ES Tunis power into Group C lead, while Petro get vital win at home.
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ES Tunis shot up to the summit of Group C after a clinical display at home in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League during an interesting duel against rivals, ES Sahel on Saturday evening in Tunis.
The two Tunisian giants kicked off their group stage campaign on home soil in a highly anticipated derby that concluded with hosts, ES Tunis walking away as 2-0 victors.
After a fairly balanced opening half, with equal number of chances on either side, ES Tunis found two goals in succession in the second half to secure a confidence boosting victory at home.
A goal at the hour mark by Yan Sasses which was immediately followed by a 64th minute penalty conversion by Yassine Meriah meant the derby went in favour ES Tunis who went top of the group.
Meanwhile in a simultaneous Group C fixture played in Angola, Petro de Luanda registered a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Sudanese side, Al-Hilal in a fixture played in Luanda to join ES Tunis at the top with three points.
A solitary strike in the 37th minute by Inacio Miguel was enough to give the Angolan side the vital three points on home soil.
Petro will be looking at improving on their impressive run two seasons ago that saw them go all the way to the semi-finals of the competition.
They will have harder task to accomplish next week when they travel to Tunisia to face a wounded ES Sahel who will be looking at redeeming themselves following today’s disappointment.
Al Hilal on the other hand will need to get a result against the group leaders when they welcome ES Tunis to Sudan next weekend.
