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The national youth team, the Flying Eagles, received a boost for hoping to win the Mauritania victory in the first leg of their qualification for the African Nations Cup. 20, because the match scheduled for Friday
This will grant the Nigerian team another day of grace, having arrived in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott on Thursday night, which would have meant less than 24 hours of rest for them before the shot of sending the next day
. This has now changed, following a CAF clause, which acknowledged that the Nigerian team had to face logistical problems when moving to Mauritania, and coach Paul Aigbogun will now gather his boys for that they focus on Saturday's match.
The team of 18 players and 10 officials flew from Abuja Thursday morning aboard Air Ivoire to Dakar, Senegal, before linking a flight of Air Mauritania in Nouakchott.
Nigeria has fired Guinea Bissau to reach this final qualifying round, and play to join six more qualified and host the Republic of Niger for the AFCON U20 2019 early next year.
Nigeria has a record of seven titles in the U20 Africa Cup of Nations 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011 and 2015.
CAF has named Messiah Jessie Oved Nkounkou Mvoutou of Congo as referee for the match, with the help of his compatriots Styven Danek Moutsbadi Moyo (Referee Assistant 1), Beaudrel Ntsele Roul (Referee Assistant 2) and Sergei Flavien Soumou (Fourth Official).
The match, which will start at 17h in Nigeria, will be the opportunity for Aigbogun to win a decisive result, before the return match in July. 21st at Agege Stadium, Lagos.
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