Bendel Insurance in Casablanca for Win or Bust Clash with RS Berkane

Adibe Emenyonu  in Benin City

Players and officials of Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin City, arrived in Casablanca, Morocco  yesterday afternoon ahead of their second leg, second preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup clash with Renaissance De Sportive Berkane on Friday.

The delegation from Benin City flew into the North African nation aboard a Royal Air Maroc flight, which touched down at the Mohammed V. International Airport, Casablanca at about 1pm, Nigerian Time.

They were received by Emmanuel Ovye Oliver, the protocol assistant and some other officials of the Nigeria Embassy in Morocco.

Bendel Insurance FC were forced to a 2-2 draw by RS Berkane at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, in Benin City, a fortnight ago.

The Benin Arsenal Head Coach, Monday Odigie, insisted yesterday that the Nigerian representatives “are confident to defend their pride and dignity in Morocco in the return leg clash.”

The stand-in Captain  of Insurance FC, Amas Obasogie, said: “Knowing the honour that awaits us if we beat our opponent to qualify for the group stage, we are going to fight for everything in the field of play to go home victorious. We made two mistakes in Benin and will not want a repeat here in Morocco. 

“We are facing a very strong opponent who have been champions twice in a space of three years but we will not allow them intimidate us. They should expect a good fight from us the way they also did  in Benin City.”