Sudanese giants could stand in BB’s path
Big Bullets may start projecting costs of travelling to Sudan as that country’s giants Al Hilal are favourites to meet the TNM Super League champions in the 2015 CAF Champions League first round.
Al Hilal beat KMKM of Zanzibar 2-0 on Sunday, thereby increasing prospects of dating Bullets who are favourites to sail past the preliminary round at the expense of their Comoros opponents Fomboni Club de Moheil.
CAF website reported: “It was, however, a joyful scene at [the] other side of Sudan’s largest city, Omdurman, where rivals Al Hilal thumped KMKM of Zanzibar 2-0. Goals from Nizar Hamid and Burkinabe-import AbubakarKipe gave the ‘Saeed al Balad’ a first leg cushioning.”
The scales are tipped in Bullets’ favour as they netted a pivotal away goal through substitute Tizgobere Kumwenda at Stade De Moroni against Fomboni who travel to Malawi for the return leg on the weekend of February 28 2015.
The overall winner between Bullets and Fomboni will take on the winner between Al Hilal and KMKM.
From Bullets coach Nsanzurwimo Ramadhan’s comments, he fancies a comfortable home win.
Ramadhan told Matindi FM Radio that he envisages a 4-0 win over Fomboni, saying he has now analysed their weaknesses, adding: “We dominated the match, but in wrong areas. We sat too deep in the first-half.”
Across the borders, it was an unhappy Champions League preliminary round, first-leg outings for teams that have Malawian players. Lawrence Majawa’s Township Rollers of Botswana lost 2-1 to Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa on Saturday.
On Sunday, Zicco Mkanda came off the bench for Zimbabwean international Washington Phakamisa as Liga Desportivo de Maputo drew 0-0 at home in Mozambique against Rwanda giants APR.
Mkanda yesterday admitted that the draw was costly and credited APR for defending in numbers and also employing some delaying tactics in the preliminary round, first leg.
APR interim coach Vincent Mashami told SuperSport.com that “we noted their weaknesses and we plan to expose them in the return leg. We did not win today but we shall work hard and make sure we win the match in Rwanda.”
Full CAF results
Friday: Al-Ahly Tripoli (Libya) 1 Smouha (Egypt) 0; Raja Casablanca (Morocco) 4 Diables Noirs (Congo) 0; CO Bamako (Mali) 2 MoghrebTetouan (Morocco) 0.
Saturday:Séwé Sport (Cote d’Ivoire) 1 AS Kaloum (Guinea) 2; AS Pikine (Senegal) 1 Etoile Filante (Burkina Faso) 0; RecreativoLibolo (Angola) 3 Sanga Balende (DR Congo) 1; KCCA (Uganda) 1 Cosmos Bafia (Cameroon) 0; Lydia Academic (Burundi) 0 Kabuscorp (Angola) 0; Mouloudia El-Eulma (Algeria) 1 St George (Ethiopia) 0; GorMahia (Kenya) 1 CNaPS Sport (Madagascar) 0; Al-Malakia (South Sudan) 0 Kano Pillars (Nigeria) 2; Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa) 2 Township Rollers (Botswana) 1; St Michel Utd (Seychelles) 1 MamelodiSundowns (South Africa) 1; Mangasport (Gabon) 1 Bantu (Lesotho) 0; StadeMalien (Mali) 0 AS Gendarmerie Nationale (Niger) 0.
Sunday: Al-Hilal (Sudan) 2 KMKM (Zanzibar) 0; Mbabane Swallows (Swaziland) 1 ZescoUtd (Zambia) 1; USM Alger (Algeria) 3 Foullah Edifice (Chad) 0; FomboniMoheil (Comoros) 0 Big Bullets (Malawi) 1; Azam (Tanzania) 2 El-Merreikh (Sudan) 0; Enyimba (Nigeria) 3 Buffles (Benin) 0; LigaMuçulmana (Mozambique) 0 APR FC (Rwanda) 0.
