Comoros progressed to the third and final round of CHAN qualifiers despite losing 1-0 to Lesotho on Saturday in the return leg match played in Maseru.

Coelacanthes advanced 2-1 on aggregate due to the first leg advantage where they won 2-0 in Moroni last weekend.

It was Comoros who fired the first warning shot when striker Mohammed Yussuf shot narrowly wide after being put through by Soulaimana on six minutes.

Four minutes Jane Thabantso earned a free-kick from 20-yards after he was clipped by defender Soulaimana. Rambomana Kaloti took a brilliant low grounder past Velonjara for the opener.

Lesothothen went on dictating the pace at this moment and on 25 minutes nearly got the second through Kopana Tseka after Motebang Sera made a hush of a free-kick glided in by Bokang Sello.

Gradually, there was hope of an Comoros comeback and ten minutes later Mphuthi was forced to parry Youssouf’s long range powerful strike for a corner-kick.

After the break Saera made a threatening move when he cut inside and connected powerfully, but his effort was always rising.

Comoros slowed the pace down by holding onto the ball, but Koetle scared the visitors with an overhead effort, but that went over the bar.

Fouz also replied with a powerful free-kick which drifted wide. With a quarter of an hour left, Tseka made a goal line clearance, but Lesotho were defending dangerously.

But Lesotho were still vibrant and against the run of play, Faouz slide a ball through for Nabil, who replaced Goula but failed connect home to maybe send the match into penalties.

Lesotho looked demoralised and could not make use of the five minutes of added on time by the referee.Comoros will now face Namibia between August 11 and 18th in search of historical qualification in the finals if the African Nations Championship in January 2018 in Kenya.