CAF Confed Cup: Dreams FC qualify for quarter-final despite defeat in final group game

Ghana’s Dreams FC secured their place in the quarter-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup, despite losing 2-1 to Nigeria’s Rivers United in their final Group C game yesterday at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Port Harcourt.

The team topped the group table with 12 points after Club Africain failed to beat bottom-placed Academica do Lobito at home.

Dreams FC scored the first goal in the 39th minute, courtesy of Abdul Aziz Issah’s strike, to take the lead ahead of the halftime break.

However, Rivers United scored the equaliser after the break before adding a late winner to make it 2-1 for the home team.

It was a dramatic finish in the Group C final games as Tunisian side Club Africain also drew 1-1 with Academica do Lobito of Angola.

After having won four of their five group games, including a first-leg victory over Rivers United in Kumasi, the Ghanaian FA Cup winners needed just a point from their final Group C encounter to qualify for the quarter-final of the continental competition.

Dreams FC hope to be the second Ghanaian club after Hearts of Oak to win the CAF Confederation Cup, after reaching the quarter-finals in their first continental campaign.

Rivers United, who also occupied the third position on the Group C table with nine points from five games before the match, have also qualified.