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CAF CL: Hard work, Dedication will be crucial for Horoya’s qualification–Sakin

Nigeria born Horoya of Guinea striker, Simeon Bolaji Sakin has averred that with utmost dedication and hard work his West African club can scale to the quarter-final stage of the CAF Champions League ahead of
their Group B rivals.

Horoya who were quarter-finalists in the 2018 edition of the club competition will face FC Platinum (Zimbabwe), Esperance de Tunis of Tunisia who are the defending champions and Orlando Pirates of South Africa in a tough Group B but Sakin agreed that they must double up their effort and remain very hard working throughout the six group matches.

He retrospects on their campaign in the lucrative club competition last year when they were paired alongside Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and AS Togo-Port of Togo in Group C
in another difficult group and how they qualified ahead of Sundowns who were the competition champions in 2016.

The former Abia Warriors and Rivers United attacker noted that they have done a survey of their Group B opponents and they have come to the realization that they could as well pick one of the two tickets irrespective of the presence of the reigning champions in their group.

“I will it is the only dedication to duty and hard work that can guarantee us a place in the group stage of the competition. We cannot be afraid of those that we are in the same group with because we are
very confident in our performance that we can get out of the group,” Sakin told SportingLife.ng.

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“We have perused our group stage opponents and we make bold to state that they are not better than those that we faced last year because we had Wydad Casablanca and Mamelodi Sundowns in our group and we still
got the quarter-final ticket. We shall try our best to be dedicated as possible. If we take our games seriously, we can qualify for the next round.”

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