Africa-Press – Gambia. All Whites coach Danny Hay says it would be “extremely disappointing” if his team’s pathway to the World Cup involved playing matches outside Fifa windows, where players don’t have to be released by their clubs.
But that has become a distinctly realistic prospect over the course of the last week, with a final decision from the Oceania Football Confederation due ahead of the qualifying draw, which is set to take place at 9am on Tuesday.
NZ Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell signalled on Saturday that a significant extension of the nine-day March international window, allowing a three-match group stage, semifinals, and a final to be played within it, was now unlikely.In that instance, his preference – and Hay’s – would be for three rounds of knockout fixtures to be played across a window extended by one day, as many have been for other confederations in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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