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The tournament debutants will play Nigeria in their first group game of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, before playing Italy and Brazil in the remaining two games.
The Dominican Republic's U-20 head coach Walter Benitez has emphasised defeating Nigeria's Flying Eagles in their maiden FIFA U-20 World Cup match is of utmost importance.
The tournament debutants will play Nigeria in their first group game of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, before playing Italy and Brazil in the remaining two games.
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Dominican Republic's coach confident ahead of Nigeria match
Speaking ahead of the tournament scheduled to start on May 20, Benitez revealed that he was excited about the upcoming event in Argentina but feels a good result against Nigeria will allow them to progress in the tournament.
“We have to study Italy and Nigeria, which is our first rival to try to find the best ways and get to those games with the best weapons and try to get the best possible result," the coach said in an interview.
"The important thing is that we are all very happy because we are getting closer to the objective, which is to arrive at that event in the best way and with the best disposition.
“We will try to go looking for objectives that are not only to participate but to compete in the best way, with our eyes set on the hope of being able to get through the group stage and for that we have to adopt good strategies and try to be able to take advantage in every game, so that is the main thing for us as a coaching staff and I know that it will be for the players as well,” he said.
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Flying Eagles have twice, come close to winning the FIFA U-20 World Cup but lost in the finals to Portugal (in 1989), and Argentina (in 2005).
Flying Eagles' 2023 U-20 World Cup group stage fixtures
- 21 May 2023: Nigeria vs Dominican Republic - Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
- 24 May 2023: Italy vs Nigeria - Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza
- 27 May 2023: Brazil vs Nigeria - Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, La Plata
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