Zanaco’s dreams of reaching the Confederation Cup semifinals at the end of October ended today when they were held 1-1 at home by FUS Rabat of Morocco at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka today.
The draw means FUS book their semifinal with a game to spare and moved up to 10 points.
FUS take up one of the two semifinal slots from Group B while two-time Confederation Cup champions CS Sfaxien of Tunisia on seven points could join the Moroccans this evening when they host bottom placed Haras El Hodoud of Egypt.
Zanaco move to five points from as many games played heading into their final game away to Haras on October 17 who have two points going into their penultimate Group B game away in Tunisia this evening.
FUS dominated Zanaco throughout a scoreless first half inspired by their attacking pair of Hicham Fatihi and the Niger striker Alhassane Issoufu.
The Moroccans took a deserved lead in the 50th minute thanks to a superbly taken shot from Issoufu who rifled in a left-foot shot in front of Zanaco’s goalmouth from a Fatihi corner.
The Niger international striker cracked in a left-footed shot in front of Zanaco’s goalmouth from a Fatihi corner in an unguarded position inside the box.
The hosts broke the deadlock in the 73th minute through first half substitute midfielder Simon Silwiumba when he struck a sublime long-range shot with his right foot on the back of a labored attack by Zanaco.
FUS almost completed back-to-back wins over Zanaco whom they beat 1-0 in the first leg on August 14 in Rabat but midfielder Amine Bakkali’s long-range free kick that was parried by Titima subsequently came to nothing in the 88th minute.
what do u expect??north african teams loan good players from other clubs when its comes to such games,y cant we do the same??y cant u get good playerz from power,gbfc etc to stregthen the team??rubbish!!!
When the Elephants fight its the grass that suffers. What do you expect when the football governing mother body is engaged in a fearse fight?