 Enyimba goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama |
Nigeria's Enyimba and Ismailia of Egypt have reached the lucrative group phase of the African Champions League for the first time. Enyimba held Jeanne d'Arc of Senegal to a 0-0 draw in Dakar, qualifying 4-0 on aggregate, while Ismailia got a resounding 6-0 home win over Port Louis of Mauritius.
The Egyptians had won the away leg 1-0.
Sayed Meawwad opened scoring for Ismailia after 24 minutes and Mohamed Abougreisha, Abdel Rahman Traore (both scored two goal each) and Ahmed Fathi were the other marksmen.
USM Algiers have also made it to the group stage, despite being forced to stage their home fixture against Stade Malien in Constantine, 430 kilometres away from their base in Algiers.
Well positioned after holding Stade Malien to a 1-1 draw in Bamako, USMA won the second leg 2-0, thanks to goals from Issad Bourahli and Bilal Dziri.
In the Cup Winners Cup, Africa Sports of Ivory Coast scraped through to the quarter-finals after a 2-0 win over Hafia of Guinea in Conakry.
The Ivorians lost their home leg 2-1 but goals from Ble and Kouadio kept them in the competition.
Mehalla of Egypt and Nigeria's Julius Berger have also made it to the last eight.
Both teams qualified 4-2 on aggregate - Mehalla got a 0-0 away draw against Sudan's Al-Hilal, while Berger got a 3-1 win over Mozambican visitors Costa do Sol.
In the Caf Cup, Algeria's JS Kabylie remain on course for a fourth consecutive title, despite being held to a 0-0 draw at home by Sonacos of Senegal.
Kabylie advanced on the away-goal rule, after a 1-1 draw in the first leg.
Raja Casablanca of Morocco and Green Buffaloes of Zambia were the other qualifiers.
The remaining games in all the continental competitions will be played on Sunday.
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