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CAF Confed Cup: Hearts of Oak to face Real Bamako of Mali

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Accra Hearts of Oak will play Malian side, Real Bamako in the second round of the 2022/2023 CAF Confederations Cup.

The Phobians drew a bye in the first round and will have to navigate their way around the 2021–22 Malian Cup winners.

Samuel Boadu’s team will travel to Mali on the weekend of October 7-9, 2022 for the first leg encounter.

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The return leg will be held at the Accra Sports Stadium on the weekend of October 14-16, 2022.

Real Bamako qualified from the first round by beating AS Douanes of Burkina Faso 3-1 on penalties at the Stade Modibo Kéïta in Bamako, after a goalless aggregate score.

The winner of the Hearts and Real Bamako tie will move to the play-off round where they will take on one of the sixteen losers from the CAF Champions League second round.

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Hearts of Oak are Ghana’s only representative in Africa following Kumasi Asante Kotoko’s disappointing exit from the CAF Champions League.

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