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June 2, 2019
The delegation of Nigeria’s national under 20 malefootball team arrived in the city of Lodz afternoon.
Director of Communications at Nigeria FootballFederation NFF, Ademola Olajire, said the team were in the Polish city ahead oftheir FIFA Under 20 World Cup Round of 16 game on Monday.
The Flying Eagles are billed to face fellow Africanflagbearers Senegal.
Nigeria had finished third in Group D and onlyqualified as one of the best four third–place finishers in the six groups.
Senegal, Africa’s vice-champions, finished at thetop of Group A after two wins and a draw.
This early knockout round confrontation betweenNigeria and Senegal means depleted African presence going forward.
Already, South Africa’s Amajita are back inJohannesburg following group stage elimination.
The other African team, Mali, will have to battleArgentina at the same stage Tuesday evening.