Golden Eaglets Off To Morocco Tomorrow

The National U-17 otherwise known as the Golden Eaglets  are expected to depart  Abuja today to Lagos  en route to  Morocco  for the  Total U-17  Africa Cup of Nations to be held between March 13 and 31.

Our correspondent gathered that  a team of 25 players and 11 officials the will fly out  to Morocco   abroad Air Maroc  through the Murtala Muhammed Airport on Tuesday after spending a night  in Lagos,

“ The Eaglets are off to Morocco on Tuesday,”  an official said last night,

“ They will travel to Lagos on Monday because Royal Air Maroc leaves at 6.36am in the morning.”

The Coach Fatai Amoo-led side  is grouped in Group B along with Tanzania, Congo and Algeria  with matches to be played at the Stade El Bachir  in Mohammedia.

Ahead of the trip to Morocco, coach Amoo said the Eaglets would expect tougher opposition  amid praises after his wards thrashed  Bayern Munich Academy 5-1 in a friendly match at the River Plate football ground in Abuja last week.

Amoo said: “The match against Bayern Munich academy should not be a yardstick to measure our level because our level in terms of  where we are going is much higher and the game was for us to see our own errors so we can make the necessary corrections.

“We have been trying to sort out things, making corrections and trying to strengthen the team and I wished we had opportunity to play the  U-17 of another country before our departure,” he noted.