Nigeria U-20

Made up of Nigerian footballers under the age of twenty, this side arrives at the global tournament as the reigning U-20 Africa Cup titleholder and lands in Group A. Its debut comes at Chapter 312. The team plays in green and white, wearing collared shirts streaked with diagonal green lines resembling claw marks, paired with black socks and white shoes, a look modeled on Nigeria's real 2018 World Cup kit.

Nigeria run an aggressive, physically driven game whose whole design funnels the ball toward Onazi, their finisher, a scheme Oliver Aiku dubs a super end-point system. Isagi cracks it by reading that neutralizing the striker collapses the rest of their play. Trailing Japan by the second half of their clash, the squad abandons the single-ace plan and adopts Japan's every-man-for-himself approach, with each player now hunting his own goals. Their World Cup run yields heavy losses, four-nil to Japan and five-one to England, before a scheduled meeting with France.

The roster is deep and fully named. Gambari coaches the group while Godwin Kuso wears the captain's armband and the number ten. The lineup runs through Agbim in goal, Ezekiel, Kaita, Ekpo, Sadiq, Oboabona, striker Innocent Onazi, Bello, Momodu, and Umaru. Away from the pitch, the side is presented as freshly crowned continental champions before entering the world stage.