CAF Confederation Cup: Rivers United Through To Next Round, Face South Africa Opponent Next

  CAF Confederation Cup: Rivers United Through To Next Round, Face South Africa Opponent Next By Sampson Adedeji Nigeria representative in the CAF Confederation Cup, Rivers United have to rely on penalty shoot-outs to secure its passage into the next round of the competition at the expense of Futuro Kings of Equatorial Guinea, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The Nigeria Professional Football League side lost the first leg 1-2 last weekend at the Mongomo Stadium and were able to turn the table against visiting Futuro Kings in a penalty shootout affairs after a 2-1 home win at the Adokie Amaisimaka stadium on Sunday. Former Rangers international player, Godwin Aguda netted the opening goal in the 12th minute before Kehinde Adedipe double the advantage making the scoreline 2-0 in the 39th minute going into half time. Asu Pedro halved the deficit for the visitirs in the 52nd minute against the run of play to silence the home fans. All efforts of Rivers United to win the game during the regulation time proved abortive as the visitors maintained a water-tight defense. They have to resolve to penalty shootout with goalkeeper Ospino Egbe saving three penalties, while skipper Kunle Odunlami scoring the decider to take the Pride of Rivers to the next round after 3-3 on aggregate and 2-0 win on penalties (5-3). Meanwhile, Rivers United will slug it out with South African Premier League side, Bloemfontein Celtics in the next round of the CAF inter-club competition.