Holders Mazembe knocked out by Wydad

Wydad Casablanca John Toshack won the European Cup as a player with Liverpool

Holders TP Mazembe crashed out of the African Champions League after a 3-1 aggregate loss to Wydad Casablanca.

The Moroccans , coached by former Real Madrid boss John Toshack, scored late in DR Congo to earn a 1-1 draw.

Meanwhile the match tie between Enyimba and Etoile du Sahel went to penalties, with the Nigerian side eventually going through.

ASEC Mimosas, AS Vita Club and Al Ahly are the other teams through to the group stages after Wednesday’s action.

Mazembe had taken the lead in their match against Wydad after 28 minutes as Mali defender Salif Coulibaly headed home a corner from Ghana’s Solomon Asante.

But Wydad’s Reda Hajhouj equalised in injury time, to give the visitors a comfortable aggregate margin.

Mazembe now drop down to the Confederation Cup play-offs, the draw for which is on Thursday.

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