Kenya ’s Ulinzi Stars set up a first round meeting with Egyptian giants Smouha as the CAF Confederations Cup preliminary round saw twenty ties completed over the weekend.
The army side defeated their Libyan opponents Al Hilal Benghazi 5-4 on penalties in Nairobi thanks to James Saruni wonderful penalty save.
This was after Ulinzi had won 1-0 on normal time to push the game to penalties and secure a showdown with Smouha in the next round, set for March 10-12 and 17-19.
Elsewhere, Congos’s Renaissance avoided an early exit by winning 1-0 at home aganist Gabonese side Akanda to win their tie 1-0 on aggregate, while JS Kabylie’s advanced to first round of the competition despite a 3-0 loss over MC Breweries of Liberia.Their return leg tie ended 4-0 in favour of African club powerhouse who proceed 4-3 on aggregate.
Volcan Club de Moroni were edged through on away goal when they drew 1-1 aganist Vipers SC of Uganda in Moroni.Nigeria’s Wikki Tourist defeated RSLAF 1-0 but it was not enough as the bowed out on 2-1 aggregate
Summary:
Friday (17 February)
Renaissance (Congo) 1-0 Akanda (Gabon)
Renaissance advance with a 1-0 aggregate win
Saturday (18 February)
Ulinzi Stars (Kenya) 1-0 Al Hilal (Libya)
Ulinzi Stars advance 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 aggregate draw
Volcan Club (Comoros) 1-1 Vipers (Uganda)
Vipers advance on the away goal rule after a 1-1 aggregate draw
St Michel United (Seychelles) 0-1 Hilal Obayed (Sudan)
Hilal Obayed advance with a 3-0 aggregate win
Ngezi Platinum (Zimbabwe) 1-0 Pamplemousses (Mauritius)
Ngezi Platinum advance with a 2-1 aggregate win
Le Messager Ngozi (Burundi) 3-0 KVZ (Zanzibar)
Le Messager Ngozi advance with a 4-2 aggregate win
Mbabane Swallows (Swaziland) 3-2 Orapa United (Botswana)
Mbabane Swallows advance with a 4-2 aggregate win
CARA Brazzaville (Congo) 2-0 Maghreb Fès (Morocco)
Maghreb Fès advance with a 3-0 aggregate win
Young Sport Academy (Cameroon) 2-0 Mekelakeya (Ethiopia),
Young Sport Academy advance with a 2-1 aggregate win
Sporting Gagnoa (Ivory Coast) 3-0 SONABEL (Burkina Faso)
Sporting Gagnoa advance with a 3-0 aggregate win
Songo (Mozambique) 0-1 Platinum Stars (South Africa)
Platinum Stars advance with a 2-0 aggregate win
Niarry Tally (Senegal) 2-1 APEJES Academy (Cameroon)
APEJES Academy advance on the away goal rule following a 2-2 aggregate draw
MC Alger (Algeria) 4-1 Bechem United (Ghana)
MC Alger advance with a 5-3 aggregate win
Sunday (19 February)
Rayon Sports (Rwanda) 2-0 Wau Salaam (South Sudan), (4-0)
Rayon Sports advance with a 6-0 aggregate win
SuperSport United (South Africa) 2-1 Elgeco Plus (Madagascar), (0-0)
SuperSport advance with a 2-1 aggregate win
Wikki Tourist (Nigeria) 1-0 RSLAF (Sierra Leone), (0-2)
RSLAF advance with a 2-1 aggregate win
JS Kabylie (Algeria) 4-0 MC Breweries (Liberia), (0-3)
JS Kabylie advance with 4-3 aggregate win
Masry (Egypt) 1-0 Ifeanyi Uba (Nigeria), (0-1)
Masry advance with a 3-0 victory on penalties after a 1-1 aggregate draw
Racing de Micomeseng (Equatorial Guinea) 0-1 Étoile du Congo (Congo), (0-2)
Étoile du Congo advance with a 3-0 aggreate win
