Johannesburg - Leading North African clubs Raja Casablanca of Morocco and Club Africain of Tunisia struck six goals each as they stormed into the CAF Cup quarterfinals this weekend.
Raja outplayed FC 105 of Gabon 6-1 in Casablanca to advance 7-3 on aggregate and Club Africain trounced Jeunesse Club Abidjan of Ivory Coast 6-0 in Tunis for a 6-2 overall second round triumph.
The Moroccan Green Devils were five goals ahead before Onanca Martial scored for the Libreville club in the 62nd minute and Ahmed Atlassi completed the rout with two minutes left.
Liberian Prince Daye led the Club Africain goal charge with two and Rehouma Mouelhi, Ettayeb Ben Salem, Radhouene Bouzaiene and Eamzi Fathalli also scored in a merciless response to a shock first leg defeat by the African rookies.
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Rhinos were another military club to progress Joining them in the July 10 draw will be title holders Jeunesse Sportive Kabylie of Algeria, Al-Ahly of Egypt, Enugu Rangers of Nigeria, Cotonsport Garoua of Cameroon, Green Buffaloes of Zambia and Black Rhinos of Zimbabwe.
Kabylie were surprisingly held 0-0 by Senegalese visitors Sonacos in Tizi-Ouzou, but squeezed through on the away-goal rule having drawn 1-1 in Dakar two weeks ago.
An early goal from Mohammed Fadl and another midway through the second half by Adel Moustafa gave Al-Ahly a 2-0 victory over Al-Nasr of Libya in Cairo. The Egyptian Red Devils led 2-1 from the first encounter.
Enugu had to survive a late onslaught from Daring Club Motema Pembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa with the West Africans losing the match 1-0, but winning the tie thanks to a 2-0
victory at home.
Cotonsport Garoua overcame a one goal first leg deficit against Sundowns of South Africa by winning 2-0 through goals from Hamadou Soussia late in the first half and Nassouroi with 10 minutes left.
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