Nigeria’s representatives in the CAF Confederation Cup, Bendel Insurance FC of Benin have crashed out of the tournament.
Insurance succumbed to a 0-1 defeat in the hands of the competition’s defending champions, RS Berkane of Morocco late Friday night to end the second preliminary match on a 2-3 aggregate.
The lone goal of the game was scored two minutes before halftime with efforts of Nigeria’s representatives to level up, hitting the brick walls.
The Moroccan side had pulled a 2-2 draw in Benin on Sept. 19 when they visited Nigeria for the first leg encounter.
Reacting to the defeat, Coach Monday Odigie of Bendel Insurance said his side were unlucky to have missed the two chances to go up in the first half.
“We all saw the game, it’s just one chance and it was a goal; that is the game of football.
“If we had taken our chances in the first half, it would have been two goals up before their goal.
“RS Berkane has a history and Bendel Insurance too has a history, but for a long time, Bendel Insurance has not played at this level.
“So it is a little bit of a positive for us.
“But like you said Barkane is the defending champion, it is not easy to play defending champions at their best,” he said.
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