Details of the CAF Champions League first-leg quarterfinal tie between Tanzanian giants Yanga SC and Mamelodi Sundowns have been confirmed.
The Tanzania champions were drawn against Sundowns in the last eight of the Champions League.
Mamelodi Sundowns visit the Dar es Salaam side for the first leg on the last weekend of the month. The return leg takes place in Pretoria on the first weekend of April. The match has been scheduled for 5 April 2024.
Interestingly, on the same weekend, Dar es Salaam will also host another potentially explosive quarterfinal clash. Reigning African club champions Al Ahly visit Simba for their first leg clash.
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The much-anticipated clash has been slated for Saturday, March 30, 2024, at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. Kick off for the match is 20h00 [RSA time].
According to OptaJabu, this will be the second time the Tshwane giants take on Yanga SC in the CAF competition after the 2001 Champions League. Sundowns won the home leg (3-2), while the away leg ended in a draw (3-3).
This will be the first time Yanga will play in the quarter-final of the Champions League, having been guided to the Last eight by the former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Ángel Gamondi.
The Tanzanian side will be looking to work wonders and eliminate Sundowns who were last knocked out of the Champions League quarter-final in the 2021/22 season by the Angolan side Petro de Luanda.
In the previous campaign, the Brazilians were brushed aside by the Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca in the semi-final.
The first leg ended 0-0 in Morocco before the North African side broke the hearts of the Tshwane giants in the return leg at Loftus Versfeld Stadium with the match ending with a 2-2 stalemate. Wydad went through to the final with a goal advantage.
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