AmaZulu stun TP Mazembe and qualify for the group stages of the Champions League with Ntuli's goal HadebeSazieso
Bongi Ntuli’s 37th minute goal earned AmaZulu a shock 1-1 aggregate victory over a revered DR Congo side, TP Mazembe, at the Stade TP Mazembe Stadium on Saturday. The defeat was a second at home for Mazembe in two successive Champions League editions by a South African side.
Without taking anything away from the gallant efforts of Benni McCarthy’s side, clearly Mazembe are no longer the same forceThe home started well in this match and tested Usuthu goalkeeper Veli Mothwa with a couple of good shots before Ntuli pounced after a free kick to beat the Malian-born Mazembe gloveman Ibrahim Mounkoro with a low shot on the near post.
Ntuli’s goal was a third in this competition after he scored a brace in Malawi when AmaZulu beat Nyasa Big Bullets 3-2 on aggregate to proceed to the second preliminary round of the play-offs. McCarthy’s side was unlucky to double their lead in the 67th minute when Luvuyo Memela’s shot came off the upright after it had beaten Mounkoro in one of the rare attacks by the away side in the second half.
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