By Abimbola Ogunnaike
The African Football ruling body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has announced an Egyptian official, Amin Mohamed Omar, as referee for Wednesday, 7 February, 2024 semi-final clash between Super Eagles of Nigeria and Bafana Bafana of South Africa.
Omar’s compatriots: Mahmoud Kamel Abouelregal and Ahmed Hossam Ibrahim will play the roles of Assistant Referee 1 and Assistant Referee 2 respectively, while Sudanese Mahmood Ali Ismail will serve as Fourth Official.
Attia Essa Amsaaed from Libya will be the Reserve Assistant Referee, with Yacoub Ali Elmi from Djibouti as Match Commissioner and Aboubacar Doumbouya from Guinea as Referee Assessor.
The clash between Nigeria and South Africa is scheduled to take place at the Stade de la Paix, Bouake.
The game will kick off at 6pm Nigeria time.