Nigeria vs Guinea: Match Officials arrive today 'Adeleye plays down 2pm kick-off time

OFFICIALS for Saturday's make-or-break 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between Nigeria and Guinea will arrive Abuja today .Match Commissioner, Souleymane Magassouba from Mali, will fly into Lagos aboard an ASKY Airline flight at 3pm, alongside the match referees from Cote d'Ivoire. The five will then be airlifted to Abuja aboard Air Nigeria flight in the evening of same day.The centre referee is Ivorian Doue Normandiez, with his compatriots Yeo Songuifolo, Bayere Moussa and Dembele Denis as first Assistant, second Assistant and fourth Official respectively.The Security Officer for the game, Camerounian Abel Mbengue, will fly into Lagos aboard an Air Nigeria flight from Douala at 8pm tomorrow, and then connect Abuja on Friday morning.Meanwhile, Captain Joseph Yobo and left back Taye Taiwo arrived the Super Eagles' Transcorp Hilton Hotel camp yesterday morning, just as the squad returned from morning training session. This brought the number of players in camp to 19. Forward Ekigho Ehiosun and defender Efe Ambrose, who got married on Saturday in Kaduna and was at a registry in Kaduna on Tuesday morning for the court angle of the solemnisation, were being expected before evening training session.Meanwhile,DELE Adeleye has declared that he is ready to feature for Nigeria against Guinea in Saturday's Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Syli National of Guinea in Abuja amid mixed reactions to the 2pm kick-off time.The 2pm kick-off schedule by CAF has attracted divergent views from players, coaches and football enthusiasts.But the SC Tavriya Simferopol of Ukraine centre-back has made it clear that the early kick-off time for the important game against Guinea will not affect him or his teammates.The ex-3SC defender is confident that the Super Eagles are focused on beating Guinea to claim an automatic spot to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations which Equatorial Guinea and Gabon are billed to co-host."We are professionals and we know how important this game is to us and Nigeria. The issue of playing at 2pm should not be a distraction for us because our concentration is on getting the points to qualify for the Nations Cup."The time of the match shouldn't be a cause for concern right now. The concern should be getting a win that will qualify us for the Nations Cup," Adeleye, 22, said.
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