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Sundowns CAFCL Opponents Revealed

Mamelodi Sundowns will face eSwatini outfit Mbabane Swallows in the 2nd preliminary round of the CAF Champions League.

Swallows secured a massive 1-0 aggregate win over Moçambola champions Ferroviário da Beira to advance from the first round.

Sundowns, were one of five sides exempt from the first round alongside champions Al Ahly, Esperance Sportive de Tunis, TP Mazembe and Petro de Luanda due to their CAF ranking.

They will now face Swallows, who ironically hosted the Mozambican side at Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, away, in the opening game on 13-15 September.

The return leg is scheduled to take place at Loftus Versfeld between 20-22 September, with the winner advancing to the group stages.

Masandawana will be aiming to advance to that stage of the competition for the tenth consecutive season.

Lorenz Kohler
Lorenz Kohler
Lorenz Köhler is an award-winning South African football journalist. Having cut his teeth in the industry working at Kick-Off Magazine, he is now iDiski Times' senior digital content writer. He specialises in breaking top African football stories and transfers with a major focus on the 'big-three' Mamelodi Sundowns, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates and CAF inter-club and international competitions. In 2021 he was listed amongst the top-five journalists under 30 in Print Media for the AIPS Awards.
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