By AFP More by this AuthorAl Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane will face former club Mamelodi Sundowns in the CAF Champions League quarter-finals after the Egyptian and South African giants were paired at the draw in Cairo on Friday. It is the third consecutive season in which the Cairo and Pretoria outfits have been drawn together at the last-eight stage of the marquee African club competition. His only Champions League defeat with Ahly came away to Simba of Tanzania, a loss that cost the Cairo Red Devils first place in Group A. Ahly have won the Champions League a record nine times while Sundowns conquered Africa just once, in 2016. Esperance have won the Champions League four times, Wydad twice and Mouloudia once while Belouizdad have gone beyond the group stage for the first time.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 01, 2021 10:40 UTC