The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), has approved new dates for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Black Stars of Ghana.
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This was disclosed in a statement made available to newsmen by the NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, on Monday.
According to Olajire, the first leg billed for Thursday, March 24 at the Cape Coast Stadium, will now take place on Friday, March 25 starting from 7.30pm Ghana time, which will be 8.30pm in Nigeria.
While the second leg initially set for Sunday, 27th March, will now hold at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday, 29th March, starting from 6pm Nigeria time.
The winner over two legs in the play-offs will qualify for this year’s World Cup which is scheduled to take place from November 21 to December 18, 2022 in Qatar.
The Black starts will be looking to qualify for this year’s edition in Qatar, as they missed out on the last edition held in Russia.
The last time both teams met in the qualifiers for the World Cup was for the 2002 edition, where they were drawn in the same group.
In a group that had Liberia, Ghana, Sudan and Sierra Leone, the Eagles secured their third World Cup qualification ticket.
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