Football
The Confederation of
African Football has appointed Tunisian arbiter, Youssef Essrayri as the
referee for next month’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between
Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in Uyo.
Essrayri, 40, who became
an international referee five years ago, will be assisted by compatriots Yamen
Melloulchi (Assistant Referee 1), Hassen Abdelali (Assistant Referee 2) and
Said Mohamed Kordi (Fourth Official).
The match commissioner is
Andy Quamie from Liberia and Kotey Alexander Neequaye from Ghana will be
referee assessor.
The encounter at the
Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Saturday, 10th June will open
the curtain on the qualifying race in Group E for Cameroon 2019, with only the
group winners guaranteed slots at the finals. Libya and Seychelles are the
other teams in the pool.
Meanwhile, the Super
Eagles had their first training session in Ajaccio on Wednesday morning, ahead
of Friday’s friendly match against the Corsica Senior Team at the Stade
Francois Coty.
Expected at the team’s
Best Western Hotel camp by Wednesday night are Ahmed Musa, Kelechi Iheanacho,
Mikel Agu and Abdullahi Shehu.
An interesting game is at
hand for the three –time African champions, against a team that has only lost
once in the nine matches it has played since forming a squad in 1967.
The only defeat the
Corsica Senior Team has suffered was a 0-1 reverse to the Indomitable Lions of
Cameroon in a friendly in Bastia on May 14, 1998. The Lions were then preparing
for the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals in France.
The only time Corsica had
played 1998 FIFA World Cup champions France was in February 1967, and the
former won 2-0.
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