Nigeria, Feb. 8 -- With qualification no longer within reach, Rivers United will welcome CAF Champions League holders Pyramids FC to Port Harcourt today, Sunday, with one remaining objective: pride.

The Nigeria Premier Football League leaders have endured a bruising return to Africa's elite club competition, a campaign that promised much but unravelled quickly. Rooted to the bottom of Group A with just one point from four matches, Rivers United arrive at the fixture already eliminated; a stark contrast to their domestic dominance.

Their continental fate was sealed last weekend following a 1-0 home defeat to Zambia's Power Dynamos, a result that confirmed their exit from the group stage with two matches still to play.

Despite the disapp...