Dolphins Football Club of Port Harcourt will face an uphill task today as they tackle Tunisian side Club Africain in the second round of the CAF Confederation Cup in Tunis.

Dolphins left only yesterday for Tunisia after the players staged a protest over unpaid backlog of salaries and other entitlements. Apart from this, the club is also missing key players

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However, coach Stanley Eguma is hopeful that Dolphins will return unscathed from their trip to Tunisia.

“The travel hiccups could happen to any side. So we are not writing off ourselves yet as in football even your perceived hardship can become a blessing in disguise”.

“Our chances are as bright as the hosts, Club Africain, we only just have to maintain absolute calmness.

“In addition to management, players disagreement we equally had bad weather that further compounded our early departure.

“We’re already boarding and quite hopeful for positive result in the game on Saturday,” Eguma said as the team departed yesterday.

Warri Wolves have no such worries. They are looking to collect all points from Ethiopia’s Dedebit in the other Confederation Cup fixture. Warri Wolves coach, Paul Aigbogun revealed that his wards are in good mental and physical condition to handle the encounter. He added that he was expecting a tough match and they are adequately prepared.

“We knew, even before our second leg (preliminary round game against RC Bobo Dioulasso) that we would play them (Dedebit FC), so we started doing our homework on them a long time ago.

“The good thing is that all our players are available and are available for selection,” said the coach.