Enugu Rangers have landed in Algers ahead of their CAF champions League second qualifying round second leg clash with MC Algers on Friday.

The Nigerian team defeated the Algerians 2-0 on Sunday in Abeokuta and need a good result in Algiers to qualify for the group stage of Africa’s most prestigious inter-club championship.

The team travelled on Monday aboard a Turkish Airlines flight, which had a stopover in Istanbul before proceeding to Algiers.

According to officials of the team, the decision to leave for Algiers early was to enable to players acclimitise with the weather and also give the team the chance to settle down properly for the game on Friday.

Rangers’ Coach, Fidelis Ilechukwu, said his team would approach the second leg as if the first game did not happen.

Ilechukwu, who said that the team would avoid complacency, said that the Flying Antelopes would throw everything they have into Friday’s game to gain the needed result.

This is not the first time Rangers will be meeting MC Algers with a two-goal advantage.

In 1976, the Flying Antelopes conceded three goals in Algiers after beating MC Alger 2-0 in Nigeria in the semifinal of the old Cup of Champions Club, which is now the CAF Champions League.

Rangers need to avoid defeat by more than one goal to guarantee progression to the group stage without requiring further tie-breaking procedures.

Also speaking on the game, Enugu Rangers Chief Executive Officer, Amobi Ezeaku, assured the team’s fans that the Nigerian champions will defeat MC Alger in Algeria.

He said that Rangers’ early departure for Algiers was to ensure that nothing stopped them from coming back to Nigeria with a group stage ticket, adding that the Flying Antelopes were aware of the Algerians’ possible resort to intimidation to gain advantage in the game.

“We won’t face anything. We will play and win them in Algiers. They can only shout, blow smokes and jump. We will come back to Nigeria joyous by God’s grace. Amen.

“We’ve worked so hard and we understand the antics. Already here and feeling at home,” Ezeaku said.