{"id":33937,"date":"2020-12-26T18:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33937"},"modified":"2020-12-26T15:09:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T15:09:02","slug":"rivers-utd-beat-bloem-celtic-in-confed-cup-as-enyimba-lose-at-al-merreikh-in-cafcl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/rivers-utd-beat-bloem-celtic-in-confed-cup-as-enyimba-lose-at-al-merreikh-in-cafcl","title":{"rendered":"Rivers Utd beat Bloem Celtic in Confed Cup as Enyimba lose at Al Merreikh in CAFCL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria\u2019s representatives at continental competitions had contrasting experiences on Wednesday as Enyimba lost while Rivers United secured a big win.<\/p>\n<p>Enyimba were defeated 3-0 by Al Merreikh at the Al Hilal Stadium in the first leg of their CAF Champions League first round tie.<\/p>\n<p>A hat-trick by Saifeldin Maki helped the Sudanese club thrash the People\u2019s Elephants, who will now need to scored four unreplied goals in the second leg to advance.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Enyimba, Rivers United into next round of CAF competitions<\/p>\n<p>It was a better day for Rivers United in the second-tier Confederation Cup, as they secured a 2-0 away victory at Bloemfontein Celtic.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian side got the better part of their South African hosts at the Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Godwin Aguda scored the curtain raiser in the 70th minute for the Portharcourt club before Fortune Omoniwari added the second goal in 10 minutes from time.<\/p>\n<p>The second leg clashes of both encounters are billed for January 6.<\/p>\n<p>Opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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