Record 3-2 aggregate win against How Mine
Nigeria’s Bayelsa United have qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup playoffs after they beat How Mine of Zimbabwe 2-0 to advance 3-2 on aggregate.
Bayelsa, who reached the semi-finals of the same competition in 2009, will know their opponents from the CAF Champions League in the next round of the competition after Monday’s draw by CAF.
The overall winners of this round will qualify for the mini-league stage of Africa’s second-tier club competition.
The Nigerian club took the lead against a very defensive How Mine after 57 minutes through Jafar Buhari.
In a game they struggled to create many scoring chances, Bayelsa finally doubled their lead two minutes from time through midfielder Azubuike Okechukwu.
The restart of the second half was delayed by about five minutes following an incident where some fans challenged the visitors for coming down with Juju (fetish substance)which ensured they stopped the home team from breaking the deadlock in the first 45 minutes.
Bayelsa were without star striker Peter Ebimobowei, who suffered a hamstring injury in training.
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