Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Enugu Rangers will win the 2013 Caf Confederation Cup, according to the club chairman, Festus Onu.
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The Flying Antelopes were staring down the barrel ahead of their second leg, playoff against Tunisian club, CS Sfaxien following a slim 1-0 first leg win a fortnight ago in Enugu.
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However a gutsy display at the Stade Taieb Mhiri, Sfax on Sunday earned the six-time Nigerian champions a 0-0 draw that saw them progress to the group stages of Africa's second tier club competition on a 1-0 aggregate.
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"I said this sometime ago but few believed; Rangers will win the Caf Confederation Cup this year," Onu told supersport.com shortly after the game.
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Rangers were without established stars like Chigozie Agbim and Sunday Mba who are currently with the Nigeria squad preparing for Wednesday's 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier against Kenya in Nairobi.
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Onu added that the ability of the squad to deal with the absence of the duo shows that the other players in the fold are made of quality stuff.
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"Everyone knows how important Mba and Agbim are to us but the other players have now proved that they also deserve to be in this team.
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"Remember, we have got to this stage by eliminating CS Sfaxien, the only side that has retained this trophy back-to-back (2007 and 2008). They were also runners-up once (2010).
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"We have beaten one of the strongest sides in Africa but we will keep working hard and we will stay humble.
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"We ask Nigerians to pray for us," he concluded.
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Rangers will compete in Group A of the competition alongside Saint Georges (Ethiopia), Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia) and Stade Malien (Mali).
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No Nigerian club have won the Caf Confederation Cup in its present guise.
It's not about them saying what they want to do, it's about them doing it. Let them prove that on the field of play.