CAFCL: Mamelodi Sundowns take Remo Stars to the cleaners in Abeokuta
Nigeria Premier Football League champions, Remo Stars ate the humble pie against Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa in the first leg of the CAF Champions League second round, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
The Sky Blue Stars fell 1-5 to the Brazilians at the MKO Abiola Sport Arena in the second preliminary round encounter played on Sunday.
It was a day to forget for the Ikenne based club as the hosts were down as early as the 12th minutes after much pressure by the South African side.
Tashreeq Matthews found the back of the net with a brilliant effort from outside the box.
Few minutes after a save from Obassa in the 36th minutes, the Brazilians doubled their lead through Peter Shalulile who beat the defender to slot past the goalkepper on 41 minutes.
The second half was no different as Sundowns kept the momentum of the first half and after a minute past the one hour mark the third goal was scored.
Mudau Khuliso broke on the wing with a brilliant piece of skill to find Miguel Reisinho who tapped it in to get his first goal for The Brazilians.
?Arthur Sales added his name to the scoresheet with a superb finish, set up by an assist from Nuno in the 74th minutes.
Two minutes later, Remo Stars redeemed some form of pride to pull one back through Samson Olasupo who cut to his right and slammed low after a layoff by Goita.
Nevertheless, the visitors were not done yet as Tsiki Ntsabeleng wrapped up the win on 84 minutes with his first goal in Masandawana colours for after tapping in Mothiba’s perfectly timed pass.
At the end of the final whistle , a dominant five-star performance from Masandawana leaves the second leg almost impossible for the Nigerian representatives to overturn at Loftus next Sunday.
Uche Dozie
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