TP Mazembe winger Solomon Asante lauds head Coach Patrice Carteron following CAF Champions League exploits
By Rahman Osman
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Ghana and TP Mazembe influential midfielder Solomon Asante has credited French head Coach Patrice Carteron for engineering his side’s CAF Champions League semi-final berth.
The Raven put up a five star performance to burst open their Moroccan opponents Moghreb Tetouan by 5-0 in Lubumbashi.
Asante who was at the heart of everything Mazembe did says credit should go to head coach Patrice Carteron for mapping out a plan for the team’s success.
“I think that the entire team did extremely well and I guess we owed our fans this kind of performance,” Asante said after the game
“A lot of credit has to go to the Coach we mapped out a plan which worked to perfection.”
“We are aware that nothing has been won yet but we are gaining confidence every passing game.”
With Smouha and Al Hilal playing out a 1-1 drawn game in the other fixture the Congolese side topped Group A with 11 points.
CAF Champions League Group A:
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | +/- | Pts | ||||||
| 1 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 11 | ||||||
| 2 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | ||||||
| 3 | Moghreb Tétouan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 8 | ||||||
| 4 | Smouha | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 4 | ||||||