Gunners fans give their team noisy support in the Champions League

Entente Setif of Algeria boosted their hopes of reaching the group phase of the Champions League after a vital 2-0 away win over Union Douala of Cameroon on Sunday.

Hadj Aissar Lazhar put the visitors in the lead in the 21st minute of the second round, first leg game.

They extended their lead on 39 minutes when Lamouri Djediat took advantage of a defensive slip-up to seal the victory.

Dynamos of Zimbabwe also got an important away win after defeating DR Congo's St. Eloi Lupopo.

Cuthbert Malajila scored the only in the 73rd minute even though the home side dominated the game.

Defending champions TP Mazembe of DR Congo and six-time winners Al Ahly suffered shock defeats in the other second round matches.

TP Mazembe went down 1-0 away to APR of Rwanda in the first leg game on Saturday.

It looked like the match in Kigali would end in a stalemate, but APR had other ideas.

Albert Ngaboyisibo scored in stoppage-time to give his side an advantage ahead of the second leg in Lubumbashi in two weeks' time.

Six-time champions Al Ahly of Egypt also lost 1-0 away to Zimbabwean side Gunners.

Norman Maroto produced the only goal of the game after 22 minutes.

Ahly brought on their big stars Mohammed Aboutrika and Mohamed Barakat at the start of the second half, but Gunners still held on for a famous victory.

1998 Champions League winners Asec of Ivory Coast were also humbled as a late goal by Makundika Sakala helped Zambia's Zanaco to a 1-0 win.

Tunisian giants Esperance made no such slip-ups at home to ASFA Yennenga of Burkina Faso.

They wrapped up a 4-1 victory in a dominant performance in Tunis.

Former African champions from Tunisia, Club Africain staged a comeback to claim a one-all home draw despite going down to nine men in the first half.

Algerian champions JS Kabylie looked set to claim an away victory thanks to an Idriss Ech-Chergui goal in the first half.

But Malian Mohammed Traore hit the back of the net with an equaliser three minutes from time.

Club Africain were dealt a major blow midway through the first half after the defensive duo of Khaled Souissi and Cameroonian Alexis Enam Mendomo were sent off within 5 minutes of each other.

Curepipe Starlight of Mauritius were soundly thrashed 3-0 by visiting Gaborone United of Botswana while SuperSport United of South Africa were boosted by beating Ferroviario Maputo by a similar scoreline.

On Friday, Al Ittihad of Libyan took the lead after 58 minutes courtesy of a strike by forward Ahmed Zuway.

The visiting Difaa El Jadida of Morocco struck back 20 minutes later through Malian Cheick Oumar Dabo for the game to end 1-1.

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