Evans Adotey Augustine channelled his inner Archimedes of Syracuse in the post-match conference on Friday in Kumasi by working on how Medeama mathematically would progress to the knockout phase.
In his calculations, he said they needed a draw in Yanga v Belouizdad on Saturday afternoon, Al Ahly must beat Yanga and the Mauve and Yellow themselves must also win in Algiers.
At the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Young Africans mauled, massacred and destroyed the Algerian champions CR Belouizdad.
The 27-year-old Tanzanian midfielder Yahya Mudathir opened the scoring by converting Lomalisa Mutambala’s assist in the 43rd minute to give the Tanzanians a lead before the break.
Belouizdad collapsed calamitously earlier in the second half as two quick goals from Aziz Ki and Kennedy Musona in the 46th and 48th minute made sure the tie was over for the Algerians.
Yanga has been one of the exciting teams in the CAF Champions League with celestial performances.
A 4th goal was going to eliminate Belouizdad because head-to-head is the first option to determine the winner if teams tie on the same points. Yanga lost 3-0 in Algeria and it was 3-0 in Tanzania after 83 minutes.
Burkinabe international Aziz Ki assisted Guede Gnadou Joseph, the newly signed Ivorian forward who spent 2 seasons with FAR Rabat, to score to make it 4-0 to Yanga.
This is what the Group looks like now; Ahly and Yanga have both qualified. Belouizdad and Medeama are out.
Miguel Angel Gamondi will be proud of his Young Africans men as they fought extremely well to secure an incredible win over Belouizdad.
