24 July 2011
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will depart Panama City for Colombia Sunday morning, officials have announced.
A team of 21 players and 10 officials are due to fly out of Panama by 8am local time, which will be 2pm Nigerian time Sunday.
It is an hour’s flight to Colombia, who are seven hours behind Nigeria.
The Nigeria U20 side featured in an invitational tournament in Panama, drawing a game and losing two.
The three other teams in the Copa de la Republica were hosts Panama, Mexico and Portugal. All three teams will also play at Colombia 2011.
The Flying Eagles also trained in Faro, Portugal, for 12 days as part of their build-up to the 2011 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, which kicks off in Colombia on Friday.
They are drawn in Group D along with Croatia, Saudi Arabia and Guatemala and play their first match against Guatemala on July 31 in Armenia.
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Flying Eagles off to Colombia