Senegalese to officiate Nigeria vs Tunisia Round of 16 Match

By Ogundele Olanrewaju

As Nigeria’s Super Eagles would be battling it out with Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in the second round of the 2021 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon tomorrow, Confederation of African football has announce Senegalese officials to take charge of the game tomorrow. National Daily news

African soccer governing body on Saturday morning announced Senegal’s Maquette Ndiaye as the centre referee.

Ndiaye was the centre referee in the group game involving Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone which ended 2-2.

He will be assisted by his compatriots El Hadji Malick Samba and Djibril Camara as Assistant referee 1 and 2 while Issa Sy who was the main referee in the match between Sudan and Guinea Bissau will be the 4th referee.

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The match will be played on Sunday evening at the Stade Omnisport Roumdé Ad jia in Garoua by 8 pm.