…El-kanemi warriors also out of Caf confederation cup
Remo Stars Football Club of Ikenne on Sunday crashed out of the 2024/2025 African Champions League competition first preliminary round after losing away in Rabat, Morocco to AS FAR FC.
The 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) runners-up crashed out losing by 2-3 aggregate.
Two second half goals did the job for the hosts, with Joel Beya who scored their lone goal in Ikenne opening the scores in the 53rd minute.
With about 12 minutes left and Remo Stars holding out, a penalty kick was awarded to the home side and El Amine Zouhzouh made no mistake from the spot.
Remo stars had won the first leg fixture on Aug. 18 in Ikenne by 2-1.
The loss meant two of Nigeria’s representatives in club football on the continent have crashed out of their respective competitions.
Recall that on Saturday, El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club of Maiduguri was eliminated from the African Confederation Cup competition’s first preliminary round after a 2-3 aggregate loss.
