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Plateau United, MFM crash out of CAF Champions League

By Daily Sports on March 19, 2018

Plateau United Football Club of Jos on Sunday crashed out of the 2018 CAF Champions League on a 3-4 aggregate in spite of beating Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia in Kano.

The Nigerian league champions beat the Tunisian side 1-0 in the second leg match of their second round fixture.

But they still crashed out to the Tunisian side who had earlier won the first leg 4-2 in Tunis.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Plateau United went on the offensive from the opening minute of the return leg played at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.

The home team scored in the 24th minute of the game through Tosin Omoleye to set the tone for an interesting game.

All efforts by Plateau United to score thereafter proved abortive as the Tunisians defended tenaciously and deployed delay tactics.

Khaireidine Madhoui, the Etoile coach, in a post-match interview, said he was satisfied with his team’s performance and they deserved the win in spite of the unfriendly weather.

“With what I have seen today, it means the team is ready to win the CAF Champions League.

“However, I commend Plateau United for their fighting spirit and commitment,” he said.

On his part, Plateau United’s coach Kennedy Boboye commended his players for giving the experienced Tunisian side a good fight.

He said that his team played well even as they failed to utilise the goal scoring chances they had in the match.

He however said they would use the Champions League experience to strategise and do well in the CAF Confederation Cup which they have now dropped into.

Earlier on Saturday, Lagos-based MFM FC were handed the heaviest defeat in their history as they were walloped 0-6 by MC Algers in the second leg of the CAF Champions League in Algiers.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Bernard Casoni-tutored team was ruthless as expected in the return leg played at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers.

The host were already 4-0 up in the first half of the game with goals from Nekkache, Walid Derrajada, Sofiane Bedeka.

The icing was put on the cake for the North African team as they put two more goals past hapless MFM goalkeeper Abayomi Folarin.

Nekkache was on song again with a long range pass from Hachoud, while a last gap long range by Ibrahim Amada 2 minutes in the injury time condemned MFM to a scandalous 0-6 defeat.

The Fidelis Ilechukwu-tutored side had earlier won the first leg of the second round by 2-1. They however lost out 7-2 on aggregate.

MC Alger have now joined TP Mazembe of DR Congo, Al Ahly of Egypt, Swaziland’s Mbabane Swallows and Primeiro de Agosto of Angola as qualifiers for the group stage. NAN reports that the two Nigerian representatives in this year’s Champions League, Plateau United and MFM FC, will now play in the Confederation Cup.

•Photo shows MFM FC

Source Daily Sports

Posted March 19, 2018