CAF Clubs Competitions: Rivers United Battle Wydad To Escape Relegation As Plateau, Kwara Crash Out

Rivers United of Port Harcourt will be facing an uphill task of keeping Nigeria in contention for the CAF Clubs Competition League title, when they battle cup holders Wydad

Casablanca this Sunday in Morocco

The Stanley Eguma tutored side are going into return leg with a 2-1 advantage recorded in the first leg in Port Harcourt and must avoid a loss, to play in the lucrative group stage of the CAF Champions League

Already Plateau United of Jos had been eliminated from the Africa's elite clubs competition, after losing to Esperance of Tunisia who won on Saturday in Tunis on away goal rule 2-2 ,courtesy of controversial penality converted in favour of  host  team 

Nigerian side who failed to hold on to their 2-1 advantage in the first leg in Abuja will now play in the second tier CAF Conferation Cup 

Also Kwara United of Ilorin were on Saturday sent out of the CAF Conferation Cup by their host and defending champions, RS Berkane of Morocco who won 3-3 aggregate on away goal rule 

The Afonja Warriors threw away their two goals lead in the 3-1 win recorded in the first leg played in Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos

They succumbed to continuous of the Moroccans who scored through Cheick Djibrin Quatarra and Charki El Bahri Qubaddi in 55th minute