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Renewed Hope For Nigeria, Tanzania As Chad Rescinds Afcon Decision by phrankchek(m): 1:14am On Apr 01, 2016 |
In a twist of fate that could yet bring succour to
Nigeria and Tanzania, the Chadian Football
Federation has rescinded its decision to
withdraw from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
qualifiers if Caf would accept it back.
The Chadians announced this news via their
official website on Thursday evening, four days
after they threw Group G into disarray with their
decision to drop out of qualifying due to
financial constraints.
Looking at the financial implications of
withdrawing which has attracted a $20,000 fine
from Caf, the Chad federation said it thought it
wise to remain in the competition rather than
spend the money on a fine.
“We will return to qualifying and we regret any
logistics problems that this might have caused
Caf, our fellow group opponents and our fans,”
a statement from the general secretary of the
Chadian Football Federation, Amadou Keita
Chaibou, read.
“It is our hope that this return will help us avoid
more sanctions seeing that our poor country
cannot afford to pay $20,000 when we claim
not to have money for flights and
accommodation.
“We also hope that it would not affect our plans
to qualify for the World Cup in 2018 so we have
returned like prodigal sons wishing that Caf will
accept our plea.”
However, the decision on whether to accept
Chad back to the competition would be made
by the Caf Competitions Board in the next few
hours.
It is good news for Nigeria and Tanzania who
had given up on qualifying for Gabon 2017 due
to the soar away success of the resurgent
Egyptians.
Now, any one of the two sides could still garner
enough points to finish in second place and
with points high enough to see them through to
Afcon 2017 as one of two best second-placed
sides.
Happy April 1st! |
Re: Renewed Hope For Nigeria, Tanzania As Chad Rescinds Afcon Decision by hkidola00(m): 2:14am On Apr 01, 2016 |
April fool tho, but do u know dis kind of news can give heart attack wen u later see it is April first |
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