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BY JOE APU
TWO-time CAF Champions League winners and Nigeria Premier Football League champions, Enyimba International Football Club of Aba look set to progress to the next stage of CAF Champions League following her convincing 5-1 thrashing of visiting Vital’O of Burundi in a first round first leg match in Port Harcourt on Sunday.
According to reports monitored on africanfootball.com, Stephen Chukwude gave Enyimba the lead in the 21st minute inside the six yard off Christian Pyagbara’s pass.
Nigeria league all-time record goals scorer Mfon Udoh doubled Enyimba lead in the 28th minute, when he curled in the ball from the edge of the 18-yard box to beat goalkeeper MacArthur Arakaza.
Stephen Chukwude made it 3-0 for Enyimba with a powerful shot from the edge of the box in the 38th minute.
Mfon Udoh completed a brace in the 56th minute, just two minutes after he was denied a goal by the opposing goalkeeper to make it 4-0.
Vital’O got a consolation goal in the 76th minute through Hussein Shaban, who capitalised on Emmanuel Anyanwu’s error. The Nigeria champions were not done yet at Ugochukwu Leonard scored the fifth goal in the 85th minute.
The second leg comes up in Bujumbura next weekend.
Nigeria’s other representative in the Champions League, Warri Wolves lost 1-0 at home against Sudanese side, Al- Merreikh.
In the CAF Confederation Cup, Nasarawa United secured a slim 1-0 win against 10-man Club Sportif Constantine of Algeria.
Philip Azango scored the winning goal for Nasarawa United four minutes from time.
The Solid Miners beat AS Academie Generation Foot of Senegal 2-1 at the same venue in the preliminary round before holding on for a goalless draw in the return leg.
