Ivorian ASEC Mimosas players celebrate a goal against Cansado of Mauritania

Five return legs of the 2011 Caf Champions League was honpured overthe weekend with four more postponed for a variety of reasons.

The fixtures saw usually the ‘big boys’ progress but also with sprinkles of surprises here and there.

CF Cansado (Mauritania) 0-2 ASEC Mimosas (Cote D’Ivoire)

Mauritanian representatives CF Cansando needed more than a miracle to overturn their 7-0 loss from the first leg against Asec Mimosas in Abidjan, but instead, they suffered another setback of 2-0 in their home turf of Stade Olympique de Nouakchott, with goals coming from Bougouhi Jean Marc in the 38^th minute and N’Gossan Antoine in the 87^th minute. Asec will meet Zimbabwe’s Motor Action in the next round.

Aduana Stars (Ghana) 1-0 Wydad de Casablanca (Morocco)

Scoring just one goal, the Aduana Stars of Ghana couldn’t level their three-goal deficit conceded from the first leg against Morocco’s Wydad. The Ghanaian club is thus eliminated from the 15^th Orange CAF Champions League 2011. Wydad de Casablanca will play Nigeria’s Kano Pillars in the next round.

AS Vita Club (DR Congo) 3-0 Ocean View (Zanzibar)

After tying the powerful Congolese club AS Vita 1-1 at home, Zanzibar’s Ocean View crumbled in their away return leg, suffering a defeat of 3-0 and consequently crashing out of the continental race. AS Vita will meet in the next round the winner of the Coton Sports- VITAL’O encounter.

Zamalek (Egypt) 1-0 Ulinzi Stars (Kenya)

Egyptian giants Zamalek realised a home and away success against Kenya champions Ulinzi Stars, after they defeated the Kenyans 1-0 in the return leg, adding to their 4-0 win back in Kenya. Zamalek will play either Club Africain or APRFC in the next round.

JC Abidjan (Cote D’Ivoire) 3-0 AS Forces Armées du Niger (Niger)

JC Abidjan have made it through to the next round of the 2011 CAF champions league after trouncing the Nigérien representatives Forces Armées du Niger 3-0 in Abidjan on Sunday. The Ivorians will play against Libyan side AL Ittihad in Tripoli, if peace permits though.

Postponed Fixtures

The below games will hold between March 4 and 6

Astres de Douala (Cameroon) – Union Sportive de Bitam (Gabon)

Coton Sport Garoua (Cameroon) – Vital’O FC (Burundi)

Djoliba Bamako (Mali) – East End Lions (Sierra Leone)

Club Africain (Tunisia) – APR FC (Rwanda)