Espérance de Tunis reach group stage on penalties
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lapresse
Espérance Sportive de Tunis qualified for the group stage of the African Champions League by eliminating Al-Swehly 3-1 on penalties after a 1-0 win in Radès. The Tunisian club has reached this stage for the 24th time, according to La Presse.
Espérance Sportive de Tunis qualified for the group stage of the African Champions League after eliminating Al Swehly on penalties (3-1) on Saturday 24 October at the Hamadi Agrebi Stadium in Radès. The Tunisian club won the second leg 1-0, after losing by the same score in the first leg in Libya, according to Lapresse.
Imed Farraj scored the Tunisian goal, bringing Espérance level on aggregate. The penalty shoot-out then secured the Tunis club a 24th appearance in the competition’s group stage. Ivorian midfielder Abderrahmane Konaté went off injured before the half-hour mark and was replaced by Hamza Rafia, reports Lapresse.
The qualification comes after the announcement on 13 September of the second preliminary-round tie between Espérance and Al-Suwaihli in the Champions League against Al-Suwaihli.
