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Kenya's Tusker FC will have to beat APR FC of Rwanda in the return-leg of the Orange CAF Champions League if they are to proceed to the next round, after settling to a barren draw in their first-leg encounter at Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday.

Speedy winger Paul Were could have scored an opener for the Brewers, but his goal was ruled-offside in the early part of the match. It was a well balanced match that saw Tusker's new signing Patrick “Petit” Kagogo squander the best opportunity in the dying minutes. Tusker coach Sammy “Pamzo” Omollo bemoaned the team's performance saying “we deserved victory out of the match. Overall I believe we had several chances of winning the game. The outcome of the match is not what we expected but with the return leg coming in a fortnight’s time we still have the chance of qualifying.”

His counterpart Ernis Bandts was satisfied with the outcome of the match promising to win the return match in Kigali. “We defended well and coming out without conceding a goal is a good result for us. I hope we will be able to complete the job in Kigali,” said the Dutchman.

Both teams were under pressure to deliver with APR coming to Nairobi after failing to qualify to the second round of the African competition in two attempts. But coach Bandts is confident that they will better last year's performance. “We want to go all the way and today's show was a perfect tonic to our fans that we are ready to qualify,” Bandts told cafonline.com after the match.