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๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Published: 31 January 2026
๐Ÿ“˜ Source: Daily Dispatch

Mamelodi Sundownsโ€™ chances of ending top of Group C in the 2025-2026 Caf Champions League were dealt a severe blow as they succumbed to a 2-1 defeat to Sudanโ€™s Al-Hilal in Rwanda on Friday night. The Brazilians have work to do ensuring their qualification after a middling start in their first three games of a win and two draws was compounded by their loss at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali. ๐Ÿ† โ„‚๐”ธ๐”ฝ โ„‚๐•™๐•’๐•ž๐•ก๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•ƒ๐•–๐•’๐•˜๐•ฆ๐•– ๐Ÿ†๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Masandawana coach Miguel Cardoso reacting to their loss!๐€๐ฅ ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ฅ 2โƒฃโž–1โƒฃ ๐Œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ข ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿšจ LIVE๐Ÿ“บ SABC 2๐ŸŒhttps://t.co/26PdrPrnVE#SABCSportFootball#TotalEnergiesCAFCLpic.twitter.com/6pJzVFAe50 Hilal are playing their home matches in Kigali due to the civil war in Sudan.

Sundowns were left in second place by Friday nightโ€™s result on five points from four matches. Al-Hilal, who held Downs to a draw at Loftus Versfeld the previous weekend, climbed to the top spot on eight points. ๐Ÿ† โ„‚๐”ธ๐”ฝ โ„‚๐•™๐•’๐•ž๐•ก๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•ƒ๐•–๐•’๐•˜๐•ฆ๐•– ๐Ÿ†โšฝ๏ธ โ’ผโ“„โ’ถโ“: Arthur Sales has reduced the margin for Masandawana!๐€๐ฅ ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ฅ 2โƒฃโž–1โƒฃ ๐Œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ข ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿšจ LIVE๐Ÿ“บ SABC 2๐ŸŒhttps://t.co/26PdrPrnVE#SABCSportFootball#TotalEnergiesCAFCLpic.twitter.com/GR5gjeFvmp Democratic Republic of the Congo club Saint-ร‰loi Lupopo are in third place on four points from three games, and Algeriaโ€™s MC Alger have a point from three.

An early shot by Tashreeq Matthews hit the woodwork for Sundowns in the 10th minute. ๐Ÿ† โ„‚๐”ธ๐”ฝ โ„‚๐•™๐•’๐•ž๐•ก๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•ƒ๐•–๐•’๐•˜๐•ฆ๐•– ๐Ÿ†โšฝ๏ธ โ’ผโ“„โ’ถโ“: The Blue Wave have doubled their lead!๐€๐ฅ ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ฅ 2โƒฃโž–0โƒฃ ๐Œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ข ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿšจ LIVE๐Ÿ“บ SABC 2๐ŸŒhttps://t.co/26PdrPrnVE#SABCSportFootball#TotalEnergiesCAFCLpic.twitter.com/HFSyiHVZXv After that, Hilal put the Tshwane club under pressure, and the Sudanese outfit duly produced an opener three minutes into added time of the opening half. Veteran goalkeeper Denis Onyango brought down attacker Abdelrazig Omer in the area, and Egyptian referee Mahmoud Nagy awarded a penalty that was put away by forward Mohamed Abdelrahman. ๐Ÿ† โ„‚๐”ธ๐”ฝ โ„‚๐•™๐•’๐•ž๐•ก๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•ƒ๐•–๐•’๐•˜๐•ฆ๐•– ๐Ÿ†โšฝ๏ธ โ’ผโ“„โ’ถโ“: The Blue Wave take the lead after converting from the penalty spot!๐€๐ฅ ๐‡๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ฅ 1โƒฃโž–0โƒฃ ๐Œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ข ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿšจ LIVE๐Ÿ“บ SABC 2๐ŸŒhttps://t.co/26PdrPrnVE#SABCSportFootball#TotalEnergiesCAFCLpic.twitter.com/3mTehiCigW

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