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Rivers United Football Club, yesterday, at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt secured a 2-0 victory against visiting Rayon Sports of Rwanda in the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup play-off.
The match saw the runners up of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) go into the second leg in Rwanda with a two-goal lead advantage.
A goal scored by Emeka Atuloma in the 29th minute of the first half through an assist from Esosa Igbinoba, gave the Pride of Rivers an early lead.
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Ivoirien striker, Guy Kuemian, sent the home crowd into wide jubilation with his strike in the 51st minute of the second half to put the host into a comfortable lead.
Efforts by Rivers United team to put the match beyond the visitors by scoring more goals were thwarted, as the Rwandans put up a stiff resistance.
The Rayon Sports team too pushed for a goal, which never came their way, as the Coach Stanley Egume-led team frustrated them.
The second leg of the play-off is, however, scheduled to hold next week April 22 at the Stade Regional Nyamirambo in Kigali, Rwanda.
