Berekum Chelsea coach unfazed by tough Champions League draw

By Patrick Akoto

Berekum Chelsea coach Hans Van der Plyum is unfazed about his side’s chances despite being handed a tough draw in the CAF Champions League.

The Champions League debutants were drawn against three former champions, TP Mazembe of DR Congo and Egyptian giants  Zamalek and Al Ahly.

The draw took place at Caf's headquarters in Cairo on Tuesday.

The ambitious Ghanaian side will have to pull the chestnut out of the blazing fire to go past the three strong contenders in group B.

But their Dutch coach Hans Vander Plyum insists his men are ‘switched’ on to go through unscathed.

“They are all former champions and therefore we have a lot of respect for them but we all got to this stage on merit and so we’ll see how it goes,” Plyum told GHANAsoccernet.com

“We have to believe in ourselves that nothing is impossible and so we’re not going to be pushed  overs.

“Big names don’t play football these days and so we’ll give our best shot. Many people ruled out our chances against CotonSports but we all saw what happened.

“So I believe anything is possible in such competitions. We know we’re a small club but we have the men to rub shoulders with them,”

The other group A matches will see holders Esperance battling it out against Nigerian side Sunshine, ASO Chlef of Algeria and another Tunisian side Etoile Du Sahel.