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Tunisia's Etoile du Sahel beat Mbabane Swallows of eSwatini (ex-Swaziland) 2-0 on Friday to become the first club to reach the quarter-finals African Champions League finals this season. The goals of Maher Hannachi and Slim Ben Belgacem allowed the star to win, the Tunisians missing a first half with Alaya Brigui.
Etoile, Africa champion 2007, increases his lead in Group D to 10 points in the last eight with two group matches to play
Only the group winners and the seconds will qualify for the quarter-finals final of the Champions League.
Primeiro Agosto of Angola will try his luck in Group D, behind Etoile, after they snatched last Friday a 2-1 win against Zesco United from Zambia to Luanda.
Hermenegildo Substitute & # 39; Geraldo & # 39; Bartolomeu leveled for guests of the 90th Minute and Muselenge & # 39; Bobo & # 39; Ungenda won the game with a goal eight minutes into overtime.
John Ching's Andu had outscored the 2016 semi-finalist of the Champions League, Zesco, in the 67th minute
Victory throws Primeiro from last place in the group at five points, one point ahead of Swallows.
Elsewhere in the World, South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns found herself vying for a place in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 home win over ] Port of Togo to Group C.
Leandro Sirino and Sibusiso Vilakazi scored early to give the Sundowns a comfortable lead, with Kokou Kloukpo scoring late for Togo.
Mamelodi Sundowns sits at the foot of the table to tie points with holders Wydad Casablanca and Horoya of Guinea who play later Saturday. The port of Togo is now the bottom of a tight C group.
In another match played on Friday, Morocco Difaa el Jadida held the former champions Entente Setif from Algeria to 1-1 "Difaa remains down the ranking, two points from the third Setif, who are now at the same level as other Algerians, Mouloudia Algiers.
Mouloudia faces the leaders of Group B and five … former TP Mazembe champions of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Algiers on Saturday night.
A victory for Mazembe, who has a five-point lead at the top of the group, will seal his place in the quarterfinals.
Also on Saturday, in Group A The Esperance of Tunisia travels to Uganda to face KCCA knowing that the victory will put them on the verge of reaching the last eight.
The advance of Esperance will be confirmed and later on Saturday, Egyptian Al Ahly also won in Botswana against Township Rollers.
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