Kano pillars out of champions league

Nigerian league champions Kano Pillars failed to win big, against Moroccan side, Mohgreb Tetouan, and have crashed out
of the Caf Champions League before the group stages for a third straight year.
The Nigerian champions beat the Moroccans 2-1
at the Sani Abacha Stadium, but failed to overturn a 4-0 deficit suffered two weeks ago in Tetuouan.
Goals from Tony Omayerue and Rabiu Ali helped the Nigerian champions to secure a 2-1 win
against the 10 men of Tetouan after Mouhcine Iajour had put them ahead.
Having lost 4-0 in the first leg, Pillars needed at
least five goals at home to stand a chance of
going through to the next stage of the competition.
The visitors consolidated on their chances as first-leg hat-trick hero Iajour snatched the lead in
the 33rd minute capitalizing on Pillars' concentration in attack.
However, the hosts reciprocated in the 58th minute
through Omayerue who fired home from a goal mouth scramble after heavy pressure to lift the hopes of the fans for a comeback.
The many chances created by Okey Emordi's men were futile due to lack of clinical finishers
- the absence of Gambo Mohammed and the exit of Christian Obiozor was felt heavily.
Hopes where lifted when the visitors were reduced to 10 men as Hazael Houssani was sent off in the 72nd minute following a bad challenge.
Sadly, Pillars could not capitalise on the one man advantage as they only managed to grab their
lead through Rabiu in the 89th minute to secure
victory on the evening which was not enough to see them through.
The Nigerian champions have failed to qualify for the group stages after three attempts in a row leaving Enyimba FC of Aba as the country's only representatives left in the competition.
Source: goal.com