Chijioke Gabriel
Ahead of the FIFA U20 World Cup in Chile, Flying Eagles coach, Aliyu Zubairu, has assured of plans to invite new players to strengthen his squad. Zubairu stated this on Tuesday in Ilorin at the Kwara SWAN Hard Talk.
He acknowledged the team’s struggles with goal scoring during the recent U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.
The coach said that the new additions would bring more balance and depth to the team.
“We’ll be inviting more players to bolster all departments. We must fix the issues we saw at the AFCON, especially our finishing,” he said.
He emphasised the need to address key deficiencies so far observed in the team.
Despite the team narrowly missing the AFCON title, Zubairu praised the team’s qualification for the World Cup as a significant achievement.
He promised to surpass the milestone achieved by Samson Siasia, who won a silver medal with the Flying Eagles at the U20 World Cup final in 2005 in the Netherlands.
