Club Africain Spanks Sahel to Claim 13th Tunisian Cup

Club Africain yesterday retained the Tunisian Cup they won last season after beating Etoile Sportive Du Sahel.

It ended a 4-1 affair at the Stades Olympique Rades with 31-year-old Saber Khalifa scoring a brace in the routing.

Midfielder Wissem Ben Yahia smacked in the opening goal, breaking Etoile’s resistance in the 37th minute via a brilliant effort, a lead Africain maintained into the hiatus.

Resumption of play merely saw the hosts turn on the pressure again as Khalifa doubled the lead in the 51^st minute.

Sahel regrouped to half the deficit making impressive one-twos. But just when they began picking up momentum, Ghazi Ayadi rubbed salt in the wounds, firing in the third goal.

Rami Bedoui then rose to plant home a header to make it 3-1 for Etoile before Khalifa stabbed home the winner in added time to complete up a 4-1 romping for Club Africain.