Falcons to host Banyana Banyana in Paris 2024 cracker April 5

AFRICA’Stop- ranked team, Nigeria, will host reigning African champions, South Africa, in the first leg of their women’s Olympic football tournament final qualifying fixture at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, on April 5.

According to the fixture, the encounter will kick off by 4.00 p. m. with Algeria’s Ghada Mehat as centre referee.

Mehat’s compatriots, Asma Feriel Ouahab and Lamia Atman, will serve as assistant referee one and fourth official respectively, while Mariem Cheddad from Mauritania will serve as assistant referee two.

Senegalese Fadouma Dia, a former FIFA referee, will be referee assessor, while Ghana’s Christine Ziga will serve as match commissioner.

For the return leg scheduled for South Africa ( venue to be decided) on April 9, CAF has appointed Tunisian official, Dorsaf Ganouati, as referee. She will be assisted by compatriots Houda Afine ( assistant referee one) and Emna Ajbouni ( fourth official), with Egypt’s Yara Atef Abdelfattah as assistant referee two.

Agar Mezing from Cameroon will be the referee assessor, while Cindy Dludlu from eswatini will be commissioner.

The Super Falcons beat Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses in the penultimate round of the race, with a single goal over the two legs scored by Esther Okoronkwo at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, while Banyana Banyana trounced Tanzania 4- 0 over two legs in Dar es Salaam and Nelspruit.

The winner over two legs in early April will join15 other senior teams from across the world for the women’s Olympic football tournament in Paris fromjuly 16.