Wednesday, October 23, 2024

CAF Confederation Cup: Enyimba Are In A Difficult Group - Fatai Osho


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  CAF Confederation Cup: Enyimba Are In A Difficult Group - Fatai Osho By Sampson Adedeji Head coach of the Nigeria Professional Football League Club Enyimba international, Fatai Osho has recognised the group of his team in CAF Confederation cup as one of the most difficult group, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Africa soccer governing body on Monday conducted the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup and Nigeria's representative were placed in the group A alongside Orlando Pirates from South Africa, Ahli Benghazi from Libya and ES Setif of Algeria. The People's Elephants defeated Rivers United via penalty shoot-outs to secure a passage to the group stage of the competition. Osho while speaking on radio interview conducted by Ahmad Emmanuel on Jatto 102.7 fm, he recognised Pirate and Setif to be a strong forces in the continent. "Our group is very difficult one, ES Serif is from Algeria and we were there last year, we have Ahli Benghazi from Libya and we are playing them for the first time, then Orlando Pirates from South Africa, these are prominent names in Africa Football. "Setif and Pirates are former Africa champions just like Enyimba then one can see the pedigree of the team in that group . "We are worried like every other team in that group, there is no one that will hear about Enyimba and just go to party but it's going to be a very difficult group. "The target is to win it just like all other 15 teams in the competition, we have told the players that they must have that hunger in them and we are working towards it," he said. Enyimba will open the group stage campaign on 10th of March at home at Enyimba international stadium in Aba.
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