CAF Champions League: CR Belouizdad To The Quarterfinals, Hilal Come Short

  CAF Champions League: CR Belouizdad To The Quarterfinals, Hilal Come Short By Admin Algeria’s CR Belouizdad clinched the remaining Total CAF Champions League Group B quarter final qualification slot after beating Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 on Friday to move to nine points, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The other qualification hopeful from the group Al Hilal of Sudan fell short after losing 2-1 to TP Mazembe who finished off the group phase with a motivating win after failing to get into the quarters. In Tshwane, on-form Amir Sayoud and Ahmed Gasmi scored the goals as Belouizdad won away from home to continue their resurgence after a slow start to the group phase. In the other group game, Five-time African champions TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo won for the first time in the same section, coming from behind to edge Al Hilal of Sudan 2-1 in Lubumbashi. Edi Mugadam put Hilal ahead within two minutes only for teammate Mohamed Ouattara to concede an own-goal with 18 minutes gone. Isaac Tshibangu scored the decisive goal on 76 minutes to end a nightmare run of three losses and two draws by Mazembe and lift them off the bottom of the table. Sundowns finished with 13 points, Belouizdad nine, Mazembe five and Hilal four in the first of the four groups to be completed. Meanwhile in group A, Ahly avenged an away loss to Simba by winning 1-0 in Cairo through a 32nd-minute goal from Mohamed Sherif, his third of the campaign. A disappointing campaign by V Club of DR Congo finished on a happy note as second-half goals from Fiston Mayele and Ricky Tulengi produced a 3-1 win over Al Merrikh of Sudan in Kinshasa Simba, whose multi-national squad is coached by France-born Didier Gomes da Rosa, topped the table with 13 points, followed by Ahly (11), AS Vita Club (7) and Al Merrikh (2).