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Players and officials of the U-15 national team, nicknamed Future Eagles, will arrive in Algiers Monday, July 16 for the football event of the 3rd African Youth Games to be held in the Algerian capital of July 19 to 28, 2018. Administrator, Adewale Adeyinka, confirmed to thenff.com before the contingent leaves the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos aboard a Turkish Airlines flight on Sunday, that the Team of 18 players and 4 officials is in excellent spirit to defend the gold won at the 2nd African Youth Games in Gaborone Botswana four years ago. In Gaborone in June 2014, only six countries sent football teams, which provoked a round robin. Nigeria has won four of the five matches, drawing the other, to accumulate the most points and emerge champions.
"There are still no matches for this year's edition, and matches will be finished when we arrive in Algiers," Adeyinka added to thenff.com. Coach Danladi Nasidi Alana heads the Future Eagles Technical Crew, which also includes Usman Haruna "Ilerika" (badistant coach), Ernest Salolome (goaltending coach) and Adeyinka
. The 18 players were charged with defending the country's pride and keeping the gold of the football at the Continental Games are Obinna Ajah, Latef Omidiji, Adeleke Oluwatobi, Ibrahim Mohammed, Aluko Moses, Sulaimon Lawal, Bala Ezekiel, Omar Suleiman, Samson Komolafe, Ismail Ayodele, Ajir Sesugh, Johnmark Aule, Dauda Hamza, Usman Ibrahim, Ahmed Abdulhakim, Anthony Okoronkwo, Divine Nwachukwu and Chidera Ejiofor
