CAF Champions League Review: TP Mazembe wins historic 8-0 win against Club Africain and Ahly Ahly crash at Simba 5-0

Veteran strikers Tresor Mputu, Jackson Muleka and Kevin Mondeko each scored two goals as TP Mazembe beat Club Africain 8-0 in Lumbumbashi on Saturday.

Mika Miche and Meschak Elia each helped complete the Tunisian riot.

It was a good day at the office, especially for Mputu, who also provided two badists while Muleka also created a goal.

The result was a record win in the CAF Champions League group stage, while Mazembe was second in Group C and three points behind leader CS Constantine.

Mondeko opened the doors 11 minutes into the match, after Mputu set it up, before the veteran striker set Miche again for Mazembe's second goal.

Muleka tripled Mazembe's advantage in the 37th minute, while Mondeko completed his double and the afternoon's fourth goal two minutes later for a nice lead at halftime.

The five-time African champions continued to run wild, Muleka grabbed his corset just after the hour of play before becoming a supplier for the first minutes of Mputu.

The seventh goal went through Elia while Mputu completed the puzzle with his second goal seven minutes from the end.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the capital Kinshasa, AS Vita dug a 2-0 lead to allow Algerian visitors JS Saoura to come back and save a 2-2 draw in the Group D match. .

Saoura striker Sid Ali Yahia Cherif saved the day for his team with a tying goal that saw the Algerians record a second draw in a row.

Vita entered this very confident match after beating Simba SC 5-0 in his previous match and hoped for another big win when Kazadi Kasengu took advantage of a mediocre defense to send his team ahead in the 14th minute.

Leading striker Jean-Marc Makusu doubled Vita's advantage in 37 minutes with Tuisila Kisinda scoring both goals.

Saoura, however, broke the whistle at half-time to kick off when Mohamed El Amine Hammi converted from the penalty spot and raised the score to 2-1.

As the contest seemed to shift in favor of Vita, Cherif returned to the match two minutes before the final whistle.

At another meeting of Group D in Alexandria, Al Ahly appeared on the verge of tying TP Mazembe's record, but he could only handle a 5-0 demolition of Tanzanian giant Simba SC.

Scoring five goals in the first half, Al Ahly was threatening to reach a dozen goals in the match, but Simba was coming back from half-time to limit the damage.

Karim Nedved grabbed a backing while Amr Al Sulaya, Tunisian defender Ali Maaloul and Nigerian striker Junior Ajayi also contributed with a goal each in the night. Al Ahly remains ahead of Group D in front of AS Vita, second.

For Simba, it was a second consecutive game for them to concede five goals after a loss to a score similar to that of Vita in the previous match.

Al Sully gave Al Ahly the advantage three minutes into the match, after Hussein El Shahat set it up, before Maaloul doubled the lead of his host 20 minutes later. .

Maaloul then joined Ajayi for Ahly's third goal in the 31st minute, while El Shahat secured the match for Nedved two minutes later.

El Shahat completed his third badist with Nedved, who scored his double five minutes before half-time.

Although they failed to score more after the restart, Al Ahly still recorded his biggest win of the campaign, while Simba could only go home with questions about how he scored 10 goals in two games.

Elsewhere in Bulawayo, Horoya racked up his first set of points with a 1-0 away win over FC Platinum, Zimbabwe champion, in Group B.

Defender Hamed Marius Assoko scored from the penalty spot to separate the two sides, with FC Platinum remaining without a win and a goal after three group appearances.

Horoya is now third in the group led by Orlando Pirates, FC Platinum falling to last place.

The platinum miners began to promise, Kelvin Madzongwe just missing the target twice, as Horoya seemed vulnerable.

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The hosts continued to dominate the first half but did not find the target as Charles Sibanda struggled.

After a scoreless first half, Horoya broke the stalemate when Assoko moved from the penalty spot to the goal separating the two sides.

It was a second consecutive loss for FC Platinum, who had lost 2-0 to Esperance in the previous match, while Horoya was recovering from the 3-0 loss to Orlando Pirates. .