Brand new but criticized since the start of CAN 2021 because of the deplorable state of its lawn, the Japoma Stadium lives as anticipated his last hours in the competition. After the clash between Ivory Coast and Egypt (0-0, 4-5 tab) this Wednesday in the round of 16 and the quarter-final scheduled for Saturday between Gambia and the host country Cameroon, the enclosure located in the suburbs of Douala will indeed not host any other matches, contrary to what was planned.
Through a press release published this Wednesday by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the organizing committee of the CAN announced that the last two matches scheduled in this stadium are relocated to the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaoundé. It’s about “quarter-final match no. 48 scheduled for January 30, 2022 between the winner of match no. 41 and the winner of match no. 44 at 8:00 p.m. local time” (Senegal against Mali or Equatorial Guinea) and “semi-final match no. 49 scheduled for February 2, 2022 between the winner of match no. 45 and the winner of match no. 48 at 8:00 p.m. local time(Burkina Faso or Tunisia and Senegal or Mali or Equatorial Guinea).
For security reasons following the deadly stampede that occurred Monday on the sidelines of Cameroon-Comoros (2-1), remember that the matches scheduled at the Stade d’Olembe are also relocated at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium until further notice.
