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The Super Eagles of Nigeria will no longer play against Guinea-Bissau in Morocco as initially planned
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will no longer be travelling to Morocco in the next international break to face Guinea-Bissau as initially planned.
Guinea-Bissau were set to host Nigeria in Morocco for the second game of the 2024 AFCON qualifying double-header as their home stadiums were deemed unfit to host international games.
That has now changed and theConfederation of African Football (CAF) have reportedly approved the Nacional 24 de Setembro Stadium in Guinea-Bissau after a fresh round of inspections.
Nigeria to travel to Guinea-Bissau
The match was earlier slated to be played in Morocco after CAF refused to grant approval for Guinea-Bissau to host the game on home soil as both of their biggest grounds, Estadio 24 de Setembro and Estadio Lino Correia fell short of the standard for international matches.
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Guinea-Bissau responded by carrying out an intensive round of renovation works at one of the stadiums over the past few weeks to bring it up to the required standard.
'The newly-renovated Nacional 24 de Setembro Stadium has now been approved by CAF for Guinea-Bissau to host Nigeria in March.
Nigeria v Guinea-Bissau
Nigeria are the current leaders of Group A in the 2024 FCON qualifiers after winning their first two games against Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe.
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Jose Peseiro's men will now play Guinea-Bissau twice in their third and fourth games in the group with a view to securing early qualification for the showpiece in Ivory Coast next year.
The first of the doubleheader will be at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja, Nigeria on March 24th after which the second will happen in the recently renovated Nacional 24 de Setembro Stadium just three days later on the 27th.
Nigeria played Guinea-Bissau at the last AFCON in Cameroon just over a year ago and the game ended in favour of the Super Eagles thanks to goals from Sadiq Umar and William Troost-Ekong.
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