JOHANNESBURG:
Nigerian membership Rivers United booked a CAF Confederation Cup group stage place on Sunday regardless of lacking two penalties in a 2-Zero dwelling victory over Burkina Faso outfit Etoile Filante.
Endurance Ebedebiri and Farouk Mohammed didn’t convert spot kicks in Port Harcourt earlier than Alex Oyowah got here to the rescue with a late brace.
Etoile, decreased to 10 males after a pink card halfway via the second half, held on till the 89th minute when Oyowah broke the impasse.
When Rivers have been awarded a 3rd penalty on the loss of life, Oyowah was handed the duty and made no mistake by rifling the ball excessive into the nook of the web.
Rivers gained the final-round qualifier 2-Zero on mixture after a goalless first leg within the Ivory Coast, the short-term dwelling of Etoile as they don’t have an international-standard stadium.
United are the one one in every of 4 Nigerian hopefuls to succeed in the group stage of a CAF membership competitors this season.
Fellow Confederation Cup challengers Bendel Insurance coverage have been eradicated on Friday after a 1-Zero second-leg loss to two-time title-holders Renaissance Berkane in Morocco.
CAF Champions League contenders Enyimba and Remo Stars suffered the embarrassment of preliminary-round exits.
Debutants Sekhukhune United from South Africa got here from behind to carry Saint-Eloi Lupopo of the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-1 in Kinshasa and qualify 4-2 on mixture.
Lupopo struck first with Emmanuel Bola changing a 20th-minute penalty, and yet one more unanswered objective would have given them total victory on away targets.
However Sekhukhune levelled on 64 minutes via Tiklas Thutlwa after which survived late Congolese strain.
South Africa can have two golf equipment among the many last 16 as SuperSport United trounced Gaborone United of Botswana 3-Zero on Friday after a first-leg draw.
Singida Fountain Gate, the final Tanzanian hopefuls within the African equal of the UEFA Europa League, fell 4-1 to 10-man Way forward for Egypt after taking a 1-Zero lead into the return match.
The sending off of Mahmoud Rizk when main 2-1 didn’t deter the Egyptians and Omar Kamal and Nasser Maher scored to clinch a second successive look within the group stage.