African Cup Winners Cup. The usual… Real Repunlicans (Sierra Leone) withdrew without playing in the Preliminary Round. In the same opening stage Lybia FC (Lybia) was disqualified, also before playing a game. In the First Round Ela Nguema (Equatorial Guinea) and Sporting Clube Batafa (Guinea Bissau) withdrew. The rest was played smoothly and at the semi-finals Abiola Boys (Nigeria) was eliminated by Esperance (Tunis) 1-0 and 0-2, and Dragons de l’Ouémé (Benin) lost to Gor Mahia (Kenya) 0-0 and 2-3.
So, the big final: Esperance vs Gor Mahia. It finished unresolved – 2-2 and 1-1. But the away-goal rule was established and benefited Gor Mahia – they scored 2 goals away in Tunis.
Hard to lose unbeaten, but rules are rules… Esperance Sportive de Tunis went home empty-handed.
Lucky perhaps, but the flagship of Kenyan football finally got international success – Gor Mahia reached a final for the first time and won the Cup Winners Cup. Historic victory for both club and country.
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