Officials arrive for Eagles, Pharaohs match

 

The three assistant referees for the Nations Cup qualifying duel between Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Pharaohs of Egypt arrived Abuja on Tuesday.

Although they were expected Wednesday, the three Zambian referees arrived the NFF Secretariat to the surprise of General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi.

The referees are Janny Sikazue, assistant referee 2, Arsenio Chadregue, assistant referee 1 and reserve referee Wisdom Chewe.

The centre referee from Mozambique is expected today.

Similarly, the Super Eagles on Tuesday arrived in Kaduna in high hopes for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt billed for the Ahmadu Bello Stadium.

The team left Abuja for Kaduna after their morning training session and had another training session at the stadium after settling down in their Africa Continental Hotel.

Meanwhile, the Egyptians are expected in Kaduna on Wednesday aboard a chartered flight.

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Both teams will meet again next Tuesday in Alexandria in the reverse fixture of the Group G qualifiers.

However, SC Braga striker, Ahmed Hassan ‘Koka’ has said the AFCON 2017 qualifiers against Nigeria is not all about Roma’s Mohammed Salah, Arsenal’s Mohammed Elneny or the Egypt’s foreign-based players.

Koka said the Egyptian team isn’t solely reliant on the overseas-based players, stressing that all the players exert high levels of efforts with the national team.

“The team don’t rely on foreign-based players as Mohamed Salah, Mohamed Elneny, Mahmoud Trezeguet, Amr Warda and me; the team consists of 11 players,” Koka told Sada El-Balad Channel on Monday.

“Players who play for the national team make every effort to represent their country in an honorable way,” the Egyptian striker added.

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