After the victory against Club Africain of Tunisia, Rivers United head coach, Stanley Eguma, emphasizes the need for his team to continuously strive for improvement.
The Pride of Rivers secured a 1-0 win against the Tunisian team in the CAF Confederation Cup matchday three encounter at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo.
Captain Nyima Nwagua scored the winning goal just five minutes before halftime, striking from close range after receiving a well-timed through ball from right back Kazie Enyinnaya.
Eguma stressed the importance of maintaining focus ahead of their next game despite the win.
“We have very strong teams in the group. Today, we’ve picked three points but it’s not yet time for celebration because we have other games to play. We’ll go back to Tunis to ensure we keep a clean slate and then face other challenges thereafter,” Eguma commented after the game.
“It was a good and highly technical game. I give kudos to my players for keeping up with their tactical discipline in this game. Club Africain is a good team, there’s no doubt as they played with a lot of tactics. All our tactical plans worked because the players were able to keep their heads down and adhere to instructions.”
Rivers United have now become the third Nigerian club, after the defunct BCC Lions and Enyimba, to defeat Club Africain on the continent.
The Nigerian representatives currently have six points from three matches, placing them joint top of Group C with Club Africain. Dreams FC of Ghana won 3-2 against APC do Lobito of Angola, maintaining their third position in the standings with six points as well.
