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U-23 Eagles begin camping in Ibadan for Tanzania clash

U-23 Eagles begin camping in Ibadan for Tanzania clash

U-23 Eagles begin camping in Ibadan for Tanzania clash. On Monday in Ibadan, the Nigerian Olympic football team will start preparing for a match against Tanzania in the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying round (today).

Salisu Yusuf, the head coach, selected 32 players for the qualifiers on Sunday.

The athletes will practice in Ibadan up until the day before the first leg, when a final roster will be chosen.

On October 18, the final team will leave Lagos for the first leg in Dar es Salaam.

The first leg is scheduled to take place over the weekend of October 21–23.

To prepare for the second leg encounter, which will take place at the Lekan Salami Stadium on Saturday, October 29, the squad will go back to Ibadan.