Uganda Cranes midfielder Khalid Aucho played 90 minutes for Yanga but couldn't quite help them to a better result.
Tanzanian powerhouse Young Africans SC got their 2023/24 CAF Champions League group stage journey to a slow start after getting beaten 3-0 by Algerian side CR Belouizdad on Friday.
Yanga fell to the Algerians at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962, with Abdelraouf Benguit, Abderrahmane Meziane Bentahar and Lamin Jallow on the score sheet.
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Uganda Cranes midfielder Khalid Aucho played 90 minutes for Yanga but couldn't quite help them to a better result.
Meanwhile, former SC Villa defender Gift Fred didn't make the squad in the team that suffered the Belouizdad beating.
Following the result, Yanga is now bottom of Group D with no points in one game, while Belouizdad tops the Pool with three points.
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The other twist to this development is that Benchikha's predecessor Robertinho, was showed the exit door after a 5-1 humiliation at the hands of Yanga.
The other group, Al Ahly of Egypt, will welcome Medeama of Ghana later on Saturday.
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Meanwhile, Simba SC, the other East African outfit in the Champions League group stages, gets their journey underway today against Zambia's Asec Mimosa.