Botswana’s Jwaneng Galaxy kicked off their campaign with a 1-0 victory over Moroccan giants Wydad AC in a CAF Champions League Group B encounter in Casablanca on Saturday.

Galaxy, who are only making their second appearance in the group stages of the biggest club competition on the continent not only go top of the group but, do it in historic fashion with the win being their first-ever victory in the group stages of the CAF Champions League.

A costly mistake in the 33rd minute saw Galaxy forward, Thabang Sesinyi punish last season’s runners-up with the only goal that silenced the crowd and subsequently recorded one of the biggest upsets of the competition in recent history.

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The historic victory sees the Southern African side from Botswana move to the summit of the group, following the 1-1 stalemate by Simba AC and Asec Mimosas in the earlier kick off on Saturday. Meanwhile, in Cairo, reigning champions Al Ahly fired a strong title defence warning shot with an emphatic 3-0 win over Ghana’s Medeama in a simultaneous fixture north of the continent.

The reigning champions had to work hard for the victory, as Medeama kept them at bay throughout the opening half. With a few tactical changes after the recess, a 66th-minute opener by Kahraba was followed by Hussein El Shatat’s strike in the 75th minute, before Salah Mohsen sealed the emphatic victory in the 88th minute to give Ahly the victory that sees them joint Group C leaders with Algeria’s CR Belouizdad.