TP Mazembe look to oust Confederation Cup holders Etoile

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TP Mazembe winger Rainford Kalaba

TP Mazembe will look to their winger Rainford Kalaba for inspiration when they host holders Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia on Sunday for a place in the African Confederation Cup final.

DR Congo’s Mazembe and Etoile du Sahel, winners of the two major African club competitions last year, are level at 1-1 on aggregate going into the second leg of the semi-final.

Kalaba, the 30-year-old Zambia captain, has scored six goals this season in the African equivalent of the Europa League with five coming at home in Lubumbashi.

He bagged braces in convincing victories over Medeama of Ghana and Young Africans of Tanzania and the only goal in the other home group game against Mouloudia Bejaia of Algeria.

Those five goals plus one away to Medeama make Kalaba the joint-leading scorer in the Confederation Cup this year with Arseno ‘Love’ Cabungula from …

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