Enyimba look to bounce back

Nigerian outfit Enyimba host Morocco’s Wydad Athletic in Aba on Sunday for a place in the final of the CAF Champions League.

The Aba Elephants lost the semi-final first leg 1-0 a fortnight ago and have to pick themselves up ahead of this game on the back of a four-match losing streak.

Since they lost in Casablanca, the defending champions of the Nigeria Premier League have lost two of their rescheduled league games as well as the final of the Federation Cup.

But coach Okey Emordi expects his boys, who have not lost at home all season, to respond positively to the challenge ahead of them on Sunday if they hope to win their third Champions League trophy.

“We have to start working hard and immediately remove the memories of these last four games by booking our ticket to the final,” Emordi told the club’s website.

“My players know what is at stake so everybody is going to prepare hard. Our response to this defeat has to be emphatic and swift. We need to start getting positive results, starting from Sunday.”

“We have to convert our chances. In football if you don’t take your chances, you won’t win so we have to address a lot of things as we look to the future.”