Soccer: Nigeria-South Africa Match To Be Played In Uyo

The African football governing body has given its consent for the new stadium in Uyo to host the final Afcon qualifying game between the Super Eagles & Bafana Bafana on November 19

The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between Nigeria and South Africa will take place at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo, after the representative of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) gave the new edifice a pass mark.

The match will hold on Wednesday, November 19.

Vice president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr. Fred Crentsil, who was sent by Caf to inspect the facility, has given the infrastructure very high marks and thus it is now official that the Eagles will host the Bafana Bafana in Uyo next month.

“You guys have a wonderful facility here. It is one of the best I have seen anywhere around Africa and elsewhere. It is of the same standard and mould as Soccer City [in Johannesburg albeit] with a lower capacity.

“I am particularly amazed that there are provisions for the physically –challenged persons. Everything is taken care of here. I am hugely impressed,” Crentsil said in Uyo on Thursday.

The Caf official inspected the stadium as well as hotel facilities in the Akwa Ibom State capital, in company with the NFF’s assistant director of Competitions, Mr. Bola Oyeyode.

NFF president Amaju Pinnick had, after inspecting the magnificent facility three weeks ago, announced that the venue would host the Super Eagles-Bafana Bafana clash.