CS Sfaxien earn $660,000 for winning CAF Confederation Cup
CS Sfaxien of Tunisia earned $660,000 after they won a third CAF Confederation Cup with a 3-2 aggregate victory over TP Mazembe despite losing the final second leg 2-1 last Saturday.
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Mazembe from DR Congo, who have won the CAF Champions League four times, in 1967, 1968, 2009 and 2010, overturned the two-goal deficit they suffered in Tunisia a week ago.
But Tunisia international Fahkreddine Ben Youssef's brave header in the 88th minute proved to be the decisive goal to deny the home team a first success in the competition and hand Sfaxien a third Confederation Cup trophy, having also won in 2007 and 2008.
They pocketed prize money of $660,000 (485,000 euros) and will square up against CAF Champions League winners Al Ahly of Egypt in next year's CAF Super Cup.
On the losing side were Ghana’s Solomon Asante and Yaw Frimpong who appeared set for their first continental club honours until the visitors left the whole of Congo DR heart-broken with a late strike in Saturday’s second leg.
Chiebane Traore gave Mazembe the lead in the 10th minute from a rebound off a shot by Zambia striker Given Singuluma in front of an 18,500-strong crowd in Lubumbashi.
Tanzania star Mbwana Samatta fired into the roof of the net for Mazembe's second goal after 24 minutes when he was set up on the edge of the box by the diminutive Solomon Asante.
It was the Tunisians who celebrated in the end when South African referee Daniel Bennett blew the final whistle.
