Holders Ahly and former Enyimba are in danger of exiting the 2014 Orange CAF Champions League, unless they conjure magical performances in this weekend’s second leg matches of the 1/16th round. Whilst Ahly are favoured to overturn a lone goal defeat from the first leg against Young Africans of Tanzania on Sunday, two-time winners Enyimba will be threading a dangerous path in Bamako as guests of AR Real. The Malians stunned Nigeria’s surviving club in the premier continental club championship, beating them 2-1 in Aba, to end the latter’s eight-year unbeaten spell at home that also put their chances of…
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After posting draws in their respective Confederations Cup first round first leg matches last weekend, Egyptian sides Ismaily and Degla have set their sights on home soil victories to attain qualification to the next round. Ismaily, who drew 0-0 away at MK Etancheite in the DRC are at their Ismailia base where their Brazilian coach Heron Ricardo recently returned for a second stint.“We had a good game in DR Congo and I’m satisfied with the draw”, Ricardo told Cafonline.com ahead of Sunday’s second leg. “We have a very good chance to win in Ismailia. I hope Ghanaian striker John Antwi…
The story of Warri Wolves, one of Nigeria’s flag bearers in the 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup can be likened to that of the mystical phoenix.Phoenix in classical mythology was ‘that unique bird that lived for centuries in the Arabian Desert and got burnt but rose from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle.’ There used to be a team called ‘Warri XI’ nicknamed “Warri Wolves”; subsequently morphed to Nigeria Ports Authority but finally reverted to Warri Wolves following the birth of Delta State, out of Bendel Sate in 1991.Between 1955 and 1969, Warri XI was a…
The Orange CAF Confederation Cup competition action returns this weekend across the continent with some mouth-watering encounters lined up in first round second leg matches. Cameroonian side Union Douala will travel to Nigeria to face Warri Wolves. Doula carries a 3-2 deficit and will need to turn things round away from home if they are to reach second round. It is the same story with Malian side C.O Bamako who lost 2-0 to visiting Ivorians, ASEC Mimosas and now head to Abidjan looking for a miracle win.South African side SuperSport United will be in Nairobi at the weekend to play…
Stephen Worgu was the ‘star’ of the 2008 CAF Champions League scoring 13 goals despite his club, Enyimba exiting at the semis. The Nigerian forward will later land a mega move to Sudanese giants Al-Merrikh, but his four years with the Omdurman-based club was nothing near success. Early this year, the striker crossed carpet to the other side of Omdurman, joining bitterest rivals, Hilal. He tells Cafonline.com about his stint with Merrikh and new life with Hilal in the Orange CAF Champions League. Cafonline.com: What happened after your mega move to Merrikh? Stephen Worgu: I signed a four-year deal, went…
The five African teams heading to Brazil for FIFA World Cup 2014 met with mixed results during Wednesday 5 March international friendlies. Algeria won, Ivory Coast and Nigeria drew while Ghana and Cameroon lost as the African qualifiers prepared for the final tournament that is less than 100 days away now.Striker El-Hilal Soudani put Algeria ahead in first-half stoppage-time and Inter Milan midfielder Saphir Taider added a second goal for a 2-0 victory over Slovenia in Blida. It was an encouraging result for the Desert Foxes, at a ground where they are almost invincible, ahead of facing Belgium, South Korea…
How Mine FC won promotion into the Zimbabwe Castle Lager Premier Soccer League in 2013 and their mission was just to learn the trade with the big boys and survive relegation. A year later the Gold Miners have pumped in 11 goals in just three matches in the Orange CAF Confederation Cup and their striker Kuda Musharu leads the chats with five goals at this stage of the competition. That’s how to make an announcement of one’s arrival one might say! And this happens to be How Mine’ debut in CAF inter club competition. How Mine FC is owned by…
Record champions and title holders Al Ahly of Egypt enter this weekend’s 2014 Orange CAF Champions League first round second leg match with a tricky mission return. The Cairo giants lost to Tanzania’s Young Africans 1-0 in Dar Es-Salam last week and they have to score two unanswered goals at the very least if they want to continue their title defending campaign. But Al Ahly will have to fight to reverse the first leg defeat deprived from one of their strongest weapons, the fans. The game is to be held behind closed doors for security reasons. Ahly however will have…
There is one unmistakable truth about Felix Anyansi Agwu, the debonair chairman of Nigerian side, Enyimba – ‘his uncommon passion for football’. Agwu is regarded as the man with the ‘Midas Touch’ behind arguably the most successful club in Africa’s most populous country, ‘the People’s Elephant’ as they are nicknamed, with over more than a decade at the helm. He derives his longevity partly due to his unprecedented achievements including back-to-back CAF Champions League and CAF Super Cup triumphs in 2003 and 2004; and also ranks amongst the longest serving club chairmen in Africa. “There is no perfect word to…
The Confederation of African Football would like to state that it did not order for match 81 between Zamalek SC and Kabuscorp to be played behind closed doors.There was no sanction from CAF imposed on Zamalek SC to play the match behind closed doors. The decision to play the match behind closed doors or allow fans lay with the Egyptian Football Association, who depending on their assessment of the security situation with other stakeholders were at liberty to allow fans into the stadium.Following various exchanges between the Zamalek SC club, the Egypt Football Association and the Egyptian Security authorities, the…