24th February, 2011
Nigeriaâ€
“I have seen improvements from our games in Libya, where we worked with different sets of players. We are therefore making progress ahead of the competition,†Obuh said.
“Overall, itâ€
However, contrary to an official release by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the Flying Eagles opponents on Tuesday were a Turkish third division side, not the Olympic team of Uzbekistan.
Last week, the Flying Eagles drew their two warm-up matches against their Libyan counterparts and on Tuesday they were again forced to a 2-2 draw by a Turkish third division side in Antalya.
Omo Ojabu put Nigeria ahead after 28 minutes but their opponents levelled up before the end of the first half.
Terry Envoh restored Nigeriaâ€
The Flying Eagles will kick off their campaign in the 17th African Youth Championship on 19 March against reigning world champions and perennial rivals, Ghana.