Esperance Sportive de Tunis

With nine months to go until the FIFA Club World Cup kicks off in the U.S., the 32 competing teams still have no idea where they will be playing.

A football fan wielding a chainsaw was arrested at a CAF Champions League match in Tunis, a source at the Interior Ministry said on Monday.

Wydad had hoped to overturn the CAF ruling that handed the trophy to Esperance after players from the Moroccan club abandoned the game.

Defending champions Esperance of Tunisia were drawn against Cairo giants Zamalek in the African Champions League quarterfinals.

For the first time since the CAF Champions League expanded to include quarterfinals, all eight teams to reach the knockouts are former winners.

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A goal by substitute Bafetimbi Gomis gave Asian champions Al Hilal a 1-0 win over Esperance and took them into the Club World Cup semifinals.

Esperance were declared African Champions League winners after a committee found Wydad guilty of abandoning the second leg of the final in May.

A malfunctioning VAR system led to Wydad Casablanca walking off the CAF Champions league final pitch, which could have long term repercussions.

Esperance of Tunisia retained their African Champions League crown amid bizarre scenes on Friday when Wydad Casablanca refused to play on.