Mamelodi Sundowns made light work of what is a good CAF Champions League side in ASEC Mimosas whilst Orlando Pirates threw the kitchen sink at Esperance de Tunis and missed.

Mamelodi Sundown 3-1 ASEC Mimosas

Mamelodi Sundown beat ASEC Mimosas to move top of Group A in the CAF Champions League.

Sundowns are proving to be a tough team to contend with at home in the CAF Champions League. They swept aside what is a good champions league side in ASEC Mimosas. Pitso Mosimane and his team haven’t had a bad week. First the loss to Chippa United in the Nedbank Cup, then the letter, finally a loss to Amazulu in the league.

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Sundowns dominated most of this game and were deserved winners even Emiliano Tade scored a goal on his debut. Good for him. Let’s hope he sees more game time than other players were given [cough] George Lebese [cough].

Orlando Pirates 0-0 Esperance de Tunis

Like rapper Ace Hood (remember him?) once said ‘Same ol’ shit just a different day’, this phrase best describes Orlando Pirates games. Against Esperance de Tunis, Orlando Pirates had plenty of chances to win the game.

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Esperance’s defence was playing deep. Their centrebacks were on the goalkeeper’s toes but all of Pirates dominance came to nil. A few wrong calls for offside by the linesmen and a few bad decisions in front of goal cost Orlando Pirates 3 points.