TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2026/27 tana kusowa karshen mako mai mahimmanci, inda wasu daga cikin kulob ɗin Afirka mafi tarihi ke fuskantar barazanar fita gasar da wuri, yayin da ƙananan kulob ɗi masu niyyar fita gasa ke tsaye kan gab da samun cancantar tarihi.

Wasanni goma sha biyar na dawo na zagaye na biyu na farko an tsara su tsakanin Juma'a, 23 Oktoba da Lahadi, 25 Oktoba 2026, kuma sakamakonsu zai yanke wa kulob ɗi 15 cancantar shiga zagaye na ƙungiyoyi — wanda aka tsara ya fara ƙarshen Nuwamba — tare da Young Africans na Tanzania.

Young Africans sun buɗe hanya

Young Africans sun zama kulob na farko da ya tabbatar da cancantar shiga zagaye na ƙungiyoyi bayan sun murƙushe CFFA na Madagascar da 4-1 ranar Laraba, suna kammala babbar nasara ta 8-1 akan dukkan wasanni biyu. Matsayinsu ya tabbata; sauran 15 har yanzu ana fafatawa da su da ƙarfi.

Manyan kulob ɗi cikin haɗari

Espérance Sportive de Tunis, wanda ya lashe gasar Afirka sau huɗu, yana cikin matsanancin halin da ake ciki, yana buƙatar juya asarar da ya sha na 1-0 a wasan farko yayin da ya karɓi Swehly SC na Libya a Tunis ranar Asabar. Swehly na mintuna 90 kawai daga cimma ɗaya daga cikin manyan nasarorin tarihinsu na ƙarara.

MC Alger na Aljeriya yana fuskantar babbar gwagwarmaya, yana karɓar Rangers International na Najeriya ranar Juma'a yana buƙatar cike raunin kashi na 2-0. Petro Atlético na Angola yana cikin irin wannan halin, yana karɓar Scottland FC na Zimbabwe bayan ya kuma sha kashi da 2-0 a wasan farko.

Mamelodi Sundowns, wanda ya riƙe lakabi, dole ne ya guje wa kasala yayin da ya karɓar Wiliete de Benguela na Angola a Pretoria ranar Juma'a. Manyan ƙungiyar Afirka ta Kudu sun fita daidai 0-0 a wasan farko kuma ba za su iya jure wani irin sakamako makamancin haka ba.

TP Mazembe, wanda ya lashe gasar sau biyar, zai tafi Tunisia don fuskantar Club Africain ranar Lahadi, bayan ƙungiyoyin biyu sun fita daidai 1-1 a wasan farko da aka yi a Lubumbashi. Kowane kulob na iya cancantar shiga, wanda ya mai da wannan ɗaya daga cikin gasa mafi daidaito a zagayen.

Kulob ɗin da ke da iko a hannunsu

Ba duk matsin lamba ke faɗa akan manyan kulob ɗin da aka sani ba. RS Berkane na Maroko sun shiga wasan Asabar da aka yi a gida akan Star Sport Academy na Sierra Leone da rinjaye na 2-0, yayin da Pyramids FC da Zamalek SC na Masar duk suna neman gama kamfen dinsu a gida ranar Asabar bayan nasarorin 1-0 a waje akan El Merriekh Bentiu na Sudan ta Kudu da APR FC na Rwanda bi da bi.

Orlando Pirates na Afirka ta Kudu, waɗanda suka doke African Stars na Namibiya da 1-0 a waje, suna buƙatar wasa mai natsuwa ranar Juma'a don tabbatar da matsayinsu. Al Hilal Omdurman na Sudan yana kare rinjayensa na kashi 2-0 akan Sidama Bunna na Habasha ranar Lahadi, yayin da Simba SC na Tanzania — bayan gagarumar nasara ta 6-1 a waje akan 15 de Agosto na Ekwatorial Guinea — su ne manyan abokan takarar shiga tare da 'yan ƙasa Young Africans a zagaye na ƙungiyoyi yayin da suke karɓar dawo ranar Lahadi.

Colombe Sportive na Kamaru kuma suna da babban rinjaye na 2-0 bayan nasara a waje akan Teungueth FC na Senegal, wanda ya sa su cikin matsayi mai ƙarfi kafin wasan gida na biyu ranar Lahadi.

Wasannin da ake daidai

Wasu gwagwarmayoyi da yawa har yanzu suna a buɗe gaba ɗaya. ASEC Mimosas na Côte d'Ivoire suna karɓar MAS de Fès na Maroko ranar Lahadi bayan tashin hankali na 1-1 a wasan farko, yayin da Horoya AC na Guinea ke tafiya Sudan don fuskantar Al Merriekh yana ɗauke da rinjaye mai rauni na kashi ɗaya kawai. FC Nouadhibou na Mauritania yana fuskantar mafi wahalar aiki tsakanin kulob ɗin da ke buƙatar farfado, yana buƙatar juya sakamakon wasan farko da ya yi da FC San Pedro na Côte d'Ivoire bayan ya sha kashi da 2-1.

Da irin waɗannan raunin bambance-bambancen a duk ko'ina a cikin gasar, an shirya karshen mako mai daɗin ban sha'awa — da yiwuwar ƙarin mamaki — yayin da kulob ɗi daga ko'ina cikin nahiyar suke fafata don samun wuri tsakanin fitattun ƙungiyoyin nahiyar Afirka.