February 12, 2021

CAF Champions League Begins Today

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Fixtures of matches in Group stages have been unveiled as the 2020/21 CAF Champions league begins today, Friday and Saturday across the continent.

Two of the matches will be played on Friday and five others on Saturday.

Friday’s matches –
Group A
AS Vita Club, DR Congo vs Simba, Tanzania

Group D
Zamalek, Egypt vs MC Alger, Algeria.

Group B
TP Mazembe, DR Congo vs Belouizdad, Algeria
Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa vs Al Hilal Omdurman, Sudan

Group C
Horoya, Guinea vs Petro de Luanda, Angola
Wydad Casablanca, Morocco vs Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa

Group D
Espérance Sportive de Tunis vs Teungueth, Senegal

In the group stage, each group will be played on a home-and-away, round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group will advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

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