Yesterday, Saturday, three matches in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the African Champions League ended in a goalless draw. During which Esperance of Tunisia won a deserved victory against ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast.
Only one victory was recorded in this round of the competition, which was for him Al-Ahly of Egypt On Friday, at the expense of Tanzania’s Simba, with a single goal away from home.
Hopes of Esperance
At Hamadi Al-Aqrabi Stadium in the Tunisian capital, the match between Esperance, the second Arab club in the quarter-finals of the tournament, ended in a goalless draw with its guest coming from Ivory Coast.
Esperance players dominated the match, wasting many scoring opportunities, while ASEC goalkeeper Mimosas excelled by saving his net.
The two teams will face off in the second leg of the same round on Saturday evening, April 6, at Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny in the capital, Abidjan.
Esperance, led by Portuguese coach Miguel Cardoso, failed to achieve a comfortable result that would help it secure qualification before the return match, as the Tunisian team hopes to qualify through the tournament for the finals of the Club World Cup, in its new, modified version, which will be hosted by the United States next year.
It is expected that four African clubs will participate in the world championship, including Al-Ahly of Egypt And Moroccan Wydad.
The only winner
With the same result, the matches between Mazembe of Congolese and Petro Atlético of Angola ended on the former’s soil, as well as Young Africans of Tanzania and its guest Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa.
The stage opened on Friday evening, with a match between Simba of Tanzania and Al-Ahly of Egypt, and ended with the victory of the Arab team with an orphan goal scored by Ahmed Nabil “Koka”.
This is Al-Ahly’s first historic victory on its rival’s soil in Tanzania, as it has never been done before For the title holder To score a victory there.
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