Sport | Sundowns suffer successive Champions League semi-final exit, made to pay for not taking their chances

Esperance's goalkeeper Amanallah Memmiche was colossal for the Tunisians, snuffing out Mamelodi Sundowns' danger to take his team to the final. 
(Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Esperance’s goalkeeper Amanallah Memmiche was colossal for the Tunisians, snuffing out Mamelodi Sundowns’ danger to take his team to the final.
(Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Esperance taught Mamelodi Sundowns a valuable lesson about CAF Champions League football – playing pretty football counts for nothing if you aren’t effective. 

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