Sunshine goalie sad over loss to Esperance

Sunshine Stars goalkeeper Moses Ocheje has maintained his club did not deserve to lose to Esperance in a CAF Champions League in Tunis.

  

The Nigerian representatives lost 1-0 Sunday night courtesy of a 52nd minute own goal by James Ebitogwa, but Ocheje said the club did enough in Tunis to at least get a draw.

  

“It was a painful way to lose a game, we played well and did not deserve to lose the game, a draw would have been the worst result for us there in Tunisia, but it was not to be. We created chances too but we failed to convert them,” he lamented.

  

“The game has been lost and won. Now our attention is on how to scale through the semi-final. We know the higher we go the tougher it becomes and we are ready for that.”

  

The Akure club, who also reached the last four of last year’s Confederation Cup, will now await the winners of Group B between TP Mazembe of DR Congo and Al Ahly from Egypt in the semi-finals.

  

Defending champions Esperance have won Group A as they have recorded an unassailable nine points with only a game to be played in this group following the disqualification of local rivals Etoile du Sahel.

Esperance, who beat Sunshine Stars 2-0 in the reverse fixture in Nigeria in July, will play the final game of the group in a fortnight at bottom team ASO Chlef of Algeria, who are still to gain a point at this stage of the tournament.