Kei Emmanuel<\/p>\n
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Al-Merrikh FC surrendered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 against AS FAR Rabat of Morocco in the second round of the CAF Champions League played at Juba Stadium on Saturday afternoon.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Sudanese side started the game on a high note, dominating AS FAR in the early minutes.<\/p>\n However, it was the Moroccan team that capitalized on Al-Merrikh’s defensive lapses, with Joel Beya’s goal being disallowed for offside in the 9th minute.<\/p>\n Al-Merrikh’s counter-attacking strategy paid off in the 26th minute when Elsamani El Sheikh Elsawi Saad Eldin slotted the ball into the bottom corner of the net from 28 yards.<\/p>\n The Sudanese side doubled their lead four minutes later, but Wah Micheal Le Grand Dia’s goal was also ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n Mohammed Gbane added a second goal for Al-Merrikh in the 36th minute, giving the Sudanese side a comfortable lead at halftime.<\/p>\n In the second half, AS FAR Rabat came out determined to claw their way back into the game.<\/p>\n Tumisang Orebonye and Abdelettah Hadraf introduced fresh energy to the Moroccan side, and their efforts paid off with two late penalties that earned them a 2-2 draw.<\/p>\n The return leg of the CAF Champions League between Al-Merrikh and AS FAR Rabat will be played next week in Morocco. Al-Merrikh will need to win by a goal or more to progress to the group stages, while a draw will be enough for AS FAR Rabat to advance on away goals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kei Emmanuel Al-Merrikh FC surrendered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 against AS FAR Rabat of Morocco in the second round of the CAF Champions League played at Juba Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Sudanese side started the game on a high note, dominating AS FAR in the early[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Al-Merriekh-FC-fans-while-cheering-the-team.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28680,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678\/revisions\/28680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}