Nigeria's lone campaigner in the CAF Champions League, Enyimba know that tomorrow's return leg first round match against AS Real Bamako in Mali in the icebreaker for the two-time winners of the most coveted club competition on the continent. Enyimba are on the brink of a shock elimination from the competition, no thanks to their 2-1 defeat at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba last Sunday.
To advance into the next round, they must defeat their Malian foes with a scoreline that is more than 2-1. That seems a tough task given the dynamics of African football, vis-a-vis the home advantage, which AS Real Bamako will seek to exploit in the front of their home fans at the 35,000 capacity Stade Modibo Keïta.
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