Poor Akwa United! They put up stiff resistance to hold on their solitary lone goal win in the first leg.
But the resistance was broken in the 72nd minute by Hicham Khalfallah. While the game appeared to be heading to a likely lottery of penalty shoot-out, Chemseddine Nessakh took the game beyond the Nigerian champions with his strike six minutes to expiration of regulation time.
Belouizdad will now face ASEC Mimosas in the second preliminary round after the Cote d’Ivoire giants defeated Senegal’s Teungueth 2-0 on aggregate.
Nigeria’s other representatives in the competition, Rivers United advanced into the next round after overcoming Tanzania’s Young Africans 1-0 in Port Harcourt to secure a 2-0 aggregate victory. The hosts waited for 82 minutes before for Uche Onuwasonaya to break the deadlock.
The next round of the Champions League games are scheduled to take place between Oct. 15 and Oct. 17, while the second leg will be from Oct. 22 to Oct. 24.
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