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Leading the way

The two teams mostly likely to end the North African hegemony in the CAF Champions League were the first two teams to qualify for the quarter-finals, as TP Mazembe Englebert of DR Congo and South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns led the way in the group phase of the 2019-20 competition.

Mazembe were guaranteed a top-two finish in Group A after collecting10 points from their opening four group

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