Tusker bow out of Caf Champions League after defeat to Zamalek
Football
By
Washington Onyango
| Oct 22, 2021
Local champions Tusker were on Friday night knocked out of the Caf Champions League after losing 5-0 on aggregate to Egyptian giants Zamalek SC in the second leg of the first-round match played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.
Ibrahim Obama scored a brace as El-Gezeiry and Achraf Bencharki scored a goal apiece to propel the five times African champions to the group stages of the 2021-2022 Caf Champions League.
Tusker headed into the match behind last weekend’s 1-0 defeat to the Egyptian champions in Nairobi and needed a win to progress.
The defeat saw Tusker drop to the Caf Confederation Cup play-offs.
They will be grouped alongside one of the winners of the ongoing first round which will progress on Saturday.
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Tusker’s last appearance in the Champions League was in 2017, where they lost 3-2 on aggregate to Mauritius’ AS Port-Louis in the preliminary round.
The previous meeting between Tusker and Zamalek in this competition was in 2005.
The 13-time Egyptian champions won 3-1 in Cairo after losing 1-0 in Nairobi to the 12-time Kenyan champions.