دوري أبطــ( 3 )ـــال إفريقيا 2010 :نتائج ذهاب دو الـ32 كاملة صـ96

Zanaco Stun Enterprising ASEC
Makundika Sakala stunned plucky ASEC Mimosa with a late goal to give Zanaco a 1-0 advantage in their Orange CAF Champions League first-round, first leg match played at Nkoloma stadium in Lusaka.
However, the clash was a match of two halves in which a vibrant and youthful ASEC side dominated the first half.
Zanaco on the other hand, shrugged off the yellow wave of ASEC after a poor first 45 minutes to enjoy the edge in the second half.
1998 Champions League champions ASEC were off the blocks on a flying start inspired by midfielder Evrard Zagbayou and ex-junior international attacker Jean-Paul Mangoua.
Zagbayou had a shot and header in the `16th and 19th saved by Racha Kola and flashed wide respectively as Zanaco's defence struggled to find a solution to ASEC's confident attacking formation.
Mangoua too could have put ASEC ahead in the 38th minute with a point-blank range effort from a Patrick Kouakou cross but his attempt went wide in front of an obliging goalmouth.
The complexion of the match changed after the break when Zanaco coach Wedson Nyirenda replaced Zambia international defender Thomas Nyirenda with striker Mathew Macha on the restart.
Macha added some life to a hitherto subdued attack as Zanaco pinned ASEC in their own half while a light drizzle of rain engulfed the stadium on a cool Saturday afternoon.
Sakala had Zanaco first tangible chance on goal in the 55th minute but his shot was saved by ASEC goalkeeper Daniel Yeboah before Henry Banda blasted a close-range shot high and over the bar.
The games lone goal came in the 75th minute when Sakala turned in the ball on the edge of the six-yard box after feeding off an enterprising run on the right by Macha.
Sakala’s goal is his third in this year Champions League.
Macha could have made it 2-0 on 90 minutes but fluffed his attempt as Zanaco recorded an important win to take into the return leg.

Zimbabwean Gunners down record winners Ahly

Zimbabwean champions, Gunners produced one of the biggest upsets in the history of the continental club champions with a lone goal victory over six-time Africa champions, Al-Ahly of Egypt on Saturday.
Striker Norman Maroto scored the only goal of the match in the first half to hand the Zimbabwean debutants a first leg advantage in the 1/16th round clash of the Orange CAF Champions League at the expense of the highly favoured Egyptian champions.
Ahly, chasing an unprecedented seventh title in the premier club competition appear not to have overcome their painful exit from the same competition by another debuting side Kano Pillars of Nigeria last year, as they failed to sparkle.
Missing the services of Egypt captain and Africa’s most capped player, Ahmed Hassan through injury, whilst midfield duo Mohamed Aboutreika and Mohamed Barakat started from the bench, the Red Devils lacked the coordination in midfield leaving the attack almost non-existent.
Gunners had the better of the exchanges and on 23 minutes, Maroto punished the Ahly rear for sloppy defending to score the opener that turned out to be the match winner.
Ahly coach Hossam Al-Badri brought on Aboutreika and Barakat in the second half, and their presence was soon telling in their play, however the equalizer remained elusive.
The Egyptian champions join the list of African champions to have stumbled at the Harare-based Rufaro Stadium, after ASEC Mimosas and Etoile du Sahel lost to Dynamos and Monomotapa in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
Ahly will host the second leg in Cairo in a fortnight.

Champions TP Mazembe in shock defeat to APR

Defending champions of the Orange CAF Champions League TP Mazembe were beaten 1-0 by home side APR of Rwanda in Kigali on Saturday evening in the first leg second round encounter of this year’s competition.
Although both side wasted several scoring opportunities, it was APR who got the lone goal in the 88th minute through substitute Albert Ngaboyisibo. The goal sent the packed Amahoro stadium in serious jubilation.
Ngaboyisibo who came on for Abbas Rassou overlapped from right-back position before beating two TP Mazembe defenders and giving the goalkeeper Robert Kidiaba no chance.
APR’s new Malawian recruits Victor Nyirenda and Chikuepo Msowoya had earlier wasted good chances infront of goal.
TP Mazembe skipper, Tressor Mputu who failed to have a good first half later returned charged in the second half and dictated the pace but failed to inspire the champions to victory.
TP Mazembe played in the presence of club chairman and governor of mineral-rich Katanga Province Moise Katumbi and APR’s patron who is also Rwanda’s army Chief of Defence Staff Gen. James Kabarebe.
The return leg will be played on the weekend of April 3-4 in Lumumbashi, DR Congo