NIGERIA'S national U-20, the Flying Eagles coach, Garba Manu has announced a list of 20-man squad that will face the Junior Atlas Lions of Morocco in a two-legged friendly billed for April 9 and 11 in Casablanca.
The 20 players drawn from 35 lads who were invited to the camp a week ago are expected to leave for Morocco on Sunday ahead of the tune up games.
FIFA U-17 World cup, UAE 2013 hero, Taiwo Awoniyi and Alhassan Ibrahim who got hat-tricks each in the 12-0 drubbing of Lugbe United in Abuja on Thursday topped the list of players in the squad.
Other UAE 2013 heroes listed for the trip include Akinjide Idowu, Musa Yahaya, Abdullahi Alfa.
The friendly is part of preparations for the 2015 African Youth Championship (AYC) qualifiers where Nigeria will face either Kenya or Tanzania next month.
Morocco will face the winner between Togo and Equatorial Guinea in their bid to seek a place in the AYC scheduled for next year in Senegal.
The Full Squad:
Goalkeepers: Adamu Abubakar, Abdulazeez Abubakar, Emeka Nwabulu.
Defenders: Aliyu Abubakar, Wilfred Ndidi, Prince Izu Omego, Ifeanyi Nweke, Mustapha Abdullahi,
Zaharaddeen Bello.
Midfielders: Abdullahi Alfa, Akinjide Idowu, Ifeanyi Matthew, Samuel Mathias, Musa Yahaya,
Anthony Omaka, Bernard Bulbwa.
Strikers: Taiwo Awoniyi, Alhassan Ibrahim, Suleiman Abdullahi, Abubakar Lawal.
Caption: Taiwo Awoniyi.
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