Al-Hilal became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League after the 1-1 draw against Algerian champions, MC Alger.
Al-Hilal became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League after the 1-1 draw against Algerian champions, MC Alger. Bayadiz Soufiane stunned the home crowd with a fifth-minute goal for MC Alger. Knowing very well that a point would send Al-Hilal to the Knockout stage, the Sudanese side chased an equalizer from the 6th minute. They got it in the 78th minute. Girumugisha Jean Claude scored the all-important goal for Al-Hilal to do the unthinkable in Nouakchott.
Sudan seems to not stop surprising African football anytime soon after they qualified for the AFCON 2025 against all odds, their club Al Hilal has managed to progress to the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions against all odds, becoming the first team to do so.
Pyramids in the North African derby in Cairo handed Esperance their first defeat of the CCL. Veteran Algerian forward Youcef Belaili in the 56th minute put the away side in front. Pyramids did the unthinkable by scoring two goals in the 90th and the 93rd minutes by Fathi Mostapha and Ibrahim Adel respectively to secure an important 2-1 win over last season’s runner-up, Esperance du Tunis.
The battle of the lowly clubs ended in a 1-0 victory for Sagrada of Angola against Malian side Djoliba AC in Angola. Mussa’s first-half strike separated the two struggling sides.
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