The Flying Eagles of Nigeria will depart for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand from Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday, after a three-week training camp in Nurnberg, Germany.
The team will be led by NFF Executive Committee member Ahmed Yusuf ‘Fresh.’
The team will fly out of Frankfurt by 10pm on Emirates for a six and half hour flight to Dubai from which they will connect another flight to Melbourne, Australia, Monday morning.
They will then catch another flight to Auckland, New Zealand, early on Tuesday, before they board a local flight to their first round base of New Plymouth, where they will battle Brazil, North Korea and Hungary.
Their opening match is on June 1 against five-time champions Brazil.
