mali and Zambia in group B of the 2015 AYC set to start in March 2015.