CAFCC Round Up : Insurance, Al Merreikh Juba, 4 Others Advance To Second Round

CAFCC Round Up : Insurance, Al Merreikh Juba, 4 Others Advance To Second Round

By Emmanuel Chinedu

The second-legs of the Preliminary Round of the 2023/2024 Total Energies CAF Confederation Cup took place on Saturday, with some interesting matches across the continent, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

It was a good day for the likes of Bendel Insurance, Al Merreikh Juba, Stade Mallen, Bahir Dar Kenema, SOAR and Academica as they all secured their place in the final round of the preliminaries.

In Mali, Stade Mallen produced an impressive performance with a 4-1 thumping over Liberian club Watanga, at the Stade Du 26 Mars.

Through a brace from Coulibaly Djibril, before Moussa Traore scored in the 69 minutes to complete it 4-1 for the Malian as they advanced into the next round.

In Algeria, Nigeria representatives, Bendel Insurance, secured a remarkable results from a heroine performance by Goalkeeper Amas Obasogie, who saved two spot kicks during the penalties shootouts as Insurance won 4-3 on penalties, at the Mabrouki Salem Stadium.

After the Algerian club ASO Chlef levelled the scoreline 1-1, through a 42nd minutes strike by Juba Aguieb, but the Monday Odigie led side defended in numbers as the game ended 1-1 on aggregate.

Bendel Insurance will now take on Moroccan club RS Berkane in the final round.

While in South Sudan, Al Merreikh Juba qualified on a aggregate scoreline 3-3, after they played out a goalless draw with Hiaidib Al Nuhod, at the AlMerriekh stadium.

The South Sudan side will now take on Angolan club APC Lobito, in the final preliminary round.

In other results, Ethiopian club Bahir Dar Kenema advanced 4-3, on aggregate even as they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Azam FC in Tanzania.

Seleman Nado and Prince Dube both scored for the host, in the opening twelve minutes of the game. Before Habtamu Zewede pulled a goal back for Bahir Dar Kenema, in the 18th minutes.

The Ethiopian side will take on Club African in the next round.

The final preliminary rounds will be played next month, with the winners in both legs advancing to the CAF Champions Confederation Cup group stage for the 2023/24 season.

CAFCC preliminary round Results

Stade Mullen 4-1 Watanga

ASO Chief 1-0 Bendel Insurance (Insurance advances on penalties 4-3)

Academie De FAD 2-1 ASC Kara

La Pusses 2-1 Academica

SOAR 0-0 Douanes

Azam FC 2-1 Bahir Dar Kenema (Kenema advance 4-3 on aggregate scoreline)

Al Merreikh Juba 0-0 Hiaidid Al Nuhod ( Al Merreikh advance on away goal rule after the first leg ended 3-3 )