Orlando Pirates vs MC Alger, 2024-25 CAF Champions League, Quarterfinals
· 2nd Leg - Orlando Pirates advance 1-0 on aggregateAbout
Game Information
Venue: Orlando Stadium
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Line-Ups
Orlando Pirates (5-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 24 | Sipho Chaine (GK) |
| 5 | Nkosinathi Sibisi |
| 38 | Mbekezeli Mbokazi |
| 27 | Tapelo Xoki |
| 7 | Deon Hotto |
| 30 | Dean David Van Rooyen |
| 16 | Thalente Mbatha |
| 3 | Relebohile Ratomo  |
| 8 | Makhehlene Makhaula |
| 17 | Evidence Makgopa |
| 33 | Mohau Nkota |
MC Alger (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Toufik Moussaoui (GK) |
| 5 | Ayoub Abdellaoui |
| 19 | Ayoub Ghezala |
| 3 | Merwane Khelif |
| 20 | Mohamed Réda Halaimia |
| 6 | Mohamed Benkhemassa |
| 8 | Zakaria Draoui |
| 38 | Akram Bouras |
| 35 | Mohamed Bangoura |
| 21 | Larbi Tabti |
| 24 | Zakaria Naidji |
CAF Champions League News
Miguel Cardoso's men visit 30 June Stadium needing to score at least once, as the CAF Champions League uses away goals as a tiebreaker and Pyramids managed to snatch one in stoppage time in Pretoria.
South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns will host Egypt's Pyramids FC at Loftus Versfeld in the first leg of the CAF Champions League final on Saturday, and goalkeeper Ronwen Williams hopes to make 'millions happy'.
Petro de Luanda now sit in third place in the Sahara conference after defeating Ville de Dakar 76-67.
A last-gasp own goal gave Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa an upset result over holders Al Ahly on Friday and a place against another Egyptian club, Pyramids, in next month's African Champions League final.
Orlando Pirates and Pyramids only had one shot each on target in the first leg of their CAF Champions League semi-final at FNB Stadium, which unsurprisingly ended in a 0-0 draw.