By Daily Sports Nigeria on October 2, 2023

Alex Oyowah scored two quick goals in the closing stages as Rivers United beat Etoile Filante 2-0 and booked their place in the group stages of this season’s CAF Confederation Cup on Sunday in Port Harcourt.

The 2022 Nigeria Premier League champions missed two penalties and left it late to see off their Burkina Faso counterparts who kept them at bay for most part of the game.

Oyowah broke the deadlock in the 89th minute before doubling the advantage in added time from the spot.

Endurance Ebedebiri saw his effort saved from 12 yards by the visitors’ goalkeeper in the first half just as Farouk Mohamed also struck the post from the second penalty in the second half.

Stanley Eguma’s side drew a bye in the first round of qualifying before being drawn to face Etoile Filante in the final round of qualifiers. The first leg ended all square in Ivory Coast.

As it was last season, the Port Harcourt club are the only Nigerian club to reach the group stages on the continent this season after Enyimba, Remo Stars and Bendel Insurance failed to do so.

Enyimba and Remo were eliminated in the first-round preliminary round of the CAF Champions League while Insurance were knocked out 3-2 on aggregate by RS Berkane in the Confederation Cup.

Stanley Eguma’s side reached the quarter-final of the competition last season, when they were knocked out by Tanzanian club, Young Africans.

Source Punch Ng

Posted October 2, 2023

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