The Confederation of African Soccer has appointed Senegalese official Issa Sy because the central referee for the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final between Nigeria and Angola. The PUNCH rstudies.
The Tremendous Eagles will face Palancas Negras on Friday (as we speak) in one of many final eight matches of the thirty fourth version of the AFCON on the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan.
The Senegalese referee is not any stranger to the Angolan gamers as he took cost of their first Group D match in opposition to Algeria in Bouake on January 15.
Sy was additionally in command of the ultimate Group E match between South Africa and Tunisia.
The 39-year-old heart referee may have compatriots Djibril Camara and Nouha Bangoura in tow as assistant referee 1 and assistant referee 2 respectively, alongside Mauritanian official Abdel Aziz Bouh because the fourth official.
Modibo Samake of Mali will function reserve assistant referee, whereas Ahmad Nazeer Hossen Bowud of Mauritius and Ali Mohamed Ahmed of Somalia will fill the roles of commissioner and referee evaluator respectively.
The match will once more be one of many uncommon events when Nigeria and Angola compete on the sphere, with few high-level clashes between the 2 nations through the years.
Nigeria defeated Angola to achieve the ultimate spherical of the qualifying collection for the 1990 World Cup finals (2-2 in Luanda and 1-0 in Lagos), however the Angolans fell to Nigeria to make their solely look within the World Cup ultimate , once they received 1-0 in Luanda and held the Eagles 1-1 in Kano to beat the head-to-head match that outlined the 2006 World Cup qualifying collection.
The winner of the encounter will face the winner of the conflict between Cape Verde and South Africa in one of many semi-finals, on the Stade de la Paix in Bouake.
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