Confederations Cup: Warri Wolves depart for Congo tomorrow

Warri Wolves, the only Nigerian club left in the Confederation’s Cup, will depart Warri today for Lagos and leave for Congo Brazzaville tomorrow via Ethiopian Airline for the first leg of the third round against Athletic Club Leopards de Dolisie.

Spokesperson, Moses Etu, said Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, has made funds available for the journey.

Etu said the governor has done well and all that is left now is for the players to deliver. He added that team’s management decided it should leave on time to get acclimatized to the environment before the encounter.

The match would feature the same set of players that conquered MK Etanchetie of Congo; except for Gbolahan Salami who will not make the trip because of card offence. He would be replaced by Solomon Kwambe, who is yet to take part in the continental matches. “We are set for the crucial match and the Governor as usual has made available funds for the trip,” Mr. Moses said. “We are going with almost the same set of players except Salami Gbolahan who has two yellow cards.

“The only additions are Solomon Kwambe and Okiemute Odah. We are going on time to get used to the environment because we know that the match will not be easy.

“AC Leopards came to Kano and defeated Pillars 4-1 while the reverse leg ended 3-0 and qualified on away goal rule, against Heartland they lost 3-2 in Owerri and qualified too on away goal rule after winning at home 2-1 and currently, they are fourth in the Congolese league.

“Our boys are determined and we have the players that will deliver. We are going out for a win and getting a draw would be our worst result [in Congo] and we’ll return home to finish the job,” he concluded.

Paul Aigbogun’s men are yet to lose a game since the beginning of the competition. The match, according to Etu, will take place in the 20,000 capacity Stade Denis Sassone Nguesso, on Sunday by 3.00pm Nigeria time.