Football’s world ruling body, FIFA, has
appointed Egyptian Ghead Grisha as referee for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
qualifying match between Zambia’s Chipolopolo and Nigeria’s Super Eagles
in Ndola on Sunday, 9th October 2016.
Grisha, 40, has been a FIFA referee
since 2008. He will be assisted by fellow Egyptians Tahssen Abo El Sadat
Bedyer (assistant referee 1), Ahmed Hossameldin Taha (assistant referee
2) and Ibrahim Noureldin (Fourth Official).
Also appointed is renown former FIFA
referee Zeli Sinko (from Cote d’Ivoire), who will serve as referee
assessor, while former Ghana FA president Mahamadu Nuru Deen Jawula will
be match commissioner.
The match has been scheduled to kick off
at the Levy Nwanawasa Stadium in Ndola at 2.30pm Zambia time (1.30pm
Nigeria time) on Sunday, 9th October.
Grisha, incidentally, was in charge of
the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations group phase clash between the Super
Eagles and the Chipolopolo, at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, which
ended 1-1.
The Super Eagles went ahead to eventually win that Cup of Nations tournament.
FIFA has also appointed respected
Nigerian official Paul Bassey to serve as security officer for the 2018
FIFA World Cup Group E qualifier between Congo and Egypt, scheduled for
the Stade de Kintele in Brazzaville on the same day.
Beninoise official Bruno Arthur Didavi
will be match commissioner for that game, with the referees from Cote
d’Ivoire led by Denis Dembele. Jason Joseph Damoo from Seychelles will
serve as referee assessor.
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