Nigeria’s only representatives in the continental tournament, Rivers United, will know their opponents in the quarter-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup on Wednesday (today) as the Confederation of African Football holds the draw in Cairo.
Rivers qualified for the last-eight of the second tier competition with a game to spare, but eventually finished second in their group after losing their final group game 1-0 against ASEC Mimosas in Ivory Coast.
As a result, the reigning champions of the Nigeria Professional Football League will be drawn against one of the teams that finished top of the other groups. These clubs are AS FAR of Morocco, Marumo Gallants FC of South Africa and Young Africans of Tanzania.
Ahead of today’s draw, head coach of the team, Stanley Eguma, is optimistic about the chances of his team, who are advanced beyond the group stages of continental football for the first time in their history.
“Our last game was like a test run of the quarter-final, although we didn’t quite live up to the expectations,” Eguma said.
“We have equal chances like any other team. Yes, we are new but we cannot be underrated. We will go back and work on our team and we will put in our best to come back stronger in the next round.
“By the time we know our opponents, we will begin to plot again and work technically on how to take on our next opponents,” the coach said.