Super Eagles B off to Cape Coast today
26 August 2022 |
2:00 am
Nigeria’s contingent to Sunday’s seventh African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying match against Ghana, are expected to arrive in the city of Cape Coast today.
Nigeria’s contingent to Sunday’s seventh African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying match against Ghana, are expected to arrive in the city of Cape Coast today.
Head Coach, Salisu Yusuf and his assistants have been working on 34 invited players for the past few weeks, and a final list of 22 players for the trip and for the return leg in Abuja on Saturday, next week, will be released just before the squad jets out this morning.
Sunday’s clash will hold at the Cape Coast Stadium, starting from 4.00 p.m. Ghana time (5.00 p.m. Nigeria time).
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has picked Beninoise officials to take charge of the encounter, with Issa Mouhamed as the referee. His compatriots, Eric Ulrich Ayimavo and Koudogbo Kougbemede, will serve as assistant referees, while Tanisla Ahomlanto will be the fourth official.
Prince Kai Saquee from Sierra Leone will be match commissioner, while Sanusie Rashid, another Sierra Leonean, will be referee assessor.
The return leg will hold at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on September 3.
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