Ahead of the Fifa Under 20 World Cup, African champions Nigeria will have their first training session on foreign soil on Monday afternoon, the Nigeria Football Federation has announced via official sources.

The Nigeria Under 20s - made up of 26 players - arrived in Nuremberg on Sunday morning for a three - week training camp.

“We went out this morning and were able to secure a training pitch for the team.

“We are returning to the hotel now and training sessions will kick off this afternoon,” NFF’s Assistant Director (Technical), Abdulrafiu Yusuf told thenff.com.

The Flying Eagles will face Brazil at Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth on June 1 in their first Group E fixture before taking on North Korea and Hungary on June 4th and 7th respectively.