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U-20 AFCON QUALIFIER: Guinea-Bissau to arrive Calabar today
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria will be hoping to take another step towards qualifying for the 2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations as their Guinea-Bissau counterparts will fly into Calabar, Cross River State on Friday ahead of the second leg of the second round of the qualifiers.
The encounter is billed for this weekend, and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) made known the travel schedule of the Guinea-Bissau contingent on their official website late Thursday.
According to NFF, they arrived in Lagos on Wednesday night and will fly into the Cross River State capital on Friday, while match officials from Togo are scheduled to be in Nigeria on Friday morning.
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Kouassi Attisso Attiogbe as referee, alongside his compatriots Limsa Kabassima (Assistant Referee 1), Adam Moukaila Biyao (Assistant Referee 2) and Kokou Hougnimon Fagla (Reserve Referee).
Mr. Andy Quame from Liberia will serve as the match commissioner, the Federation revealed.
The Flying Eagles blew a two-goal lead – a brace by Wasiu Alalade in the first half of the first leg -, as they were forced to a 2-2 draw by their opponents after 90 minutes.
Following the 2-2 away draw, the Flying Eagles will be looking at advancing into the play-off round if they secure a goalless draw or a 1-1 draw at the Udoukaha Jacob Esuene Stadium, in Calabar.
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