Welcome to SCORENigeria LIVE coverage of crucial 2021 AFCON qualifier between hosts Benin and the Super Eagles
The Group L clash will kick off by 5pm inside the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto-Novo
AFCON qualification ticket as well as local rivalry will be at stake in Benin today
Nigeria lead the standings on eight points from four matches, Benin have seven points, Sierra Leone are on three points and Lesotho have two points
Lesotho will host Sierra Leone before Nigeria take on the Benin later today
The top two teams will advance to the AFCON to be staged by Cameroon in January
Two more games to go in round 5 🔚
— CAF (@CAF_Online) March 27, 2021
Who will secure his spot at the 2021 #TotalAFCON? 🤔#TotalAFCONQ2021 pic.twitter.com/O0xYt2NgO0
Club Africain of Tunisia midfielder Rodrigue Kossi, 20, is one of the Benin players who has reportedly contacted Coronavirus and he is now ruled out of both today’s game as well as Tuesday’s clash against Sierra Leone
Eagles coach Gernot Rohr says it was nice but not easy the boat trip from Lagos to Porto-Novo and also speaks on the lights off during training Friday night at Stade Charles de Gaulle, venue of today’s clash.
#supereagles coach #Rohr on sudden lights out at #StadeCharlesdeGaulle #Benin during Friday evening training #afcon2021q #CAF #Nigeria #football pic.twitter.com/tNLcmFqqyg
— Score Nigeria (@ScoreNigeria1) March 27, 2021
