By Amaechi Agbo

Confederation of Africa Football, CAF has ordered that the Confederation Cup matches involving Nigeria’s representative, Bayelsa United and Ashanti Golden Boys of Guinea be played as a single match and not on home-and-away basis, www.bestchoicespirts.com.ng can report.

CAF gave the directive following military coup in Guinea which also led to the postponement of that country’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against Morocco.

Bayelsa United, Nigeria’s Federation Cup Champions, are due to travel to Guinea for the first leg on Sunday, 12th September but CAF has rescheduled the home-and-away matches to be played once with the fixture scheduled to hold at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Capital, South-South Nigeria.

In a press statement by CAF on Wednesday, it directed that all CAF Interclub Competition preliminary fixtures involving Guinea clubs will be played in a single leg at the opponent’s territory.

CAF said the decision was in accordance with Article 2.1 of the Interclub Regulations.

“After monitoring the political and security situation in Guinea and following careful consideration, the CAF Interclub Committee has decided that all three fixtures involving clubs from Guinea in the preliminary stages will be played in a single leg at the opponent’s territory in accordance to Article 2.1 of the CAF Interclub Regulations,” the statement said.

Consequently, the matches involving Ashanti Golden Boys and Bayelsa United and two other Guinea clubs have been rescheduled.

The revised fixtures indicate that Bayelsa United will welcome Guinea’s Ashanti Golden Boys in Yenagoa on September 19, 2021. The first leg was initially skated for this Sunday in Guinea.

The winner of the “one-leg” match will progress to the second preliminary round of the competition

In other fixtures, Diambars FC of Senegal will host Wakriya AC of Guinea on September 12 at Stade Lat-Dior Stadium, Senegal

The final match involving Guinea’s CI Kamsar against Accra Hearts of Oak will hold at the Accra Sports Stadium, Ghana on September 19.

Below is the revised fixtures as released by CAF

Match 5/6 (TotalEnergies CC 2021/22): Diambars FC (SEN) vs Wakriya AC (GUI): 12 September 2021 (17h00 GMT), Stade Lat-Dior, Senegal

Match 7/8 (TotalEnergies CC 2021/22): Anglogold (GUI) vs Bayelsa United FC (NGR): 19 September 2021 (15h00 GMT), Samson Siasia Sports Stadium

Match 1/2 (TotalEnergies CL 2021/22): CI Kamsar (GUI) vs Accra Hearts of Oak (GHA): 19 September 2021 (16h00 GMT), Accra Sports Stadium

Bayelsa United and Enyimba FC  are two Nigeria’s representatives at the CAF Confederation Cup. However, Enyimba is on standby in the first round.