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Bafana Arrives Nigeria, Today
Bafana Bafana is
expected to arrive in Uyo today for a final group game against hosts Nigeria, officials have announced.
South Africa have already qualified for the AFCON in Equatorial Guinea after they chalked up 11 points, while Nigeria need to beat them on Wednesday to seal their own passage to the finals.
Although the South Africa Football Association (SAFA) do not have a permit to land their chartered aircraft at the Ibom International Airport, the Nigeria Football Federation are working round the clock to ensure such permit is granted for their plane before it departs Johannesburg at 1pm on Monday.
The delegation is made up of 26 players and 15 officials.
In the meantime, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have picked Rajindraparsad Seechurn from Mauritius as the referee for Wednesday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Nigeria and South Africa in Uyo.
Seechurn would be assisted by countrymen, Balkrishna Bootun as assistant referee 1, Vivian Vally as assistant referee 2 and Parmendra Nunkoo as reserve referee.
To underscore the importance of the match, CAF have appointed Cameroonian Abel Mbengue as security officer, to assist the match commissioner, Laryea Louis from Ghana.