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Accra Sports Stadium set to host Ghana, Nigeria AWCON clash

By : cd on 23 Sep 2021, 11:36     |     Source: christian ahorgah

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The Accra Sports stadium will host Ghana’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Nigeria. The 2nd leg tie will come off on Sunday.

In a related development, the Confederation of African Football has appointed Zomadre Sonia Kore from Cote D’Ivoire as the referee for the epic clash.

Sonia Kore will be assisted by compatriots Kossonoux Denise Akoua (Assistant I), Ndeko Edwige Appia (Assistant II) and Zongbossi Beatrice Béatrice Gouchoedou from Benin (Fourth Official). Latré-Kayi Edzona LawsonHogban from Togo will serve as the Match Commissioner while Ghana’s Christiana Baah works as COVID-19 Officer.

The Black Queens of Ghana were recently involved in the just ended Aisha Buhari Tournament.

After having suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of South Africa, Ghana redeemed their image against Cameroon in their second Group B game in a comfortable 2-0 win.

Ghana will battle holders Nigeria in the first round of the TotalEnergies Africa Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers in between 18-26 October, 2021 with the winner facing Cote d’Ivoire or Niger in the next stage.

The game is scheduled for 16:00Hrs kick off at the Accra Sports stadium.

The 2021 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations comes off in Morocco.