Legendary player Bernard Dong Bortey of Accra Hearts of Oak believes his team will defeat AS Real Bamako and advance to the next round of the CAF Confederations Cup.

In the opening game, which took place in Mali a week ago, the Phobians fell to the genuine Bamako by a score of 3-0.

Dong Bortey has stated that he is confidence in the current Hearts of Oak team to overcome the 3-0 deficit in Accra since the club has done it before. This is ahead of the second leg.

"All I want to say to the players is that they should easily qualify this Sunday.

In an interview with Hearts of Oak's media, he claimed, "If they can score five goals, they should be able to.

“This is something we’ve done it before, so they can also do it. Ours was four goals but theirs is only three so I trust they can do it.

“I have not entered this station since 2017 and today is my first time since I stopped playing for Hearts of Oak, he added.

“So, before Dong Bortey will put his leg here on Sunday, trust me we are going to qualify. The spirit there and they are going to qualify because I know what they can do,” he stated.

Hearts of Oak will play Real Bamako at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, October 16, 2022, at 3:00pm.