By Taofeek Babalola
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side Enugu Rangers will slug it out against 2016 Champions League runners-up,
Zamalek FC of Egypt in the round of 32 of the 2017 CAF Champions League.
The Nigerian
side drew 1-1 away against Algeria’s JS Saoura away from home, before drawing
0-0 in Nigeria on Sunday in Enugu to progress to the next stage by away goals
as the two games ended 1-1.
Enugu
Rangers qualified to the Champions League as the 2016 Nigerian league
champions, while the Whites qualified as the Egyptian Premier League
runners-up.
Five-time
winners Zamalek will host the Flying Antelopes on weekend of March 10-12 before
travelling for the second leg, which is set to be held between 17 and 19 March.
It’s worth
mentioning that this is Enugu Rangers’ tenth Champions League appearances as
their last one came in 2013, and they have never won the trophy before despite
reaching the final in 1975, when they lost the title to Guinea’s Hafia FC.
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