David GOMBE
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed the dates for the quarterfinals of the 2024/25 season.
The CAF Champions League first leg ties will be played on Tuesday April 1st with the return legs set for Tuesday, April, bar the clash between Orlando Pirates and MC Alger will be staged a day later.
Onyango’s Mamelodi Sundowns will host Tunisia’s Esperance Sportive de Tunis at Loftus Stadium in the first leg before the second leg at Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi.
Holders Al Ahly will entertain Sudan’s Al Hilal SC at Cairo International Stadium for the first leg and then travel to Stade Cheikha Ould Boidiya in Nouakchott, Mauritania for the second leg.
Egyptian side Pyramids FC will host AS FAR from Morocco at the 30 June Stadium in their first leg, with the return at the Stade d’honneur de Meknès.
Algerian outfit MC Alger will entertain Orlando Pirates from South Africa to the Stade 5 Juillet 1962, with the return leg of that game to be played on Wednesday, April 9 at the Orlando Stadium.
The winner of the clash between Mamelodi Sundowns and Esperance will face either Al Ahly or Al Hilal. Meanwhile, the victor between MC Alger and Orlando Pirates will meet the winner of the Pyramids versus AS FAR tie.
Quarter-finals, first leg
Tuesday, April 1
*Mamelodi Sundowns vs Esperance Sportive de Tunis
*Al Ahly SC vs Al Hilal SC
*Pyramids FC vs AS FAR
*MC Alger vs Orlando Pirates
Quarter-finals, second leg
Tuesday, April 8
*Al Hilal SC vs Al Ahly SC
*AS FAR vs Pyramids FC
*Esperance Sportive de Tunis vs Mamelodi Sundowns
Wednesday, April 9
*Orlando Pirates vs MC Alger
