ENPPI & Maqassa lose away from home | CAF Confederation Cup

Egyptian side ENPPI suffered a surprise 2-0 defeat at Mounana of Gabon�in the first-leg of the Confederation Cup round of 16 on Sunday, to leave them with a mountain to climb in the second leg set to be played in Cairo on 20 April.

Midfielder Rick Allogho Mba opened the scoring on 17 minutes and Eric Ilamba doubled the seal after converting a penalty, five minutes after the hour-mark.

Fellow Egyptian side Maqassa lost 1-0 at Algeria’s CS Constantine on Saturday.

Egypt’s African Confederation Cup debutants Maqassa conceded a late goal to lose 1-0 at Algeria’s CS Constantine in the first leg of the competition’s round of 16.

Former Bologna and Lazio midfielder Mourad Meghni scored the winner one minute from time to spark wild celebrations in the stands.

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His angled free kick eluded all defenders and hit it�into the net to give Constantine a narrow first-leg advantage.

Maqassa earlier had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside when Hassan El-Shahat fired in on the rebound after a free-kick was parried into his path.

The second leg will take place in Egypt on 19 April.