Women’s Football: CAF Appoints Senegalese Officials For Nigeria, South Africa Clash

Ahead of Saturday’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup second round, second leg qualifying match between Nigeria’s Flamingos and South Africa’s Bantwana, CAF has appointed Senegalese officials to handle the encounter,

CAF appointed Aida Sy to serve as referee, while her compatriots Ndeye Aissa Ndiaye, Ndeye Sarr Ndiaye and Fatoumata Sall Toure will play the roles of assistant 1, assistant 2 and fourth official respectively.

Ghanaian Naa Odofoley Nortey will be the commissioner while Agar Mezing from Cameroon will be the referee assessor.

The winner on aggregate will progress to the final round of the qualification series, with this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup taking place in Morocco, from 17 October – 8 November.

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Africa will present 5 teams including host nation Morocco at the finals, which has been expanded to a 24-nation championship.

Nigeria recorded a 3-1 win over their hosts in Pretoria last Saturday, but the Bantwana have sounded a note of warning to the flamingos insisting that they are in Nigeria for the crucial victory.

(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)