Current 2017 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) champions
Plateau United have been knocked out of the 2018 CAF Confederations Cup
after a 4-0 loss to USM Alger in the play-off match on Tuesday, April
17.
Plateau United defeated USM Alger 2-1 in the first leg encounter played at the Agege soccer temple on Saturday, April 7.
Plateau United lost 4-0 to USM Alger in the second leg fixture away
from home. The Algerian side took the lead in the 29th minute through
Oussama Darfalou. Algers doubled their lead before the break when
Kadour Beldjilali scored in the 44th minute to make it 2-0. Darfalou
scored the third goal of the game to seal the result in the 49th
minute.
Mohamed Benkhemassa put the game out of sight when he added to the
scoreline with Alger’s fourth of the game in the 82nd minute. The
result means that Plateau United lost 5-2 on aggregate to USM Algers and
will not feature in any continental competition this season. NPFL CAF
Confederations Cup fixtures
The other three NPFL sides will play on Wednesday, Enyimba host Bidvest
Wits after a 1-1 draw in the first leg, April 18
Akwa United host El
Hilal after a 2-0 loss, while MFM travel to Djoliba with a 0-1 defeat in
the first leg.