Day one CAF Confederation Cup playoff round saw AS Vita, ASEC Mimosas, USM Alger and Al Masry move into the group stage of the
Goals galore in Pointe-Noire, where the Congolese derby between hosts CS La Mancha and DRC giants AS Vita ended in a 5-1 in favour of Dolphins – Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele hitting four
This 6-1 aggregate drubbing by Vita made them the first team to qualify for group stage.
Ivory Coast giants ASEC Mimosas followed after their resilience in claiming a goalless draw away to Algeria’s CR Belouizdad paid .Carrying a 1-0 advantage the Black and Yellows advanced by the narrowest outright margin.
Another Algerian side USM Alger had no difficulties against Nigeria’s Plateau United. The North Africans registered a 4-0 home win to qualify 5-2 on aggregate.
The final match of the day took place in Port Said, Egypt, with a real scare for Al Masry as they needed a late goal to stop CF Mounana of Gabon .A 2-1 win and a 3-2 aggregate was the results . .
The group stage line-up will be completed by 12 matches today with the draw for the group stage is set for Saturday, April 21 in Cairo.
