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North African giants Al Ahly of Egypt and Esperance of Tunisia scored contrasting wins on Tuesday to give CAF Champions League Group A a more familiar look .
The eight-time world champion Ahly started third in last place, but they were never troubled since they won a 3-0 win over the Botswana Township Rollers in Alexandria.
Moroccan Walid Azaro scored in the first half, Tunisian Nabil Maaloul converted a penalty in the 75th minute and Egyptian Islam Mohareb completed the score of a header
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East Africans stunned their hosts by establishing a two-goal advantage halfway through the first half before Anice Badri and Saad Bguir fail to equalize both teams at halftime. Bilel Mejri scored the goal of the nine-minute victory of Esperance with seven points, Ahly four and Rollers and KCCA three to half the group stage
Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa suffered a shock 1-0 Defeat at the Port of Togo in Group C.
Abel Hundele scored the lone goal in the 40th minute in Lomé, shooting close, as visitors called for offside.
This is another setback in West Africa for the 2016 African champions, who have never won a Champions League match.
After two defeats, Port was considered the leading group, but seemed more motivated than its opponents. star Percy Tau.
Both teams missed scoring opportunities and Port guard Jean-Rober Klomegan repaired several crosses with two brave blocks.
– Horoya did not take advantage of the advantage – Horoya from Guinea did not take advantage of the Sundowns They were held 1-1 in Conakry by the reigning champions of Morocco's Wydad Casablanca .
Ismail el Haddad gave the Moroccans a 26th-minute lead that Mandela Ocansey canceled shortly after.
Wydad and Horoya have five points, Port Three and Sundowns two, with the top two finishing in the quarterfinals.
Five-time African champion, TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo kept the group record with a 1-0 home win against Mouloudia Alger of Algeria
No one left more than two minutes in the city of Lubumbashi, southern Congo, when Elia Meschak scored the only goal of the group B game at the top. 19659003] Mazembe has nine points, the Mouloudia four, the Algerian Entente Setif three and the Moroccan Difaa el Jadida.
Etoile Sahel of Tunisia, which caused one of the biggest shocks in the Champions League by beating Ahly in 2007, took the Group D.
They triumphed 3-0 to Mbabane Swallows from eSwatini (ex-Swaziland) to Manzini thanks to goals from Karim Aouadhi, Maher Hannachi and his replacement Amine Chermiti.
Aouadhi and Hannachi scored in the first half and Chermiti put the result out of doubt with a goal in the 71st minute after getting off the bench.
Zesco United of Zambia, who were semi-finalists two seasons ago, and Primeiro Agosto of Angola drew 0-0 in Ndola
Star has seven points, Swallows four and Zesco and Primeiro two before the fourth day of this month.
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