Action from the Africa cup club championship.[Photo/nation.co.ke]
Nine-time champions Telkom are still on track in their search for a 10th Africa Cup for Club Championship title with a gritty 1-0 win over compatriots Strathmore University Scorpions on Sunday in Accra, Ghana.
The 20-time Kenyan champions to notch the winner through Audrey Omaido took them 52 minutes.
Telkom were disappointed in the second quarter after Lilian Aura's goal was ruled out for violation on the Student's defence.
Telkom coach Jos Openda pushed his charges for more goals but his counterpart Meshack Senge pushed his side on. Sandra Adera and Marioan Akinyi were almost to equalize but their efforts were thwarted by defenders Terry Juma and Flavia Mutiva with Cynthia Akinyi alert in between the posts.
Coach Openda's side held on for the win that took their points tally to six.
"It's never easy against Strathmore. If you look at today, they came out fighting because they had lost one match already but as usual we came out on top. We are still going on with our target of winning without conceding a goal," noted the coach after the match.
Coach Senge's Strathmore will have start again as they seek their first victory of the tournament having lost to last edition's finalists Ghana Revenue Authority 4-0. They take on Ghana Police in their third match.
"We gave our best, almost all the fighting spirit we had, we conceded a goal that was rather too soft. I think generally, our match yesterday and today there is a very big difference and huge step up on the part of the girls," said Senge.
Kada Queens was second after seeing off Yobe Desert Queens 1-0 in an all-Nigerian affair. Ikiriko Bomiegha scored the lone goal of the match that helped Kada Queens recover from their first match loss to Ghana Police.
Telkom play Kada Queens in their next match while Strathmore face Ghana Police hunting for their first victory on Monday afternoon.