Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions, Plateau United, have been knocked out of CAF Confederations Cup following a 5-2 aggregate defeat to USM Alger.
The Peace Boys headed into the second leg in Algeria with a slim 2-1 victory.
Anything other than defeat would be enough for the Jos-based side.
However, it wasn’t to be as they conceded four on Tuesday.
Kennedy Boboye’s charges stood firm against early pressure from the hosts but went behind in the 29th minute with Kaddour Beldjlali nodding home from a corner kick.
The home team wasted a number of chances with Plateau goalkeeper Dele Ajiboye impressing again.
Ajiboye was, however, unable to prevent Oussama Darlafou who scored USM’s only goal in the first leg from scoring another header four minutes before the break.
Darlafou got the Red and Black third and his second of the game from another header five minutes after the break
With the visitors resigned to fate following a disjointed performance, Mokhtar Benkhermassa added the fourth late on.
