Overview:
Four of the six teams in the quarter finals are former winners with Al Ahly (11), ASEC Mimosas (1), Mamelodi Sundowns (1) and TP Mazembe (5) all having previously lifted Africa’s most coveted club football trophy.
Tanzania’s Young Africans will be one of the eight teams in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League after securing their slot along with other five teams with one round of group stage matches to play.
Other teams that are already through include defending champions Al Ahly, South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns, Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas, TP Mazembe of DR Congo and Angola’s Petro de Luanda.
Four of the six teams in the quarter finals are former winners with Al Ahly (11), ASEC Mimosas (1), Mamelodi Sundowns (1) and TP Mazembe (5) all having previously lifted Africa’s most coveted club football trophy.
Only Group B and C remain contested after Mamelodi Sundowns and TP Mazembe are through in Group A, while Group D was decided by Ahly and Young Africans.
In Group B, Morocco’s Wydad AC who had a rather slow start to their Group Stage campaign injected life into the title ambitions with a 1-0 win over Jwaneng Galaxy in Botswana – a result that sees them tied on six (6) points with Simba AC, who face Jwaneng Galaxy in next week’s final round, while Wydad take on the high-flying ASEC Mimosas.
In Group C, Petro de Luanda’s qualification leaves the race for a second place to be contested by Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Al-Hilal. Interestingly, the two sides face each other head on in a fixture that promises to produce fireworks in Tunis on Saturday evening.
TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Match Day 6 Fixtures:
Friday, 01 March
CR Belouizdad – Medeama
Al Ahly – Young Africans
Saturday, 02 March
Pyramids – Nouadhibou
Mamelodi Sundowns – TP Mazembe
Simba – Jwaneng*
Wydad – ASEC*
ES Tunis – Al-Hilal*
Petro de Luanda – ES Sahel