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The Kitwe Mining Team has expanded the undefeated run in all 57-match African competitions, winning 41 draws and 16 draws in various Zambian venues.
It's a record that even the most titled club of CAF, Al Ahly, of Egypt, can not match since he has lost several times at home, most recently in the semi-finals of the Confederation Cup 2015.
Perhaps aware of the undefeated streak, which attracted the attention of the media before the match, Nkana started nervously and fell behind the Group C game.
Nkana goalkeeper Kelvin Malunga was imprudently misplaced and was beaten by Waleed Bakhet's sideways shot that landed in the back corner of the net.
But it took him only seven minutes to the Zambian team to tie with Freddy Tshimenga, born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who deviated to the center of the net.
Captain Kevin Bwalya scored the winning goal in 75 minutes, then had a header and a shot in the head of Ugandan goalkeeper Jamal Salim.
Nkana coach, Beston Chambeshi, said that a pre-game downpour had made the pitch treacherous and that the teams were not able to give the best of their performances in the stadium Nkana, with a capacity of 10,000 seats.
"Unfortunately, the conditions prevented the teams from playing their usual football style," said the former star of Nkana and Zambia.
"Hilal came to Kitwe with the intention of winning at least one point, so I'm very happy that we won the match and came back to the competition for a quarter-final place."
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Former African champion Asante Kotoko of Ghana defeated his Zambian opponent Zesco United 2-1 in Kumasi, leaving the four clubs in Group C with three points in two games. .
During a first half-filled action at Baba Yara Stadium, Kotoko, finalist at the 2004 Confederations Cup, scored two goals and Zesco missed a penalty.
Kwame Bonsu gave the advantage to the Ghanaians after eight minutes with a shot from outside the area, deflected by captain Zesco and goalkeeper Jacob Banda.
The Zambians were struggling to defend Kotoko's right flank and the second goal in 25 minutes is also the result of a center shot by Emmanuel Gyamfi.
Zesco did not have the opportunity to halve the deficit when Kenyan Jesse Were was brilliantly pushed back by Felix Annan.
The quarter-finals of the 2017 Confederation Cup effectively reduced arrears to 18 minutes of Rahim Osumanu, establishing a tense finish in front of a large crowd in the 40,000-seat stadium.
Elsewhere, Kenyans Gor Mahia failed to make an encouraging start in Group D, which sank 2-1 to Petro Atletico of Angola, at Estadio 11 de Novembro in Luanda.
The score was flattering for the Nairobi team, his consolation goal having come from the head of Nicholas Kipkirui two minutes after the start of the break.
Gor, who beat Egypt's Zamalek on Matchday 1, fell late after 13 minutes when Manguxi scored and Brazilian Tony doubled Petro's header before half-time.
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