USM Alger has moved top of Group A in the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, after seeing trashing the DR Congolese side St. Eloi Lupopo 3-0 in Algiers on Sunday.
In Algiers, USMA were on top of the game against their Congolese visitors. Khaled Bousseliou scored in either half with Algeria’s Starman at the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) Aymen Mahious adding the third late in the second half.
The home side led 1-0 at the end of the first half, having seen 63pc of the possession and had more chances at goal. They broke the deadlock in the seventh minute when Bousseliou slid in inside the box to connect a cross from Saadi Radouani home.
The visitors were contained well and had two close chances at goal. Manu Bola had a shot from the right saved while A-Samiou Tchatakora came closest with a point blank header which was kept out by the keeper’s feet.
In the second half, USMA stepped up their efforts and they added their second in the 65th minute when Bousseliou scored his second, another sweeping finish after a freekick from Adem Alilet was nodded down to his direction by Mahious.
The latter then sealed the win eight minutes to time when he drilled a freekick hard and low into the bottom right after being rolled on by Abderrahmane Meziane.
The win sees them sit second in Group A behind South Africa’s Marumo Gallants who won 4-1 against Libya’s Al Akhdar in the earlier fixture.
By Brian Mboh