Despite winning 2-1 against AS FAR of Morocco in the first leg of their match on Sunday in Ikenne, Remo Stars coach Daniel Ogunmodede has acknowledged that his team still has a long way to go before they can advance to the next preliminary round of the CAF Champions League this season.
In the intense match, Ogunmodede’s team scored goals through captain Junior Nduka and defender Sadiq Ismail. Ismail, a defender for the Super Eagles, came up with a spectacular header to seal the victory.
Before the visitors immediately countered after the break, he also helped Nduka score Remo’s first goal of the game.
They now face the herculean task of getting at least a draw in the second leg, which comes up in Rabat on Sunday, and the coach is aware of what they need to progress on.
“We are happy that we got the win as much as we know that conceding a goal makes the second leg a bit difficult for us,” Ogunmodede said during the post-match interview.
“First, we have to be clinical. We want to go to Morocco to score and win as well. We had some chances we should have buried here, but we didn’t bury them.
One thing we would like to work on is our attack and our moment in transition too. We came back slowly in defending in this game, and it almost cost us.”
He also reminded his players during a post-match talk that the job is not done yet.
“We have not won. We need to keep our heads above water. We have a bigger challenge now. We must not be carried away,” Ogunmodede sounded the warning to his players.
Remo are playing in the preliminary stages of the CAF Champions League for the third consecutive time and failed to reach the group stages in their previous two attempts.
In 2022, they were eliminated by AS FAR, who beat them 1-0 in Ikenne after a 1-1 draw in Morocco.
