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FIFA adjusts March dates for Nigeria/Ghana 2022 World Cup Africa Qualifier
World football governing body, FIFA has effected a minor reshuffling of dates for the forthcoming 2022 Qatar World Cup play-off matches between Ghana and Nigeria.
The fixture which was originally scheduled for Thursday, March 24 and Sunday, March 27, has been moved to Friday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
While the first leg will take place at the Cape Coast Stadium in Ghana, the reverse fixture is to be hosted at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.
The winner of both ties will clinch one of the five tickets to the global football tournament from November 21 to December 18, 2022 in Qatar.
It would be recalled that the Minister of Sports, Mr Sunday Dare had, penultimate Sunday, confirmed that the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta will host the Nigeria leg of the football encounter between the Super Eagles and the Black Stars of Ghana in March, this year.
Dare said the MKO Stadium has finally obtained the CAF certification for international matches.
“I’d like to inform you that we have just received @CAF_Online certification of [Moshood Abiola National Stadium] for Int’l matches, which means the World Cup qualifiers next month will be played here.” — @SundayDareSD to @AlikoDangote (sponsored revamp of pitch + scoreboards],” the minister tweeted.
The match is one of two legs to be played for one of the five tickets for grabs in Africa for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, this November.
However, the most anticipated of the fixtures will be the Senegal versus Egypt encounter to be played in Dakar and Cairo.
The Pharaohs of Egypt and captain Mohammed Salah are plotting a revenge mission on the Teranga Lions of Senegal following a bitter loss of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), in Cameroon during the final match decided via penalty shootouts with the West Africans winning 4-2 to lift the trophy for the first time in their history after three attempts.
