NIAMEY, Niger
Tanzania’s Premier League champions, Simba SC remained top of the group D after scoring late to salvage a 1-1 draw away to Niger’s Union Sportive Gendarmerie Nationale (USGN).
The home side broke the
deadlock after 12 minutes through Gbeuli Wilfried’s shot from the left. Simba’s
closest chance to equalize was off a Papa Ousmane Sakho shot but it flew inches
over the bar.
On the hour mark, USGN should
have gone 2-0 up but Nasser Oumarou’s shot after a long ball from the keeper
was flicked to his path went inches wide.
Simba kept their chase for an
equalizer and they were rewarded seven minutes from time when substitute
Bernard Morrison headed home from the edge of the six-yard box off a Shomari
Kapombe corner.
In the other group match, RS
Berkane, the 2019-20 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup champions suffered a
3-1 thrashing at the hands of Côte d'Ivoire side Asec Mimosas in Abidjan on
Sunday, in their second Group D match.
Charki El Bahri scored a consolation with six minutes of regulation time left, but it was not enough to rally a comeback.
After a goalless first half,
Asec blew to life in the second half with Stephane Aziz Ki breaking the
deadlock with his second goal in as many matches after 58 minutes. Seven
minutes later, Asec were 2-0 up when Souleymane Coulibaly scored the second for
the hosts.
They went 3-0 up in the 70th
minute when Karim Konate rifled the ball home from inside the box to all but
cement their hold on the game.
The victory at home saw ASEC
move to second in the group.
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