Rivers United defeated Young Africans 1-0 on Sunday in the second leg of the competition to progress on 2-0 aggregate.
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Friday Ubong scored a late winner as he unleashed a powerful shot four minutes from the end of regulation time to hand the Promise Keepers a crucial advantage going into the second leg next week.
According to a release on the club’s official Facebook page, the new players include forwards; Ezekiel Bassey who joined from Qanah SC of Egypt, Wasiu Alalade from Kwara United, Isaac George from Dakkada FC and Onovo David from Sokoto United.
Having finished the recently concluded NPFL season claiming the 10th position with 51points, the management of the Lagos-based club has decided to keep the majority of the players to challenge for the title next season.
The performance saw them beat Tanzanian champions Simba SC 4-0 in the first leg of the competition’s quarter-finals in Johannesburg.
Al-Hilal needed a win at home to keep their chances intact, but the draw sees them remain second in Group B with four points and one round of group matches left.
The matches were played on Friday and Saturday across the continent
The Algerian champions had to play most of the match with a man down after Chouhaib Keddad was shown a straight red card just three minutes into the match.
RS Berkane advanced directly to the group stage as the winners of the first round with the best CAF 5-Year Ranking following Gazelle’s withdrawal from the competition after being transferred from the Champions League
Enyimba, who are also referred to as the People’s Elephant, dropped to the second tier of the continental competition having failed to make it to the group stage of the Champions League.
The other two results expected are from the matches yet to be played.
The matches are to be played between December 4 and 6
The lone goal of the match was scored by Clatous Chama of Simba in the 54th minute of play.
Clatous Chama scored the only goal of the game for the visitors 10 minutes into the second half.
The Jos-based side will be representing Nigeria at 2020/2021 CAF Champions League alongside two times African champions, Enyimba International Football Club, after the 2019/2020 Nigeria Professional Football League season was cancelled after 25 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the final table arrived based on Points Per Game and Weighted Points Per Game.
The club’s Media Officer, Albert Dakup, said in a statement that the General Manager, Pius Henwan, gave the pledge on the team’s preparations ahead of the 2021 soccer season.
The Jos-based Premier League team won the concluded 2019/2020 Nigeria Professional Football League season.
The football body in a statement on Friday stated that the adoption of PPG was after a holistic consideration of all the issues affecting the leagues, including the status of the leagues before the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic
The decisions were taken on Tuesday
Whenever the anthem of the UEFA Champions League is played, football enthusiasts, including African fans, get excited and they start talking about their favourite teams in Europe. In contrast, the African version, CAF Champions League, is many years behind its European counterpart. This is a consequence of many years of hibernation as the CAF events have not received the necessary upgrade.