{"id":50426,"date":"2026-01-25T23:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=50426"},"modified":"2026-01-25T23:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:01:15","slug":"mc-alger-stumbles-against-lupopo-in-caf-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=50426","title":{"rendered":"MC Alger Stumbles Against Lupopo in CAF Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MC Alger suffered a painful defeat at the hands of Saint Eloi Lupopo<\/strong> in their CAF Champions League Group Stage match. The match, held as part of the third-round fixtures, saw the Algerian side concede a late goal, significantly impacting their chances of progressing to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>The match, played in Lubumbashi, saw MC Alger fall into a trap set by the home side. Despite a valiant effort, <em>the Algerian team conceded a goal in the dying moments of the match<\/em>. Kimbutu secured the victory for Lupopo with a goal in the 95th minute, leaving MC Alger stunned.<\/p>\n<p>This defeat considerably diminishes MC Alger&#8217;s hopes of securing one of the two quarter-final qualification spots from Group C. Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and Al-Hilal of Sudan currently jointly lead the group with 5 points each.<\/p>\n<p>MC Alger currently sits at the bottom of the group with a single point, earned from two away defeats and a draw on home soil. The team now faces an uphill battle to revive their campaign and secure a place in the knockout stages of the prestigious tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The team will need to regroup quickly and address the defensive vulnerabilities that have plagued their recent performances if they hope to make a significant impact in the remaining group matches. The upcoming fixtures will be crucial in determining their fate in the competition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=40\">More Sports articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MC Alger suffered a painful defeat at the hands of Saint Eloi Lupopo in their CAF Champions League Group Stage match. The match, held as part of the third-round fixtures, saw the Algerian side concede a late goal, significantly impacting their chances of progressing to the quarte&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50428,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50426\/revisions\/50428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}