Nigeria's
flag bearer in this year's CAF Champions League campaign, Enyimba
International Football Club of Aba have rejected CAF decision to s hift
their Group B Match Day five encounter against Zamalek of Egypt to
Saturday, August 13.
Both
teams were scheduled to play their group B match but a statement by
CAF shown that the match has been rescheduled to hold on Saturday,
August 13 against the initial date which was on Sunday, August 14.
Unhappy Enyimba FC chairman , Felix Anyansi disclosed that Aba Elephants have rejected CAF decision on the said match.
"We
are stunned at CAF decision, we got to know about this on our arrival
in Cairo on Thursday night. We are rejecting the new schedule date, this
is not fair play.
"The
information available to us is that the residents have planned to stage
a memorial protest for a poor incident that happened last year August
in the country and Zamalek have requested for a change in the date of
the game.
"This
is not fair, and this is not what the rules says about change of date
and time for a game. The rules says fourteen days notification to the
clubs involve in the game, we won't take this and we have rejected the
decision.
"We
rejects the decisions taken by CAF because it is surely against the
development of African football, and not based on any statutory basis.
"Our
key players are in Spain for NPFL - LaLiga tour and they are due to
arrive Egypt on Saturday evening. Well, for the sake of fair play we can
play on Monday but definitely not on Saturday," said Anyansi.
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