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Heartland Meets Mazembe In Final CAF Champions League
Sudan’s Al Hilal fell two goals short of a 4-0 target, allowing TP Mazembe to advance to the Final of the CAF Champions League, their first in 39 years, where they will face Nigeria’s Heartland.
Al Hilal left themselves with an immense task to overcome after going down 5-2 at home to the Congolese a fortnight ago, but coach Paulo campos was confident his wards would get the four goals they needed to see them through.
It looked like it was no idle boast, as Zimbabwean Edward Sadomba plundered in a brace in a seven-minute spell in the first half.
But the hosts closed up shop after that and the Sudanese could find no way past, and went down 5-4 on aggregate to the two-time champions.
Heartland will host the first leg of the final on November 1 with the second leg in Lubumbashia a week later.
Record prize money of $1.5 million, a 50 per cent increase from previous years, is up for grabs plus a place at the Fifa Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in December.