By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau
The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has deployed four Senegalese match officials to handle the winner takes all FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final round return leg tie between Nigeria and Ethiopia billed for the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday, June 4, 2022.
According to CAF release obtained by Prompt News at the weekend, Mame Coumba Faye has been appointed as the Center Referee of the crucial match while she will be assisted by compatriots, Adia Isseu Cisse (1st Assistant); Fatou Bintou Sene (2nd Assistant) and Fatou Thioune (4th Official).
CAF also appointed Ms. Aisha Nalule of Uganda as Match Commissioner and Emmanuella Grace Aglago from Ghana as Referee Assessor while Nigeria’s Dr. Ozi Salami Onimisi is the Covid-19 Officer.
They are expected to arrive Nigeria not later than 24hours to the match just as the Nigeria’s opponents, Ethiopia will arrive Abuja aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s showdown.
Meanwhile, Head Coach of the U-17 women’s football team, Flamingos, Oloowokere Bankole has disclosed that his team has almost perfected the strategies to be used to defeat their Ethiopian counterparts on Saturday.
Speaking exclusively to Prompt News in Abuja, the gaffer who is on the verge of creating his own history of qualifying the Flamingos for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final, said he is optimistic that his team will grind out a victory over the visitors again on Saturday.
Said he: “We are preparing for the return leg match as if we have not played the first leg. Although we have an away goal advantage after our 1-0 victory in the first leg tie in Addis Ababa, we are working hard to get the job done at home too”.
Bankole who said that the Ethiopians are not pushover, is expecting that they will put up a strong fight against the Flamingos but said he trusts his girls to deliver India 2022 ticket on Saturday.
