The Confederation of African Football(CAF) has confirmed that this weekend’s highly anticipated TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup fixture between Orlando Pirates (South Africa) and RS Berkane (Morocco) will kick-off 7:00pm Nigerian time.
The TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup will be played on Friday, 20th May at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo and along with the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League final will be played at Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca on 30th May between Al Ahly and Wydad Athletic Club , will be shown live in a number of territories in Africa, Middle East, Asia and Europe.
Meanwhile, the General Coordinator of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2021/2022 CAF Confederation Cup final match, Paul Bassey, yesterday said both teams for the game would arrive today, reports News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) .
Bassey, who is also the Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Sports, to newsmen in Uyo that the match would kick off at 8 p.m.
“The LOC has established contact with the camps of both teams and I can confirm that the teams will be arriving in Uyo tomorrow (Wednesday).
“Going by CAF directive, I can confirm to you that kick-off for the match is at 8 p.m. and we at the LOC are perfectly poised to make it a memorable occasion all of Africa will be proud of,” he said.
Orlando Pirates, who are based in Soweto, are seeking a second success in African football, after winning the CAF Champions League in 1995.
RS Berkane, who are the defending champions of the Confederation Cup, will be making a third appearance in the final when proceedings get underway in Uyo on Friday.
The match will be the Soweto Giants’ first-ever encounter with “The Orange Boys”, with both teams seeking their second major continental title.
Meanwhile, a tripartite security meeting involving CAF, the LOC and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will hold today at the venue of the match.