Champions League: Al Ahly unfolds, Mazembe sinks

Ali Maaloul and his Al Ahly partners, in June 2021. AFP - -

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Al Ahly, reigning African champion, will defend his crown in the group stage of the Champions League (C1) 2021-2022.

The Egyptian club qualified by beating the US Gendarmerie Nationale 6-1 in the second round return, on October 23.

A Saturday that was fatal to Tout Puissant Mazembe, eliminated from the C1 and transferred to the Confederation Cup, following a 1-1 draw against the South African formation Amazulu (0-0 in the first leg).

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North Africa should still be well represented in the Champions League group stage this year.

After Zamalek, 4-0 winner of Tusker FC (Kenya), another Egyptian club wandered this October 23, 2021 in the second round return.

And not least since it is the defending champion, Al Ahly, who crushed the Nigerien formation, the US National Gendarmerie.

The two rivals from Cairo were notably joined in the next round by Raja Casablanca, a quiet 2-0 winner of LPRC Oilers (Liberia), and by Etoile Sportive du Sahel (Tunisia) who swept the APR FC 4-0 .

Tout Puissant Mazembe continues its tumble

The only big surprise this Saturday was the elimination of Tout Puissant Mazembe.

The DRC club were taken out by Amazulu FC under the away goal rule.

The South Africans indeed scored in Lubumbashi (1-1) while the Congolese had failed to do the same on the first leg (0-0) ...

For the fourth year in a row, the Ravens continue their tumble in C1.

They were indeed semi-finalists in 2019, quarter-finalists in 2020 and had played in the pools in 2021. For 2022, they will try to compete in those of the Confederation Cup, competition for which they are drafted but where they will have to go through a framing tour ...

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