CAF appoints Ghanaian referee Daniel Laryea, others to officiate Nigeria-Morocco match Wednesday
Organisers of All African Cup of Nations, Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), has appointed Ghanaian referee Daniel Laryea to officiate African Cup of Nations semi-finals game between Nigeria and host country, Morocco.
Mr Laryea will officiate the game scheduled to be played in Rabat on Wednesday, CAF announced on Tuesday in a post on social media.
Zakhele Thusi Granville Siwela of South Africa and Souru Phatsoane will officiate as assistant referee 1 and 2 respectively alongside Mr Laryea.
Abongile Tom, Haythem Guirat and Stephen Onyango Yiembe will be in charge of Virtual Assistant Referee
Nigeria and Morocco will slug it out for the finals ticket in the semi-finals on Wednesday.
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