Flying Eagles will battle Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire in a three-team Group B in their quest to defend the title they won in Niger Republic two years ago.
Despite their job being cut out, Zubairu remains confident his team can pull the chestnut out of fire for several reasons, some of which he elucidated.
He said, “The team is fully ready. All that is left is to play two or three friendly matches in Ikenne and travel to Lome next week and play two international friendlies before the commencement of the tournament.
“Before setting a target, we have to qualify first, and securing a ticket to the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations is our number one priority.
“We didn’t have the best of time in Abuja because everyone wanted his players to be there, but we finally selected 35 players and came down to Ikenne.
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