The first leg of the preliminary round of the 2020/2021 African Champions League took place over the weekend with some amazing score lines.
On Saturday, seven matches were played with Kenyan champions Gor Mahia suffering a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Rwandan side APR, while Jwaneng Galaxy overcame US de Zilimadjou from Comoros 4-0.
Elsewhere, Libya’s Al Benghazi were given a walkover following the withdrawal of Mekelle Endrata of Ethiopia from the competition.
FC Platinum of Zimbabwe defeated Costa do Sol of Mozambique 2-1 in the match played at Zimpeto Stadium in Maputo.
The biggest win of the day belonged to CS Sfaxien who thrashed Zanzibar champions 5-0, while the surprise result was registered by little-known Beninese outfit Buffles who held MC Alger of Algeria to a one-all draw.
On Sunday, thirteen matches were played instead of 14. Djibouti’s GR SIAF failed to travel to Chad to face Gazelle.
South African giants Kaizer Chiefs claimed a valuable 1-0 first-leg win over Cameroon’s Elite One champions PWD Bamenda.
There were also wins for Nkana, Petro Atletico, Stade Malien and Simba ahead of the second leg, while there was a draw for Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko who held Mauritanian champions FC Nouadhibou to a 1-1 draw.
Complete results:
Saturday 28 November 2020
Forest Rangers (Zambia) 0-0 AS Bouenguidi Sports (Gabon)
Jwaneng Galaxy (Botswana) 4-0 US de Zilimadjou (Comoros)
Vipers SC (Uganda) 0-1 Al Hilal (Sudan)
Buffles (Benin) 1-1 MC Alger (Algeria)
Mlandege (Zanzibar) 0-5 CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
Costa do Sol (Mozambique) 1-2 Platinum (Zimbabwe)
APR (Rwanda) 2-1 Gor Mahia (Kenya)
Ahli Benghazi (Libya) – Mekelle 70 Enderta (Ethiopia)*
* The visiting team did not show up
Sunday 29 November 2020
Young Buffaloes (Eswatini) 0-0 Le Messager de Ngozi (Burundi)
Nouadhibou (Mauritania) 1-1 Asante Kotoko (Ghana)
AAGBS (Guinea) 1-2 Stade Malien (Mali)
Gambia Armed Forces (Gambia) 1-1 Teungueth FC (Senegal)
Racing Club d’Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) 1-0 ASKO de Kara (Togo)
AS SONIDEP (Niger) 2-0 Mogadishu City (Senegal)
PWD de Bamenda (Cameroon) 0-1 Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa)
AS Otoho (Congo) 1-1 El Merreikh (Sudan)
Rahimo (Burkina Faso) 0-1 Enyimba (Nigeria)
Bantu (Lesotho) 0-1 Nkana (Zambia)
Akonangui (Equatorial Guinea) 0-1 Atletico Petroleos de Luanda (Angola)
Plateau United (Nigeria) 0-1 Simba SC (Tanzania)
CR Belouizdad (Algeria) 2-0 El Nasr (Libya)
Gazelle (Chad) – GR SIAF (Djibouti)*
* The visiting team did not show up
Return legs scheduled 4 – 6 December 2020
