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African giants Etoile, Mazembe in cup showdown
- Updated: September 16, 2016
An African club football classic is on the cards this weekend when Etoile Sahel of Tunisia host TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a CAF Confederation Cup semi-final.
Etoile and Mazembe have won nine CAF titles each, an achievement bettered only by the 19 successes of Al Ahly of Egypt.
The Tunisian outfit, based in the Mediterranean resort of Sousse, are the only club to have won all five present and past African competitions.
Last year, Mazembe won the CAF Champions League and Etoile the CAF Confederation Cup, the African equivalent of the Europa League.
Those victories set them up for a CAF Super Cup showdown and two goals from Ghanaian Daniel Adjei gave Mazembe a 2-1 victory in a one-off match they hosted in Lubumbashi.
Adjei is among many foreigners in a 19-man Mazembe squad chosen by French coach Hubert Velud for the first leg at the 25,000-seat Stade Olympique late Saturday.
Others include Zambians Kabaso Chongo, Rainford Kalaba and Nathan Sinkala, …
