Nigerian midfielder and captain of Tanzania’s Singida Black Stars, Morice Chukwu, made a bold declaration about his future at the club, stating he would consider leaving if the team failed to qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup group stage.
He captained the team to a historic qualification for their first TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup group stage.
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Singida Black Stars FC wrote their own history coming from a goal down in the return leg of the second preliminary round to beat 10-man Flambeu du Centre 3-1 and qualify for the group stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.
David Irishura gave Flambeu du Centre the lead after 26 minutes at the Azam Complex Stadium. But after recess Horso Muaku leveled matters for Singida Black Stars FC.
In the 65th minute the home side earned a penalty after a deliberate handball in the box and the red card for the Burundian side. Zambian import Clatous Chama made no mistake from the spot. Idriss Diomande put the icing on the cake with a third goal in the 75 minutes.
Singida Black Stars FC went on to qualify on a 4-2 goal aggregate and now join other teams like Azam FC (Tanzania), Zesco FC (Zambia), Maniema Fc (DR Congo), USM Alger (Algeria), San Pedro (Ivory Coast) and Olympique de Safi (Morocco) in the group stage.
The former Rivers United player, Morice Chukwu was so happy as he penned on his social media handles;
“Adored and not ignored”
“So happy to be part of this History and also captaining the team to advance to Group stage of the CAF Confederations Cup for the very first time”
“Let’s do more brothers”
Singida Black Star will then travel next week thursday to face Azam FC in the Tanzania Premier League to continue their perfect starts of the season.
