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Nigerien Referees For S’Eagles/Chad AFCON Match
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has picked Nigerien official Assoumane Gnali as Centre Referee for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier between Nigeria and Chad.
The match is scheduled for the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna on Saturday, June 13.
According to a report by the website of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Gnali, who became an international referee only this year, will be accompanied by three of his countrymen.
These are Sadissou Idi as Assistant Referee 1, AbdoulAziz Saley as Assistant Referee 2, and Gomno Daouda as Reserve Referee.
The report said Gnali is 26 and Idi is 24, while Saley is 26 and Daouda, who became an international referee in 2013, is 37.
It said CAF has also picked Andy Quamie from Liberia as the Match Commissioner.
The Super Eagles will face the Chadians in their opening match of the 2017 AFCON) qualifying series, with Egypt and Tanzania being the other teams in Group G.