Enyimba in Uganda for CAF Champions League without Udoh

Taye Taiwo scores in six-goal thriller in Finland
Nigeria champions, Enyimba FC, landed at the Entebbe International Airport Tuesday night for a CAF Champions League clash against Uganda’s Vipers SC without star striker, Mfon Udoh.

Udoh, who set a new goals record in the Nigeria league two seasons ago when he scored 23 goals, is injured and so did not make the trip to Kampala.

A 35-man contingent arrived at Entebbe, where they were received by Vipers SC officials led by Vincent Ssajjabbi.

Enyimba will face Uganda champions Vipers SC in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League on Friday at the Nakivubo Stadium at 4pm local time.

Enyimba will train at the match venue Thursday afternoon.

Enyimba had their training at the match venue at 3.30pm yesterday.

Meanwhile, Nigeria defender Taye Taiwo was among the goals for his Finnish club HJK Helsinki on Tuesday night when they drew 3-3 with HIFK in a league cup game.

The former Olympique Marseille left back scored from a free kick in the 21st minute to reduce the scores to 2-1 for his side.

He has scored two goals in the cup this season.

Taye Taiwo was delighted they didn’t lose the first derby of 2016.

“It’s a game we didn’t want to lose, the coach told us during the half time break,” he told the club website.

“We have a good game, we kept a cool head and trusted ourselves to make it in the game.”
Culled from Mtnfootball.com