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October 5, 2015

Eaglets play Argentina tomorrow

Eaglets play Argentina tomorrow

GOLDEN EAGLETS’ Kelechi Ihenacho protects the ball from an opponent during a FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifier in Calabar

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Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets will tackle Argentina’s U17 team in a warm-up  match tomorrow in Buenos Aires as part of their preparations for the FIFA U17 World Cup in Chile.

They are also scheduled to battle the U20 team of either Racing FC or Boca Juniors on October 11 before they depart for Santiago.The Nigeria U17s on Friday arrived their pre-World Cup training camp in Buenos Aires, Argentina aboard an Emirates Airline’s B777-300 flight from Dubai.

The Eaglets have already begun training at the Buenos Aires Futbol ground. BAF, as its simply known is a facility privately owned by former Argentine international, Matias Almeyda, and it is tucked away at San Roque in Tigre on the outskirts of the capital city of Argentina.

According to Eaglets coach Emmanuel Amuneke, the facility in BAF is similar to what was obtainable at the Papendal Sports Centre in Holland that was used by the Super Eagles in the 1990s during the era of Dutch coach, Clemens Westerhof.

Though not as gigantic as Papendal in Arnhem, BAF has about seven training pitches with state of the art gymnasium, swimming pool and other adjunct facilities good for camping.