CAF CL: ES Tunis-Belouizdad Ends In Dead Rubber But Both Advance To Quarter-Finals

The match day 6 game pitting Espérance of Tunis against CR Belouizadad in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League ended in a stalemate (0-0).

Esperance Sportive of Tunis did the essential with the game that ended in a dead rubber, enough to see them finish leaders of pool D.

ES Tunis created the best chances. Moataz Zaddem struck early, forcing the opponent’s goalie to repel at the 11th minute.

Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda had a big opportunity after a blunder from the Belouizdad’s defense, but he could not finish after eliminating side-stepping the keeper at the 31st minute. The last chance of this first period was a heavy strike from Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, fumbled but later handled by Guendoz at the 35th minute.

7 minutes after the restart, Hamdou El Houni sent his shot over the bar. Three minutes later, Mohamed Ben Ali was not successful either, stumbling over with the opposition goalkeeper at his mercy.

Both teams advanced to the last 8, but EST finished leaders of Pool D with 11 points, ahead of CR Belouizdad (10 pts).