winners of the NPFL. Photo: Twitter@Enyimba FC
Enyimba on Wednesday crashed out of the CAF Champions
League despite a 2-1 home win over Sudanese side, Al
Merrikh.
The Nigerian team had lost the first leg of the play-off 3-0 and
needed to score four goals better than their opponents to make it
to the group stage of the continental competition.
However, the Aba Elephants started the game
on a wrong footing after Seif Terry gave the Sudanese club the
lead, just five minutes into the encounter.
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Some ten minutes later, the 2003 and 2004 winners of the
competition, levelled things up through a Victor Mbaoma
strike.
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— Enyimba FC (@EnyimbaFC) January 6, 2021
Despite waves of attacks, the record eight-time winners of the
Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL), could not breach
their opponent’s defence as the first half ended 1-1.
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Enyimba’s early pressure on Al Merrikh would, however, be
rewarded when Mbaoma netted a second goal from the spot in
the 51st minute.
But coach Fatai Osho’s men could not conjure any magic to score
three more goals needed to make the next stage of Africa’s premier
club football competition.
The 2014 African champions will now play in the second-tier CAF
Confederations Cup.