ASEC beat Wydad in clash of African heavyweights

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2007

CAIRO (AFP) — Nafiu Iddrisu scored twice to give ASEC of Ivory Coast a 2-0 triumph over Wydad Casablanca of Morocco in a clash of African Champions League heavyweights Sunday.

Iddrisu ended the Abidjan stalemate between former winners of the premier African club competition after 27 minutes and added a potentially crucial second goal three minutes into stoppage time.

ASEC, gallant semi-finals losers to eventual champions Al-Ahly of Egypt last year, entered the first leg of the final round qualifier under fire from coach Patrick Liewig.

The Frenchman, who watched from a stand at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium due to a four-match African Football Confederation ban, slammed the poor finishing and teamwork of the Abidjan 'Mimosas' in recent matches.

...

Premium Content Partnership | MyWire provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. MyWire

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)