The Flying Eagles have said they hope to make history at this year’s U20 World Cup in Chile.
Captain Daniel Bameyi said the team hope to do better than two years ago when they got to the quarterfinal of the competition in Argentina.
“It still hurts to be eliminated by Korea in the quarterfinal in 2023 and now we want to do better,’ Bameyi said after the team’s first training in Santiago, Chile.
“The spirit in the team is high and we will use the friendlies (vs Chile and Australia) to assess ourselves and also get to know what to expect.
“We want to make history.”
Flying Eagles coach Aliyu Zubairu restated his vow to surpass the best record by Nigeria, which was beaten finalists at the 1989 and 2005 World Cups.
“We wish to surpass the past records, but we will take it one step at a time,” he said.
“Get out of the group and then we think of the next step.”
Nigeria begin their quest for the U20 World Cup on September 29 against Norway.
