2014 CHAN: CAF appoints Keita for Eagles, Elephants match

The Confederation of African Football has appointed Malian official,
Mahamadou Keita as centre referee for the 2014 African Nations
Championship qualifying match between Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire,
billed for Saturday next week in Kaduna.


Keita, 30, became an international referee in 2009. He will be
assisted by compatriots Moriba Diakite, 33 (Assistant Referee 1),
Nouhoum Bamba, 35 (Assistant Referee 2) and Ousmane Sidibe, 39
(Reserve Referee).

The Match Commissioner is Idrissa Sarr, a renown former FIFA-graded
referee from Mauritania.

For the return leg in Abidjan on July 27, CAF has appointed officials
from Morocco to take charge. Noureddine el Jaafari, a 35-year old who
became an international referee only this year, will be at the centre,
to be assisted by compatriots Bouazza Rouani, 39 (Assistant Referee
1), Youssef Mabrouk, 38 (Assistant Referee 2) and Khalid Ennouni, 40
(Reserve Referee).

The Match Commissioner will be Kossi Adjodo from Togo.