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NIGERIA’S AMAJU PINNICK IS MATCH COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND-BELGIUM CLASH

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The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, will be on duty again this Saturday as the Match Commissioner in-charge of the FIFA 2018 World Cup Third Place Match between England and Belgium at the Zenit Arena, St Petersburg Stadium.

The highly rated loser’s final between the two European giants leaves the two countries that were in the same group contesting for the bronze medal this afternoon in Saint Petersburg.

The two coaches are bent on winning the World Cup bronze medal to restore their countries pride.

The member of the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions was earlier on duty as Match Commissioner for the group matches between Tunisia and Panama, and Portugal versus Iran in Saransk.

Pinnick later took charge as Match Commissioner of the Round of 16 encounter that pitched Sweden against Switzerland at Saint Petersburg on July 2.

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The former Chairman of Delta Sports Commission was also in charge as the Match Commissioner in the quarter-final clash between France and Uruguay at the Nizhny Novgorod Arena.  He was again called to duty for the first semi-final match, at Saint Petersburg’s Zenit Arena on 10th July.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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