The Egyptian Football Association said on Monday that they have not received any official notification regarding the postponing of their away game in the Africa Cup of Nations against Nigeria, which is scheduled for late March.
“No official letters have been received yet regarding the Nigeria-Egypt game’s rescheduling and we’ll announce when we get confirmation,” the association board member, Ehab Lehitah, said on the EFA official website.
The Nigerian Football Federation announced on Saturday that the Confederation of African Football approved delaying the upcoming qualifier against Egypt, which Nigeria is to host.
According to the NFF, the game was supposed to take place March 23.
However it is now confirmed for March 26, only three days before the scheduled second-leg in Egypt.
“Egypt will start a training camp ahead of the qualifiers on 23 February, four days before they play Borkina Faso friendly in Borg El-Arab Stadium, Alexandria,” Lehitah added.
Egypt is scheduled to host Nigeria for the second-leg qualifier on March 29 in Borg El-Arab, but some reports suggest that the EFA wants to move the game to Cairo stadium.
The Pharaohs will suffer a heavy schedule, especially as most key players from Ahly and Zamalek clubs, have other African commitments between March 18 and 20, a week before the two-leg national teams clash.
The Pharaohs are on top of Group G of the Nations Cup qualifiers with a six points from wins over Tanzania and Chad.
Nigeria are second on four points.
Egypt are bidding to reach the Nations Cup for the first time in five years since last winning their record seventh title in 2010.
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