Defending CAF Confederations Cup Champions TP Mazembe are through to this year’s group phase.
The DR Congo giants held Algerian side JS Kabylie to a barren in Algeria on Sunday to sail through on 2-0 aggregate.
Mazembe managed the game well, standing tall in the face of a barrage of attacks from JSK, who were determined to score.
Ivory Coast keeper Vincent Gbohouo worked overdrive to keep the scoreline tidy.
Meschak Elia had his goal ruled out for an off side.
The draws for the group stage will take place in Cairo, Egypt next month.
JS Kabylie XI:
11 Mohamed Abdelali GUEMROUD, 24 Bilal TIZI-BOUALI, 5 Ali RIAL, 25 Sofiane KHELILI, 2 Saadi RADOUANI, 23 Mohamed Nassim YETTOU, 19 Adel DJARRAR, 11 Mohamed El Hadi BOULAOUIDET, 9 Thomas Paul Mohamed IZERGHOUF, 3 Mohamed Lamine MEDJKANE
Banc: 16 Abderahmane BOUTITIF, 7 Mehdi BENALDJIA, 15 Karim BAITECHE, 6 Youcef ZERGUINE, 28 Nasr-Eddine BENABBOU, 21 Malik RAIAH, 18 Bilal MEBARKI,
TP Mazembe XI:
Starting 11: Sylvain GBOHOUO – Djos ISSAMA, Kevin MONDEKO Salif Coulibaly, Jean KASUSULA – Nathan SINKALA, Christian KOUAME – Mika MICHE – Meschak ELIA Ben MALANGO, Rainford KALABA (C)
Bench: Ley MATAMPI Joel KIMWAKI, Kabaso CHONGO, Daniel ADJEI, Adama TRAORE, Treasury MPUTU, Solomon ASANTE
