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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>El-Merriekh FC Juba have bowed out of the CAF Confederation Cup after being beaten 3-0 by Angola\u2019s Academia Lobito on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

The first leg played in Nairobi on September 17 ended goalless, leaving a decisive second leg.<\/p>\n

The financially challenged South Sudanese side were faced with a tricky situation when the first group of only 10 players had to travel without a coach due to alleged booking challenges.<\/p>\n

The partial squad had no choice but to face 11 opponents as if red-carded, because the second group, who traveled on the second day, could not make it to the West African nation in time for the game.<\/p>\n

The worst of all was that El-Merriekh played without a coach.<\/p>\n

El Merriekh head coach, Simon James, who spoke to Eye radio from Luanda on Monday morning said his team faced a difficult condition as the team managed to send only ten players without him.<\/p>\n

Mr James said part of his team tried to catch up with the rest already in Angola ahead of the game but booking issues denied them.<\/p>\n

He says the Angola team has capitulated on the disastrous situation of his team to earn the decisive win.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took off from Kampala to Luanda through Dubai four hours before the kickoff time but a local fight from Luanda to Lobito was a big problem for us, we were 12 people, 7 players and another team member,\u201d James narrated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were unable to get the booking on time and we ended up stacking in Luanda.\u201d<\/p>\n

He accused their opponent of playing breaching mutual arrangements to negatively impact their performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, it was a premeditation obstacle made by the team members of Lobito because they told us first that there is possibility of five members to travel but later, they said no way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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