U23 AFCON Qualifiers: CAF appoints Sudanese officials for Nigeria, Guinea clash 

By Wale Mustapha

Confederation of African Football, CAF has appointed match officials from Sudan for the first leg of U23 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON final qualifying encounter between Nigeria and Guinea.

The match billed for Wednesday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja will see Sabri Mohamed Fadul as the referee with his compatriots Abdelgabar Mohamed Abdelgabar and Ahmed Subahi as assistant referee 1 and assistant referee 2 respectively, while Ring Akech Malong from South Sudan will work as fourth official.

 The encounter will kick off at 4pm, and offers the Olympic Eagles the opportunity to build an impressive lead ahead of the return leg scheduled for Rabat in Morocco’s administrative capital on Tuesday, 28th March.

CAF has also appointed officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo for the second leg, which will hold at the Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay Al Hassan starting from 7pm Morocco time.

Yannick Malala Kabanga will be referee for the encounter, with his compatriots Guylain Ngila, Rambo Neushiye and Tanguy Lopembe Tangi in the roles of assistant referee 1, assistant referee 2 and fourth official respectively.

Mr. Boussairi Boujlel from Tunisia will be the match commissioner.