Mayele Stuns Pirates With Late Winner In Cairo

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Pyramids will meet Mamelodi Sundowns in the 2024/25 CAF Champions League final after beating Orlando Pirates 3-2 in Cairo on Friday evening. In what was the more entertaining of the two semi-finals over both legs, Pirates were aiming to secure their place in the final for the first time since 2013, when they fell to Al Ahly. Relebohile Mofokeng got the scoring underway at the 30 June Stadium with a stunning low effort but was quickly pegged back by DR Congo international Fiston Mayele on the brink of half time. However, via the away goals ruling, Pirates still held the

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Sundowns Stun Ahly In Cairo To Secure CAFCL Final Berth

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Mamelodi Sundowns have eliminated record 12-time CAF Champions League winners Al Ahly after a 1-1 draw at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday evening. After a goalless draw at Loftus Versfeld last week, Sundowns had no shots on goal, but were confident of securing a result in Cairo to book a place in the final for the first time since winning the competition in 2016. However, the reigning champions, bouyed by over 70,000 supporters in their national stadium produced a workmanslike performance with Taher Mohamed’s thunderbolt in the opening half the difference over the two-legged affair. Played in by talisman,

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Pyramids & Pirates Confirm Starting XIs

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Pyramids FC and Orlando Pirates have confirmed their respective starting 11s for tonight’s crunch CAF Champions League first semifinal second leg at the 30 June Air Defence Stadium in Cairo. The Egyptian side are having their best season yet after reaching the CAFCL semifinals for the first time in club’s history. They also currently occupy the summit of the Egyptian Premier League and could potentially win their first ever league title.  Pirates are also on a good run and still the only side to suffer defeat in this year’s competition and have also already won the MTN8 and currently in

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Al Ahly & Sundowns Starting XIs Announced 

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Al Ahly SC and Mamelodi Sundowns have announced their starting lineups for this evening’s highly anticipated CAF Champions League second leg semifinal clash at Cairo International Stadium. Following a goalless draw a week ago in South Africa between the two sides, this match promises to be all sorts of entertaining as Sundowns will look to upset the hosts who they have a very good record against while Ahly are the defending champions and aim to reach the final and possibly defend their trophy.  Sundowns on the other side aim to end the hoodoo of not being able to reach the

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Radebe: Downs And Bucs Bridging The Gap Of The North

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South African football legend Lucas Radebe says Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates are showing they are bridging the gap of quality against the giants of North Africa. Since the tournament was formed in 1964, the Champions League was dominated by West Africa, and it took five years, before Egyptian club Ismaily won the club competition. Since then, it’s been dominated by the North, with 34 triumphs in the last 55 years, and it goes as far back as 2009, the last time a North African club was not in the final, when DR Congo giants TP Mazembe beat Nigerian Professional

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Downs Can Beat Ahly If This Star Steps Up – Nthethe

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Former Mamelodi Sundowns defender Thabo Nthethe has backed his former side to make it to the final of the 2025 CAF Champions League despite not scoring in the first leg of their semi-final tie with Al Ahly. The two sides played to a goalless draw in the first leg in Pretoria a week ago in a match the South African champions didn’t produce a single shot on target. Sundowns will need to win or get a goal without conceding for them to eliminate the defending champions and make it to the final for the first time in three years. ‘Mr

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Magents Makes Bold Pirates Prediction

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Former Orlando Pirates skipper Edward Motale believes the side’s record especially away in the CAF Champions League puts them in good standing to make the final this season. Motale’s comments come as Pirates gears up for the 2nd leg semi-final clash away at Pyramids FC in Egypt in pursuit of African glory. Jose Riveiro’s men are still unbeaten in the tournament having played to a goalless draw in the 1st leg of the semi-final tie in Orlando a week ago. The result means it’s still anybody’s game. ‘Magents’, who led Pirates to Champions League glory in 1995, told iDiski Times

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It’s Going To be Intense – Koller

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Al Ahly coach Marcel Koller is expecting an intense match between his side and Mamelodi Sundowns in the 2nd leg of their CAF Champions League semi-final tie at the Cairo International stadium on Friday evening. The sides played to a goalless draw in the first leg at Loftus Versfeld Stadium last week, leaving the deciding fixture open for either side to take. Sundowns have been eliminated at this stage in the last two successive seasons while the Red Devils are vying for a sixth final in succession. The Cairo International Stadium will be packed to 75 000 capacity with Koller saying

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Pyramids Coach Makes Bold Claim Ahead Of Pirates Clash

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Pyramids FC head coach Krunoslav Jurčić reckons they were unlucky not to come away with a win in the first leg and will aim to make up for that against Orlando Pirates in order to reach the CAF Champions League final. The Egyptian outfit is having one of its best seasons as it finds itself sitting top of the Egyptian Premier League and is currently in the semifinals of CAFCL.  Jurčić and his charges could be on the cusp of winning a league and cup double, but they will have to overcome the South African giants who they managed to

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