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'Not good news for European teams' – Finidi George reacts to Afcon 2021 scheduling

The Nigerian football great feels European teams will be at the receiving end following the programming of the championship billed for Cameroon

Finidi George says the scheduling of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations is bad news for most European teams.

The championship billed for Cameroon was originally planned for June-July but it was reverted to January because the mid-year date falls during the country’s rainy season.

After talks between the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) and the Confederation of African Football (Caf), the biennial tournament will now take place between January 9 and February 6, 2021.