Falconets depart for Liberia on Wednesday with 18 players

Nigeria U20 women team are expected to depart the shores of the country on Wednesday with a 27-person delegation for Liberia. They will fly through Accra and Abidjan before setting out to Monrovia.

The delegation includes 18 players and nine officials as the team will face the Liberia female team for a place at the 2016 Fifa U20 Women’s World Cup billed for Papua New Guinea.

Despite reports of a fresh outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the west African country, the Confederation of African Football has opted not to move the match to a neutral venue.

Caf has appointed Aissatou Inter Keita of the Republic of Guinea as referee for the match billed for the Antoinette Tubman Stadium on Sunday.

She will be assisted by compatriots Fantagbe Kaba, Manty Keita and Isatou Touray as assistant referee1, assistant referee 2 and reserve referee respectively. The match commissioner is Fatou Camara from Mali.

The winner of the fixture will proceed to the third round of qualifiers, to play the winner of the Namibia/DR Congo fixture.