CAF CL progression excites Aduana coach; ready for Setif

Aduana Stars coach Yussif Abubakar has expressed delight after his side managed to overturn a 1-0 deficit to qualify for the next round of CAF Champions League at the expense of Libya's Al Tahaddy in Dormaa on Wednesday. 

The Ghana Premier League champions scored two second-half goals courtesy of Elvis Opoku and Derrick Sassraku to secure progression with a 2-1 aggregate result. 

Elvis netted with a low powered drive from the edge of the box when Tahaddy failed to convincingly deal with a corner kick while Sassraku hit a superb strike from close range. 

"I can't actually describe the feeling after the game. In fact, I'm the happiest man around now because our hard work paid off," Abubakar told Goal.

"The first-half was a bit uninspiring but the players adhered to my instructions after the break and we had two important goals to make it to the next stage. I'm happy and will thank the supporters because they were massive," he added.

Aduana will face off with former champions ES Setif of Algeria in the final qualifying round and Abubakar is confident Aduana will win the difficult tie to achieve their group stage target.  

"This is the first time we've progressed to the next stage in this tournament so obviously, we can make another progress. We are with high hopes that we will make it to the group stages so we won't over celebrate this victory," he said.

Aduana will host Setif in the first leg on March 10 before travelling to Algeria for the return fixture a fortnight later

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