36 Eaglets set for MRI Test

By Morakinyo AbodunrinAhead of the forthcoming TOTAL U-17 Africa Cup of Nations to held in Morocco from March 13 to 31, the Golden Eaglets would this week be subjected to the mandatory Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Tests.Competent source told NationSport last night that some 36 players out of the lot presently in Abuja jostling for a spot in the final squad fore Morocco 2021 will undergo the test as mandated by CAF.As you know, the Golden Eaglets have been training in Abuja , the source informed NationSport. We are doing MRI for 36 players by Monday.The MRI is needed to ascertain the eligibility of players for the competition and CAF has stiffen its regulations , warning that that a single failed age test by any player chosen in the final squad list of any competing country will henceforth cause outright disqualification of that team.The coach Fatai Amoo-led side secured their place at the 14th edition of the continental cadet championship after coming second at the WAFU B Qualifying Tournament in Lome where they lost 2-3 to Cote dIvoire in the final.Last Thursday, the Golden Eaglets decimated Bayern Munich Academy of Abuja 5-1 in a friendly match at the River plate football ground in Abuja as part of their preparations for Under-17 AFCON in March; where they had been drawn in Group B along with Tanzania, Algeria and Congo .
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