AFL: Enyimba’s journey ends after humiliating 4-0 aggregate defeat

Nigeria professional League champions, Enyimba International have been sent packing from the maiden edition of the African Football League after a humiliating 3-0 defeat and 4-0 on aggregate to Wydad Athletic Casablanca of  Morocco on Thursday.

Recall the Aba Elephants got beaten in the first leg 1-0 at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium.

Ayoub El Amloud opened scoring for the home side in just four minute of the encounter.

Jamal Harkass and Yahia Attiyat Allah scored before half-time as Wydad completed a 4-0 overall triumph and have now scaled through to the semi -final of the money spinning  competion

Enyimba, the only Nigerian team to win the CAF Champions League, had high hopes of making an impact this season with former stars Nwankwo Kanu and Finidi George in key positions.

Kanu is the chairman and George the coach of a club based in the southeastern city of Aba and popularly known as the Peoples Elephant.

Despite crashing out early in the competiton, the Nigerian side will still get a whopping $1m dollars as participation fee.