Tunisia's Esperance lost out 2-1 to Jeanne d'Arc of Senegal

Two goals in a minute, from Raymond Mendy and Lamine Diarra, secured victory for Senegal's oldest club on Sunday.

Jeanne d'Arc's decisive double came with just ten minutes to go, after the Senegalese had fallen behind and wasted a host of chances.

Esperance took the lead just before half-time thanks to a Zied Triki penalty.

The Senegalese, who were playing in front of a bigger crowd than usual at the Leopold Sedar Senghor stadium, then peppered the Esperance goal as they went in search of an equaliser.

Strikers Lamine Diarra and Dame Ndoye spurned chance after chance, and it began to look as if it was not to be Jeanne d'Arc's day.

Then as time ran out, the Senegalese struck twice in quick succession.

First, substitute Raymond Mendy took advantage of some penalty box confusion to prod home and then Diarra scored a splendid goal.

The build-up may have been messy, with the ball rebounding off two Esperance defenders, but Diarra's spin and first-time volley produced a goal fit to win any game.

The result in Dakar means that Jeanne d'Arc finish second in Group B and now face Group A winners Etoile Sahel of Tunisia in the last four.

Despite the loss, Esperance win the group and will play reigning champions Enyimba of Nigeria, who finished second in Group A, in the semi-finals.

USMA of Algeria saw any chance of qualifying for the final four disappear when they lost 2-0 to SuperSport United in South Africa.