Onoja starred as Rivers, who have been promised a financial windfall if they knock out their illustrious opponent, came from behind to defeat the Moroccans 2-1 in the first leg of their second preliminary round tie in the south-eastern city of Port Harcourt on Sunday.
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The tournament was to be hosted in June-July 2023, which is the height of the rainy season on the Ivory Coast.
First-named teams are hosts and first-leg results are in brackets.
What would have been the seventh result from a Group C match between Wydad Casablanca of Morocco and Kaizer Chiefs of South Africa was not played and CAF did not give any reason for this.
First-named teams are hosts and the first-leg results are in brackets.
Following the controversial decision by CAF to replay the second leg of the CAF Champions League final between Wydad Casablanca and Esperance de Tunis, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has now confirmed the Tunisian side as champions of Africa.
The Confederation of African Football said the second leg will be replayed at a neutral venue
As a result, Moroccan giants Wydad remained second on the Group A standings, while Nigerian side Lobi also remained fourth on the table
Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi on Saturday in Enugu lost 0-1 to Wydad Athletic Club Casablanca of Morocco in a 2018/2019 CAF Champions League Group A Match Day 3 fixture.
Nigeria’s Lobi Stars suffered their first loss in the CAF Champions League after Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas beat them 1-0 in Group A match at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny on Saturday.
In the draws conducted in Cairo, Egypt, Wydad are in Group C also with 2016 winners Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and Horoya of Guinea
With Nigeria in disarray and the final long over as a contest, the previously little known striker completed his record-extending goal haul by firing into the net from close range
It is Wydad’s second time of emerging African champions