Mauritanian side Nouadhibou FC have touched down Ghana for the second leg of the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League against Asante Kotoko in Accra.

The Mauritanian giants landed at the Kotoko International Airport on Thursday evening ahead of the crunch clash against Asante Kotoko on Saturday.

FC Noudhibou, who moved to their Accra City Hotel base shortly after arriving in the West African country, will hold their first training session at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday.

Both sides will be gunning to punch their tickets to the next stage of the qualifying round when they square off in the return encounter on Saturday.

In the first leg, Kotoko opened the scoring Osman Ibrahim before the Northwest African nation side rallied back to pick a draw courtesy Hemeya Tanjy’s penalty.

The game will be coming off on Sunday 3:00 GMT

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Asante Kotoko have now played a 1-1 draw in their last four games in all competitions after losing their lead once again in their CAF Champions League game against Mauritanian side Nouadhibou FC.



The Porcupines will b looking to finish the job in Accra when the away team travel down for the second leg of the fixture next week.

Asante Kotoko started the game well and scored an early goal through Osman Ibrahim who buried a fine pass from Emmanuel Gyamfi to give them the lead.

However, the visitors lost their lead after the home side were awarded a controversial penalty in the 22nd minute of the game, Hemeya Tanjy stepped up and leveled the scoreline.

Asante Kotoko dominated the remaining minutes of the first half and the second half but couldn’t put themselves in front.

Nouadhibou will travel to Accra to face Asante Kotoko in the second leg of the fixture.

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