2023-04-30 12:15:07
The party was cut short on Saturday evening in Radès. The Champions League quarter-final second leg between Espérance de Tunis and JS Kabylie had to be interrupted after clashes between the Tunisian public and the police and the start of a fire. Espérance nevertheless qualifies for the semi-finals where it will meet Al-Ahly, who struck Raja.
It all started well in the Hamadi Agrebi stadium in Rades. A magnificent tifo welcomed the players of Espérance and JS Kabylie. The first half was fiercely contested with the equalizing goal denied to Kouceila Boualia for an offside Kabyle.
It was during the break that the situation got out of hand in the stands. The supporters of the two teams had already wanted to do battle before the meeting and a new movement of the crowd in the stands caused the irruption of a large cordon of police and clashes with the ultras sang et or. A fire then broke out and it took almost an hour before calm returned.
The Congolese referee Jean Jacques I’m Not Afraid finally decided to continue the meeting. Four minutes will then suffice to Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane and to the EAST to open the scoring on a long ball from the central defender Yassine Meriah.
The match interrupted by numerous anti-game faults, a semblance of suspense was revived five minutes from the final whistle, Adem Redjem deceiving in force and near Moez Ben Cherifia.
Winners 1-0 in Algiers, the Tunisians validate their qualification for a fourteenth C1 semi-final and continue to dream of a fifth continental title.
On the other hand, the future promises to be difficult for JSK, currently relegated to the league.
The Harmless Raja
24 hours after an incredible party accompanying the qualification of Wydad, the Mohamed-V stadium in Casablanca hosted a second quarter return, that of Raja. Like the day before, the stands impressed but this time, no turnaround. Defeated 2-0 by Al-Ahly in Cairo, the Rajaouis failed to deceive the vigilance of Mohamed El-Shenawy.
The most successful club in Africa and struggling in the group stage, Al-Ahly will once again be in the semi-finals and will challenge the EST in ten days.
Sundowns confirm
The last quarter-final second leg took place earlier in the day. Large 4-1 winners in Algeria, the Mamelodi Sundowns had few doubts about their qualification for the last four when they welcomed CR Belouizdad in Pretoria.
Picked cold by the defender’s opener Sofiane Bouchar (0-1, 24′), the “Brazilians” quickly got back on track with an equalizer from the veteran Themba ‘Mshishi’ Zwane33, after a superb one-two with Prayer Lord (1-1, 45′).
Upon returning from the locker room, the same Morena turns from passer to scorer, catapulting a cross from Nurture Mudau in the goals of the Franco-Algerian goalkeeper Alexis Guendouz.
The South Africans, African champions 2016, will therefore face Wydad, defending champion and qualified on Friday
against the Tanzanian (0-1, 1-0 4-3 pens).
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