African Confederation Cup: Gor Mahia stun Zamalek with 4-2 win
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Jacques Tuyisenge of Kenya's Gor Mahia celebrates after scoring two goals in their 4-2 win over Egyptian giants Zamalek
Kenya's Gor Mahia opened the African Confederation Cup group phase on Sunday with a shock 4-2 victory over Egyptian giants Zamalek in Nairobi.
A brace from Rwanda's Jacques Tuyisenge helped the hosts secure a memorable win, having gone behind early on.
Zamalek went ahead after seven minutes through Egypt's Ibrahim Hassan who struck from outside the box.
Gor worked hard for an equaliser with Tuyisenge scoring the first of his two goals 18 minutes later.
The Rwanda international found the back of the net again with a 38th minute header to put the Kenyan side 2-1 up, but that advantage only stood for six minutes.
Ibrahim Hassan, who scored Zamalek's opener, pounced on a Gor mistake and found the back of the net to make it 2-2 going into the break.
In the second half, Nicholas Kipkirui made it 3-2 to Gor after 51 minutes, and the hosts withstood an onslaught of Egyptian pressure to seal the victory in stoppage time through the experienced Dennis Oliech who made it a famous 4-2 win for the Kenyan side.
The result put Gor Mahia top of Group D on goal difference at ahead of Algerian club NA Hussein Dey who beat and Angola's Petro Atletico 2-1.
The Algiers club took a two-goal lead through Mohamed Amine Tougai and Walid Allati before Vladimiro 'Va' Felix reduced arrears for the visiting Angolan side.
In other results in Africa's second tier club competition, Zesco United won the Zambian derby beating Nkana 2-0 in Group C in Ndola thanks to goals from John Ching'andu and Lazarous Kambole.
In that same group, Sudan's Al Hilal beat Asante Kotoko of Ghana 1-0 in Omdurman.
The Confederation Cup holders Raja Casablanca, under new coach Patrice Carteron, were held to a 1-1 draw away at fellow Moroccan side Hassania Agadir in Group A.
Raja took the lead early in the second half trough Mouhcine Iajour but Hassania hit back just nine minutes through Mehdi Oubila.
The other Moroccan side in that group, Renaissance Berkane, also drew 1-1 away to Otoho Oyo of Congo Brazzaville.
Mohamed Aziz snatched an 89th-minute equaliser for Berkane after Cabwey Kivutuka had given hosts Oyo the lead just before half-time.
In Group B, Nigeria's Enugu Rangers took an early lead in the standings thanks to a 2-0 win over Salitas of Burkina Faso in Enugu.
Goals from Godwin Aguda and Isaac Loute gave the Nigerians the victory who move above CS Sfaxien on goal difference after the Tunisian side won 1-0 away to their compatriots Etoile du Sahel in a derby match in Sousse.
Group winners and runners-up will qualify for the African Confederation Cup quarter-finals