Pyramids were unable to make use of their dominance in the first half where they enjoyed 61% ball possession and recorded a total of five shots which two were on target while one went off target and another was blocked.
Namungo had a total of three shots and one was on target and the other went off while one was blocked by Pyramids backline. The Cairo club got four corners while Namungo got two and the Group D rivals were each flagged for offside once.
Pyramids were the first side to make a change when the second half began as Ahmed Tawfik was replaced by Mohamed Farouk. In the 64th minute, two changes were made by the visitors as Mahmoud Hamad and John Antwi were withdrawn and Eric Traore and Omar Gaber took their respective places.
Despite the win which set them up to reach the group stage for the first time in the club’s history, coach Morocco has cautioned his players not to celebrate yet and asked them to get ready for the return leg which will be played at the same venue.
“I think we should not celebrate yet because we have one more match to play against them,” Morocco said as quoted by
Daily News. “They are a good team not to be written off as such, we need to get back to correct our shortfalls prior to the return match.
“Even though we have won today [Sunday], there are many mistakes we made hence this is the time to correct them.
The final line up for the 2020/21 Total CAF Confederation Cup was completed on Sunday with the second leg of most of the play-off round matches being staged across different venues in Africa.
In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Namungo FC were in spectacular form picking the highest result of the