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Erratic opening to groups

Both Esperance of Tunisia and Morocco’s Raja Casablanca produced a100 per cent record at the halfway point of the group phase of the African Champions League, effectively already booking their berths in the last eight of the continent’s top club competition with three matches still to play.

Mamelodi Sundowns were also looking odds on for yet another spot in the quarter-finals, but last season’s two finalists – winners Wydad Casablanca and runners-up Al Ahly – are having to scramble after they both

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