CAF Confederation Cup quarters: The ONE team Orlando Pirates DON’T want to face
South Africa’s Orlando Pirates are still in the running for glory in this season’s CAF Confederation Cup after the completion of the group stage.
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The Soweto giants managed to finish second in Group A, thus securing their spot in the quarter-finals.
The all-important draw of those playoffs will take place on Friday, 30 April.
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But who will Josef Zinnbauer’s men play in those quarter-finals?
As runners-up, they will be drawn against a group winner – but not against the winners of their own group (Enyimba).
That leaves THREE possible opponents.
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JS Kabylie (Algeria), ASC Jaraaf (Senegal) or Raja Casablanca (Morocco).
JS Kabylie went through the group stage unbeaten with 3 wins and 3 draws, scoring 7 goals while conceding 4.
ASC Jaraaf were surprise winners of Group C with a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat, but only scored 5 goals and leaked 3.
Raja Casablanca, meanwhile, were dominant in Group D, winning all 6 of their matches for a perfect 18 points. They scored 13 goals and conceded, incredibly, zero.
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From an Orlando Pirates stand point, they will definitely want to avoid seeing Raja Casablanca’s name come out the hat!
They would settle for a trip to Algeria to face JS Kabylie, but a quarter-final clash against Senegal’s ASC Jaraaf would be first-choice.
Because Orlando Pirates Pirates finished second in their group, they will be “unseeded” in the draw and will host the first leg on 15/16 May with the return leg away against whoever they are drawn to play a week later (22/23 May).
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Orlando Pirates have never won the tournament, but did finish as runners-up in 2015.
But who else made it through to the quarter-finals?
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GROUP A
Winners: Enyimba (Nigeria)
Runners-up: Orlando Pirates (South Africa)
GROUP B
Winners: JS Kabylie (Algeria)
Runners-up: Coton Sport (Cameroon)
GROUP C
Winners: ASC Jaraaf (Senegal)
Runners-up: CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
GROUP D
Winners: Raja Casablanca (Morocco)
Runners-up: Pyramids (Egypt)
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