{"id":38255,"date":"2014-08-11T07:26:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T07:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=38255"},"modified":"2014-08-11T07:26:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T07:26:12","slug":"champions-league-mazembe-setif-and-sfaxien-reach-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/08\/champions-league-mazembe-setif-and-sfaxien-reach-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League: Mazembe, Setif and Sfaxien reach semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" itemprop=\"description\">Algerian side\u00a0<strong>Entente Setif\u00a0<\/strong>went through to the 2014 African Champions League semi-finals after a 2-2 draw with Esperance.<\/p>\n<p>The result means that\u00a0<strong>Esperance\u00a0<\/strong>of Tunisia, the 1994 and 2011 African Champions, failed to qualify for the last four of the Champions League for the first time since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Setif joined Tunisians\u00a0<strong>CS Sfaxien\u00a0<\/strong>in the semi-finals from Group B, and Democratic Republic of Congo&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>TP Mazembe\u00a0<\/strong>who progressed from Group A after a 3-1 win over Sudan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Al Hilal\u00a0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Setif, who were African champions in 1988, knew a third consecutive draw at home would be enough to see them progress with a match to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Akram Djahnit scored both of Setif&#8217;s goals to give them the precious point they needed to advance. There was also a brace for Esperance&#8217;s Ahmed Akaichi but Esperance knew only a victory would keep alive their own slim semi-final hopes.<\/p>\n<p>The Algerians took confidence from the fact they beat Esperance 2-1 in Tunisia in the opening game of the group phase in May.<\/p>\n<p>Setif are second in Group B on nine points &#8211; one point behind leaders CS Sfaxien who secured their place in the semi-finals on Friday with a 1-0 win over Al Ahli Benghazi of Libya.<\/p>\n<p>Al Ahli were the home side despite the match being played in the Tunisian capital Tunis. The game was moved from Benghazi due to the ongoing security concerns in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>Sassi Ferjani (pictured) scored the only goal of the game in the 67th minute after being set up by Maher Hannechi, who had only come on as a substitute minutes earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Al Ahli have just four points from their five matches so far and are unable to progress to the last four.<\/p>\n<p>The Libyan side&#8217;s final match in Group B is away to Esperance in two weeks time.<\/p>\n<p>Sfaxien, who won the Confederation Cup last year, are at home to Algeria&#8217;s Entente Setif in their final group match.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story_continues_2\">In Group A, DR Congo&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>TP Mazembe<\/strong>qualified for the semi-finals with a 3-1 victory over Sudan&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Al Hilal\u00a0<\/strong>on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Rainford Kalaba, Solomon Asante and Adama Traore scored to give Mazembe a 3-0 lead. There was a late consolation goal for the Sudanese side through Al-Taieb but the defeat means Al Hilal definitely cannot qualify for the last four.<\/p>\n<p>Mazembe go top of Group A on 10 points.<\/p>\n<p>The other club from Democratic Republic of Congo,\u00a0<strong>Vita Club,\u00a0<\/strong>are second on seven points. They play\u00a0<strong>Zamalek\u00a0<\/strong>in the late match on Sunday\u00a0<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>A victory for Vita would ensure their qualification to the semi-finals and would also help diffuse any tension ahead of their final group game against rivals TP Mazembe.<\/p>\n<p>15 people died in a stampede during their domestic league decider in May which Mazembe won.<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algerian side\u00a0Entente Setif\u00a0went through to the 2014 African Champions League semi-finals after a 2-2 draw with Esperance. 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