It was a weekend of high-scoring matches in the Champions League

Elsewhere, Enyimba provided some joy for Nigerian fans with a 4-0 thrashing of Tanzania's Simba, two goals coming from second-half penalties.

Egyptian giants Zamalek secured victory over Africa Sport of Ivory Coast with two first half goals.

Amr Zaki and Mohammed Abu Elelaa were the scorers.

Dynamos of Zimbabwe beat Costa do Sol of Mozambique 3-0 while Gabon's FC 105 drew 1-1 away to DR Congo's TP Mazembe.

The second-leg matches will be played on the weekend of April 4-6.

Last year's beaten finalists, Al Ahly of Egypt have received a bye to the next round as opponents Al-Tahrir of Eritrea pulled out.

Togo's ASKO Kara beat Club Africain of Tunisia by 2-0 thanks to goals from Camara Poupotitero and Vincent Tchalla.

On Saturday, holders Etoile du Sahel made a solid start to the defence of their Champions League title with a 5-0 defeat of Senegal's AS Douanes.

Tunisia international Mehdi Ben Dhifallah scored twice with Cape Verde winger Ja, Afouan Gharbi and Mossaab Sassi adding a goal each.

Moroccan champions Olympique Khouribga beat Algeria's Entente Setif 2-0 in the first leg of their second-round tie.

Lemrani Allaoui and Zakaria Amzil were on target in the win.

It leaves former African champions Setif with a difficult task in the return match at the end of the month.

Khouribga won both legs of their first round tie against Sporting Bissau from Guinea Bissau.

Former English Premier League striker Peter Ndlovu opened the scoring as Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa beat Curepipe Starlight of Mauritius 3-0.

Giantkillers Sporting Praia of Cape Verde Islands, who eliminated Morocco's FAR Rabat in the previous round, needed a last-minute goal to beat Angola's InterClube 2-1 in the first leg of their second-round tie.

JS Kabylie (JSK) of Algeria beat Ghana's AshantiGold 3-0 on Friday thanks to a brace from Nabil Hemani to leave them in a strong position to advance.

But it was Yacine Amaouche who opened the scoring for the home side with a strike on three minutes.

Hemani doubled the lead six-minutes later before sealing the convincing victory on the hour mark.

JSK will travel to Obuasi in a fortnight hoping to maintain their advantage over the Ghanaians to progress to the third round.

The winner of the tie will play either Nigeria's Gombe United or Cameroon's Cotonsport.