Nigeria to play 3 friendlies

The Flying Eagles of Nigeria will play three friendly matches to prepare for the forthcoming U-20 World Cup.

The Nigerian U-20 team will play German Bundesliga clubs, Hoffenheim, Nurnberg and Freiburg in Germany.

The Nigeria U20 team will tackle Hoffenheim U-23s on Tuesday, May 12 at 3pm local time, which is 4pm Nigerian time.

Nurnberg will be the next opponent three days later at their training ground in Nurnberg by 4.30pm while the match against Freiburg will hold on Tuesday, May 19 by 2.30pm.

These friendly matches have been arranged to give coach Manu Garba and his assistants the opportunity to asses his players ahead of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

Manchester City star, Kelechi Iheanacho has expressd his readiness to join the team.

Nigeria will submit a final squad to FIFA on May 15 while the team will fly out to New Zealand via Australia from Germany on Saturday, May 23.