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African football is in for a treat as the first-leg matches of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup semifinals will be played on Wednesday, May 10 with the four teams remaining in the competition seeking to be crowned as the new champion.
For the first time ever, Young Africans (Yanga), have made it to a continental semifinal after the Tanzanian giants edged out Nigeria’s Rivers United in the quarterfinals.
Yanga will host South African debutants, Marumo Gallants, who continued their dream run in the competition after beating 2019-20 finalists Pyramids 1-0.
One of the most interesting aspects of the upcoming Yanga vs Marumo clash is the return of coach Dylan Kerr to Tanzania. Kerr had a stint coaching Yanga’s bitter rivals Simba in the 2015-2016 season and will now lead Marumo as an ‘enemy’.
It will be a match that is sure to draw plenty of attention from football fans across the continent just like the clash between the other first-leg semi-final clash that sees Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas taking on Algeria’s USM Alger.
ASEC earned their place in the last four for the first time ever in the new dispensation of the competition, beating Tunisia’s US Monastir 2-0 in Abidjan. USM Alger progressed 4-3 on aggregate against Morocco’s AS FAR.
The first leg matches of the semi-finals are scheduled for 10 May, with the return fixtures a week later. With so much at stake, African football fans are in for a treat as the continent’s top teams battle it out for a chance to win the continental title.
TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup first-leg semi-final fixtures:
- 13:00 GMT – Young Africans vs Marumo Gallants (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania)
- 16:00 GMT – ASEC Mimosas vs USM Alger (Bouake, Cote d’Ivoire)
