Nigeria U-23/Olympic Eagles Defeated 3-0 by VIA Football Academy in a Friendly

The Nigeria U-23/Olympic Eagles have been defeated in a pleasant match up with VIA Soccer Academy contained in the Lekan Salami stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan on Thursday.

Salisu Yusuf aspect used the match as a part of preparations for the second U-23 AFCON Qualifier with East Africans, Tanzania.

The primary leg will see Tanzania host the U-23 Eagles on Saturday, 22 October whereas the reverse fixture comes up on Saturday, 29 October, 2022.

To get to the second spherical Tanzania edged South Sudan on away objectives. After taking part in a goalless draw at house, Tanzania held South Sudan to a 3-3 draw away to advance.

On their half the U-23 Eagles had a bye into the second spherical of the qualifiers.

The 2023 Africa U-23 AFCON is the fourth version which can happen in Morocco in June subsequent yr.

Identical as earlier editions, the event will served as African qualifying for the Olympic soccer event, with the highest three groups of the event qualifying for the 2024 Summer time Olympic males’s soccer event in Paris.