CAFCL: MFM ‘well prepared’ to face Algeria’s MC Alger

MFM FC manager, Fidelis Ilechukwu, says his team is well prepared and ready for their CAF Champions League first round fixture against Algerian side, MC Alger.

Ilechukwu, who admitted that his team has a tough task ahead of them, is confident of making a good result with the players at his disposal.

The NPFL last season’s runners-up will host the first leg of the encounter at the Agege Stadium Lagos today (Wednesday) before facing the former champions away in a fortnight.

Speaking ahead of the game,Ilechukwu said: “It’s always tough when you face the North Africans, but all I can say is that we are well prepared for the game.

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“We have prepared well for the game and now is the time to make the country proud.

“Although we have one or two challenges with some of our key players, but we will make do with what we have to get a good result.

“The target for us is to score enough goals and not concede which will help us in the return leg,” he stated.

MFM are making their debut in the continental competition, and making it to the lucrative group stage will be a thing of joy for the Olukoya boys.

 

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