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MC Alger qualify for Champions League group stage after 3-0 win

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MC Alger qualify for Champions League group stage after 3-0 win

Mouloudia Club d’Alger overturned Enugu Rangers 3-0 in the second leg and qualified for the group stage of the CAF Champions League on a 3-2 aggregate. Chahreddine Boukholda, Mohamed Saliou Bangoura and Sofiane Bayazid scored, reports Lapresse.

Chahreddine Boukholda opened the scoring in the 58th minute for Mouloudia Club d’Alger, before Guinean striker Mohamed Saliou Bangoura doubled the lead in the 84th. Sofiane Bayazid, who came on during the match, scored the third goal in added time, in the 90th+2 minute, according to Lapresse.

Having trailed 2-0 after the first leg against Enugu Rangers, the Algiers club won the second leg 3-0 and overturned the aggregate score, which stood at 3-2. The victory secured its place in the group stage of the CAF Champions League, according to Lapresse.

The qualification follows the first leg between MC Alger and Enugu Rangers, covered on 18 October as part of the Algiers club’s challenge against Enugu Rangers.

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