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2022 World Cup Qualifier: Morroco FA Grants Liberia Requests To Host Super Eagles In Tangier

NIGERIA’S penultimate 2022 World Cup qualifier against Liberia in the second round stages to be played on November 13 is expected to be played in the Morrocan city of Tangier after the Royal Morocco Football Federation granted the request of their Liberian counterparts to host the Nigerian side.

The Sam Konyon stadium in Morocco did not make the cut for the qualifier as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) failed to approve it after inspection team of the body visited the facilities two weeks ago.

The Liberians played their last ‘home’ game in the qualifiers against Cape Verde at the Accra Sports Stadium in Ghana.

The Moroccan football body however on Friday granted the request of Liberia FA to use the stadium for its remaining home game against Nigeria and the Central African Republic.

Meanwhile, the Super Eagles camp for the crucial encounter in Tangier and the last game of the qualifying round against Cape Verde at the Teslim Balogun stadium Lagos will open on Monday, 8 November 2021.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.