Goal blitz takes Simba to last eight, Wydad Casablanca bow out
A goal blitz set up Simba of Tanzania to trounce Jwaneng Galaxy of Botswana 6-0 on Saturday, seal a CAF Champions League quarterfinals place and eliminate Wydad Casablanca of Morocco.
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While Simba were running riot, three-time champions Wydad edged table-toppers ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast 1-0 in Marrakesh, but lost out for second place on the head-to-head tie-breaker.
ASEC won Group B with 11 points, Simba and Wydad had nine each and Jwaneng four. The top two finishers advanced to the knockout stage.
There were two last-eight places up for grabs in the final matchday. The other slot was filled by Esperance of Tunisia, who beat Al Hilal of Sudan 1-0 to finish Group C runners-up.
Title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt, Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ASEC, Petro Luanda of Angola and Young Africans of Tanzania had already qualified.
Seeking a fourth quarterfinal place in six seasons, Simba knew a victory over Jwaneng in Dar es Salaam would take them through whatever the Wydad result.
What the Tanzanian club probably did not expect was to virtually achieve their objective just 22 minutes into the match thanks to goals from Saidi Ntibazonkiza, Pa Jobe and Kibu Denis.
Clatous Chama then struck the woodwork three times for the rampant hosts before he found the net on 76 minutes and late goals from Ladaki Chasambi and Fabrice Ngoma completed the rout.
MULTI-NATIONAL SIDE
Ntibazonkiza is Burundian, Jobe Gambian, Chama Zambian and Ngoma Congolese, emphasising the multi-national make-up of the Simba starting line-up, which included only three Tanzanians.
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