The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has said that they have not received any official notification regarding the postponing of their away game in the Africa Cup of Nations against the Super Eagles of 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 (NFF) announced last weekend that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) approved delaying the upcoming qualifier against Egypt which Nigeria host from March 23 to 26.
According to the NFF, the game was supposed to take place on March 23 and 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 Burkina Faso friendly in Borg El-Arab Stadium, Alexandria,” Lehitah added.
Egypt is scheduled to host Nigeria for the second-leg qualifier on 29 March 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 18-20 March, 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.
