Football
AS Real Bamako midfielder,
Temitope Folarin is eager to help his Malian side overcome Nigeria Professional
Football League (NPFL) club, Rivers United in Sunday’s Caf Champions League
clash in Port Harcourt.
The two sides battled to a
0-0 draw in the first leg of their preliminary round game at the Stade Modibo
Kéïta, Bamako on Sunday, leaving the tie evenly poised on a knife edge ahead of
the second leg at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium.
Folarin says United did
not ‘come to Bamako to win’ in the first leg and reckons the tie is not over
yet.
“Rivers United is a good
team but they did not come to Bamako to win. They came for a draw.
“We (AS Real) tried to
win; we had a few chances but could not take them.
“We will try to win in
Port Harcourt in the second leg.
“The objective when we go
there (Port Harcourt) will be to score a goal and it will put them under
pressure.
“I think we can go further
in this competition,” he said.
The winner of the Rivers
United/AS Real Bamako tie will face either Sony Ela Nguema (Equatorial Guinea)
or Al-Merreikh (Sudan) in the next round of the competition.
Al-Merreikh beat Sony Ela
Nguema 1-0 in the first leg of their preliminary round clash at Nuevo Estadio
de Malabo, Malabo last Sunday.
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