U-23 AFCONQ: Foreign professionals hit Olympic Eagles camp ahead of DR Congo clash

The foreign-based players invited to the Olympic Eagles campy are expected to articulation the squad this play pursuing the unimpressive show of the home-based players successful a affable lucifer against Remo Stars.

The Olympic Eagles were held to a goalless gully by the Nigeria National League, NNL, broadside connected Sunday.

Among the foreign-based players expected to nexus up with the squad are Abdullahi Bewene of Banik Ostrava, Czech Republic; Peter Edokpolor of Benfica, Portugal; Isaac James of Alverca, Portugal; and Abdullahi Umar of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.

The squad opened campy 2 weeks agone successful mentation for the 2027 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations second-round qualifying necktie against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

DR Congo volition big the archetypal limb astatine the TP Mazembe Stadium successful Lubumbashi connected Friday, November 13, portion the instrumentality limb is scheduled to instrumentality spot successful Ikenne 4 days later.

The victor of the two-legged brushwood volition beforehand to the third-round playoffs, scheduled for March 2027.

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