DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Kungiyar Orlando Pirates ta Afirka ta Kudu da Mamelodi Sundowns sun tabbatar da matsayinsu a gasar CAF Champions League na shekarar 2024/25, inda suka samu damar shiga zagaye na daga cikin goma sha takwas (quarter-finals).
A ranar 18 ga Janairu, 2025, Orlando Pirates ta doke Al Ahly da ci 2-1 a filin wasa na Al-Salam da ke Alkahira, inda ta samu matsayi na farko a rukuni na C. Wannan nasarar ta ba su damar fuskantar wani daga cikin masu tsere a sauran rukunoni, kamar yadda dokokin CAF suka tanada.
Mamelodi Sundowns kuma ta ci gaba da zama a matsayi na biyu a rukuni na B bayan da ta tashi kunnen doki 1-1 da FAR Rabat a filin wasa na Loftus Versfeld da ke Pretoria. Wannan ya ba su damar fuskantar wani daga cikin masu nasara a rukunoni A ko D, ciki har da Al-Hilal da Esperance de Tunis.
Jose Riveiro, kocin Orlando Pirates, ya ce, “Mun yi aiki tuƙuru don samun wannan matsayi, kuma muna shirye don fuskantar kowane abokin hamayya a zagaye na gaba.”
A wasu sakamakon wasannin karshe na rukuni, Pyramids ta doke Djoliba da ci 6-0 a Alkahira, yayin da Esperance de Tunis ta doke Sagrada Esperanca da ci 4-1 a Rades, Tunisia.
Hukumar CAF har yanzu ba ta bayyana ranar da za a yi zagayen farko na quarter-finals ba, amma ana sa ran za a yi shi cikin ‘yan kwanaki masu zuwa.
