Raja Casablanca too strong for hapless Namungo

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s representatives in the Caf Confederation Cup, Namungo FC, have continued to lose points following a 3-0 defeat by Raja Casablanca of Morocco at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium yesterday.

The loss is the fifth for Namungo FC since they qualified for the group stage of the competition. The team started with a 1-0 loss to the same team in Casablanca and later beaten 2-0 by Pyramids of Egypt and then defeated 1-0 by Nkana FC of Zambia.

Namungo again lost 1-0 to Mkana FC in the return leg match of the Caf Confederation Cup.

Yesterday, Raja Casablanca dominated the game and scored their goals through Ilias Haddad in the eighth minute before Fabrice Luamba Ngoma added the second in the 14th minute and the third goal was scored by Zakaria Habti in the 36th minute. As per the fixture, Namungo FC will play their final group stage return leg encounter on April 28 against Pyramids FC of Egypt in Cairo.

Meanwhile, Namungo FC striker Stephen Sey is among the three players who are leading the golden boot award race in the competition after scoring five goals each.

Apart from Ghanaian Sey, others are Godwin Aguda who plays for Rivers United of Nigeria and Olivier Boissy of Burkina Faso’s Salitas side.

However, the teams of Sey and Boissy are still in the Caf Confederation Cup competition and the players can score more than those goals. Aguda’s team has been eliminated from the competition. Each team in the tournament are remained with two matches.

Records show that players Lambert Araina of Coton Sport of Cameroon, Souleymane Coulibaly (Etoile Sahel, Tunisia) and Emmanuel Mayuka of Napsa Stars of Zambia have each scored four goals in the competition.