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Osimhen hits Flying Eagles’ camp for Burundi
FIFA U-17 World Cup record scorer, Victor Osimhen, has teamed up with his team mates at the Serob Legacy Hotel camp of the Flying Eagles in Abuja.
The VFL Wolfsburg striker who scored 10 goals at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile, returns to familiar terrain with former team mates as the build up to the FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea begins in earnest.
As early as 6.45am on Wednesday, Osimhen and team –mates were at the FIFA Goal Project pitch at the Package B of the National Stadium, Abuja for Day 7 of the Flying Eagles training.
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“l am here to show the coaches what I can do. I have trained very hard to be here and just want to play football,” he said with a smile.
The Flying Eagles will take on Burundi in their first match of the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifying series away in Bujumbura on the weekend of 20 -22 May.
Presently, over fifty players are sweating it out twice daily as the battle for shirts intensifies.
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