Flying Eagles Striker Taiwo Awoniyi nets hat-trick in Nürnberg U23 whitewash

Manu Garba's boys made it 10 goals in two games as they breezed aside the German Bundesliga youth outfit in a test game played on Friday evening.

Nigeria U20 side spanked FC Nürnberg U23 5-0 in a friendly game played at the SudwestPark training ground on Friday evening.

Red-hot Taiwo Awoniyi led the rout as he got a treble with captain Musa Muhammed and Ibrahim Al Hassan completing the damage in the first half.

The Flying Eagles final test match in Germany will see them slug it out against Freiburg U23 team scheduled for May 18 and kick-off time fixed for 2:30pm.

Coach Manu Garba has submitted his final list of 21 player on Friday afternoon and will be hoping to have the likes of Kelechi Iheanacho and Isaac Success join the team before their departure for New Zealand.