Zambian referee, Janny Silkazwe, has been appointed as the centre referee forSaturday’s 2015 Nations Cup qualifying tie between Nigeria and their Sudanese counterparts.
Silkazwe will be assisted by Angolan Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos, Bruno Tembo from Zambia, while another Zambian, Stanley Hachiwa, is the reserve referee.
The match commissioner is Mike Letti from Uganda.
At the match coordination meeting on Friday afternoon, it was decided that the Super Eagles will spot all white jersey with green stripes, while the Falcons will wear all red, with white stripes.
Officials at the Embassy of Nigeria have informed the Nigeria Football Federation that they expect over 4,000 Nigerian students who are based in Khartoum to turn up for the big game.
Although temperature has soared above 40 degrees, Sudan FA Public Relations Manager, Issam Gumaa, has promised that it will be much cooler at night when the match will take place.
Sudan’s Senior National Team have not beaten their Nigerian counterpart since 1967, when they edged a 1968 Olympic Games qualifier 2-1 at the same venue.
But in July 2001, the Super Eagles lashed their hosts 4-0 in Khartoum’s twin city, Omdurman, to virtually seal a place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals in Korea/Japan.
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