The second leg of the CAF Champions league was played this weekend and there were some big shocks as former champions Hearts of Oaks and Royal Armed Forces of Morocco crashed out.
Taking a three goal advantage to Praia in the Cape Verde Islands, the Royal Armed Forces FC must have thought they had done enough in Rabat to see them through. They hadn’t counted on the doggedness of the Sporting Praia. Goals from Tigana and Tchetcha in the first half and Yuri in the second half saw Sporting Praia draw level on aggregate. The resulting penalty shoot out saw Sporting Praia record what is arguably Cape Verde biggest club success.
Accra was the location of the second upset of the weekend, this time the roles were reversed. Hearts of Oaks had suffered a 3-0 thrashing last week in Libreville from FC105 Libreville and were looking for a spectacular reversal of fortune. They started off brightly with a goal from Michael Asante, but an away goal by Cedric Minsta compounded their problems. The Ghanaians were able to score two more goals through Kofi Abanga and Francis Bossman but qualification proved a bridge to far.
It was not all gloom for Ghana in Obuasi Ashanti Gold served up a 18-carat performance demolishing Sahel FC of Niger 6-1 with Nathaniel Quaye grabbing a brace.
Elsewhere former champions Nigeria’s Enyimba and Egypt’s Zamalek eased through to the second round. Enyimba beat Congo’s Diables Noirs 3-2 in Brazzaville while Zamalek defeated APR FC of Rwanda.
The results in full from last weekend’s fixtures are below.
15-17/02/08: ASC SNIM (Mauritania) 1-5 Entente Setif (Algeria)
01-02/03/08: Entente Setif 2-0 ASC SNIM
Entente Setif win 7-1 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Sporting Bissau (Guinea Bissau) 0-2 Olympique Khouribga (Morocco)
01-02/03/08: Olympique Khouribga 2-0 Sporting Bissau
Olympique Khouribga win 4-0 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Invincible XI (Liberia) v AS Kaloum (Guinea)
AS Kaloum advance after Invincible XI withdraw
15-17/02/08: Renacimiento (Equatorial Guinea) 1-2 InterClube (Angola)
01-02/03/08: InterClube 2-1 Renacimiento
InterClube win 4-2 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: FAR Rabat (Morocco) 3-0 Sporting Praia (Cape Verde)
01-02/03/08: Sporting Praia 3-0 FAR Rabat
3-3 on aggregate,Sporting Praia win 5-4 on penalties
15-17/02/08: Tonnerre FC (Benin) 0-0 Africa Sports (Cote d’Ivoire)
01-02/03/08: Africa Sports 3-0 Tonnerre FC
Africa Sports wins 3-0 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: APR FC (Rwanda) 1-2 Zamalek (Egypt)
01-02/03/08: Zamalek 2-0 APR FC
Zamalek win 4-1 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: AS Douanes (Senegal) 0-0 CF Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
01-02/03/08: CF Ouagadougou 2-3 AS Douanes
AS Douanes win 3-2 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Costa do Sol (MOZ) 2-0 Ajesaia (MAD)
01-02/03/08: Ajesaia v Costa Sol
Match postponed due to officials late arrival
15-17/02/08: Royal Leopards (Swaziland) 0-1 Dynamos (Zimbabwe)
01-02/03/08: Dynamos 2-0 Royal Leopards
Dynamos win 3-0 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Sahel SC (Niger) 1-0 AshantiGold (Ghana)
01-02/03/08: AshantiGold 6-1 Sahel SC
AshantiGold win 6-2 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: DC Motema Pembe (Democratic Republic of Congo) 2-0 Gombe United (Nigeria)
01-02/03/08: Gombe United 2-0 DC Motema Pembe
2-2 on aggregate,Gombe United win 4-1 on penalties
15-17/02/08: Vital'O (Burundi) 0-1 Cotonsport (Cameroon)
01-02/03/08: Cotonsport v Vital'O
Match postponed due to political crisis in Cameroon
15-17/02/08: FC105 Libreville (Gabon) 3-0 Hearts of Oak (Ghana)
01-02/03/08: Hearts of Oak 3-1 FC105 Libreville
FC105 Libreville win 4-3 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Renaissance (Chad) v TP Mazembe (Democratic Republic of Congo)
TP Mazembe advance due Caf ban on clubs from Chad
15-17/02/08: Stade Malien (Mali) 1-2 Primeiro Agosto (Angola)
01-02/03/08: Primeiro Agosto 0-0 Stade Malien
Primeiro Agosto win 2-1 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: ASC Saloum (Senegal) 1-2 Club Africain (Tunisia)
01-02/03/08: Club Africain 1-0 ASC Saloum
Club Africain win 3-1 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Asko Kara (Togo) 3-1 Union Douala (Cameroon)
01-02/03/08: Union Douala v Asko Kara
Match postponed due to political crisis in Cameroon
15-17/02/08: Simba SC (Tanzania) 3-0 Awassa City (Ethiopia)
01-02/03/08: Awassa City 1-1 Simba SC
Simba SC win 4-1 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Enyimba (Nigeria) 4-1 Diables Noirs (Congo)
01-02/03/08: Diables Noirs 2-3 Enyimba
Enyimba win 7-3 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Tusker FC (Kenya) v Al Tahrir (Eritrea)
Al Tahrir advance due to Caf ban clubs from Kenya
15-17/02/08: US Tamponnaise (Reunion) 3-1 St Michel United (Seychelles)
01-02/03/08: St Michel United 0-1 US Tamponnaise
US Tamponnaise win 4-1 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Platinum Stars (South Africa) 4-0 Correction Services (Lesotho)
01-02/03/08: Correction Services 1-0 Platinum Stars
Platinum Stars win 4-1 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Curepipe Starlight (Mauritius) 2-0 Coin Nord Mitsamiouli (Comoros Islands)
01-02/03/08: Coin Nord Mitsamiouli 1-0Curepipe Starlight
Curepipe Starlight win 2-1 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: Miembeni SC (Zanzibar) 0-1 Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
01-02/03/08: Mamelodi Sundowns 4-0 Miembeni SC
Mamelodi Sundowns win 5-0 on aggregate
15-17/02/08: URA (Uganda) 0-2 ZESCO United (Zambia)
01-02/03/08: ZESCO United 0-0 URA
ZESCO United win 2-0 on aggregate