{"id":6507,"date":"2021-12-03T17:59:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T17:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gambia-moroccoworld-cup-qualifiers-set-to-go-ahead"},"modified":"2021-12-03T19:26:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:26:34","slug":"gambia-moroccoworld-cup-qualifiers-set-to-go-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-moroccoworld-cup-qualifiers-set-to-go-ahead","title":{"rendered":"Gambia, MoroccoWorld Cup qualifiers set to go ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Both matches of the two-legged encounters will now take place in the Kingdom of Morocco. This is necessitated by the fact that the Moroccan authorities have closed their airspace to all incom-ing passenger flights as concerns grow over a new, heavily mutated variant of the coronavirus, dubbed Omicron.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambian team went to camp on Monday 29 November 2021 at the Football Hotel in Yundum. The team was scheduled to fly to Morocco on 1 December 2021 to play the first-leg originally scheduled for 4 December 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the GFF has been engaged in a tripar-tite negotiation with its Moroccan counterparts and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to find an amicable solution to the situation.<\/p>\n<p>We proposed to reschedule the matches to the 12 and 18 December which the Moroccans agreed to but CAF is instead proposing the 6 and 12 be-cause of the travel arrangement of the match offi-cials.<\/p>\n<p>The mater isn\u2019t conclusive yet as we await confir-mation from our continental body. Once the new dates are confirmed by CAF, Mo-rocco will send a charter flight to Banjul to airlift the girls to play the match. The general public will be informed on any further development as and when available.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source-GFF<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Both matches of the two-legged encounters will now take place in the Kingdom of Morocco. This is necessitated by the fact that the Moroccan authorities have closed their airspace to all incom-ing passenger flights as concerns grow over a new, heavily mutated variant of the coronavirus, dubbed Omicron. 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