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Former Enyimba manager and CAF Champions League-winning coach, Kadiri Ikhana, has posited advised Rivers United to overlook home crowd and play to their strength against USM Alger in Sunday’s CAF Confederation Cup quarter-final second leg at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Augustine Okejepha’s 10th-minute goal in the first leg at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on Sunday made the difference when both sides clashed in Uyo last week.
Despite the slim margin, Ikhana, who guided Enyimba to the Champions League title in 2003, the first by a Nigerian club side, reckons Stanley Eguma’s team already has the upper hand and can secure a desirable result if they stick to their game plan, like they did in the first leg.
“Rivers United already have the upper hand to scale through if every member of the playing team gets it right like they did in Uyo. They should play against the so-called home advantage with every strength in them, and I’m sure they can scale through the tight situation,” the 72-year-old gaffer said.
The match is scheduled to take place by 8pm Nigerian time in Algiers, the capital of Algeria.
USM Alger are the defending champions of the competition.