African footballclub football action resumes just a week after the continents premier event ,the african cup of nations .
The cAf champions league and the CAF confederations take place this weekend with the fist leg ties across the continent
For the CAF confederations,the second tier club cup competition, 40 teams will battle to advance into the first round, where 12 seeded clubs – including former winners CS Sfaxien and 2016 Champions League semifinalists ZESCO United – lie in wait.
Tomorrow Algerian giants JS Kabylie will face Liberia’s Monrovia Club Breweries while their compatriots MC Alger will battle it out with Ghana’s Bechem United.
South African sides SuperSport United and Platinum Stars will make a date with ASSM Elgeco Plus (Madagascar) and Uniao Desportiva (Mozambique) respectively, while Uganda’s Vipers will have an easier home tie against Volcan Club of the Comoros on Saturday.
Most teams were paired from teams within their regions with derbies of that kind expected . AS SONABEL (Burkina Faso) v SC Gagnoa (Ivory Coast) will eclipse a west African derby together with APEJES Academy (Cameroon) v ASC Niarry Tally (Senegal), RSLAF (Sierre Leone) v Wikki Tourists (Nigeria).
A Southern African derby between Botswana’s Orapa United and Swaziland’s Mbabane Swallows will be another interesting fixture
Ambitious Nigerian side Ifeanyi Ubah have a touhg date against Egyptians Al Masry. Ethiopia’s Defence Force will entertain Cameroon’s Yong Sports Academy in another big clash
Kenya’s ulinzi stars have a date with Al hilal benghazi with a date
The return leg matches will be played on the weekend of 17-19 February
CAF Confederation Cup, preliminary round, first leg ties
10-12 February
Monrovia Club Breweries v JS Kabylie
Etoile du Congo v Racing de Micomeseng
Ifeanyi Ubah v Al Masry
Defence Force v Young Sports Academy
AS Douanes v IR Tanger
ASSM Elgeco Plus v SuperSport United
Akanda v Renaissance du Congo
Bechem United v MC Alger
RSLAF v Wikki Tourists
Platinum Stars v Uniao Desportiva
Vipers v Volcan Club
Orapa United v Mbabane Swallows
KVZ v Le Messager Ngozi
APEJES Academy v ASC Niarry Tally
Wau Salaam v Rayon Sports
AS SONABEL v SC Gagnoa
MAS Fez v CARA Brazzaville
Pamplemousses v Ngezi Platinum
Al Hilal Al-Ubayyid v St Michel United
Al Hilal Benghazi v Ulinzi Stars
