Rangers vs MC Alger: CAF, NFF silence cast shadows on return led amid damaged facilities

Enugu Rangers defeated MC Alger 2-0 successful the archetypal limb of their CAF Champions League 2nd qualifying circular connected Sunday astatine the MKO Abiola Stadium.

Two goals from Kenneth Igboke and James Emo gave Enugu Rangers the triumph against the North African broadside arsenic some teams finished the lucifer with 10 men.

The result of the lucifer gives the Flying Antelopes a beardown vantage up of Friday’s instrumentality limb successful Algeria.

But the triumph has been overshadowed by reports that seats astatine the stadium were destroyed by MC Alger fans during the first-leg brushwood successful Nigeria.

On Monday, Enugu Rangers wrote a petition to the Confederation of African Football, CAF, implicit the incident, raising the substance up of the decisive instrumentality limb successful Algeria connected Friday.

The Nigerian squad raised concerns regarding the reported "destruction of a stadium entranceway gate, unauthorised introduction without outgo of gross fees, vandalisation of stadium seats and different acts of disorder."

In its petition, Enugu Rangers besides requested "urgent involution by CAF, including information of ...