Ghana Premier League champions, Accra Hearts of Oak sail through in their CAF Champions League preliminary stage match against CL Kamsar of Guinea.

Two late goals from substitutes Kofi Kordzi and Salim Adams secured the Phobians a much need win to progress into the next stage.

The game was a one-off showdown after CAF scrapped the first leg encounter owing to political instability in Guinea. Hearts now qualify for the first round of the competition where they face a tough encounter with Wydad Casablanca of Morocco.

Attacking sensation Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, who earned his first senior Ghana call-up for the 2022 World Cup qualifying matches against Ethiopia and South Africa last month, was unsurprisingly trusted by coach Samuel Boadu to lead the hosts’ attack, alongside Isaac Mensah, Emmanuel Nettey and Frederick Ansah Botchway.

Kamsar, meanwhile, had former Ghana and Asante Kotoko defender Amos Frimpong in their starting set-up, with another Ghanaian, Martin Antwi, also formerly of Kotoko, on the bench.

The visitors did well to hold the Phobians to a goalless draw in the first 45 minutes and appeared on course to do the same in the second stanza before things took a late dramatic turn.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Hearts broke the deadlock seven minutes to full-time when Kordzi, who was making a return to the club after a spell away in Qatar last season, curled a beautiful free-kick from outside the box into the net.

It was a huge sense of relief for the Phobians, who were beginning to show signs of frustration as the game headed towards full-time.

Boadu’s outfit were not done just yet as they added one more goal in stoppage time, this time by a thunderous Adams strike from outside the box.

The goal effectively dashed every hope of Kamsar for a late comeback as Ivorian referee Patrick Tanguy Jean Philippe Vle shortly whistled to bring an end to proceedings.