Nigeria’s champion, Kano Pillars, on Saturday kicked off its campaign in the 2013 Orange CAF Champions League on impressive note.
Playing in front of a capacity crowd inside the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofamata, Kano, Pillars, in a one-sided game, humiliated the visiting opponents, Olympique de Bangui, 5-1.
Pillars now look good for progression to the next stage as the second leg billed for a fortnight could be a mere formality.
Nigeria’s second representative, Rangers, are billed to host Sporting Club do Principe on Sunday.
Rangers may however scale to the next round without kicking the ball as their opponents are yet to arrive Enugu.
Walk over is imminent.
Also, Moroccan club, FUS Rabat, left it late to secure a 1-0 home victory over Real Banjul of Gambia.
Mourad Batna converted a penalty four minutes into stoppage time to give the 2010 Orange CAF Confederation Cup winners a slender lead ahead of the return match in early March.
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