Sport | Small margins help Mamelodi Sundowns land big psychological blow to Esperance in Champions League

South Africa/Tunisia: Tunisian Embassy in Pretoria Coordinates Exit of Esperance Fans From Stadium During Sundowns Match (MFA)

Tunis -- The Tunisian Embassy in Pretoria intervened in coordination with South African authorities to ensure the safe exit of Esperance Sportive de Tunis (EST) fans from the stadium after their match against South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns, "without any harm and under security protection," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration, and Tunisians Abroad reported on Tuesday night.

Sport | Small margins help Mamelodi Sundowns land big psychological blow to Esperance in Champions League

For a few seconds, everything went according to plan for Sundowns—on a day when the weather gods and the supporters they were hoping would create a hostile climate didn't do their job well.

In spite of its Algerian star Youcef Belaïli, the Tunis Espérance was tilted against South African club Mamelodi Sundowns. Pyramids FC made the best result of the day by beating AS FAR 4-1. Al Hilal's Sudanese club leaned against the Egyptians Al Ahly, and MC Algiers was beaten at home by the South Africans of Orlando Pirate.

Sundowns beat Esperance in CAFCL quarterfinals

Mamelodi Sundowns registered a hard fought 1-0 win over Esperance in the first leg of the CAF Champions League quarterfinals. Playing in front of a decent crowd at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, it took an early second half goal for Sundowns to win the match. Peter Shalulile netted the all-important goal to ensure that Sundowns put one foot in the semifinals of the CAF Champions League. This was indeed a very difficult encounter given history between …

Cardoso knows Esperance strong points, believes Mamelodi Sundowns can still exploit them

Mamelodi Sundowns and Espérance are direct opponents of Fluminense and Flamengo, respectively, in the 2025 Club World Cup. The confrontation between Mamelodi Sundowns, from South Africa, and Espérance, from Tunisia, for the quarterfinals of the African Champions League, ended with widespread confusion in the stands. Fans of the two teams clashed shortly after the final whistle of the match held at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South A…