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Lions in a difficult way to seek the crown in Africa

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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s representatives in the Confederations Cup Africa Lions, have successfully advanced to the group stage after a 4-2 aggregate victory over Zambia’s Red Arrows in the final round of the tournament where their first matches were played on November 28 and The rematch was on December 5th.

The draw for the group stage draw has not yet been set but according to the procedure, the Lions have a good bet of being placed in the second round so they will not be able to meet the teams they will be grouped with in the same pot although they may find themselves falling into one group and among 12 teams. in other pots.

In the second round, the Lions will have Coton Sport and Orlando Pirates.

The first pot is TP Mazembe and RS Berkane, Pyramids while the third pot is Zanaco, JS Saoura, Asec Mimosas and Al Ahli Tripoli and the fourth is AS Otoho, US Gendarmarie.

The match between Enyimba and Al Ittihad is yet to be decided as is the case with the match between the Royal Leopards and JS Kabylie.

This article brings you a brief overview of the African Championships for the 10 teams that have secured a place in the 16th round of which the Lions can be ranked third in the group stage.