TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo survived an early scare to beat Tanzania's Simba 4-1 and become the first team to reach this season's African Champions League semi-finals.
South Africa's
Mamelodi Sundowns booked their place in the last four with a 5-1 aggregate win
over Al Ahly, despite losing the second leg of their quarter-final 1-0 in
Egypt.
Simba FC seen off the African Champions League
Holders Esperance
were set to host Algeria's CS Constantine in Tunisia later on Saturday with
Wydad Casablanca playing Guinea's Horoya in Morocco.
Esperance lead 3-2
from the first leg with the tie between Wydad and Horoya level at 0-0.
The first leg of
the quarter-final between TP Mazembe and Simba in Dar es Salaam also finished 0-0 last
weekend when Simba missed a penalty.
On Saturday, the
Tanzanians were the first team to score as Ugandan Emmanuel Okwi stunned the
Lubumbashi crowd with a second minute strike to put the visitors 1-0 up.
But Mazembe, five
times former African champions, fought back thanks to an equaliser from Kabaso
Chongo of Zambia in the 23rd minute and then an Elia Meschak goal 15 minutes
later.
The hosts went into
the break 2-1 up and made sure of the victory with two second-half goals from
Tresor Mputu and Jackson Muleka - two players who, before Saturday's game, had
scored four goals each in qualifying and group matches in this season's
Champions League.
Later on Saturday,
record eight-times former winners Al Ahly of
Egypt beat Mamelodi Sundowns of South
Africa 1-0 in Alexandria, but it was not enough for the Egyptian giants to
overturn their 5-0 mauling by Sundowns in the first leg last weekend.
Ahly secured their
second leg victory thanks to a goal from Moroccan Walid Azarou in the 68th
minute.
Despite a crowd of around 30,000
there was no miraculous comeback for the Egyptian side and it is Mamelodi
Sundowns who progress.
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