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Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>Al-Hilal moved top of their group in the CAF Champions League after a valuable 2\u20131 home win over South Africa\u2019s Mamelodi Sundowns.<\/p>\n

Al-Hilal lead Group C with 8 points from four matches, while Sundowns stayed on 5 points and dropped to second place.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Abdelrahman opened the scoring for Al-Hilal with a penalty deep into first-half stoppage time, before Jean Claude Jerome Mugisha doubled the hosts\u2019 lead four minutes after the restart with a low long-range strike.<\/p>\n

Arthur Sales pulled one back for the South African side in the 61st minute.<\/p>\n

In the 78th, Al-Hilal goalkeeper Sofiane Farid saved a close-range effort from Divine Lunga to keep his team in front.<\/p>\n

Find more news and analyses on Africa<\/span> on the Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press. Al-Hilal moved top of their group in the CAF Champions League after a valuable 2\u20131 home win over South Africa\u2019s Mamelodi Sundowns. Al-Hilal lead Group C with 8 points from four matches, while Sundowns stayed on 5 points and dropped to second place. Mohamed Abdelrahman opened the scoring for Al-Hilal with a penalty deep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-4211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"\nSudan\u2019S Al-Hilal Close in on CAF Champions League Quarter-Finals - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag"> Africa-Press. 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