National Teams
Paris 2024: Ethiopia land in Abuja ahead of clash with Super Falcons showdown
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Players and officials of the Ethiopian senior women’s national team landed in Abuja ahead of Tuesday’s Olympics Qualifiers with their Nigeria counterparts.
The 35-person delegation flew into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Sunday afternoon aboard an Ethiopian Airways flight.
They landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.
Also in Nigeria’s Federal Capital is the squad of match officials, led by Christine Ziga from Ghana, who will serve as the match commissioner.
There is also referee Edoh Kindedji from Togo, with her compatriots Abra Sitsofe Agbedanou and Kossiwa Kayigan Awoutey who will serve as assistant referee 1 and assistant referee 2 respectively.
Yacine Samassa from Mauritania will be in the role of fourth official.
Daloba Oulare from Guinea will be the referee assessor.
The first leg of the Second Round encounter ended 1-1 at the Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa.
Rasheedat Ajibade’s goal from the edge of the box canceled out Birke’s opener making the return leg on Tuesday a winner-take-all all clash.
Either Uganda or Cameroon awaits the winner of the second leg clash in the third round of the Olympic Qualifiers.
