The Super Eagles of Nigeria will take on the Crocodiles of Lesotho at the Teslim Balogun Stadium and not more than 10,000 fans will be allowed to watch it live.
According to completesports.com the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has given approval for about 10,000 fans to watch the AFCON qualifying match between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Lesotho’s on the 30th of March.
It was reported that CAF gave the approval in response to the NFF’s request to allow football fans to be allowed to watch the match in Lagos. However, this will only be allowed to go through if the necessary covid-19 protocols are duly followed.
It is on record that the three time African Champions have recorded 60 wins from matches played in Lagos State alone.
“We are returning the Super Eagles to Lagos for the first time in 20 years and we felt it would not be fair to play in an empty stadium hence we applied to CAF to allow us admit fans into the Teslim Balogun stadium for our game against Lesotho later this month.” a statement said as quoted by Nigerian outlet Complete Sports.
“Fortunately for us, CAF obliged us by allowing the admittance of 30 percent of the stadium’s total capacity to watch the game. So we expect about 10,000 fans to be at the stadium to cheer the Super Eagles to victory on March 30”
“We are putting everything thing in place to ensure that we meet the CAF requirements and Covid 19 protocols. All hands are deck to ensure that spread the fans round the stadium in compliance with the Covid 19 protocols”
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are in great form in this state having defeated 24 countries in Lagos in the past. They are already in a good position to advance and a win from their remaining two games will but see them go through.
Given how much of a football-inclined state is well known to be, this piece of news will be a welcome development for the nation’s supporters. However, it must be said that the NFF have not made an official comment on this as to whether it would actually go through.
Over the years, the Teslim Balogun stadium has seen lots of iconic moments for Nigeria and the Super Eagles will be expected to deliver nothing but a win on home turf.