Rivers United Holds Burkina Faso’s Etoile Filante In Confed Cup First Leg

September 18, 2023
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Rivers United on Sunday night held their hosts Etoile Filante of Burkina Faso to a goalless draw in the first leg of the second round of the CAF Confederation Cup played at Yammoussokro in Abidjan.

The Pride of Rivers qualified for the second round of the preliminary round of the competition after the draw.

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

Second leg of the tie will go down on the 1st of October, at the Adokie Amasiamaka stadium in Port Harcourt.

The winner of two legs will progress to the group stage of the competition.

The Stanley Eguma’s team got to the quarterfinals of the CAf Confederation Cup last season.

Nigeria’s second representative in the competition, Bendel Insurance played a 2-2 draw against RC Berkene of Morocco at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, Benin City on Saturday evening.

Insurance head coach Monday Odigie was livid with the performance of his players in the game and they are condemned to pick up an away win in the second leg of the fixtures in a fortnight.

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Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

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