Former African club title winners Gor Mahia of Kenya and Power Dynamos of Zambia face fights for survival in Orange CAF Confederation Cup preliminary ties this weekend. Gor, winners of the now defunct African Cup Winners Cup in 1987, are away to ANSE Reunion of the Seychelles having been held 0-0 at home while 1991 Cup Winners Cup holders Power take a 1-0 lead over Recreativo Caala to Angola.
The Kenyans were expected to build a commanding first-leg lead in Nairobi two weeks ago only to flop and finish with 10 men after star midfielder Teddy Akuma was red carded. Croat coach Zdravko Logarusic accepted some blame for the outcome, but remains confident Gor Mahia will pull through on the Indian Ocean island and secure a last-32 showdown with ENPPI of Egypt. "Our preparations were not good enough and there was too much pressure on the team to score goals everyone assumed our opponents would offer little resistance," he told reporters.
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