Recap

Ten-man Green  Eagles  on Tuesday made a memorable  continental debut  with a 2-0 home win in  Zambia over  eSwatini club  Young  Buffaloes  at  Independence  Stadium in  Choma.

Both  goals  in  this  2018/2019  TOTAL Confederation Cup preliminary round, first leg match came in  the after  the hour mark.

But Eagles did  have a tangible  chance  earlier in  the 33rd minute  when  Young Buffaloes  goalkeeper  Nhlanhla Gwebu made an on-the-line save  to   denied  Shadreck  Mulungwe.

Young  Buffaloes later  had a great  opportunity  to take the lead in the  55th minute  through  Siboniso Ngwenya  but quick action from Eagles  goalkeeper Justin Munyikwa  kept the ball out.

The deadlock was broken  in the  61s tminute  when  striker Edward Mwamba  pounced on  the  rebound after Nhlanhla parried  the ball into  his path.

Young Buffaloes later had the woodwork to thank in the 79th minute when striker Anos Tembo’s header came off the crossbar.

Ten minutes later, Eagles were reduced to ten men when midfielder Amity Shemande was sent-off for a crude tackle on Shlangu Mkhwanazi.

But the drama carried over deep into the seven minutes of extra -time when George Chaloba won a penalty.

Tembo stepped up  to  take the  resultant penalty but his luckless  day  continued  when Nhlanhla  parried the spot kick into 78th minute  substitute  Jonathan Manongo’s path who made no mistake  to cement  Eagles’ precious  home win.

The two sides meet in the final leg in eSwatini on December 5 to decide who goes through to the second phase on   December 15.