Tunisia have become the second elite African league after Morocco to restart amid the coronavirus pandemic and four-time African champions Esperance stretched their lead to 12 points by winning.
But Zambia, who resumed in mid-July, will end their season this Thursday due to a surge of COVID-19 cases, having completed only 27 of 34 rounds.
All the goals came during the first half with national team forward Taha Yassine Khenissi scoring the winner for the ‘Blood and Gold’ 11 minutes before half-time. The Lusaka club bankrolled by the National Pension Scheme Authority and previously called Profund Warriors will seal top spot if they defeat fellow title contenders Forest Rangers.
An average-points-per-game system was used to decide final placings in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and table-topping Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad were declared winners. Mozambican Luis Miquissone and John Bocco scored for Simba during the first half before a packed crowd that did not practice social distancing.
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