Reigning African champion Morocco and host Nigeria yesterday edged closer to securing slots in the semi-finals of the 2019 IBSA Blind Football African Championship.
Following technical difficulties concerning the facilities which meant no play was possible on Tuesday, a new venue was found and readied for the start of match day two early yesterday morning.
In group A Nigeria, making its international debut in blind football, sit top of the table on maximum six points, ahead of Ivory Coast on four, Cameroon on one and Libya on zero points.
Cameroon and Ivory Coast played out a tense 0-0 draw, while Nigeria won 2-0 on a walkover following the withdrawal of Libya from the tournament after match day one.
In group B Morocco was showing it is still the team to beat in Africa, posting a resounding 8-0 win over newcomers Niger. Yesterday’s other group B fixture was a close-fought and exciting match between Mali and Egypt won by the former thank to a solitary second-half goal.
Wednesday 27th November – results
Nigeria 2 Libya 0
Cameroon 0 Ivory Coast 0
Morocco 8 Niger 0
Mali 1 Egypt 0
Fixtures match day three – Thursday 28th November
Cameroon 2 Libya 0
Nigeria vs Ivory Coast
Mali vs Niger
Morocco vs Egypt