African club giants Wydad Casablanca of Morocco are in danger of a shock early exit from the CAF Champions Lweague after a 2-0 defeat to Simba of Tanzania on Tuesday.
Cameroonian Leandre Onana scored twice within two minutes during the first half in Dar es Salaam to inflict a third Group B loss in four matches on the three-time title-holders.
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Wydad are last on three points with two rounds remaining, behind ASEC Mimosas (10) of the Ivory Coast, Simba (five) and Jwaneng Galaxy (four) of Botswana.
ASEC became the first qualifiers for the quarter-finals by beating Jwaneng 3-0 in Abidjan, and Simba will be join them if they can secure four more points.
The only realistic chance Wydad have of making the last eight is to win their remaining two matches and hope Simba lose one.
Simba visit ASEC in February and host Jwaneng in March while Wydad are away to Jwaneng and at home to ASEC.
Wydad have been the second most successful Champions League club after Al Ahly of Egypt from 2016, reaching four finals, two of which they won, and never failing to make the knock-out stage.
The Casablanca club fired coach Adil Ramzi last weekend and brought back veteran Tunisian Faouzi Benzarti for a fourth spell in charge.
Benzarti is the second most successful African coach in CAF club competitions with five titles — one less than currently unemployed South African Pitso Mosimane.
