Continental giants Wydad Casablanca, TP Mazembe, Esperance and Mamelodi Sundowns are among the teams to have reached the group stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League on Saturday.
As the anticipation builds for the upcoming 2023-24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, set to commence on Friday, teams across the continent have been working diligently in the transfer market to bolster their squads in preparation for the competition.
The home side are undefeated in their last five matches at home in the competition. Egyptian powerhouse and 10 times Champions League winners, Al Ahly, claimed their spot after a 2-0 aggregate win over Raja Casablanca
Tanzania’s Simba SC and Tunisia’s Esperance de Tunis emerged victorious in the East and North African TotalEnergies CAF Champions League derbies respectively on Saturday.
Simba beat Uganda’s Vipers 1-0 at the St. Mary’s Stadium in the outskirts of Kampala in the East African derby in Group C while Esperance beat
Hamdou Elhouni’s brilliant strike nine minutes to time was the difference as Esperance stormed to the apex of Group D in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League with a 1-0 victory away to CR Belouizdad in Algiers.
The hosts dominated the game, had the most chances, but were caught off against