ALGERIA became the first country to have three clubs in the Caf Champions League group stage when Entente Setif, USM Alger and Mouloudia El Eulma won their last-16 ties.Title-holders Setif and Eulma won penalty shootouts against Moroccans Raja Casablanca and Tunisians CS Sfaxien respectively at the weekend.And USMA advanced after drawing with Guineans Kaloum in a match moved from Conakry to Malian capital Bamako due to the Ebola epidemic.Clubs from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt and Tunisia had secured two places each in previous editions of the elite African competition.Algeria were allocated three slots after Setif won the competition last season and the clubs took full advantage to create history.Sudan were also celebrating after Al Hilal and El Merreikh qualified while the other three places were filled by Congolese TP Mazembe, Egyptians Smouha and Moroccans Moghreb Tetouan.Only Setif and Mazembe have been crowned African champions and Eulma, Smouha and Tetouan are grou...
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