CAF Champions League wrap - Tuesday, March 6

Etoile Sportive du Sahel player Iheb Msakni (R) and Plateau United Football Club player Raphael Ayagwa (L) fight for the ball during the CAF Champions League soccer match between Etoile Sportive du Sahel of Tunisia and Plateau United Football Club of Nigeria at the Olympique Stadium in Sousse, Tunisia, 06 February 2018. MOHAMED MESSARA © BackpagePix

by Austin Ditlhobolo

Wednesday Mar 07, 2018. 07:35

AfricanFootball reviews the four 2018 CAF Champions League first round first-leg matches which took place on Tuesday.

Botswana giants Township Rollers recorded a 2-1 victory over Tanzanian club Young Africans at the National Stadium in Dar Es Salaam.

Étoile du Sabel of Tunisia brushed aside Nigerian side Plateau United 4-2 at the Stade Olympique de Sousse in Sousse.

Guinean outfit Horoya edged out Senegalese side Generation Foot 2-1 at the Stade du 28 Septembre in Conakry.

Last’s year runners-up Al Ahly of Egypt thumped Gabonese club CF Mounana 4-0 at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo.

The second-leg encounters will be played on the weekend of 16-18 March.

First round first-leg results:

Young Africans 1-2 Township Rollers

Étoile du Sahel 4-2 Plateau United

Horoya 2-1 Generation Foot

Al Ahly 4-0 Al Ahly