Despite a three-goal cushion heading into the second leg of the CAF Champions League final, Mamelodi Sundowns are taking nothing for granted at Zamalek this weekend with a place at Japan 2016 at stake.
Wydad Casablanca and Zamalek are closing in on a last-four spot in the CAF Champions League, while Al Ahly will look to stay alive at home against Zambia's Zesco United.
The eight clubs remaining in the CAF Champions League have 19 titles between them, and they kick-off the group stage this weekend with one looking to add another trophy to the cabinet.
This week in our rolling round-up of the weekend’s action, there was a continental champion crowned in Oceania, while the latest chapter in arguably South America’s biggest rivalry was written.
Africa's biggest club competition will see two sides from Egypt in the final eight teams, but not defending champions as TP Mazembe were eliminated by John Toshack's Wydad Casablanca.
One more match is all that separates 16 African teams and a place in the lucrative group stage, with Egypt, Congo DR and Algeria all trying for two in the next round.
Defending CAF Champions League champions TP Mazembe of Congo DR were the biggest casualties of the first leg of the final round of home-and-away ties before the eight-team group phase.
Only one of eight CAF Champions League ties, which begin this weekend, does not feature a previous African champion. FIFA.com previews the knockout stage of Africa's premier club competition.
Egypt's Smouha and Algeria's MC El Eulma knocked out former champions in Africa's biggest club competition as North Africa kept up it's long-term domination of the event.