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Mamelodi Sundowns reach African Champions League final
- Updated: September 24, 2016
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa made it through to the 2016 African Champions League final, beating Zesco United of Zambia 2-0 in the second leg of their semi-final in Pretoria to advance 3-2 on aggregate.
Sundowns had to overturn a first leg deficit against the Zambians, having lost 2-1 in Ndola last weekend.
The victory completes a big turnaround for the South Africans in Africa’s elite club competition, having faced elimination five months ago – only to be reinstated.
In only the second Champions League semi-final between two Southern Africa clubs, the hosts opened the scoring after just five minutes with Liberian winger Anthony Laffor putting Sundowns 1-0 up on the night, to make the scores level overall.
Zesco had chances to equalise, …
