East End Lions Suffer Heavy Defeat in CAF Champions League

Sierra Leone Premier League champions, East End Lions FC, endured a sobering night in Tunisia after falling 4-0 to US Monastir in the first leg of their CAF Champions League preliminary round clash.

The heavy defeat leaves the country’s most decorated club with an uphill battle to salvage their continental campaign.

The result came on the same weekend that Bhantal FC, runners-up of the Leone Rock Premier League, suffered a 3-0 home loss to Guinea’s Hafia FC in the CAF Confederation Cup. Both outcomes underline the persistent struggles of Sierra Leonean clubs on the African stage.