The Zimbabwean champions opened the scoring in the third round second leg game after just five minutes with a goal from Charles Chiutsa.

The tie looked like it was heading for a penalty shootout but then in stoppage time at the end of the match Daniel Kamunhenga found the target to complete a 2-1 aggregate win. Ahly's game in Cairo ended 2-2 to make it 3-3 on aggregate with Pillars advancing thanks to the goals they scored in Egypt.

Pillars took a two goal lead as they found the target twice early in the second half. First Victor Namo tapped the ball home after Palestine-born goalkeeper Ramzi Saleh parried a Hillary Chukwu shot into his path four minutes after half-time in.

Then Saleh was badly positioned and was beaten by a Rabiu Mohamed lob midway through the second half, according to the BBC.

Ahly reduced arrears on 75 minutes thanks to their Angolan stars with Flavio scoring with a near-post header off a corner from Gilberto.

Flavio set up the equaliser four minutes from full-time with a pass to Mohamed Barakat, who fired past goalkeeper Joel Theophilus from close range to set up a tense climax.

However, five minutes of stoppage time failed to deliver another Ahly goal and the club that has been in the last four finals and won three of them was eliminated.