African Champions League: Etoile, Mazembe close to the last eight



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TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo hopes to win a sixth African championship title after winning the Confederation Cup last season.

The winners of Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia and TP Mazembe L 'Esperance can also pbad to the quarter-finals with a win, but it needs other results

But the 2016 winners, Mamelodi Sundowns, need a win to keep hope

] The four teams play in the fourth round of matches in the group jumps the tournament this weekend.

In Group A The Esperance of Tunisia will travel to Uganda to face KCCA on Saturday knowing that victory will put them all on the verge of reaching the last eight.

The advance of Esperance will be confirmed as they win, and later on Saturday, Al Ahly Egyptian will also win in Botswana against the Township Rollers.

KCCA eliminated two goals l Last week, they lost 3-2 to Esperance and have already caused a surprise with a 2-0 win over Al Ahly in May.

Ahly has recovered from this shock and is getting closer to a place in the last eight. with a second win in a row against the Rollers, who beat 3-0 in Egypt last week.

Mazembe leads the way in Group B with the only 100% of the group stage up to now.

A fourth consecutive victory Saturday for the five-time winners in Algeria against Mouloudia Alger But it took Mazembe until the 88th minute to score the only goal of the Elia Meschak match and seal the win over Mouloudia in DR Congo last week.

Former winners Entente Setif of Algeria is third in the group on three points thanks to his victory last week over Difaa el Jadida, who has only one point.

These two teams meet Friday night in Morocco.

Group C The Moroccan and Guoya Horoya, both world champions, will compete Saturday night in Morocco with the Tunisian coach Wydad, Faouzi Benzarti, insisting that he sees "no reason for Wydad not to keep the title".

South Africans Mamelodi Sundowns are hoping to bounce back from last week's defeat at the Port of Togo on Friday night near Pretoria

Sundowns, African champion in 2016, is currently leading the group with only two points while Port is a point in front of them.

The Tunisian Sahel Star will seal one of the quarterfinals for Group D with a win over Mbabane Swallows visiting eSwatini (ex-Swaziland) Friday.

Etoile, who won the league title in 2007, will be full of confidence after defeating Swallows 3-0 in eSwatini last week.

Karim Aouadhi, Maher Hannachi and Amine Chermiti scored goals as North Africans exploited their superiority in play.

for hosts Primeiro Agosto of Angola or Zesco United of Zambia in Luanda, also Friday, could finally decide which of them is progressing, almost certainly in second place.

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