{"id":3177,"date":"2016-03-14T16:29:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T15:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetethiopia.com\/videos\/articles\/african-champions-tp-mazembe-start-defence-with-draw-in-ethiopia_14.html"},"modified":"2016-03-14T16:29:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T15:29:02","slug":"african-champions-tp-mazembe-start-defence-with-draw-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.planetethiopia.com\/2016\/03\/14\/african-champions-tp-mazembe-start-defence-with-draw-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"African champions TP Mazembe start defence with draw in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.planetethiopia.com\/videos\/uploads\/articles\/168d8b5f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"\" vspace=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo began the defence of their African Champions League crown with a hard-fought 2-2 draw away to Saint George of Ethiopia in the first leg of their last-32 tie.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Under the guidance of new French coach Hubert Velud, Mazembe were stretched by their impressive Ethiopian opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The champions left Ethiopia with an advantage of two away goals ahead of the second leg next weekend in Lubumbashi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Saint George took a surprise lead in the 11th minute when Assefa Behaile put the hosts 1-0 up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Ghanaian Daniel Nii Adjei equalised on the stroke of half-time for Mazembe, with an Isaac Isiende own goal giving the champions a 2-1 lead a minute into the second half.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Saint George kept up the pressure, and were rewarded with an equaliser on the hour mark from Girma Adane to make it 2-2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><a class=\"sp-story-body__external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cafonline.com\/en-us\/competitions\/20theditionofcafchampionsleague\/fixtures\">African Champions League fixtures and results<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Elsewhere on Sunday,&nbsp;<strong>Zama<\/strong><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">lek&#8217;s<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">&nbsp;new coach Alex McLeish enjoyed a 1-0 victory against&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Union Douala<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">&nbsp;in Cameroon in his first African Champions League match.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/35798842\">Read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>TP Mazembe of the Democratic 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