Kipanga, AS Kigali progress to next round

_{CECAFA representatives Kipanga FC, AS Kigali, Hilal Alsahil SC and Fasil Ketema FC have qualified for the second round of the Preliminary round of the 2022/2023 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.}

_{On Friday Burundi’s Bumamuru FC stopped Fasil Kenema FC 1-0 with Shassiri Nahimana netting the goal. But the Ethiopian team qualified for the second round on a 3-1 goal aggregate.}

_{In Zanzibar it was all celebrations after Kipanga FC made it to the next round of the CAF competition for the first time. After drawing 2-2 on aggregate against South Sudan’s Al Hilal Wau on Saturday, the Zanzibar team won 4-3 on penalties infront of their fans at the Amani Stadium on Saturday.}

_{Tanzania’s Geita FC won 2-1 in the second leg played at home, but the Sudan team Hilal Alsahil SC qualified on an away goals rule since they won the first leg 1-0.}

_{Rwanda’s AS Kigali also sailed through to the next round after a hard fought 1-0 win against ASAS Djibouti Telecom on Sunday. Rashid Kalisa netted the second half goal.}

_{In the other matches involving teams from the CECAFA region 10-man Bidco FC from Uganda suffered a 1-0 defeat away to Future FC in Cairo to bow out 1-0 on aggregate, while Sudan’s Al Ahli Khartoum settled for a goalles draw against Al Akhdar FC, but the Libyan team qualified for the next stage 3-0 on aggregate.}

_{In the second round of the preliminary round to be played next month Fasil Ketema will face CS Sfaxien (Tunisia), while AS Kigali battle Al- Nasr, and Kipanga FC take on Club Africain (Tunisia). Hilal Alsahil will battle Egypt’s Pyramids, and Azam FC (Tanzania) who got a bye to the second round will take on Al Akhdar.}