Petro Atlético de Luanda Knock Mamelodi Sundowns Out Of CAF Champions League

Angola Petro Atlético de Luanda knocked Mamelodi Sundowns out of the CAF Champions League, as eat 2-3 on aggregate to qualify for the Semi-Finals of the CAF Champions League, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

It was a tough tie between the two teams, with Petro de Luanda looking to complete the task of the South African team and managing the tie in their favour.

Despite the Mamelodi Sundowns team’s dominance of the ball, it was the Angola side that created the best goalscoring opportunities in the game, as a result of the counterattacks, creating danger in the last stronghold of Sundowns defence.

The Angolan team reacted in the 63rd minute by getting an equalizer through Tiago Azulão’s penalty, putting themselves in advantage again in the tie.

With the equaliser goal in the match, Petro de Luanda left the Mamelodi Sundowns team without solutions, which was limited only to kicking the ball in the great area of ​​the Petro defence.

The Angolan team remained resilient until the final whistle of the match, guaranteeing their victory in the tie and booking the passage to the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League.

It is the second time that the Petro de Luanda team has reached the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League, thus repeating the feat achieved in 2001