The Super Falcons and Nigeria U-23 team
are expected to leave the country on Thursday (today) to Bata,
Equatorial Guinea and Pointe Noire, Congo respectively for their crucial
second leg encounters of their 2016 Rio Olympic qualifying fixtures.
Both teams are walking a tightrope as
they face their opponents away on Sunday, August 2, after the Falcons
played a 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea in Abuja, and the U-23 team
managed a 2-1 win over Congo’s Red Devils in Port Harcourt.
According the Nigeria Football
Federation official website, the Falcons are expected to arrive in
Malabo at about 3am on Friday aboard CEIBA Airline, and then proceed to
mainland Bata by 7am. They are scheduled to have their final training at
the Stadium Nkoatoma de Bata on Saturday, ahead of Sunday’s clash.
The
U-23 team, led by coach, Samson Siasia, would fly aboard Ethiopia
Airline to Pointe Noire, and are expected to arrive just after noon.
FIFA has appointed Marximina Luzia
Bernardo from Angola as referee for the Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria match
in Bata, with fellow Angolans Luisa Massanga Luhaco, Andalia Bimbi
Francisco Jeremias and Tania Marisa Duarte as first assistant, second
assistant, third assistant and fourth official respectively.
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