Tout Puissant Mazembe

TP Mazembe keeps a good and a bad memory of his previous outings in Luanda. And the next two fixtures against Primeiro de Agosto in Angola and then in Kamalondo are reported to be complicated, because the opponent is not in the quarterfinals of C1 by chance...

Thirty years ago, for the 1987/88 Champions Cup, the Ravens were eliminated in the first round by Petro Atlético, 2-1 winner at home and came to hold the draw (0-0) in Lubumbashi. A decade later (2009) in the Champion’s League, the TPM took its revenge against the same "pétroliers", upgraded 3-0 in Kamalondo and then beaten (2-1) in Luanda. For this second leg, there are MPUTU and KALUYITUKA who had scored and achieved the superiority of a team that would win the title.

This year, Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto won its third consecutive national title (2016, 2017, and 2018). Girabola winners in particular thanks to an iron defense (1 defeat in 28 games, 8 goals conceded), the "red and black" have preceded Atletico Petróleos de Luanda by 3 lengths (57 points against 54) and the powerful Kabuscorp (3^rd) of eleven points.

They resisted at the Etoile du Sahel

In the Champion’s League, the Angolan team has signed a path that proves its abilities.

Winner of Platinum (3-0 in Luanda and 2-1 in Zimbabwe), Primeiro snatched his ticket for the group stage to South African academics Bidwest Wits. But he had to resort to penalty kicks (won 3-2 at Jo'burg) while the two matches ended in a draw (1-1).

It is in group D of the 8^th in pools that the Angolans showed their abilities to challenge the best. In Luanda, they began to resist Etoile du Sahel (1-1) leading from the 43^rd (goal by LOMPALA "Mongo") until the equalization of Amar JEMAL (66^th). On the return to Sousse, for the 5^th day, Primeiro led even 1-0 since the 11^th minute (MASUNGULA) while the Tunisians equalized over the wire (86^th) by CHERMITI.

Finally, thanks to his successes on Mbabane Swallows (2 times) and Zesco (in Luanda), the Angolan champion finished second in the group behind Etoile du Sahel, which earned him to face TPM in the quarterfinals. A breadwinner that it has forged its results in the competition.