Stellenbosch FC coach Steve Barker says his facet are assured heading into Sunday’s CAF Confederation Cup second-leg towards 15 de Agosto de Akonibe.
The Maroons will look to proceed their successful run after their thrilling 4-3 victory over Golden Arrows at Athlone Stadium on Wednesday night.
Stellies and 15 de Agosto de Akonibe come into this match after they performed out to a goalless draw within the first leg.
The 2 sides will battle to safe their place within the competitors’s Group Levels once they sq. off at Athlone Stadium on Sunday.
“We’re assured going into the sport on Sunday,” Barker advised his membership’s official web site. “We need to be competing on the continent on the highest degree, so it’s vital for us to get ourselves previous our opposition and into the Group Stage.
“No recreation is straightforward, and we encountered [during the first leg] that they’re a troublesome opponent. They’re very direct and possess plenty of physicality and aerial capacity.
“Now we have to pay attention to that, however on the identical time, we’re enjoying at house, so we now have to take the sport to them and ensure we ask many questions, create possibilities, get our targets, and hopefully progress to the subsequent spherical.
“It positively helps us to be again at Athlone. It wasn’t simple enjoying in Equatorial Guinea, after plenty of journey within the air and on the bus, and the stadium, the pitch, and the climate have been all difficult.
“We needed to overcome so much, and I felt we did effectively to get a draw from that recreation. At house, these elements are out of the best way, so we now have to be actually sharp and contemporary, and play with the vitality and depth that we want.”
