CAF Confederation Cup
CAFCC-Dreams FC lose away to Club Africain, Tunisia
Ghana Premier League club, Dreams FC were left to pick up the pieces as they 2-0 away to Tunisian heavyweight club, Club Africain at the Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi Stadium.
The Ghanaian club was making its first appearance in Africa’s club competition with the hope of giving a good account of themselves following Medeama SC’s loss to Al Ahly in its sister competition.
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Solomon Agbasi was given the nod in the post, flanked by Eric Boateng, Seth Agyemang, Abdul Jalilu, Aholou Avocevou in defense, Godfred Atuahene, Emmanuel Agyei, Agyenim Boateng, John Antwi, Abdul Azizi and Ofori McCarthy in attack.
The Tunisian club drew the first blood of the game as Bassem Srarfi wiggled his way past the visitors’ defense and did a nice cutback for Tayeb Meziani to tap in an early lead on the 5th-minute mark.
Nigerian forward, Kingsley Eduwo shot from the edge of the eighteen-yard box was poorly handled by goalkeeper, Solomon Agbasi, who would have a sleepless night about how he failed to keep the second goal out for his side.
Abdul Jalilu was shown his marching orders after a second bookable offense in the 59th minute, nineteen minutes apart from his first booking of the game.
The host dominated proceedings which saw them earn 55% possession, eight goal attempts, three on-target, and five off-target similar to the Dawu-based club who failed to at least kick in a goal after three shots on target in the game.
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Dreams FC will hope to better their quest in the Confederations Cup as they welcome Rivers United from Nigeria for the second group game on December 3, 2023, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi.
Kotoko have it all to do when they play Moroccan giants Wydad Athletic Club in the second leg of their CAF Confederation Cup tie at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca.
The Porcupine Warriors are coming into this fixture trailing by a lone goal and will need to play above their weight levels against the mighty Moroccans away from home.
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Coach Zito will need to pep-talk the boys to play for Asanteman and Ghana at large, should they get something positive from the game.
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The game is set for 19:00 GMT at the Mohammed V Stadium.
Ghana Premier League Asante Kotoko have arrived in Morocco ahead of their crucial CAF Confederation Cup clash against Wydad Casablanca.
The Ghanaian contingent was made up of the technical team, playing body, NCC personalities, and some key members of management for the tie against the Moroccan giants.
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The Porcupine Warriors, trailing in the first leg by a goal to nil, will have to play above their weight levels should they be able to qualify for the next stage of the competition.
The club will have an opportunity to train on the field for the clash for two days before they take on the host on Friday evening.
Kotoko have all to play for against Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca in the second leg tie of the second round of preliminary games of the CAF Confederations Cup at the Mohammed V Sports at 7:00 GMT
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