World football-governing body, FIFA has appointed Moroccan referee Jalal Jayed to take charge of the game between Rwanda and the Super Eagles of Nigeria which is scheduled to kick off at 6pm Rwanda time (5pm Nigeria time), Nigeriasoccernet.com gathered.
Jayed took charge of a friendly game between the Super Eagles and Ghana’s Black Stars in Marrakech on 22nd March 2024, which Nigeria won 2-1.
That match marked the first in 18 years that Nigeria would overcome Ghana in a game at senior level.
On Friday, Franco-Malian tactician Éric Sékou Chelle will lead out the Super Eagles for the first time, as the FIFA World Cup qualifying series resume with Nigeria, yet to win in their previous four matches, having to start winning in order to brighten their chances of picking the only automatic ticket from group C to the finals in USA, Canada and Mexico next summer.
By Oluwadamilola Olaleye