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| Limbe Omnisport stadium |
The Kenyan under 17 soccer team arrived Cameroon on
Friday.
The encounter which is the first leg of the second
round of qualifiers for the 2017 African U17 championship to be staged in
Madagascar was initially programmed for the Bafoussam Omnisport stadium in the
West region of the country.
In a statement published early Saturday, the
Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) said the aircraft that had to transport
the Kenyan team from Douala to Bafoussam had a technical fault.
The visiting team could not therefore travel by bus
on the over 250km long road from Douala to the initial playground in Bafoussam as
FIFA rules stipulate that a visiting team must not travel more than 200Km by
road.
“Consequently, FECAFOOT informed CAF which has
approved” that the match takes place at the Limbe Omnisport stadium, the statement
signed by the secretary general of the Cameroon soccer federation Blaise Moussa
said.
The seaside resort town of Limbe is 75km away from
Douala and the visiting team will be transported by bus.
The match against Cameroon comes a week after the
COSAFA 2016 regional championship in Mauritius where the Kenyan side was guest
team.
The team that is hoping to qualify for the African
championship for the first time will be counting on the experience of the
regional tourney for Sunday’s encounter with Cameroon.
The host, Cameroon U17 Lions has been in training in
the West region after their return from the Central African Football
Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) U17 tournament in Congo-Brazaville where they
finished third.
The return leg has been scheduled for the weekend of
August19 - 21 in Nairobi, Kenya.
By Ndi Eugene Ndi
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