{"id":320381,"date":"2011-03-18T16:33:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T16:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/mazembe-ahly-join-champs-lge\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T16:33:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T16:33:05","slug":"mazembe-ahly-join-champs-lge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/mazembe-ahly-join-champs-lge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazembe &#038; Ahly join Champs Lge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"203\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"1\">\n<tr readability=\"2\">\n<td readability=\"4\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4622743fmbe203_gtty.jpg.jpg\" width=\"203\" height=\"152\" alt=\"TP Mazembe team.\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mazembe are going for a record third straight title.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Holders TP Mazembe enter the Champions League fray this weekend against Simba of Tanzania as the second qualifying round kicks off.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Al Ahly of Egypt also make their debut in this year&#8217;s competition with a home game against SuperSport United of South Africa. <\/p>\n<p>Two former winners go against each other in the game between Club Africain of Tunisia and Zamalek of Egypt. <\/p>\n<p>Another eight former champions are also in action across the continent. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>Since successfully defending the title last year, Mazembe have finished runners-up behind Inter Milan in the FIFA Club World Cup. <\/p>\n<p>Their opponents Simba have had regular but largely unsuccessful African campaigns and made hard work of qualifying from the previous round against Mitsoudje from the Comoros Islands. <\/p>\n<p>Though civil strife within the country has seen the Egyptian league suspended, Ahly have been playing friendlies in Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n<p>Portuguese coach Manuel Jose is back with the club for his third spell in charge after Hossam al-Badry quit and they will be favourites to go through against SuperSport, who are without their suspended Liberian striker Anthony Laffor. <\/p>\n<p>Other former champions in action are Entente Setif and Mouloudia Alger of Algeria, Raja Casablanca and Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast, Enyimba of Nigeria, Esperance and V Club of DR Congo.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4622743fmbe203_gtty.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/africa\/9429366.stm\" title=\"Mazembe &amp; 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