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Caf Champions League wrap: Champions Esperance on the brink of elimination after Zamalek defeat

The 2019 Caf Champions League winners Esperance de Tunis were beaten 3-1 by Zamalek in the quarter-final first-leg match at the Cairo International Stadium, Egypt, on Friday.

In what was a repeat of the Caf Super which was held on February 14, the Egyptian giants got the better of their Tunisian opponents.

The White Knights may have dominated possession in front of their fans, but the Tunis-based club had more attempts.

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The away side’s superiority in attack finally paid off when Abdelraouf Benguit, scorer of their only goal two weeks ago, put the visitors in front in the 27th-minute, and it was somewhat deserved given the threat they carried whenever they had the ball.