{"id":4501,"date":"2026-02-08T21:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/pyramids-book-caf-champions-league-quarterfinal-spot"},"modified":"2026-02-08T23:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:20:15","slug":"pyramids-book-caf-champions-league-quarterfinal-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/pyramids-book-caf-champions-league-quarterfinal-spot","title":{"rendered":"Pyramids Book CAF Champions League Quarterfinal Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>Egyptian side Pyramids, the reigning champions, secured their place in the quarterfinals of the CAF Champions League after a convincing 4-1 away victory over Nigeria\u2019s Rivers United on Sunday, in the fifth round of Group A.<\/p>\n<p>Pyramids\u2019 goals were scored by Mostafa Fathi, Marwan Hamdy from the penalty spot, Aouda El Fakhouri and Nasser Maher in the 53rd, 77th, 88th and 90+1 minutes. Manny Steven Igbone netted Rivers United\u2019s only goal in the 33rd minute.<\/p>\n<p>The win lifted Pyramids to 13 points at the top of the group, six points clear of Morocco\u2019s RS Berkane in second place and Zambia\u2019s Power Dynamos in third. Rivers United remain bottom with just one point.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Rivers United\u2019s territorial control in the first half, Pyramids proved more dangerous and staged a strong comeback in the second half, scoring four goals to seal qualification.<\/p>\n<p><b>Stade Malien qualify against Esperance<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In Group D, Stade Malien advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Esperance of Tunisia 1-0 at home, with Daouda Coulibaly scoring the winning goal in the 54th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Stade Malien now lead the group with 11 points, ahead of Esperance and Petro Atle\u0301tico, while Tanzania\u2019s Simba sit bottom with two points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. Egyptian side Pyramids, the reigning champions, secured their place in the quarterfinals of the CAF Champions League after a convincing 4-1 away victory over Nigeria\u2019s Rivers United on Sunday, in the fifth round of Group A. Pyramids\u2019 goals were scored by Mostafa Fathi, Marwan Hamdy from the penalty spot, Aouda El Fakhouri and Nasser [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-4501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pyramids Book CAF Champions League Quarterfinal Spot - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press. 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