The CAF Champions League match between Nigerian champions, Kano Pillars and Moghreb Tetouan of Morocco has been shifted by a week the Confederation African Football (CAF) has stated.
The round of 32 first leg billed for Morocco will now hold a week after the original date, March 14, 2015. The decision by CAF to shift the date of the match by a week was consented to by the Moroccan Football Federation and Moghreb Tetouan.
The Nigerian champions, Kano Pillars were to start their title defense in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) in Owerri against Heartland FC but were attacked in their road trip to Owerri by armed robbers near Lokoja. Five players, Gambo Muhammed, Eneji Otekpa, Adamu Murtala, Reuben Ogbonnaya and Ubong Ekpai sustained various degree of injury after the incident.
The Nigerian champions announced through its Twitter account late on Monday night that CAF has informed them that their Champions League match against Moroccan club, Moghreb Tetouan has been shifted by a week.
The tweet read: "CAF committee has postponed our first leg match against MA Tetouan of Morocco by one week".
“The March 14th game is now scheduled to be played on 20, 21 or 22 of March. The match has been postponed due to the attack on the team."
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