
(Last Updated On: 2017-05-29)
Adeboye Amosu
Somalian referee, Mohamed Hagi Abdi will be at the centre when Rivers United take on KCCA FC of Rwanda in their Confederation Cup matchday three fixture at the Philip Omondi Stadium, Kampala on Saturday, apnewsng.com can report.
Hagi, will be assisted by his countrymen Hamza Hagi and Bashir Sh. Abdi Suleiman who will serve as first and second assistant referees respectively.
Rivers United picked their first win in Group A of the competition last Wednesday courtesy of a slim 1-0 home win against FUS Rabat of Morocco.
Stanley Eguma’s men fell 3-1 against Tunisian outfit Club Africain on matchday one.
Their opponent also recovered from their opening day 3-0 loss to FUS Rabat, edging out Club Africain 2-1 at home.
United occupy third position in the group despite having same number of points with Club Africain and FUS Rabat who have better goal differences.
The top-two teams in the group stages will qualify for the quarterfinals.