Eaglets to feature in invitational tourney in Korea

Nigeria’s U17 team, the Golden Eaglets, will feature in an invitational tournament in South Korea, AfricanFootball.com can report.

The Eaglets, who are coached by former international Emmanuel Amuneke, resumed training camp in Abuja this week.

Led by Kelechi Nwakali, they qualified for the World Cup after they placed fourth at the African championship in Niger in February.

They are preparing for the 2015 FIFA U17 World Cup in Chile, which begins in October.

Nigeria are the defending champions having won a record fourth trophy in the United Arab Emirates two years ago.

The country’s other conquests were in 1985, 1993 and 2007.

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