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  • CAF Confederation Cup: Rivers United, Etoile Filante share spoils in Yamoussoukro

    CAF Confederation Cup: Rivers United, Etoile Filante share spoils in Yamoussoukro

    Rivers United’s hopes of securing group stage qualification looks brighter after snatching an away draw in Far away Cote d’ Ivoire.

    The Pride of Rivers  held hosts Etoile Filante to a goalless draw in the first leg match of their second preliminary round fixture.

    Recall that  Rivers United had qualified for the second round after they drew bye in the first preliminary round.

    Etoile Filante on their part reached the second round after they defeated Casa Ziguiqor of Senegal in the first round.

    The game which was played at the Municipal Stadium in Yamoussoukro, near Abidjan ended goalless in spite of the efforts of the two teams to secure a vital victory.

    Rivers United will host the second leg of the fixture at the Adokie Amesiemaka stadium in Port Harcourt in a fortnight.

    There were also some big upsets in the first leg of the second round qualifiers of the CAF Confederation Cup on Sunday.

    Tunisian giants Club Africain were beaten 0-2 away by Ethiopian minnows Bahir Dar Kenema, putting them on the brink of elimination.

    They will need to win the second leg in Tunisia by three clear goals to progress directly without any complications after the setback.

    In Brazzaville, Diables Noirs of Congo earned an impressive 2-1 victory away to Zambian club Muza.

    The Zambians face a tough task in the return leg on Oct. 1 if they are to reach the play-off round.

    Tanzania’s Singida United hold a slender advantage over Ugandan club Future FC after Elvis Rupia’s goal earned them a 1-0 home win.

    Meanwhile, Sudan’s Al Merrikh and Angola’s Academica Lobito played out a goalless draw in Omdurman.

    The biggest winners on Sunday were Libyan club Abu Salem who defeated Kampala Capital City of Uganda 3-1, thanks to a ruthless attacking display.

    The second leg matches take place in two weeks to determine which clubs book their places in the group stage of the Confederation Cup.

     

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  • CAF Confederations Cup: Kwara United lose 2-0, eliminated by RS Berkane

    CAF Confederations Cup: Kwara United lose 2-0, eliminated by RS Berkane

    Nigeria’s representative in the CAF Confederations cup, Kwara United have been eliminated from the competition by defending champions, RS Berkane of Morocco.

    The Afonja Warriors put up a good fight but still lost 2-0 after conceding one goal in each half to the North African side.

    At the end of the match scores stood at 2-2 but the Afonja Warriors lost on away goal rules.

    The Ilorin club had initially secured a 3-1 win in Lagos last weekend against same side.

    RS Berkane opened the scoring through Cheick Quattara on 17 minutes.

    Goalkeeper, Adewale Adeyinka’s error allowed El Bahri to score the second goal in the 54th minute.

    No Nigerian club has won the CAF Confederation Cup with the now defunct Julius Berger, Heartland and Enugu Rangers coming close in the past.

    Plateau United  were also eliminated from the CAF Champions League after defeat to defending champions, Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco after Egyptian referee awarded a controversial penalty to the home side.

  • CAF Confederation Cup: Kwara Utd defeat RS Berkane 3-1 in Lagos

    CAF Confederation Cup: Kwara Utd defeat RS Berkane 3-1 in Lagos

    Nigeria’s only surviving representative in in the CAF Confederations Cup put one leg into the group stage of the competition after defeating RS Berkane of Morocco in Lagos.

    The away side scored first and ran away with a first half win  but the home side came stronger in the second half of the encounter.

    Ahmed Taofeeq score the equalizer in the  from a good build up play  before Wasiu Jimoh out them 2-1 up in the 81st minute.

    Barnabas Daniel headed in the 3rd goal at the death to complete the comeback for the Afonja Warriors in Lagos.

    The reverse fixture will be played in Morocco next weekend.

  • CAF Confederations Cup: How Remo stars impressed in Morocco

    CAF Confederations Cup: How Remo stars impressed in Morocco

    Nigeria’s representative in the CAF confederations cup Remo Stars impressed in far away Morocco after playing out a 1-1 draw against FAR.

    FAR Rabat, drew the first blood when Cape Verdean striker, Diney Borges gave the host the lead in the 27th minute, however,  Olamilekan Adebayo equalized for the visitors in the 55 minutes.

    FAR did all within their power to dash forward but the defense of the visitors kept repelling the attack to end the match in a stalemate.

    After the second leg in Remo international stadium next week, the winner of the encounter will face either AngloGold Ashanti Golden Boys of Guinea or Mauritanian’s Nouakchott Kings Football club in the second round of the competition.

    Nigeria’s other representatives on the continent, Rivers United and Kwara United also won their games by defeating their opponents AS Manji of Niger Republic and Watanga FC of Liberia respectively, whilst Plateau United secured a 2-2 draw with Eding Sports of Cameroon.

     

     

  • CAF CC Final: Olisa Ndah on parade as Orlando Pirates confront RS Berkane in Uyo

    CAF CC Final: Olisa Ndah on parade as Orlando Pirates confront RS Berkane in Uyo

    Nigeria international defender Olisa Ndah will be on parade when Orlando Pirates of South Africa take on RS Berkane of Morocco in the final of this year’s CAF Confederation Cup at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Friday.

    Ndah played for the Super Eagles’ squad at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon earlier in the year and is on the books of the popular South African club, nicknamed Bucaneers. Pirates won the old-style Africa Champion Clubs’ Cup in 1995.

    Ndah, who also played for the Nigeria U23 squad at the U23 AFCON in Egypt in 2019, won the Nigeria league title with Uyo darlings, Akwa United FC before moving to the Rainbow Nation.

    To reach the final of Africa’s second most important club competition, Pirates defeated Al Ahli FC of Libya 2-0 in Johannesburg in the first leg of their semi final, before losing by a lone goal in Libya on Sunday.

    Berkane were 1-0 losers to TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo but turned things around by winning the return leg 4-1 in Morocco, also on Sunday.

    The Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo – venue of several FIFA World Cup and AFCON qualifiers involving the Super Eagles, as well as continental matches involving Akwa United FC – will on Friday play host to the first continental Cup Final in Nigeria in 18 years. The last time an Africa Clubs’ Cup Final was held in Nigeria was on 12th December 2004, when Enyimba FC defeated Etoile Sportive du Sahel of Tunisia on penalties at the National Stadium, Abuja to claim a second successive title.

  • Uyo to host 2022 CAF Confederation Cup final match

    Uyo to host 2022 CAF Confederation Cup final match

    The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday announced Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo as venue of the 2021/2022 CAF Confederation Cup final match scheduled for May 20.

    This is the first major continental club competition final match to be played at the venue, which is the home ground of Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side Akwa United.

    Last year, the CAF Confederation Cup final was hosted in Cotonou, Republic of Benin where Morocco’s Raja Club Athletic beat Algerian side JS Kabylie 2-1.

    Four teams remain in the race for the final match of this season’s competition.

    In the first leg match of one of the semi-finals, DR Congo’s TP Mazembe scored a late goal to secure 1-0 victory over RS Berkane of Morocco.

    In the other semi-final, the first leg between Libya’s Al Ahli Tripoli and Orlando Pirates from South Africa had Orlando Pirates winning 2-0.

    The second leg matches of the semi-finals will hold on Sunday.

  • Match Day 5 fixtures in CAF Confederation Cup

    Match Day 5 fixtures in CAF Confederation Cup

    Following are the Match Day 5 fixtures in the 2020/2021 CAF Confederation Cup competition’s group phase, to be played on Wednesday and Thursday:

    Group A

    Wednesday —- Johannesburg —- Orlando Pirates (South Africa) vs ES Setif (Algeria)
    Thursday —- Benina —- Ahly Benghazi (Libya) vs Enyimba International (Nigeria)

    Group B

    Wednesday —– Lusaka —- NAPSA Stars (Zambia) vs RS Berkane (Morocco)
    Wednesday —– Garoua —- Coton Sport (Cameroon) vs JS Kabylie (Algeria)

    Group C

    Wednesday —– Thies —– ASC Jaraaf (Senegal) vs Etiole du Sahel (Tunisia)
    Wednesday —- Porto Novo —- Salitas (Burkina Faso) vs CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)

    Group D

    Wednesday —– Dar es Salaam —- Namungo (Tanzania) vs Raja (Morocco)
    Wednesday —– Ndola —- Nkana (Zambia) vs Pyramids (Egypt)

  • Claudio Bravo stuns as Chile beat Portugal on penalties to reach final

    Claudio Bravo proved the hero for Chile at the end of a keenly contested Confederations Cup semi-final against Portugal.

    The Manchester City keeper helped Chile to a 3-0 win on penalties against the European champions, saving all three penalties played by Portugal in the encounter.

    Both nations were unable to get a breakthrough after 90 minutes, while Chile came closest to taking the lead right at the end of extra time.

    Arturo Vidal saw his shot come off the Portugal post while substitute, Martin Rodriguez‘s follow up hit the crossbar.

    Vidal brushed off that miss by smashing in the first penalty, while Bravo saved from Ricardo Quaresma.

    Charles Aranguiz scored Chile’s second and Bravo performed his heroics by diving to his right post to save from Joao Moutinho.

    Alexis Sanchez scored the third penalty for Chile and yet again, Bravo saved a Portugal penalty kick – this time taken by Nani – to send Chile to the final.

    Chile now await the winner of the second semi-final between Germany and Mexico; who clash on Thursday.

    The Confederations Cup final will be played in St. Petersburg on Sunday, July 2, preceded by the third-fourth place playoff on the same day.