Tremendous Eagles double-header 2023 AFCON qualifiers towards Guinea Bissau mounted for September could now be postponed until subsequent 12 months, in keeping with officers.
This postponement will comply with the CAF choice for the 2023 AFCON to be hosted by Cote d’Ivoire in January 2024 and never June 2023.
The shift of the qualifiers in September can even permit for the 5 African groups for the 2022 World Cup to arrange adequately for the Mundial in Qatar, which kicks off in November.
Senegal coach Aliou Cisse has already requested for such a window.
Ought to the qualifiers be shifted, Nigeria must prepare friendlies probably towards World Cup-bound groups to fill within the the September window.
The Tremendous Eagles prime Group A of the AFCON qualifiers with six factors after two rounds of matches.
They might even e book their passage to the ultimate match with a house win towards Guinea Bissau have been the qualifiers to be performed in September.
Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe are the opposite groups within the group with the highest two groups advancing to the match correct.
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