Nigeria’s Enyimba will battle Rayon Sports of Rwanda at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba on Sunday for a semi-final spot in the CAF Confederation Cup.
The two teams played out a 0-0 draw in Kigali on Sunday, a result which, on paper, appears to favour the People’s Elephant, who have won all but one of their five previous home games in the competition. The only exception being a goalless draw against Bidvest Wits of South Africa in the play-off round.
Both sides’ run to the quarter finals…
Rayon Sports are determined to win away in Nigeria and eliminate Enyimba from the CAF Confederation Cup, according to coach Roberto Oliveira Goncalves.
The two sides played out a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their quarter final in Kigali on Sund…
Nigeria’s Enyimba will take on Rayon Sports of Rwanda in the first leg of their CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinal tie in Kigali on Sunday without defensive stalwart Mohammed Farouk.
Farouk will serve a one-match suspension after collecting two yellow cards, a blow to coach Usman Abdallah as he seeks to return to Aba with a handy advantage ahead of the second leg a week later.
Enyimba will be favourites for the tie, but Abdallah is wary of leaving themselves too much to do in the second…
Rayon Sports president Paul Muvunyi is confident that his side can eliminate Enyimba in their CAF Confederation Cup quarter final, and is confident the Rwandan side can rack up a big goal haul against the Nigerians.
Rayon became Rwanda’s first club to reach the knockout stages of a CAF competition when they defeated Young Africans of Tanzania to finish second in their group behind USM Alger.
They’ve progressed to a double-header against Enyimba, with the two sides set to meet on Sunday at the Stade…
Enyimba are Nigeria’s lone hope of returning to the top 12 of the African football rankings and restoring their two spots for each of CAF’s continental competitions.
Qualification to the quarter finals of the Confederation Cup will earn the country at least 10 points on those rankings, and some daylight from the chasing pack.
It is this, more than anything else, that makes next week’s final group game against group leaders CARA Brazzaville of such vital consequence, not just to the People’s Elephant,…
Morocco international forward Zakaria Hadraf scored twice as Raja Casablanca moved to the top of their CAF Confederation Cup Group A with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas on Sunday.
Mahmoud Benhalib had opened the scori…
Michael Ibe’s 76th-minute strike for 10-man Akwa United sealed a 1-0 away victory against Yobe Desert Stars on a weekend in which league leaders Lobi Stars were defeated.
Akwa, who had to deal with Ayobami Asekunowo’s first-half dismissal, are just two points behind Stars, who became the latest heavyweight casualty to stumble in Omoku as they lost 1-0 to Go Round at the Krisdera Hotel Stadium. Shedrack Oghali headed in Akinwale Ogunjobi’s 69th-minute cross for the winner.
Go Round, who remain unbeaten…
AS Vita Club stormed to the top of their CAF Confederation Cup Group A with a 3-1 victory over Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas in the second round of matches in the pool on Wednesday night.
The DR Congo side cruised to the home victory after a brace f…
Lobi Stars moved five points clear at the top of the Nigeria Professional Football League table on Sunday thanks to a 1-0 home win against Sunshine Stars.
The game in Makurdi was decided by Kehinde Abayomi’s 73rd-minute own goal, a result which piles further pressure on Sunshine, who are struggling in the relegation zone.
Nyima Nwagua salvaged an away point for Kano Pillars at Heartland in a 1-1 draw in Owerri on Sunday. The bottom club stunned their more illustrious opponents in the 28th minute…
The CAF Confederation Cup draw made for very miserable reading for Nigerian football fans.
Out of four clubs, including the two which dropped down from the Champions League, only one will represent the country in the competition’s group phase.
It’s a sorry state of affairs, and ignoring the accompanying humiliation, the consequence is that years of underperformance at continental level means that Nigeria dropped out of the top 12 countries in CAF’s five-year ranking.
Therefore, only one side will…