Rivers United players enroute to Nigeria after Etoile Filante match
Rivers United will hope to overcome a 2-1 defeat it suffered against Dream FC in Accra, Ghana on Sunday evening npflupdates.com reports.
Rivers United suffered a shocking 2-1 defeat at the Baba Yara Stadium in Accra, Ghana on Sunday evening’s Confederations of African Football (CAF) Confederations Cup group stage fixture against Dreams FC.
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Rivers United defeated in Aba, Abia State
The former NPFL champions were defeated in Accra, for the first time since the CAF Confederations Cup group stage matches.
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Dreams FC 2-1 Rivers United
Defeat in Kumasi #TotalEnergiesCAFCc— Rivers United FC (@RiversUnitedFC) December 3, 2023
The NPFL giants failed to secure a draw against it’s opponent as the victors plan to maintain their positions on in the group.
Goals from Dream FC’s Antwi and A. Issah were enough to ensure that Rivers United despite getting a stoppage time consolation goal wasn’t able to defeat thier hosts.
In a related development, Napoli forward Victor Osimhen on Sunday couldn’t find the target as Inter Milan defeated the reigning Serie A champions.
Osimhen had tried to get himself in the goal-scoring sheet, but was unsuccessful as opponent(Inter Milan) defenders kept him at bay.
And for the second consecutive time since after returning from a muscle injury, the Super Eagles forward has failed to contribute to a Napoli goal.
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Osimhen after recovering from a muscle injury he endured during a Super Eagles versus Green Falcons of Saudi Arabia, has been unable to contribute to a Napoli goal apart from his assist few weeks ago.
