As the halfway mark of the CAF Champions League passed with last weekend's matches, at least two clubs face perilous uphill battles in search of implausible results that they hope will keep them in contention in the competition.

Enyimba stormed past TP Mazembe of DR Congo 2-0 in Sunday's Champions League match after goals from Eze Otorogu and Stephen Worgu helped the home side to a fifth consecutive home win in this season's tournament.

Enyimba’s perennial 25,000 capacity fortress in Aba receives a potential new victim at the weekend when they take on CAF Champions League group phase debutants, Cotonsport of Cameroon in a Group B match on Sunday.

The 2008 CAF Champions League Group Stage games which kickstarted last Friday with Al Hilal and Enyimba taking centre-stage have instensified, following the second game of the group.

Enyimba have lost the first game of the group stage of the 2008 CAF Champions League after a last-minute goal from Ifeanyi Onigbo gave Al Hilal a 3-2 win in what was an enthralling 90 minutes of football.

Two time African Champions and Nigeria's sole respresentative on the continent, Enyimba Int'l FC will be resuming its campaign for a third Champions League crown with its Friday's Group B group stage opener against Al Hilal of Sudan.

The MTN CAF Champions League, like every other football competition around the world, holds its share of excitement and thrill, many will agree. However, while this will be true for some clubs, other clubs will find its bitter pill of shock and pain hard to swallow.

Enyimba International FC has hailed the sporting spirit of Club Africain over the way the Tunisians conducted themselves after Friday's game saw them exit the tournament on a 6-3 aggregate.

Enyimba Int'l FC of Aba, Nigeria has become the first club to book its place in the Group Stage of this year's CAF Champions League after edging past Club Africain on a 6-3 agg.

An exclusive chat with Stephen Worgu ahead of Enyimba's clash with Club Africain as he says he is unruffled by the seeming threat posed by the North Africans.

As Sunday's Champions Leauge clash between Simba SC and Enyimba Int'l draws closer, all focus shifts to Dar es Salam, Tanzania, the venue for what would be an epic encounter.

Enyimba's Stephen Worgu heads the pack of International unknowns who all scored hat-tricks on Sunday, March 23 as the goals flowed in the CAF Champions League. The others are Edward Sadomba and Fankele Traore.

Enyimba forward Stephen Worgu has expressed confidence that Simba SC of Tanzania would not be stopping the Elephants as they march forward down the Champions League path to success.

Having secured a 4-1 victory over Diables Noirs of Congo, Maurice Cooreman has said he's not daunted by the challenge of taking on the might of the Black Devils as he prepares to take his side through to the next stage.

Inspite of goals from Stephen Worgu and Ezenwa Otorogu to effectively sink Diables Noirs FC 4-1 in a pulsating CAF Champions League first knockout round first leg at Aba, Enyimba's Technical Adviser, Maurice Cooreman is taking nothing for granted ahead of the second match with the Congolese side in a fortnight.