The Sundowns trainer told CAFOnline.com that defending the title will be slightly difficult now that most clubs have studied how they play. We have become the team to beat this time around, purely based on the fact that we are the defending champions. The 53-year-old coach is wary of the danger posed by the North Africans, an experienced side as far as continental club football is concerned. The Moroccans were semifinalists last year, and their only triumphs in the premier continental club championship dates back over two decades. FixturesSaturday:Alexandria:Al Ahly (Egypt) vs Esperance (Tunisia)Beira:Ferroviario da Beira (Mozambique) vs USM Alger (Algeria)Sunday:Alexandria:Ahly Tripoli (Libya) vs Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)Pretoria:Sundowns (South Africa) vs Wydad (Morocco).

Source: The North Africa Journal September 13, 2017 10:41 UTC