Nigerian football league giants, Enyimba FC of Aba, triumphed with a 2-0 victory over their South African opponents, TS Galaxy, in the first-leg of their CAF Confederations play-off round on Sunday, October 27, 2019 in Aba.
The game, held at the Enyimba International Stadium, saw Victor Mbaoma score in his debut for the People’s Elephant. Goals from Mbaoma and Martin Usule were all the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) champions needed to gain advantage ahead of the second-leg match in South Africa on Sunday, November 3, 2019 in South Africa.
Sunday’s match started in frenzy as both sides sought to take the lead, but it was the host team that put themselves ahead in the 7th minute after Mbaoma raced to meet a fine cross from Abdulrahman Bashir before slotting home the ball to gift the two-time African champions the lead. Having taken the lead, the coach Usman Abd’Allah side played more confidently and constantly threatened the TS Galaxy defence. Despite numerous attempts on goal, Enyimba found it slightly hard to get a second in the first-half.
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TS Galaxy also created some decent chances for themselves but did little to trouble Theophilus Afelokhai, who manned the post for the Nigerian side. Changes by Coach Abd’Allah in the second-half which saw the duo of Austin Oladapo and Martin Usule introduced into the encounter, and proved productive as Usule threatened the Galaxy defense until his persistence paid off after scoring Enyimba’s second goal of the game in the 60th minute. The game would go on to end 2-0, putting Enyimba in a good position ahead of their second-leg tie in barely a week.
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