North African Football

FUS Rabat arrive in Kampala ready to face SC Villa

by
Collins Okinyo
April 19, 2016

Morocco’ s Premier League side, FUS Rabat are in Uganda for the second leg of the 2016 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederations Cup clash against hosts SC Villa.

The Moroccan side have an advantage after winning the first leg 7-0.

The second leg will take place on Wednesday at the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole about 15km east of Kampala.

Mourad Batna, FUS Rabat star player said on Monday that they are here to complete their mission.

“Although we won by a big margin in the first leg, we shall not take SC Villa for granted,” said Batna.

FUS Rabat ejected Cameroon’s USL Loum in the first round, while SC Villa reached the second round after beating Sudan’s Khartoum FC in the preliminary round on a 2-0 goal aggregate before seeing off Zanzibar’s Jeshi La Kujenga Uchumi SC 5-0 on goal aggregate.

The other star players on the FUS Rabat team include; Abdessalm Benjellon, Ass Mandaw Sy, El Mehdi El Bassil, Marwane Saadane, Youssef El Gnaoui and Mohammed Fouzair.

SC Villa coach Ibrahim Kirya said they are determined to get a win in front of their fans.

“It might not be easy to score many goals, but we want to try and win at home,” said Kirya. Enditem

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Collins Okinyo

Ex- CAF Media Expert. An expert on African football with over 15 years experience ,always with an ear to the ground with indepth knowledge of the game. I have worked for top publications including 7 years at www.supersport.com until i founded www.soka25east.com to quench the thirst of football lovers across the continent. I have trained young upcoming journalists who are now a voice in African football.I have covered World Cup,AFCON,CHAN,Champions League,Confederations Cup,Cecafa,Cosafa,Wafu and many other football tournaments across the World. Founder Football Africa Arena(FAA),Founder www.afrisportdigital.com