World football’s governing body, FIFA has appointed officials for next Monday’s senior international friendly match between Nigeria and Mozambique in Portugal.
Portuguese official Miguel Nogueira will serve as the match referee while his compatriots Paulo Bras, Ana Loide and Bruno Viera will work as 1st Assistant referee 2nd Assistant referee and fourth official, respectively.
The encounter between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Mambas of Mozambique will take place at the Estadio Municipal de Portimão on October 16th and will start at 4:00 pm Portuguese/Nigerian time.
The match will be the fifth meeting between both countries at senior level.
In a friendly match, the Super Eagles edged the Mambas by the odd goal in Maputo, before two memorable clashes in 2009, in the race to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa.
In Maputo, both teams settled for a scoreless draw, and in Abuja in October 2009, it was heading for the same scoreline before Obinna Nsofor headed powerfully into the net for the three points to save Nigeria’s blushes.
However, a draw that evening would have automatically eliminated Nigeria from the race.
When both teams faced off at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola in 2010, in the group phase, the Super Eagles thrashed the Mambas 3-0 in the city of Lubango.
Monday’s encounter in Portugal will start at 4 pm Portugal time (same time as in Nigeria).
Meanwhile, it would be recalled, that World World football-governing body, FIFA had earlier in the month appointed Portuguese Referee, Luis Godinho, to officiate the international friendly match between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia.
The encounter will take place at the Estadio Municipal de Portimão on Friday, the 13th of October.
Godinho will be assisted by compatriots Bruno Jesus (assistant referee 1), Tiago Costa (assistant referee 2) and Miguel Noguera (fourth official) at the match kicking off by 5pm Portugal time (same time as in Nigeria.
Fifa also appointed are Helder Carvalho to head the situation in the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) room, to be assisted by Bruno Vieira.
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