Rivers Angels Face Morocco's ASFAR In Tough CAF Women's Champions League Group Opener

Rivers Angels Face Morocco's ASFAR In Tough CAF Women's Champions League Group Opener By Niyi Busari Morocco’s ASFAR faces Nigeria’s Rivers Angels on Saturday, in Group B match-day 1 of the maiden TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League at the Al Salam Stadium, Cairo. The tough match is expected to kick off at 19:00 Cairo time (17:00 GMT). Both sides have dominated their domestic leagues winning many titles which will be put to test later today in Cairo. Hence the basis for both coaches to talk tough ahead of the encounter despite meeting each other for the first time. In 1985, ASFAR became the first Moroccan side to win the African Club Champions’ Cup (Now CAF Champions League). The fruits of the substantive work and the club's strategy based on attention to training, have borne fruit with eight coronations in the Moroccan championship (12/13 - 13/14 - 15/16 - 16/17 - 17 / 18 - 18/19 - 19/20 - 20/21), and also included the Precious Cup competition, in which the team was crowned 7 times (2013-2014- 2015-2016-2017-2018-2019). “ASFAR was the first Moroccan team to win the African Champions League in 1985 at the men's level, and our bet is to rewrite history with our women's team." ASFAR Coach, Abdellah Haidamou, said. On its part, Rivers Angels since its establishment, have been producing some of the most iconic players in the history of Africa women's football and has been a fertile recruiting ground for the dominant Super Falcons, with record nine Women AFCON titles. Since 2010, Rivers Angels have won the Nigerian Women's Premier League six times, Women's Federation Cup record eight times and Women's Super Cup once - all under the tutelage of Edwin Okon. With 15 domestic titles in Nigerian football, the winning mentality imbibed by the players is a major secret. "I think the club is a very big team. Going to Egypt, it is a big championship and we look forward to bringing home the trophy." Edwin Okon, Rivers Angels Head Coach, said.